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Um, do you? I don't seem to need to, never had except for major release updates and changing sources.
Just now;
Then "apt update" and "apt upgrade" followed by "reboot" and
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Afaik apt-get upgrade would not add or remove packages, where dist-upgrade would. However apt upgrade will install new packages but not remove any. Where full-upgrade (new naming, but dist-upgrade is also kept for the same function) will also remove packages.