do-release-upgrade (8) Linux Manual Page

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 help message and exit

-d, –devel-release

If using the latest supported release, upgrade to the development release

-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

See Also

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