Name

       container-update - Update the packages installed in a container

Synopsis

       container update ['OPTIONS']
       cnt u ['OPTIONS']

Description

       The container update command updates packages installed in a container.

Options

       The following container update options are available:

       -n, --name='NAME':
              Specify container name. Specifying 'ALL' will start all stopped container.

       -f, --full-upgrade:
              Runs an additional 'apt full-upgrade' after 'apt upgrade'.

       -i, --interactive:
              Prompt before every container update.

       -r, --autoremove:
              Runs an additional 'apt autoremove' after 'apt upgrade'.

       -p, --purge:
              Passing '--purge' to 'apt autoremove'.

       -y|--yes:
              Passing 'yes' to all questions asked by the package manager.

Examples

       Update example.net container (apt update && apt upgrade):
          sudo container update -n example.net

       Update example.net container without asking questions (apt update && apt --yes upgrade):
          sudo container update -n example.net -y

       Full  update  of  example.net  container without asking questions (apt update && apt --yes upgrade && apt
       --yes full-upgrade):
          sudo container update -n example.net -f -y

       Full update of all container on the host, with asking questions and purging unused packages  (apt  update
       && apt upgrade && apt full-upgrade && apt autoremove):
          sudo container update -n ALL -f -r -p -y

See also

       compute-tools(7),
       container(1).

Homepage

       More  information about compute-tools and the Open Infrastructure project can be found on the homepage (‐
       <https://open-infrastructure.net>).

Contact

       Bug reports, feature requests, help, patches, support  and  everything  else  are  welcome  on  the  Open
       Infrastructure Software Mailing List <<software@lists.open-infrastructure.net>>.

       Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System (<https://bugs.debian.org>).

Authors

       compute-tools were written by Daniel Baumann <<daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>> and others.

Open Infrastructure                               compute-tools                              container-update(1)