Linux Manuals

update-updmap – generate updmap.cfg files for all the system trees Synopsis update-updmap [option … ] Description This manual page documents update-updmap, a program that was written for the Debian distribution. Overview update-updmap is used to generate updmap(1)Ns’s and updmap-sys8Ns’s configurations files /var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-TEXLIVEDIST which is the link target of /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg and /var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN which is the link…

update-texmf – shell script to generate /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf Synopsis update-texmf [options] Description This manual page documents briefly the update-texmf command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original script was designed for Debian packaging system. update-texmf is a shell script to generate /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf from files in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/*.cnf A user who wants…

update-texmf-config – script used in maintainer scripts to trigger tex-common actions Synopsis update-texmf-config [options] Description This manual page documents briefly the update-texmf-config command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original script was designed for Debian packaging system. update-texmf-config is a shell script that is called from maintainer scripts shipping…

update-smart-drivedb – update smartmontools drive database Synopsis update-smart-drivedb [OPTIONS] [DESTFILE] Description [This man page is generated for the Linux version of smartmontools. It does not contain info specific to other platforms.] update-smart-drivedb updates /var/lib/smartmontools/drivedb/drivedb.h or DESTFILE from smartmontools SVN repository. It tries to download first from the current branch and then from trunk. The tools…

update-shells – update the list of valid login shells Synopsis update-shells [options] Description update-shells locates the shells provided by packages from /usr/share/debianutils/shells.d and updates /etc/shells with newly added or removed shells. To track changes made by the administrator, it consults a state file in /var/lib/shells.state . Options –no-act Do not actually perform the changes to…

update-reader.conf – (re)generate /etc/reader.conf Synopsis update-reader.conf [force] Description update-reader.conf is a simple tool to manage /etc/reader.conf. The PCSC daemon (pcscd) uses one configuration file for its configuration. This makes it hard for packages to dynamically add information about their own smart card reader drivers. To fix this update-reader.conf has been introduced. update-reader.conf attempts to fix…

update-rc.d – install and remove System-V style init script links Synopsis update-rc.d [-n] [-f] name remove update-rc.d [-n] name defaults [NN | SS KK] update-rc.d [-n] name start|stop NN runlevel [runlevel]… . start|stop NN runlevel [runlevel]… . … update-rc.d [-n] name disable|enable [ S|2|3|4|5 ] Description update-rc.d updates the System V style init script links…

update-rc.d – install and remove System-V style init script links Synopsis update-rc.d [-f] name remove update-rc.d name defaults update-rc.d name defaults-disabled update-rc.d name disable|enable [ S|2|3|4|5 ] Description update-rc.d updates the System V style init script links /etc/rcrunlevel.d/NNname whose target is the script /etc/init.d/name. These links are run by init when it changes runlevels; they…

update-python-modules – byte-compile python modules Synopsis update-python-modules [options] [package.public […]] Description The update-python-modules command is part of the python-support bundle. update-python-modules is responsible for the byte-compilation of python modules. When used in byte-compilation mode, it will byte-compile modules references in the files given on the command line. When used in installation mode, it will byte-compile…

update-perl-sax-parsers – (de)register Perl SAX parser modules Synopsis update-perl-sax-parsers [options] –add parser_module update-perl-sax-parsers [options] –remove parser_module update-perl-sax-parsers [options] –update Description update-perl-sax-parsers inserts, updates and removes individual Perl SAX parser module info files in the directory /var/lib/libxml-sax-perl/ParserDetails.d and the overall Perl SAX parser modules info file /etc/perl/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini. Options –add Adds the per-module info file for the…

update-pciids – download new version of the PCI ID list Synopsis update-pciids [-q] Description update-pciids fetches the current version of the pci.ids file from the primary distribution site and installs it. This utility requires curl, wget or lynx to be installed. If gzip or bzip2 are available, it automatically downloads the compressed version of the…

update-passwd – safely update /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group Synopsis update-passwd [options] Description update-passwd handles updates of /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group on running Debian systems. It compares the current files to master copies, distributed in the base-passwd package, and updates all entries in the global system range (that is, 0-99). It leaves backup copies of the…

update-mime – create or update MIME information Synopsis update-mime [no parameters] Description update-mime updates the /etc/mailcap file to reflect mime information changed by a Debian package during installation or removal. Options –local Generate files in the current user’s home directory instead of the /etc directory. This allows users to create a custom ordering configuration and…

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…

update-locale – Modify global locale settings Syntax update-locale [OPTIONS] [var=locale | var] […] Description This program can be called by maintainer scripts when Debian packages are installed or removed, it updates the /etc/default/locale file to reflect changes in system configuration related to global locale settings. When variables have no value assigned, they are removed from…

update-language – generate hyphenation configuration for TeX engines Synopsis update-language(-dat,-def,-lua) [,OPTIONS /…] Description Generate hyphenation configuration files language.dat, .def, .dat.lua When called as update-language, all three configurations files are generated. Otherwise only the selected one. Options -c, –conf-file=,FILE/ file giving additional hyphen specifications -o, –output-file=,FILE/ file to write the output to -d, –output-dir=,DIR/ directory where…

update-language – generate hyphenation configuration for TeX engines Synopsis update-language(-dat,-def,-lua) [,OPTIONS /…] Description Generate hyphenation configuration files language.dat, .def, .dat.lua When called as update-language, all three configurations files are generated. Otherwise only the selected one. Options -c, –conf-file=,FILE/ file giving additional hyphen specifications -o, –output-file=,FILE/ file to write the output to -d, –output-dir=,DIR/ directory where…

update-language – generate hyphenation configuration for TeX engines Synopsis update-language(-dat,-def,-lua) [,OPTIONS /…] Description Generate hyphenation configuration files language.dat, .def, .dat.lua When called as update-language, all three configurations files are generated. Otherwise only the selected one. Options -c, –conf-file=,FILE/ file giving additional hyphen specifications -o, –output-file=,FILE/ file to write the output to -d, –output-dir=,DIR/ directory where…

update-language – generate hyphenation configuration for TeX engines Synopsis update-language(-dat,-def,-lua) [,OPTIONS /…] Description Generate hyphenation configuration files language.dat, .def, .dat.lua When called as update-language, all three configurations files are generated. Otherwise only the selected one. Options -c, –conf-file=,FILE/ file giving additional hyphen specifications -o, –output-file=,FILE/ file to write the output to -d, –output-dir=,DIR/ directory where…

update-java-alternatives – update alternatives for jre/sdk installations Synopsis update-java-alternatives [–jre] [–plugin] [-v|–verbose]       -l|–list [<jname>]       -s|–set <jname>       -a|–auto       -h|-?|–help Description update-java-alternatives updates all alternatives belonging to one runtime or development kit for the Java language. A package does provide these information of it’s alternatives in /usr/lib/jvm/.<jname>.jinfo. Options -l|–list [<jname>] List all installed packages (or just <jname>) providing information…