From 9de304b2ce0ccce511b9c5ca6a5fb8fa5e3ee1b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Volker Theile Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:50:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update software management docs Signed-off-by: Volker Theile (cherry picked from commit 655ca24ea04b5daf243cd459bed96dc24762dbcc) Signed-off-by: Volker Theile --- various/apt.rst | 29 ++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/various/apt.rst b/various/apt.rst index 9261d04..f8e71c1 100644 --- a/various/apt.rst +++ b/various/apt.rst @@ -8,28 +8,26 @@ Overview standard Debian packages are upgraded using the official Debian mirrors. |omv| packages are upgraded using the https://packages.openmediavault.org repository. -Update Manager --------------- +Update Management +----------------- -The update manager displays all available packages for upgrade. You can select -them if you want to do individual or mass upgrade. The server uses ``cron-apt`` to -perform a daily ``apt-get update`` and fetch upgrade packages automatically. If you -have notifications enabled you will receive an email every time packages are ready -for installation. +Package updates will be displayed under ``System | Update Management | Updates`` +in the |webui|. There you can view the changelog of individual packages or install +all packages at once. + +The software ``cron-apt`` is used by |omv| to perform a daily scheduled job +to check for new package updates. Security updates will be installed automatically +in the background. If you have notifications enabled you will receive an email +every time packages are ready for installation. Using CLI --------- -**apt-get** - -If you want to update/upgrade in the console you can use ``apt-get update`` -then ``apt-get upgrade``. - **omv-upgrade** This is non-interactive wrapper script that basically re-synchronizes the package index files from their sources and installs the newest versions of -all packages currently installed on the system from the sources. +all packages currently installed on the system. **omv-release-upgrade** @@ -63,6 +61,11 @@ server. Better use a container based solution to install additional software to do not affect the |omv| operating system. +.. warning:: + Do not install the ``apache`` webserver package, this leads to the + uninstallation of the ``openmediavault`` package and the unusability + of the system. + **Install**:: $ apt-get install