Manual: update-manager

UPDATE-MANAGER(8)				   System Manager's Manual				   UPDATE-MANAGER(8)

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 com‐
       mand 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 ver‐
       sion.

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

SEE ALSO
       Synaptic, sources.list, aptitude

AUTHORS
       update-manager was developed by Michael Vogt  with various contributors (see AUTHORS file)

       This manual page was originally written by Bruno Mangin and Michael Vogt .

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.

						       April 15, 2010					   UPDATE-MANAGER(8)