---
name: "crossgrader"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "crossgrader"
version: "0.0.3+nmu4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/crossgrader"
---

# crossgrader(1)

change the architecture of your Debian installation

## NAME

crossgrader - change the architecture of your Debian installation

## SYNOPSIS

**crossgrader** \[-h\] \[--second-stage\] \[--third-stage OLD\_ARCH\] \[--download-only\] \[--install-from \[INSTALL\_FROM\]\] \[--force-unavailable\] \[--force-initramfs\] \[-f\] \[-p PACKAGES \[PACKAGES ...\]\] \[--dry-run\] \[--cleanup\] target\_arch

## OPTIONS

- **target\_arch**

  Target architecture of the crossgrade

- **--second-stage**

  Run the second stage of the crossgrading process (crossgrading all remaining\
   packages)

- **--third-stage** OLD\_ARCH

  Run the third stage of the crossgrading process (removing all packages under\
   specified arch)

- **--download-only**

  Perform target package listing and download, but not installation

- **--install-from** \[*INSTALL\_FROM*\]

  Perform .deb installation from a specified location (default:\
   /var/cache/apt/archives), but not package listing and download

- **--force-unavailable**

  Force crossgrade even if not all packages to be crossgraded are available in\
   the target architecture

- **--force-initramfs**

  Force crossgrade even if not all initramfs hooks could be crossgraded

- **-f**, **--force-all**

  Equivalent to --force-install --force-initramfs

- **-p** *PACKAGES* \[*PACKAGES* ...\], **--packages** *PACKAGES* \[*PACKAGES* ...\]

  Crossgrade the subsequent package names and nothing else. If used with\
   \--third-stage, the subsequent packages will be excluded from removal

- **--dry-run**

  Run the crossgrader, but do not change anything

- **--cleanup**

  Clean up any extra files stored by the crossgrader. The given architecture\
   will be ignored.

## AUTHORS

**crossgrader** was written by Kevin Wu \<kevin@kevinniuwu.com\>.

## DISTRIBUTION

The latest version of crossgrader may be downloaded from ⟨https://salsa.debian.org/crossgrading\\-team/debian\\-crossgrading⟩