container-update1
Update the packages installed in a container
Usage
container update
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Overview
The container update command updates packages installed in a container.
Options
The following container update options are available:
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-n, --name='NAME': -
Specify container name. Specifying 'ALL' will start all stopped container.
- -f, --full-upgrade:
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Runs an additional 'apt full-upgrade' after 'apt upgrade'.
- -i, --interactive:
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Prompt before every container update.
- -r, --autoremove:
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Runs an additional 'apt autoremove' after 'apt upgrade'.
- -p, --purge:
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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
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 < <[email protected]> >.
Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System ( <https://bugs.debian.org> ).
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)