---
name: "update-notifier"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "update-notifier"
version: "0.99.3debian11"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-notifier"
---

# update-notifier(1)

daemon which notifies about package updates.

## NAME

update-notifier - daemon which notifies about package updates.

## SYNOPSIS

**update-notifier** \[*OPTIONS...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**update-notifier** puts an icon in the user's notification area when package updates are available.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Shows help options.

- **--debug-hooks**

  Enable hooks debugging.

- **--debug-updates**

  Enable updates/autolaunch debugging.

- **--debug-inotify**

  Enable inotify debugging.

- **--debug-firmware**

  Enable firmware debugging.

- **--force**

  Force start even if the user is not in the admin group.

- **--force-use-gksu**

  Force running all commands (update-manager, synaptic) with gksu.

- **--startup-delay**

  Delay startup by given amount of seconds.

- **--display**=*DISPLAY*

  X display to use.

In addition, the usual GTK+ and GNOME command line options apply. See the output of --help for details.

## SEE ALSO

[**update-manager**(8)](/update-manager/8.md), [**synaptic**(8)](/synaptic/8.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Vincent Cheng \<Vincentc1208@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).