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# Managing software

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Package management <software/package-management>
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* {ref}`Package management <package-management>` shows you how to manage the software on your system using APT, `dpkg`, and other package managers

## Updates

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Automatic updates <software/automatic-updates>
Upgrade your release <software/upgrade-your-release>
Snapshot service <software/snapshot-service>
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* {ref}`Automatic updates <automatic-updates>` shows you how to configure (or turn off) automatic updates
* {ref}`Upgrade your release <upgrade-your-release>` shows you how to upgrade from one Ubuntu release to the next one
* {ref}`Snapshot service <snapshot-service>` shows you how to use the Ubuntu Snapshot Service to update packages to time-specific archive states.

## Troubleshooting

* {ref}`Reporting bugs <report-a-bug>` shows you how to report a bug using the Apport utility

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Reporting bugs <software/report-a-bug>
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## See also

* Explanation: {ref}`explanation-managing-software`