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
              Check if upgrading to the latest devel release is possible

       -p, --proposed
              Upgrade using the latest proposed version of the release upgrader

       --no-focus-on-map
              Do not focus on map when starting

       -s, --sandbox
              Test the upgrade with a sandbox aufs overlay, without changing the filesystem.

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.

                                          April 15, 2010                        UPDATE-MANAGER(8)