diff --git a/home_external/.bash_aliases_branched b/home_external/.bash_aliases_branched
index c2539e2..47bfa4b 100644
--- a/home_external/.bash_aliases_branched
+++ b/home_external/.bash_aliases_branched
@@ -4,13 +4,18 @@
 updatePackages() {
    noconfirm=
    if [[ $1 == "-y" ]]; then
-      noconfirm="--no-confirm";
+      noconfirm="--assume-yes"
    fi
-   executeAndNotify "doUpdatePackages $noconfirm" "packages updated" "package update failed";
+   full=
+   if [[ $2 == "--full" ]]; then
+      full="full-"
+   fi
+   executeAndNotify "doUpdatePackages $noconfirm $full" "system updated" "system update failed";
 }
 
 
 doUpdatePackages() {
-   pamac update $1;
-   pamac remove --orphans --cascade $1;
+   sudo apt update;
+   sudo apt ${2}upgrade $1;
+   sudo apt autoremove $1;
 }