UPGRADE-SYSTEM

NAME

upgrade-system - Command for upgrading and sanitizing a Debian system

SYNOPSIS

upgrade-system

DESCRIPTION

upgrade-system is an APT front-end that simplifies regular upgrading of Debian systems, only requiring an administrator’s intervention whenever updated packages necessitate the configuration of new features.

The command sequentially performs the following operations:

	•		Synchronize the list of available Debian packages.
	•		Upgrade all installed packages to their newest versions.
	•		Recursively uninstall all obsolete package dependencies.
	•		Clean retrieved archives off the APT cache.

ENVIRONMENT

Setting the FLAUSCH environment variable enables useful advanced system sanitization features. See upgrade-system.conf(5) for more details.

FILES

/etc/upgrade-system.conf

AUTHORS

Copyright © 2004-2022 Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>
Copyright © 2004,2012 Christoph Schindler <hop@30hopsmax.at>
Copyright © 2003-2004 Martin Zdrahal <martin.zdrahal@konflux.at>

LICENSE

GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

SEE ALSO

apt(8), upgrade-system.conf(5).