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UPDATE-MANAGER(8)					     UPDATE-MANAGER(8)

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 var‐
       ious 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.

				August 2, 2007		     UPDATE-MANAGER(8)
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