diff --git a/core/tabs/applications-setup/browser-setup.sh b/core/tabs/applications-setup/browser-setup.sh
index 62b8cbff..0e3ba181 100644
--- a/core/tabs/applications-setup/browser-setup.sh
+++ b/core/tabs/applications-setup/browser-setup.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ install_thorium() {
             apt-get|nala)
                 "$ESCALATION_TOOL" rm -fv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/thorium.list
                 "$ESCALATION_TOOL" curl http://dl.thorium.rocks/debian/dists/stable/thorium.list -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/thorium.list
-                "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" update
                 "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y thorium-browser
                 ;;
             zypper|dnf)
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ Suites: $distro
 Components: main
 Architectures: amd64
 Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/librewolf.gpg" | "$ESCALATION_TOOL" tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/librewolf.sources > /dev/null
-			"$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" update && "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y librewolf
+			"$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y librewolf
 			;;
 		dnf)
 			curl -fsSL https://rpm.librewolf.net/librewolf-repo.repo | pkexec tee /etc/yum.repos.d/librewolf.repo > /dev/null
@@ -135,7 +134,6 @@ install_brave() {
                 "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y curl
                 "$ESCALATION_TOOL" curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg
                 echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"| "$ESCALATION_TOOL" tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
-                "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" update
                 "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y brave-browser
                 ;;
             zypper)
diff --git a/core/tabs/applications-setup/office-suite-setup.sh b/core/tabs/applications-setup/office-suite-setup.sh
index bbf54602..56301198 100644
--- a/core/tabs/applications-setup/office-suite-setup.sh
+++ b/core/tabs/applications-setup/office-suite-setup.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ install_onlyoffice() {
                 flatpak install -y flathub org.onlyoffice.desktopeditors
                 ;;
             pacman)
-                "$AUR_HELPER" -S --noconfirm onlyoffice
+                "$AUR_HELPER" -S --needed --noconfirm onlyoffice
                 ;;
             *)
                 printf "%b\n" "${RED}The script does not support your Distro. Install manually..${RC}"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ install_libreoffice() {
             flatpak install -y flathub org.libreoffice.LibreOffice
             ;;
         pacman)
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --noconfirm libreoffice-fresh
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --needed --noconfirm libreoffice-fresh
             ;;
             *)
                 printf "%b\n" "${RED}Unsupported package manager. Please install Thorium manually.${RC}"
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ install_freeoffice() {
             ;;
         dnf)
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" curl -O -qO /etc/yum.repos.d/softmaker.repo https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/softmaker.repo
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" update
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install softmaker-freeoffice-2024
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y softmaker-freeoffice-2024
             ;;
         *)
             printf "%b\n" "${RED}The script does not support your Distro. Install manually..${RC}"
diff --git a/core/tabs/system-setup/docker-setup.sh b/core/tabs/system-setup/docker-setup.sh
index b082788b..c41d168a 100755
--- a/core/tabs/system-setup/docker-setup.sh
+++ b/core/tabs/system-setup/docker-setup.sh
@@ -47,14 +47,13 @@ install_docker_compose() {
     printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Installing Docker Compose...${RC}"
     case "$PACKAGER" in
         apt-get|nala|yum)
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" update
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y docker-compose-plugin
             ;;
         zypper)
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" --non-interactive install docker-compose
             ;;
         pacman)
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --noconfirm docker-compose
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --needed --noconfirm docker-compose
             ;;
         *)
             printf "${RED}Unsupported package manager. Please install Docker Compose manually.${RC}\n"
diff --git a/core/tabs/system-setup/gaming-setup.sh b/core/tabs/system-setup/gaming-setup.sh
index f414928f..0e2782b8 100755
--- a/core/tabs/system-setup/gaming-setup.sh
+++ b/core/tabs/system-setup/gaming-setup.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ installDepend() {
                 ncurses lib32-ncurses vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader ocl-icd lib32-ocl-icd libva lib32-libva \
                 gst-plugins-base-libs lib32-gst-plugins-base-libs sdl2"
 
-            $AUR_HELPER -S --needed --noconfirm "$DEPENDENCIES" $DISTRO_DEPS
+            $AUR_HELPER -S --needed --noconfirm "$DEPENDENCIES" "$DISTRO_DEPS"
             ;;
         apt-get|nala)
             DISTRO_DEPS="libasound2 libsdl2 wine64 wine32"
@@ -33,18 +33,18 @@ installDepend() {
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y software-properties-common
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" apt-add-repository contrib -y
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" update
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y "$DEPENDENCIES" $DISTRO_DEPS
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y "$DEPENDENCIES" "$DISTRO_DEPS"
             ;;
         dnf)
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm -y
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" config-manager --enable fedora-cisco-openh264 -y
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y $DEPENDENCIES
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y "$DEPENDENCIES"
             ;;
         zypper)
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -n install $DEPENDENCIES
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -n install "$DEPENDENCIES"
             ;;
         *)
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y $DEPENDENCIES
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y "$DEPENDENCIES"
             ;;
     esac
 }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ installAdditionalDepend() {
     case "$PACKAGER" in
         pacman)
             DISTRO_DEPS='steam lutris goverlay'
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --needed --noconfirm $DISTRO_DEPS
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --needed --noconfirm "$DISTRO_DEPS"
             ;;
         apt-get|nala)
             version=$(git -c 'versionsort.suffix=-' ls-remote --tags --sort='v:refname' https://github.com/lutris/lutris |
@@ -65,10 +65,9 @@ installAdditionalDepend() {
             curl -sSLo "lutris_${version_no_v}_all.deb" "https://github.com/lutris/lutris/releases/download/${version}/lutris_${version_no_v}_all.deb"
             
             printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Installing Lutris...${RC}"
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" update
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install ./lutris_${version_no_v}_all.deb
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install ./lutris_"${version_no_v}"_all.deb
 
-            rm lutris_${version_no_v}_all.deb
+            rm lutris_"${version_no_v}"_all.deb
 
             printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}Lutris Installation complete.${RC}"
             printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Installing steam...${RC}"
diff --git a/core/tabs/system-setup/global-theme.sh b/core/tabs/system-setup/global-theme.sh
index 47144151..12c934e6 100644
--- a/core/tabs/system-setup/global-theme.sh
+++ b/core/tabs/system-setup/global-theme.sh
@@ -6,15 +6,12 @@ install_theme_tools() {
     printf "%b\n" "${YELLOW}Installing theme tools (qt6ct and kvantum)...${RC}\n"
     case "$PACKAGER" in
         apt-get|nala)
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" update
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y qt6ct kvantum
             ;;
         zypper)
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" refresh
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" --non-interactive install qt6ct kvantum
             ;;
         dnf)
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" update
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y qt6ct kvantum
             ;;
         pacman)
diff --git a/core/tabs/system-setup/samba-ssh-setup.sh b/core/tabs/system-setup/samba-ssh-setup.sh
index 4989a222..6c338746 100755
--- a/core/tabs/system-setup/samba-ssh-setup.sh
+++ b/core/tabs/system-setup/samba-ssh-setup.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ install_package() {
     if ! command_exists "$PACKAGE"; then
         case "$PACKAGER" in
             pacman)
-                "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --noconfirm "$PACKAGE"
+                "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -S --needed --noconfirm "$PACKAGE"
                 ;;
             *)
                 "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y "$PACKAGE"
diff --git a/core/tabs/utils/encrypt_decrypt_tool.sh b/core/tabs/utils/encrypt_decrypt_tool.sh
index 446a2e14..de960274 100644
--- a/core/tabs/utils/encrypt_decrypt_tool.sh
+++ b/core/tabs/utils/encrypt_decrypt_tool.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if ! command_exists openssl; then
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" -Syu --noconfirm openssl
             ;;
         apt-get|nala)
-            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" update && "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y openssl
+            "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y openssl
             ;;
         dnf)
             "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER" install -y openssl