---
name: "update-f-prot"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "f-prot-installer"
version: "0.5.14.sarge.3"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-f-prot"
---

# update-f-prot(8)

Debian maintenance script for F-Prot(tm) for Small Business

## NAME

update-f-prot — Debian maintenance script for **F-Prot(tm) for Small Business**

## SYNOPSIS

**update-f-prot** \[**-i**\]  \[**-f**\]  \[**-d** *directory\]  \[***-n***\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**update-f-prot** is a shell script that can be  used to either update **F-Prot(tm)** virus  definitions or to upgrade the entire  **F-Prot(tm)** installation. It is a part  of the f-prot-installer package for Debian GNU/Linux.

## OPTIONS

The default action when called without parameters is to call  the **check-updates(8)** script, which will check  if new virus definitions are available, and if so, will download  them.

- **-i**

  Check for a newer version of **F-Prot for**  **Small Business**. If a newer version is available,  it is downloaded and installed.

- **-d** *directory*

  Use files from *directory*           instead of downloading them from the Internet (affects only  **F-Prot** installation but not the download of new virus  definitions)

- **-n**

  Don't check for virus definition updates.

- **-f**

  Force reinstallation of  **F-Prot(tm)** even if available and  the installed version are identical.

## SEE ALSO

f-prot(1), check-updates(8), [wget(1)](/wget/1.md).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Johannes Rohr j.rohr@comlink.apc.org for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU Free Documentation  License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free  Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover  Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.