---
name: "update-manager"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "update-manager-gnome"
version: "0.200.5-2.1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-manager"
---

# update-manager(8)

graphical management of software packages updates

## 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

- **-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**

  Try to run a dist-upgrade

- **--dist-upgrade**

  Try to run a dist-upgrade

## 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.