The Software Updater available from the MATE Welcome app or
from the menus at Menu > Administration >
Software Updater is the update manager
for your system. MATE periodically checks to see if new software and security
updates are available for your computer. The updates are for MATE, all of its components, and all of your installed applications. This ensures that you have
the latest updates and protection for all of your computer's software as soon
as it's available, not just once a month like other operating systems.
After you launch the Software Updater from the menus, if updates are available, the application lists the updates and asks if you want to install them now. Click Install Now to begin the download. The dialog shown below appears while the update is in progress and another appears once the update is complete.
Note
If MATE cannot install all of the updates and upgrades at once, you will see an option to perform a Partial upgrade. You should normally choose that option, restart if required, then check for additional updates using the Software Updater.
You have control over when and how software updates occur. Use the Settings button on the Software Updater screen, or from the menus, choose Menu > Administration > Software & Updates, then select the Updates tab.
These are your options for controlling updates to MATE and its applications:
You can choose from options to install "Important," "Recommended," "Unsupported" or any combination of these updates.
You can have the updater automatically check for updates every day, every two days, every week, every two weeks, or turn off automatic checking altogether.
You can have the updater automatically download and install security updates, download but not install them or simply display the updates so you can choose whether to download and install.
For other updates (other than security updates) you can choose to display available updates as soon as they are available, weekly, or every two weeks.
You can also choose to be notified whenever there is a new release of MATE, only when there is a Long-Term-Support (LTS) release, or never.