update-manager (8) - Linux Manuals
update-manager: graphical management of software packages updates
NAME
update-manager - graphical management of software packages updates
SYNOPSIS
update-manager [options]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
- If using the latest supported release, upgrade to the development release
- -p, --proposed
- Upgrade using the latest proposed version of the release upgrader
- --no-focus-on-map
-
Do not focus on map when starting
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
AUTHORS
update-manager was developed by Michael Vogt <mvo [at] ubuntu.com> with various contributors (see AUTHORS file)This manual page was originally written by Bruno Mangin and Michael Vogt <mvo [at] ubuntu.com>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006-2007 CanonicalThere 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.