Nick Janetakis • 3/10/2026

A Shell Alias for Getting Outdated Packages in Arch, Debian and macOS

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This technical tutorial explains how to create efficient shell aliases to list available package updates without performing a full system update. It provides specific commands and examples for Arch Linux (using pacman and yay), Debian/Ubuntu (using apt), and macOS (using Homebrew), helping users streamline their system maintenance workflow.

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