I know that to do an OS update, I would enter sudo softwareupdate -l
but what's the command for package updates? I tried apt-get update and got a "command not found". My friend, Google, didn't return anything. I'm more familiar with Linux than Unix so maybe there's some difference?
You have apparently tried to "linuxfy" your macOS by adding apt through a package manager. It is not going to know anything about Apple's software update process when it is designed to work with Debian Linux package repositories. Those are not designed to be installed on macOS which is not based on any Linux distribution.
If an application is installed from the Mac App Store, then that application will inform you that you have updates when those applications are updated. If you install an application from outside of the Mac App Store, that application may or may not have a check for Updates menu item under its application or Help menu. In some cases, these applications can pop a dialog informing that there is an update available to install.
If the application is installed through the homebrew (brew) package manager, then you won't know there is an update for it until you run brew update and it tells you that you have nn outdated packages which will be updated when you run brew upgrade.
The two principal package managers for macOS are homebrew (what I use) and MacPorts. Both require that you have either the current Xcode for your platform installed or the respective command-line tools for Xcode.
You have apparently tried to "linuxfy" your macOS by adding apt through a package manager. It is not going to know anything about Apple's software update process when it is designed to work with Debian Linux package repositories. Those are not designed to be installed on macOS which is not based on any Linux distribution.
If an application is installed from the Mac App Store, then that application will inform you that you have updates when those applications are updated. If you install an application from outside of the Mac App Store, that application may or may not have a check for Updates menu item under its application or Help menu. In some cases, these applications can pop a dialog informing that there is an update available to install.
If the application is installed through the homebrew (brew) package manager, then you won't know there is an update for it until you run brew update and it tells you that you have nn outdated packages which will be updated when you run brew upgrade.
The two principal package managers for macOS are homebrew (what I use) and MacPorts. Both require that you have either the current Xcode for your platform installed or the respective command-line tools for Xcode.
As mentioned, suggest you look at https://brew.sh and install the HomeBrew package manager. It seems most on-line articles refer 'brew' commands these days, so that would be the best choice for a macOS package manager.
Okay, I installed brew. I like the list of commands!
Oh, my bad! I forgot Macintosh is based on BSD Unix. Thank you!
You are welcome.
+1.
command line software package update?
