nala-upgrade - Update the package list and upgrade the system

       Copyright (C) 2021, 2022 Blake Lee

0.16.0                                             21 Apr 2025                                   nala-upgrade(8)

       There are 3 modes to an upgrade with apt.

              Only Upgrade packages, do NOT Install or Remove any packages.
                     (nalaupgrade / apt-getupgrade)

              Upgrade and Install NEW packages if required, but do NOT remove any.
                     (aptupgrade)

                     python3-apt does not support this mode, there is no nala equivalent.

              Upgrade and Install NEW packages and Remove packages if necessary.
                     (nalafull-upgrade / aptfull-upgrade / apt-getdist-upgrade)

       By default nala will only upgrade packages and autoremove.

       Some  upgrades,  such  as getting a new release nala may need to install or remove packages.  This can be
       handled using the --full switch as below, or  using  upgrade  aliases  like  naladist-upgrade  or  nalafull-upgrade

       If you are just looking to update the package cache and not actually perform an upgrade you can use:
              nalaupdate

       nala-upgrade - Update the package list and upgrade the system

--exclude
              Specify packages to exclude during upgrade.  Accepts globs*

              --exclude only takes one package as an argument, but can be specified multiple times:
                     nalaupgrade--excludeapt--excludedpkg

              NOTE:  Due to the way that excusions are handled, you may want to additionally supply --no-full to
              ensure Nala doesn't remove packages you plan to keep.

       --full, --no-full--full This will run the equivalent of aptfull-upgrade--no-full
              This will run the equivalent of apt-getupgrade

              This variant is the default--purge
              Purge any packages that would removed during the transaction.

       --debug
              Print helpful information for solving issues.  If you're submitting a bug report try  running  the
              command again with --debug and providing the output to the devs, it may be helpful.

       --raw-dpkg
              Force nala not to format dpkg output.

              This disables all formatting and it would look as if you were using apt.

              A  more  indepth  explanation for what this switch does, nala will fork a tty instead of a pty for
              dpkg.

              nala will also not display a progress bar for dpkg with this turned on.  Additionally the language
              of the output will not be forced into English for this mode.

       -d, --download-only
              Packages are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed.

       --remove-essential
              Allow the removal of essential packages.

              This is very dangerous, but we thought you should have the option.

       --assume-yes, --assume-no-y, --assume-yes

                     Automatically select yes for any prompts which may need your input.

                     If the configuration option assume_yes is true, this switch will set  it  back  to  default
                     behavior

              -n, --assume-no

                     Automatically select no for any prompts which may need your input.

       --simple, --no-simple--simple

                     Show a more simple and condensed transaction summary.

              --no-simple

                     Show the standard table transatction summary with more information.

                     This variant is the default-o, --option
              Set options to pass through to apt, nala, or dpkg.

              Example:
                     Force dpkg to install new config files without prompting:

                            nalainstall--optionDpkg::Options::="--force-confnew"

                     Disable scrolling text for nalanalainstall--optionNala::scrolling_text="false"

                     Allow nala to update unauthenticated repositories:

                            nalainstall--option* APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated="true"-v, --verbose
              Disable scrolling text and print extra information

       -h, --help
              Shows this man page.

       --autoremove, --no-autoremove--autoremove

                     Automatically remove any packages that are no longer needed.

                     This variant is the default--no-autoremove

                     Do NOT Automatically remove any packages

       --update, --no-update--update

                     Update the package list before the requested operation.

                     Example:

                            nalainstall--updateneofetch

                            is equivalent to

                            aptupdate && aptinstallneofetch

                     [Default for: upgrade]

              --no-update

                     Do NOT update the package list before the requested operation.

                     [Default for: install, remove, purge, autoremove, autopurge]

       --install-recommends, --no-install-recommends--install-recommends

                     Recommended packages will be installed.

                     This variant is the default unless changed with the apt config.

              --no-install-recommends

                     Recommended package will NOT be installed.

                     If  this  option  is  selected  nala will display the recommended packages that will not be
                     installed.

       --install-suggests, --no-install-suggests--install-suggests

                     Suggested packages will be installed.

                     This variant is the default--no-install-suggests

                     This variant is the default unless changed with the apt config.

                     If this option is selected nala will display  the  suggested  packages  that  will  not  be
                     installed.

       --fix-broken, --no-fix-broken--fix-broken

                     Attempts to fix broken packages.

                     This variant is the default--no-fix-broken

                     Stops nala from performing extra checks.

                     Thiscanresultinabrokeninstall!

              If you just want to fix broken packages:

                     nalainstall--fix-broken

nalaupgrade [--options]