update-manager
graphical management of software packages updates
Synopsis
update-manager
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description
Update-manager
is a frontend for the apt package management system. It
allows you to perform some actions of the command line tool
apt-get in a graphical environment.
Update-manager
is especially designed for upgrading your system, or
migrating your system towards a more recent version.
options
For a daily
use, you may launch update-manager with no options so that
your system is just upgraded.
For migration
purposes, update-manager accepts some options:
-h, --help
Show a similar help message
-V,
--version
Show version
--data-dir=DATA_DIR
Directory that contains the
data files
-c,
--check-dist-upgrades
Check if a new distribution
release is available
-d,
--devel-release
Check if upgrading to the
latest devel release is possible
-p,
--proposed
Upgrade using the latest
proposed version of the release upgrader
--no-focus-on-map
Do not focus on map when
starting
--dist-upgrade
Try to run a dist-upgrade
-s,
--sandbox
Test the upgrade with a sandbox
aufs overlay, without changing the filesystem.
actions performed during an upgrade to a new version
* eventually reinstall the package ubuntu-desktop
* switch to an updated sources.list entries
* adds the default user to new groups if needed
copyright
Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Canonical
There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software under
the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information
about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
see also
Synaptic,
sources.list, aptitude
authors
update-manager
was developed by Michael Vogt <mvo[:at:]ubuntu[:dot:]com> with
various contributors (see AUTHORS file)
This manual
page was originally written by Bruno Mangin and Michael Vogt
<mvo[:at:]ubuntu[:dot:]com>.