diff --git a/home_external/.bash_aliases_extra b/home_external/.bash_aliases_extra
index e69de29..799fcb5 100644
--- a/home_external/.bash_aliases_extra
+++ b/home_external/.bash_aliases_extra
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+updateSystem() {
+   noconfirm=
+   if [[ $1 == "-y" ]]; then
+      noconfirm="-y"
+   fi
+   sudo apt update;
+   sudo apt upgrade $noconfirm;
+   sudo apt autoremove $noconfirm;
+}