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CONTAINER-UPDATE(1) General Commands Manual CONTAINER-UPDATE(1)

container-update - Update the packages installed in a container

container update ['OPTIONS']
cnt u ['OPTIONS']

The container update command updates packages installed in a container.

The following container update options are available:

Specify container name. Specifying 'ALL' will start all stopped container.
Runs an additional 'apt full-upgrade' after 'apt upgrade'.
Prompt before every container update.
Runs an additional 'apt autoremove' after 'apt upgrade'.
Passing '--purge' to 'apt autoremove'.
Passing 'yes' to all questions asked by the package manager.

Update example.net container (apt update && apt upgrade):

sudo container update -n example.net


Update example.net container without asking questions (apt update && apt --yes upgrade):

sudo container update -n example.net -y


Full update of example.net container without asking questions (apt update && apt --yes upgrade && apt --yes full-upgrade):

sudo container update -n example.net -f -y


Full update of all container on the host, with asking questions and purging unused packages (apt update && apt upgrade && apt full-upgrade && apt autoremove):

sudo container update -n ALL -f -r -p -y


compute-tools(7),
container(1).

More information about compute-tools and the Open Infrastructure project can be found on the homepage ( <https://open-infrastructure.net> ).

Bug reports, feature requests, help, patches, support and everything else are welcome on the Open Infrastructure Software Mailing List < <software@lists.open-infrastructure.net> >.

Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System ( <https://bugs.debian.org> ).

compute-tools were written by Daniel Baumann < <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net> > and others.

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