NAME

       opam-upgrade - Upgrade the installed package to latest version.

SYNOPSIS

       opam upgrade [OPTION]... [PACKAGES]...

DESCRIPTION

       This command upgrades the installed packages to their latest available versions. More
       precisely, this command calls the dependency solver to find a consistent state where most
       of the installed packages are upgraded to their latest versions.

       If a directory is specified as argument, anything that is pinned to that directory is
       selected for upgrade.

ARGUMENTS

       PACKAGES
           List of package names, with an optional version or constraint, e.g `pkg', `pkg.1.0' or
           `pkg>=0.5' ; or directory names containing package description, with explicit
           directory (e.g. `./srcdir' or `.')

OPTIONS

       -a, --all
           Run an upgrade of all installed packages. This is the default if PACKAGES was not
           specified, and can be useful with PACKAGES to upgrade while ensuring that some
           packages get or remain installed.

       --check
           Don't run the upgrade: just check if anything could be upgraded. Returns 0 if that is
           the case, 1 if there is nothing that can be upgraded.

       --fixup
           Recover from a broken state (eg. missing dependencies, two conflicting packages
           installed together...).

       -j JOBS, --jobs=JOBS
           Set the maximal number of concurrent jobs to use. The default value is calculated from
           the number of cores. You can also set it using the $OPAMJOBS environment variable.

PACKAGE BUILD OPTIONS

       -b, --keep-build-dir
           Keep the build directories after compiling packages. This is equivalent to setting
           $OPAMKEEPBUILDDIR to "true".

       -d, --with-doc, --build-doc
           Build the package documentation. This only affects packages listed on the
           command-line. The --build-doc form is deprecated as this does also installation. This
           is equivalent to setting $OPAMWITHDOC (or the deprecated $OPAMBUILDDOC) to "true".

       --dry-run
           Simulate the command, but don't actually perform any changes. This also can be set
           with environment variable $OPAMDEBUG.

       --fake
           This option registers the actions into the opam database, without actually performing
           them. WARNING: This option is dangerous and likely to break your opam environment. You
           probably want `--dry-run'. You've been warned.

       --ignore-constraints-on[=PACKAGES] (default=)
           Forces opam to ignore version constraints on all dependencies to the listed packages.
           This can be used to test compatibility, but expect builds to break when using this.
           Note that version constraints on optional dependencies and conflicts are unaffected.
           This is equivalent to setting $OPAMIGNORECONSTRAINTS.

       --inplace-build
           When compiling a package which has its source bound to a local directory, process the
           build and install actions directly in that directory, rather than in a clean copy
           handled by opam. This only affects packages that are explicitly listed on the
           command-line. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMINPLACEBUILD to "true".

       --locked[=SUFFIX] (default=locked)
           In commands that use opam files found from pinned sources, if a variant of the file
           with an added .SUFFIX extension is found (e.g. foo.opam.locked besides foo.opam), that
           will be used instead. This is typically useful to offer a more specific set of
           dependencies and reproduce similar build contexts, hence the name. The opam lock
           plugin can be used to generate such files, based on the versions of the dependencies
           currently installed on the host. This is equivalent to setting the $OPAMLOCKED
           environment variable. Note that this option doesn't generally affect already pinned
           packages.

       -m MAKE, --make=MAKE
           Use MAKE as the default 'make' command. Deprecated: use opam config set[-global] make
           MAKE instead. Has no effect if the make variable is defined.

       --no-checksums
           Do not verify the checksum of downloaded archives.This is equivalent to setting
           $OPAMNOCHECKSUMS to "true".

       --require-checksums
           Reject the installation of packages that don't provide a checksum for the upstream
           archives. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMREQUIRECHECKSUMS to "true".

       --reuse-build-dir
           Reuse existing build directories (kept by using --keep-build-dir), instead of
           compiling from a fresh clone of the source. This can be faster, but also lead to
           failures if the build systems of the packages don't handle upgrades of dependencies
           well. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMREUSEBUILDDIR to "true".

       --show-actions
           Call the solver and display the actions. Don't perform any changes. This is equivalent
           to setting $OPAMSHOW.

       --skip-updates
           When running an install, upgrade or reinstall on source-pinned packages, they are
           normally updated from their origin first. This flag disables that behaviour and will
           keep them to their version in cache. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMSKIPUPDATE.

       -t, --with-test, --build-test
           Build and run the package unit-tests. This only affects packages listed on the
           command-line. The --build-test form is deprecated as this also affects installation.
           This is equivalent to setting $OPAMWITHTEST (or the deprecated $OPAMBUILDTEST) to
           "true".

       --unlock-base
           Allow changes to the packages set as switch base (typically, the main compiler). Use
           with caution. This is equivalent to setting the $OPAMUNLOCKBASE environment variable

COMMON OPTIONS

       These options are common to all commands.

       --best-effort
           Don't fail if all requested packages can't be installed: try to install as many as
           possible. Note that not all external solvers may support this option (recent versions
           of aspcud or mccs should). This is equivalent to setting $OPAMBESTEFFORT environment
           variable.

       --color=WHEN
           Colorize the output. WHEN must be one of `always', `never' or `auto'.

       --criteria=CRITERIA
           Specify user preferences for dependency solving for this run. Overrides both
           $OPAMCRITERIA and $OPAMUPGRADECRITERIA. For details on the supported language, and the
           external solvers available, see  http://opam.ocaml.org/doc/External_solvers.html. A
           general guide to using solver preferences can be found at
           http://www.dicosmo.org/Articles/usercriteria.pdf.

       --cudf=FILENAME
           Debug option: Save the CUDF requests sent to the solver to FILENAME-<n>.cudf.

       --debug
           Print debug message to stderr. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMDEBUG to "true".

       --debug-level=LEVEL
           Like --debug, but allows specifying the debug level (--debug sets it to 1). Equivalent
           to setting $OPAMDEBUG to a positive integer.

       --git-version
           Print the git version of opam, if set (i.e. you are using a development version), and
           exit.

       --help[=FMT] (default=auto)
           Show this help in format FMT. The value FMT must be one of `auto', `pager', `groff' or
           `plain'. With `auto', the format is `pager` or `plain' whenever the TERM env var is
           `dumb' or undefined.

       --ignore-pin-depends
           Ignore extra pins required by packages that get pinned, either manually through opam
           pin or through opam install DIR. This is equivalent to setting IGNOREPINDEPENDS=true.

       --json=FILENAME
           Save the results of the opam run in a computer-readable file. If the filename contains
           the character `%', it will be replaced by an index that doesn't overwrite an existing
           file. Similar to setting the $OPAMJSON variable.

       --no-aspcud
           Deprecated.

       --no-auto-upgrade
           When configuring or updating a repository that is written for an earlier opam version
           (1.2), opam internally converts it to the current format. This disables this
           behaviour. Note that repositories should define their format version in a 'repo' file
           at their root, or they will be assumed to be in the older format. It is, in any case,
           preferable to upgrade the repositories manually using opam admin upgrade [--mirror
           URL] when possible.

       --no-self-upgrade
           Opam will replace itself with a newer binary found at OPAMROOT/opam if present. This
           disables this behaviour.

       -q, --quiet
           Disables --verbose.

       --root=ROOT
           Use ROOT as the current root path. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMROOT to ROOT.

       --safe, --readonly
           Make sure nothing will be automatically updated or rewritten. Useful for calling from
           completion scripts, for example. Will fail whenever such an operation is needed ; also
           avoids waiting for locks, skips interactive questions and overrides the $OPAMDEBUG
           variable. This is equivalent to set environment variable $OPAMSAFE.

       --solver=CMD
           Specify the CUDF solver to use for resolving package installation problems. This is
           either a predefined solver (this version of opam supports builtin-mccs+lp(),
           builtin-mccs+glpk, aspcud, mccs, aspcud-old, packup), or a custom command that should
           contain the variables %{input}%, %{output}%, %{criteria}%, and optionally %{timeout}%.
           This is equivalent to setting $OPAMEXTERNALSOLVER.

       --strict
           Fail whenever an error is found in a package definition or a configuration file. The
           default is to continue silently if possible.

       --switch=SWITCH
           Use SWITCH as the current compiler switch. This is equivalent to setting $OPAMSWITCH
           to SWITCH.

       --use-internal-solver
           Disable any external solver, and use the built-in one (this requires that opam has
           been compiled with a built-in solver). This is equivalent to setting $OPAMNOASPCUD or
           $OPAMUSEINTERNALSOLVER.

       -v, --verbose
           Be more verbose. One -v shows all package commands, repeat to also display commands
           called internally (e.g. tar, curl, patch etc.) Repeating n times is equivalent to
           setting $OPAMVERBOSE to "n".

       --version
           Show version information.

       -w, --working-dir
           Whenever updating packages that are bound to a local, version-controlled directory,
           update to the current working state of their source instead of the last committed
           state, or the ref they are pointing to. This only affects packages explicitly listed
           on the command-line.It can also be set with $OPAMWORKINGDIR.

       -y, --yes
           Answer yes to all yes/no questions without prompting. This is equivalent to setting
           $OPAMYES to "true".

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       Opam makes use of the environment variables listed here. Boolean variables should be set
       to "0", "no", "false" or the empty string to disable, "1", "yes" or "true" to enable.

       OPAMALLPARENS surround all filters with parenthesis

       OPAMAUTOREMOVE see remove option `--auto-remove`

       OPAMBESTEFFORT see option `--best-effort`

       OPAMBESTEFFORTPREFIXCRITERIA sets the string that must be prepended to the criteria when
       the `--best-effort` option is set, and is expected to maximise the `opam-query` property
       in the solution

       OPAMCOLOR, when set to always or never, sets a default value for the --color option.

       OPAMCRITERIA specifies user preferences for dependency solving. The default value depends
       on the solver version, use `config report` to know the current setting. See also option
       --criteria

       OPAMCUDFFILE file save the cudf graph to file-actions-explicit.dot

       OPAMCURL can be used to select a given 'curl' program. See OPAMFETCH for more options.

       OPAMDEBUG see options `--debug' and `--debug-level'.

       OPAMDOWNLOADJOBS sets the maximum number of simultaneous downloads.

       OPAMDRYRUN see option `--dry-run`

       OPAMEDITOR sets the editor to use for opam file editing, overrides $EDITOR and $VISUAL

       OPAMERRLOGLEN sets the number of log lines printed when a sub-process fails. 0 to print
       all.

       OPAMEXTERNALSOLVER see option `--solver'.

       OPAMFAKE see option `--fake`

       OPAMFETCH specifies how to download files: either `wget', `curl' or a custom command where
       variables %{url}%, %{out}%, %{retry}%, %{compress}% and %{checksum}% will be replaced.
       Overrides the 'download-command' value from the main config file.

       OPAMFIXUPCRITERIA same as OPAMUPGRADECRITERIA, but specific to fixup

       OPAMIGNORECONSTRAINTS see install option `--ignore-constraints-on`

       OPAMIGNOREPINDEPENDS see option `--ignore-pin-depends`

       OPAMJOBS sets the maximum number of parallel workers to run.

       OPAMJSON log json output to the given file (use character `%' to index the files)

       OPAMLOCKED see install option `--locked`

       OPAMLOGS logdir sets log directory, default is a temporary directory in /tmp

       OPAMMAKECMD set the system make command to use

       OPAMNOAUTOUPGRADE disables automatic internal upgrade of repositories in an earlier format
       to the current one, on 'update' or 'init'.

       OPAMKEEPLOGS tells opam to not remove some temporary command logs and some backups. This
       skips some finalisers and may also help to get more reliable backtraces

       OPAMLOCKRETRIES sets the number of tries after which opam gives up acquiring its lock and
       fails. <= 0 means infinite wait.

       OPAMMERGEOUT merge process outputs, stderr on stdout

       OPAMNO answer no to any question asked.

       OPAMNOASPCUD Deprecated.

       OPAMNOCHECKSUMS enables option --no-checksums when available.

       OPAMNOSELFUPGRADE see option `--no-self-upgrade'.

       OPAMPINKINDAUTO sets whether version control systems should be detected when pinning to a
       local path. Enabled by default since 1.3.0.

       OPAMPRECISETRACKING fine grain tracking of directories

       OPAMREQUIRECHECKSUMS Enables option `--require-checksums' when available (e.g. for `opam
       install`).

       OPAMRETRES sets the number of tries before failing downloads.

       OPAMROOT see option `--root'. This is automatically set by `opam env --root=DIR
       --set-root'.

       OPAMROOTISOK don't complain when running as root.

       OPAMSAFE see option `--safe'

       OPAMSHOW see option `--show`

       OPAMSKIPUPDATE see option `--skip-updates`

       OPAMSKIPVERSIONCHECKS bypasses some version checks. Unsafe, for compatibility testing
       only.

       OPAMSOLVERTIMEOUT change the time allowance of the solver. Default is 60.0, set to 0 for
       unlimited. Note that all solvers may not support this option.

       OPAMSTATUSLINE display a dynamic status line showing what's currently going on on the
       terminal. (one of one of `always', `never' or `auto')

       OPAMSTATS display stats at the end of command

       OPAMSTRICT fail on inconsistencies (file reading, switch import, etc.)

       OPAMSWITCH see option `--switch'. Automatically set by `opam env --switch=SWITCH
       --set-switch'.

       OPAMUNLOCKBASE see install option `--unlock-base`

       OPAMUPGRADECRITERIA specifies user preferences for dependency solving when performing an
       upgrade. Overrides OPAMCRITERIA in upgrades if both are set. See also option --criteria

       OPAMUSEINTERNALSOLVER see option `--use-internal-solver'.

       OPAMUSEOPENSSL force openssl use for hash computing

       OPAMUTF8 use UTF8 characters in output (one of one of `always', `never' or `auto'). By
       default `auto', which is determined from the locale).

       OPAMUTF8MSGS use extended UTF8 characters (camels) in opam messages. Implies OPAMUTF8.
       This is set by default on OSX only.

       OPAMVALIDATIONHOOK hook if set, uses the `%{hook%}` command to validate an opam repository
       update

       OPAMVAR_var overrides the contents of the variable var when substituting `%{var}%` strings
       in `opam` files.

       OPAMVAR_package_var overrides the contents of the variable package:var when substituting
       `%{package:var}%` strings in `opam` files.

       OPAMVERBOSE see option `--verbose'.

       OPAMWORKINGDIR see option `--working-dir`

       OPAMYES see option `--yes'.

EXIT STATUS

       As an exception to the following, the `exec' command returns 127 if the command was not
       found or couldn't be executed, and the command's exit value otherwise.

       0   Success, or true for boolean queries.

       1   False. Returned when a boolean return value is expected, e.g. when running with
           --check, or for queries like opam lint.

       2   Bad command-line arguments, or command-line arguments pointing to an invalid context
           (e.g. file not following the expected format).

       5   Not found. You requested something (package, version, repository, etc.) that couldn't
           be found.

       10  Aborted. The operation required confirmation, which wasn't given.

       15  Could not acquire the locks required for the operation.

       20  There is no solution to the user request. This can be caused by asking to install two
           incompatible packages, for example.

       30  Error in package definition, or other metadata files. Using --strict raises this error
           more often.

       31  Package script error. Some package operations were unsuccessful. This may be an error
           in the packages or an incompatibility with your system. This can be a partial error.

       40  Sync error. Could not fetch some remotes from the network. This can be a partial
           error.

       50  Configuration error. Opam or system configuration doesn't allow operation, and needs
           fixing.

       60  Solver failure. The solver failed to return a sound answer. It can be due to a broken
           external solver, or an error in solver configuration.

       99  Internal error. Something went wrong, likely due to a bug in opam itself.

       130 User interrupt. SIGINT was received, generally due to the user pressing Ctrl-C.

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION

       See https://opam.ocaml.org/doc.

AUTHORS

       Vincent Bernardoff <vb@luminar.eu.org>
       Raja Boujbel <raja.boujbel@ocamlpro.com>
       Roberto Di Cosmo <roberto@dicosmo.org>
       Thomas Gazagnaire <thomas@gazagnaire.org>
       Louis Gesbert <louis.gesbert@ocamlpro.com>
       Fabrice Le Fessant <Fabrice.Le_fessant@inria.fr>
       Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@recoil.org>
       Guillem Rieu <guillem.rieu@ocamlpro.com>
       Ralf Treinen <ralf.treinen@pps.jussieu.fr>
       Frederic Tuong <tuong@users.gforge.inria.fr>

BUGS

       Check bug reports at https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues.