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Name

do-release-upgrade - upgrade operating system to latest release

Synopsis

do-release-upgrade [options]

Description

Upgrade the operating system to the latest release from the command-line. This is the preferred command if the machine has no graphic environment or if the machine is to be upgraded over a remote connection.

Options

-h, --help show this help message and exit

-V, --version Show version and exit

-d, --devel-release If using the latest supported release, upgrade to the development release

--data-dir=\,DATA_DIR\/ Directory that contains the data files

-p, --proposed Try upgrading to the latest release using the upgrader from Ubuntu-proposed

-m MODE, --mode=MODE Run in a special upgrade mode. Currently "desktop" for regular upgrades of a desktop system and "server" for server systems are supported.

-f FRONTEND, --frontend=\,FRONTEND\/ Run the specified frontend

-c, --check-dist-upgrade-only Check only if a new distribution release is available and report the result via the exit code

--allow-third-party Try the upgrade with third party mirrors and repositories enabled instead of commenting them out.

-q, --quiet

-e ENV, --env=\,ENV\/ A comma-seprated list of environment variables (e.g. VAR1=VALUE1,VAR2=VALUE2) that should be set during the upgrade.

See Also

update-manager(8), apt-get(8)