Linux System Update Script 🚀

Keep your Debian/Ubuntu system updated, clean, and secure with one Bash script.

A lightweight, automated, and customizable system maintenance tool for Linux.
Perform updates, upgrades, cleanup, and health checks with:
✅ Logs
✅ Summaries
✅ Color-coded output
✅ Built-in log rotation

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🔍 About This Project

This project provides a Linux system update automation script built with pure Bash.
It is designed for Debian and Ubuntu systems and helps administrators and developers:

• Automate system updates (apt-get update)
• Run safe upgrades (apt-get upgrade and dist-upgrade)
• Perform system cleanup (autoremove, autoclean, clean)
• Generate logs and reports for every maintenance run

It’s ideal for:

• 🖥️ System administrators managing Linux servers
• ⚡ DevOps engineers automating maintenance workflows
• 💻 Developers who want a reliable Ubuntu/Debian update script
• 🛠️ Anyone who needs a secure, fast, and lightweight Bash maintenance tool

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🌟 Features

• 🔄 One-command system updates (--full)
• 🖥️ System information summary (OS, kernel, memory, disk)
• 🩺 Package health check (apt-get check)
• 🎨 Color-coded output with verbose/quiet modes
• 📝 Per-run logs stored in /var/log/update-system/
• 🔄 Log rotation (keeps last 10 runs)
• 📊 Summary report (packages upgraded, warnings, errors)
• ⚡ Lightweight & fast (pure Bash, no dependencies)

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🚀 Quick Start

1️⃣ Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/vikram2327/linux-system-update-script.git
cd linux-system-update-script

2️⃣ Make the script executable

chmod +x update-system.sh

3️⃣ Run it

sudo ./update-system.sh --full --verbose

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⚙️ Usage

Usage: ./update-system.sh [OPTIONS]

Options:
  --update         Refresh package index
  --upgrade        Upgrade installed packages
  --dist-upgrade   Perform full upgrade (kernel, dependencies)
  --cleanup        Remove old/unused packages and cache
  --system-info    Show system info summary
  --check          Check for broken dependencies
  --full           Run all steps (info, check, update, upgrade, dist-upgrade, cleanup)
  --verbose        Show full command output in terminal
  --quiet          Only log to file (default)

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📂 Logs & Reports

• Logs are stored per run in:

  /var/log/update-system/update-system-YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS.log
  

• Log rotation keeps the last 10 logs only.

• Example summary report at the end:

  ===== Summary Report =====
  Packages Upgraded : 12
  Warnings          : 0
  Errors            : 0
  Run completed successfully with no errors.
  

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📸 Example Output

✅ Example verbose run:

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📦 Roadmap

• Add --reboot-if-needed flag
• Add email/Slack notification support
• Add cron/systemd integration guide
• Add Docker container support

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! 🎉 Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

• Fork the repo
• Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature-new)
• Commit your changes
• Open a Pull Request

We also follow a Code of Conduct.

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🧑‍💻 Maintainer

Vikram – @vikram2327 Individual developer passionate about Linux automation and system care.

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Copyright © 2025 Vikram