---
name: "apt-dater"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "apt-dater"
version: "1.0.4-8+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/apt-dater"
---

# apt-dater(8)

terminal-based remote package update manager

## NAME

apt-dater - terminal-based remote package update manager

## SYNOPSIS

**apt-dater** \[**\[-(c** *config***\|v\|\[n\]r)\]**\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **apt-dater** command.

**apt-dater** is a program to manage package updates on a large number of remote hosts using SSH.

## OPTIONS

**apt-dater** accepts the following command parameters:

- **-c** *config*

  Use alternative config file. Default is *$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/apt-dater/apt-dater.xml*.

- **-v**

  Show apt-dater version and copyright statement.

- **-r**

  Refresh hosts and create XML report on stdout. apt-dater must be compiled with XMLREPORT feature.

- **-n**

  Prevent hosts to be refreshed before create XML report (useful for cronjobs which do not have access to SSH key(s)).

## ENVIRONMENT

**MAINTAINER**

The maintainer's name (i.e. used by **debtrack**). If not set, the GECOS entry for the current user will be used. This environment variable could be forwarded to remote hosts with the [ssh(1)](/ssh/1.md) SendEnv+AcceptEnv options.

## FILES

*~/.config/apt-dater/apt-dater.xml*

The configuration file of apt-dater

*~/.config/apt-dater/hosts.xml*

Contains all hosts you would like to manage

## SEE ALSO

[apt-dater.xml(5)](/apt-dater.xml/5.md), apt-get(1), debtrack, [ssh(1)](/ssh/1.md), **XDG Base Directory Specification**\[1\].

## AUTHORS

**Thomas Liske** \<liske@ibh.de\>

maintainer

**Andre Ellguth**

ex-maintainer

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008-2014 IBH IT-Service GmbH \[**https://www.ibh.de/**\]\

## NOTES

- 1\.

  XDG Base Directory Specification

  http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/basedir-spec