---
name: "update-squidguard"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "squidguard"
version: "1.6.0-6+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-squidguard"
---

# update-squidguard(1)

Update script for SquidGuard.

## NAME

update-squidguard - Update script for SquidGuard.

## SYNOPSIS

**update-squidguard**

## DESCRIPTION

This script performs a database rebuild for any blacklists listed in the default Squidguard config file \`/etc/squid/squidGuard.conf'. After rebuilding the databases it will reload Squid / Squid3 so that  it will make use of the updated lists.

## OPTIONS

- **-v \| --verbose**

  Show some more information and switch on progress bar when updating database.

- **-c \| --checkdb**

  Check Berkeley DB version and rebuild full database only if Berkeley DB version have changed. This option should be used after upgrade of squidguard to reduce wasteful wait time.

## COPYRIGHT and LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2003 Ivan E. Moore II

Copyright (c) 2010-2024 Joachim Wiedorn, Germany

This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 2 can be found in \`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.

## AUTHOR

**update-squidguard** was written by Ivan E. Moore II and updated  by Joachim Wiedorn.

This manual page was written by Joachim Wiedorn \<joodebian at joonet.de\> for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

## SEE ALSO

[**squidGuard**(1)](/squidGuard/1.md), [**squid**(1)](/squid/1.md), [**sgclean**(1)](/sgclean/1.md), [**hostbyname**(1)](/hostbyname/1.md)