Update Manager
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Update Manager | |
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Developed by | Canonical Ltd. |
Latest release | 0.45 / 11 October, 2006 |
OS | Linux |
Genre | Package Manager |
License | GPL/LGPL |
Update Manager is a Linux utility for updating software packages. Via a background daemon, it can notify the user of updated packages, and optionally download and install them. It is a GTK+ frontend to the APT package management system, but unlike full-featured package managers such as Synaptic, it cannot be used to add or remove packages.
Written as a core utility for the Ubuntu desktop, it is also part of Debian unstable and can run on other APT-based systems.