update-notifier(1) [debian man page]

UPDATE-NOTIFIER(1)					       Update Notifications						UPDATE-NOTIFIER(1)

NAME

       update-notifier - daemon which notifies about package updates.

SYNOPSIS

       update-notifier [OPTIONS...]

DESCRIPTION

       update-notifier puts an icon in the user's notification area when package updates are available.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	      Shows help options.

       --debug-hooks
	      Enable hooks debugging.

       --debug-updates
	      Enable updates/autolaunch debugging.

       --debug-inotify
	      Enable inotify debugging.

       --debug-firmware
	      Enable firmware debugging.

       --force
	      Force start even if the user is not in the admin group.

       --force-use-gksu
	      Force running all commands (update-manager, synaptic) with gksu.

       --startup-delay
	      Delay startup by given amount of seconds.

       --display=DISPLAY
	      X display to use.

       In addition, the usual GTK+ and GNOME command line options apply. See the output of --help for details.

SEE ALSO

       update-manager(8), synaptic(8)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Vincent Cheng <Vincentc1208@gmail.com>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

0.99.3								   November 2010						UPDATE-NOTIFIER(1)

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 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

       -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
              Try to run a dist-upgrade

       --dist-upgrade
              Try to run a dist-upgrade

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 <mvo@ubuntu.com> with various contributors (see AUTHORS file)

       This manual page was originally written by Bruno Mangin and Michael Vogt <mvo@ubuntu.com>.

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.

                                                                  August 2, 2007                                                 UPDATE-MANAGER(8)