update-notifier1
Daemon which notifies about package updates.
Usage
update-notifier [OPTIONS ...]
Overview
update-notifier puts an icon in the user's notification area when package updates are available.
Options
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-h, --help -
Shows help options.
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--debug-hooks -
Enable hooks debugging.
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--debug-updates -
Enable updates/autolaunch debugging.
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--debug-inotify -
Enable inotify debugging.
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--debug-firmware -
Enable firmware debugging.
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--force -
Force start even if the user is not in the admin group.
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--force-use-gksu -
Force running all commands (update-manager, synaptic) with gksu.
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--startup-delay -
Delay startup by given amount of seconds.
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--display=DISPLAY -
X display to use.
In addition, the usual GTK+ and GNOME command line options apply. See the output of --help for details.
Releases
3 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 1 time.
--debug-firmware since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--debug-inotify since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--debug-updates since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--force since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--force-use-gksu since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--help since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--startup-delay since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-h since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).