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15 <refentryinfo>
16 &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
17 &apt-author.team;
18 &apt-email;
19 &apt-product;
20 <!-- The last update date -->
2f0b4b14 21 <date>08 November 2008</date>
5e80de29 22 </refentryinfo>
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24 <refmeta>
25 <refentrytitle>apt-get</refentrytitle>
26 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
f0599b9c 27 <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
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29
30 <!-- Man page title -->
31 <refnamediv>
32 <refname>apt-get</refname>
33 <refpurpose>APT package handling utility -- command-line interface</refpurpose>
34 </refnamediv>
35
36 <!-- Arguments -->
37 <refsynopsisdiv>
38 <cmdsynopsis>
39 <command>apt-get</command>
2f0b4b14 40 <arg><option>-sqdyfmubV</option></arg>
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41 <arg>
42 <option>-o=
4a09fd30 43 <replaceable>config_string</replaceable>
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44 </option>
45 </arg>
46 <arg>
47 <option>-c=
48 <replaceable>config_file</replaceable>
49 </option>
50 </arg>
51 <arg>
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52 <option>-t=</option>
53 <arg choice='plain'>
54 <replaceable>target_release</replaceable>
55 </arg>
7e4c7441 56 </arg>
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57 <arg>
58 <option>-a=</option>
59 <arg choice='plain'>
60 <replaceable>default_architecture</replaceable>
61 </arg>
62 </arg>
63
7e4c7441 64
24f6490f 65 <group choice="req">
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66 <arg choice='plain'>update</arg>
67 <arg choice='plain'>upgrade</arg>
68 <arg choice='plain'>dselect-upgrade</arg>
2a7f6e97 69 <arg choice='plain'>dist-upgrade</arg>
c74e6100 70 <arg choice='plain'>install
ef48e3ae 71 <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
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72 <arg>
73 <group choice='req'>
74 <arg choice='plain'>
75 =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
76 </arg>
77 <arg choice='plain'>
4fd5ef42 78 /<replaceable>target_release</replaceable>
efc487fb 79 </arg>
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80 </group>
81 </arg>
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82 </arg>
83 </arg>
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84 <arg choice='plain'>remove <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
85 <arg choice='plain'>purge <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
86 <arg choice='plain'>source
ef48e3ae 87 <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
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88 <arg>
89 <group choice='req'>
90 <arg choice='plain'>
91 =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
92 </arg>
93 <arg choice='plain'>
4fd5ef42 94 /<replaceable>target_release</replaceable>
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95 </arg>
96 </group>
97 </arg>
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98 </arg>
99 </arg>
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100 <arg choice='plain'>build-dep <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
101 <arg choice='plain'>check</arg>
102 <arg choice='plain'>clean</arg>
103 <arg choice='plain'>autoclean</arg>
104 <arg choice='plain'>autoremove</arg>
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105 <arg choice='plain'>
106 <group choice='req'>
107 <arg choice='plain'>-v</arg>
108 <arg choice='plain'>--version</arg>
109 </group>
110 </arg>
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111 <arg choice='plain'>
112 <group choice='req'>
113 <arg choice='plain'>-h</arg>
114 <arg choice='plain'>--help</arg>
115 </group>
116 </arg>
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117 </group>
118 </cmdsynopsis>
119 </refsynopsisdiv>
120
121 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
122 <para><command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be
123 considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT
007aba92 124 library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as &dselect;,
9233ef0d 125 &aptitude;, &synaptic; and &wajig;.</para>
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127 <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the
128 commands below must be present.</para>
129
130 <variablelist>
131 <varlistentry><term>update</term>
132 <listitem><para><literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files from
133 their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the
134 location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>.
135 For example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and
136 scans the <filename>Packages.gz</filename> files, so that information about new
137 and updated packages is available. An <literal>update</literal> should always be
138 performed before an <literal>upgrade</literal> or <literal>dist-upgrade</literal>. Please
139 be aware that the overall progress meter will be incorrect as the size
140 of the package files cannot be known in advance.</para></listitem>
141 </varlistentry>
142
143 <varlistentry><term>upgrade</term>
144 <listitem><para><literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all packages
145 currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in
146 <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed with
147 new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances
148 are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed
149 retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that
150 cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package
151 will be left at their current version. An <literal>update</literal> must be
152 performed first so that <command>apt-get</command> knows that new versions of packages are
153 available.</para></listitem>
154 </varlistentry>
155
156 <varlistentry><term>dselect-upgrade</term>
157 <listitem><para><literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
158 is used in conjunction with the traditional Debian packaging
159 front-end, &dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
160 follows the changes made by &dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal>
161 field of available packages, and performs the actions necessary to realize
162 that state (for instance, the removal of old and the installation of new
163 packages).</para></listitem>
164 </varlistentry>
165
166 <varlistentry><term>dist-upgrade</term>
167 <listitem><para><literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of
168 <literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies
169 with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a "smart" conflict
170 resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important
171 packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary.
087a772e 172 So, <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> command may remove some packages.
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173 The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of locations
174 from which to retrieve desired package files.
175 See also &apt-preferences; for a mechanism for
176 overriding the general settings for individual packages.</para></listitem>
177 </varlistentry>
178
179 <varlistentry><term>install</term>
2b0de496 180 <listitem>
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181 <para><literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more
182 packages desired for installation or upgrading.
183 Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
184 filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux system,
185 libc6 would be the argument provided, not
186 <literal>libc6_1.9.6-2.deb</literal>). All packages required
187 by the package(s) specified for installation will also
188 be retrieved and installed.
189 The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is
190 used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is
191 appended to the package name (with no intervening space),
192 the identified package will be removed if it is installed.
193 Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a
194 package to install. These latter features may be used
195 to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict
196 resolution system.
197 </para>
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199 <para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by
200 following the package name with an equals and the version of the package
201 to select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for
202 install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by
203 following the package name with a slash and the version of the
204 distribution or the Archive name (stable, testing, unstable).</para>
205
206 <para>Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must
207 be used with care.</para>
208
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209 <para>This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or
210 more already-installed packages without upgrading every package
211 you have on your system. Unlike the "upgrade" target, which
212 installs the newest version of all currently installed packages,
213 "install" will install the newest version of only the package(s)
214 specified. Simply provide the name of the package(s) you wish
215 to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and its
216 dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and
217 installed.
218 </para>
219
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220 <para>Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to
221 create an alternative installation policy for
222 individual packages.</para>
223
224 <para>If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one
225 of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression,
226 and it is applied
227 to all package names in the database. Any matches are then installed (or
228 removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' matches 'how-lo'
229 and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression
230 with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.</para></listitem>
231 </varlistentry>
232
233 <varlistentry><term>remove</term>
234 <listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are
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235 removed instead of installed. Note the removing a package leaves its
236 configuration files in system. If a plus sign is appended to the package
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237 name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be
238 installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
239 </varlistentry>
240
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241 <varlistentry><term>purge</term>
242 <listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are
861aa1bd 243 removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).</para></listitem>
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244 </varlistentry>
245
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246 <varlistentry><term>source</term>
247 <listitem><para><literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source packages. APT
248 will examine the available packages to decide which source package to
249 fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory the
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250 newest available version of that source package while respect the
251 default release, set with the option <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>,
7fa2e810 252 the <option>-t</option> option or per package with the
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253 <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible.</para>
254
255 <para>Source packages are tracked separately
256 from binary packages via <literal>deb-src</literal> type lines
257 in the &sources-list; file. This means that you will need to add such a line
258 for each repository you want to get sources from. If you don't do this
259 you will properly get another (newer, older or none) source version than
260 the one you have installed or could install.</para>
261
5f4331c4 262 <para>If the <option>--compile</option> option is specified
90c24363 263 then the package will be compiled to a binary .deb using
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264 <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> for the architecture as
265 defined by the <command>--host-architecture</command> option.
266 If <option>--download-only</option> is specified then the source package
267 will not be unpacked.</para>
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269 <para>A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name
270 with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism
271 used for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source
272 package name and version, implicitly enabling the
273 <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option.</para>
274
275 <para>Note that source packages are not tracked like binary packages, they
276 exist only in the current directory and are similar to downloading source
277 tar balls.</para></listitem>
278 </varlistentry>
279
280 <varlistentry><term>build-dep</term>
281 <listitem><para><literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an
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282 attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default the dependencies are
283 satisfied to build the package nativly. If desired a host-architecture can be specified
284 with the <option>--host-architecture</option> option instead.</para></listitem>
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285 </varlistentry>
286
287 <varlistentry><term>check</term>
288 <listitem><para><literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks
289 for broken dependencies.</para></listitem>
290 </varlistentry>
291
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292 <varlistentry><term>download</term>
293 <listitem><para><literal>download</literal> will download the given
1fc8c922 294 binary package into the current directory.
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295 </para></listitem>
296 </varlistentry>
297
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298 <varlistentry><term>clean</term>
299 <listitem><para><literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved package
300 files. It removes everything but the lock file from
301 <filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and
302 <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>. When APT is used as a
303 &dselect; method, <literal>clean</literal> is run automatically.
304 Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run <literal>apt-get clean</literal>
305 from time to time to free up disk space.</para></listitem>
306 </varlistentry>
307
308 <varlistentry><term>autoclean</term>
309 <listitem><para>Like <literal>clean</literal>, <literal>autoclean</literal> clears out the local
310 repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only
311 removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely
312 useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without
313 it growing out of control. The configuration option
314 <literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from being
315 erased if it is set to off.</para></listitem>
316 </varlistentry>
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318 <varlistentry><term>autoremove</term>
319 <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
320 installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.</para></listitem>
321 </varlistentry>
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323 <varlistentry><term>changelog</term>
324 <listitem><para><literal>changelog</literal> downloads a package changelog and displays
325 it through <command>sensible-pager</command>. The server name and base
326 directory is defined in the <literal>APT::Changelogs::Server</literal>
327 variable (e. g. <ulink>http://packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> for
328 Debian or <ulink>http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> for
329 Ubuntu).
330 By default it displays the changelog for the version that is
331 installed. However, you can specify the same options as for
332 the <option>install</option> command.
333 </para>
334 </listitem>
335 </varlistentry>
336
337
338
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340 </refsect1>
341
342 <refsect1><title>options</title>
343 &apt-cmdblurb;
344
345 <variablelist>
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346 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-install-recommends</option></term>
347 <listitem><para>Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing.
348 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>.</para></listitem>
349 </varlistentry>
350
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351 <varlistentry><term><option>--install-suggests</option></term>
352 <listitem><para>Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing.
353 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Suggests</literal>.</para></listitem>
354 </varlistentry>
355
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356 <varlistentry><term><option>-d</option></term><term><option>--download-only</option></term>
357 <listitem><para>Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed.
358 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
359 </varlistentry>
360
361 <varlistentry><term><option>-f</option></term><term><option>--fix-broken</option></term>
362 <listitem><para>Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in
363 place. This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages
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364 to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. If packages are specified,
365 these have to completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when
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366 running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package
367 dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's
368 dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention
369 (which usually means using &dselect; or <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of
370 the offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> may produce an
371 error in some situations.
372 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>.</para></listitem>
373 </varlistentry>
374
375 <varlistentry><term><option>-m</option></term><term><option>--ignore-missing</option></term>
376 <term><option>--fix-missing</option></term>
377 <listitem><para>Ignore missing packages; If packages cannot be retrieved or fail the
378 integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back
379 those packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with
380 <option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is
381 selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the
382 command line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently
383 held back.
384 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Missing</literal>.</para></listitem>
385 </varlistentry>
386
387 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-download</option></term>
388 <listitem><para>Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with
389 <option>--ignore-missing</option> to force APT to use only the .debs it has
390 already downloaded.
391 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download</literal>.</para></listitem>
392 </varlistentry>
393
394 <varlistentry><term><option>-q</option></term><term><option>--quiet</option></term>
395 <listitem><para>Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators.
396 More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use
397 <option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file.
398 Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>, you should never use -qq
399 without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may
400 decided to do something you did not expect.
401 Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>.</para></listitem>
402 </varlistentry>
403
404 <varlistentry><term><option>-s</option></term>
405 <term><option>--simulate</option></term>
406 <term><option>--just-print</option></term>
407 <term><option>--dry-run</option></term>
408 <term><option>--recon</option></term>
409 <term><option>--no-act</option></term>
410 <listitem><para>No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not
411 actually change the system.
412 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>.</para>
413
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415 automatic. Also a notice will be displayed indicating that this is only a simulation,
416 if the option <literal>APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note</literal> is set (Default: true).
417 Neither NoLocking nor the notice will be triggered if run as root (root should know what
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418 he is doing without further warnings by <literal>apt-get</literal>).</para>
419
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420 <para>Simulate prints out
421 a series of lines each one representing a dpkg operation, Configure (Conf),
5f4331c4 422 Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages
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423 and empty set of square brackets meaning breaks that are of no consequence
424 (rare).</para></listitem>
425 </varlistentry>
426
427 <varlistentry><term><option>-y</option></term><term><option>--yes</option></term>
428 <term><option>--assume-yes</option></term>
429 <listitem><para>Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run
430 non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held
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431 package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an essential package
432 occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort.
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433 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
434 </varlistentry>
435
436 <varlistentry><term><option>-u</option></term><term><option>--show-upgraded</option></term>
437 <listitem><para>Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that are to be
438 upgraded.
439 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>.</para></listitem>
440 </varlistentry>
441
442 <varlistentry><term><option>-V</option></term><term><option>--verbose-versions</option></term>
443 <listitem><para>Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages.
444 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>.</para></listitem>
445 </varlistentry>
446
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447 <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term>
448 <term><option>--host-architecture</option></term>
449 <listitem><para>This option controls the architecture packages are built for
450 by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies
451 are satisfied. By default is not set which means that the host architecture
452 is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by <literal>APT::Architecture</literal>)
453 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>
454 </para></listitem>
455 </varlistentry>
456
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457 <varlistentry><term><option>-b</option></term><term><option>--compile</option></term>
458 <term><option>--build</option></term>
459 <listitem><para>Compile source packages after downloading them.
460 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>.</para></listitem>
461 </varlistentry>
06d79436 462
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463 <varlistentry><term><option>--ignore-hold</option></term>
464 <listitem><para>Ignore package Holds; This causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a hold
465 placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with
466 <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired holds.
467 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>.</para></listitem>
468 </varlistentry>
469
470 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-upgrade</option></term>
471 <listitem><para>Do not upgrade packages; When used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
472 <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line
473 from being upgraded if they are already installed.
474 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem>
475 </varlistentry>
476
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477 <varlistentry><term><option>--only-upgrade</option></term>
478 <listitem><para>Do not install new packages; When used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
479 <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line
480 from being upgraded if they are not already installed.
481 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem>
482 </varlistentry>
483
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484 <varlistentry><term><option>--force-yes</option></term>
485 <listitem><para>Force yes; This is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue
486 without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It
487 should not be used except in very special situations. Using
488 <literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system!
489 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
490 </varlistentry>
491
492 <varlistentry><term><option>--print-uris</option></term>
493 <listitem><para>Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each
494 URI will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected
495 md5 hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match
496 the file name on the remote site! This also works with the
497 <literal>source</literal> and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the
498 <literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it is
499 up to the user to decompress any compressed files.
500 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Print-URIs</literal>.</para></listitem>
501 </varlistentry>
502
503 <varlistentry><term><option>--purge</option></term>
504 <listitem><para>Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed.
505 An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are
5d70f74c 506 scheduled to be purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent to the
861aa1bd 507 <option>purge</option> command.
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508 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>.</para></listitem>
509 </varlistentry>
510
511 <varlistentry><term><option>--reinstall</option></term>
512 <listitem><para>Re-Install packages that are already installed and at the newest version.
513 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>.</para></listitem>
514 </varlistentry>
515
516 <varlistentry><term><option>--list-cleanup</option></term>
517 <listitem><para>This option defaults to on, use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to turn it
518 off. When on <command>apt-get</command> will automatically manage the contents of
519 <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that obsolete files are erased.
520 The only reason to turn it off is if you frequently change your source
521 list.
522 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>.</para></listitem>
523 </varlistentry>
524
525 <varlistentry><term><option>-t</option></term>
526 <term><option>--target-release</option></term>
527 <term><option>--default-release</option></term>
528 <listitem><para>This option controls the default input to the policy engine, it creates
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530 This overrides the general settings in <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>.
531 Specifically pinned packages are not affected by the value
532 of this option. In short, this option
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534 retrieved from. Some common examples might be
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535 <option>-t '2.1*'</option>, <option>-t unstable</option>
536 or <option>-t sid</option>.
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537 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>;
538 see also the &apt-preferences; manual page.</para></listitem>
539 </varlistentry>
540
541 <varlistentry><term><option>--trivial-only</option></term>
542 <listitem><para>
543 Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered
544 related to <option>--assume-yes</option>, where <option>--assume-yes</option> will answer
545 yes to any prompt, <option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no.
546 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
547 </varlistentry>
548
549 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-remove</option></term>
550 <listitem><para>If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without
551 prompting.
552 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>.</para></listitem>
553 </varlistentry>
554
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555 <varlistentry><term><option>--auto-remove</option></term>
556 <listitem><para>If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or <literal>remove</literal>,
557 then this option acts like running <literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing the unused
558 dependency packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>.
559 </para></listitem>
560 </varlistentry>
561
24f6490f 562 <varlistentry><term><option>--only-source</option></term>
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564 <literal>source</literal> and <literal>build-dep</literal>
565 commands. Indicates that the given source names are not to be
566 mapped through the binary table. This means that if this option
567 is specified, these commands will only accept source package
568 names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names
569 and looking up the corresponding source package. Configuration
570 Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>.</para></listitem>
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572
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573 <varlistentry><term><option>--diff-only</option></term><term><option>--dsc-only</option></term><term><option>--tar-only</option></term>
574 <listitem><para>Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive.
575 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, <literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and
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577 </varlistentry>
578
579 <varlistentry><term><option>--arch-only</option></term>
580 <listitem><para>Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies.
581 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
582 </varlistentry>
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584 <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-unauthenticated</option></term>
585 <listitem><para>Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it.
e3a1f08d 586 This is useful for tools like pbuilder.
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588 </varlistentry>
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592
593 </variablelist>
594 </refsect1>
595
596 <refsect1><title>Files</title>
597 <variablelist>
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598 &file-sourceslist;
599 &file-aptconf;
600 &file-preferences;
601 &file-cachearchives;
602 &file-statelists;
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604 </refsect1>
605
606 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
607 <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;,
65d71b38 608 &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-secure;,
4d9fb6b0 609 The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para>
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611
612 <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
613 <para><command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
614 </refsect1>
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616 <title>ORIGINAL AUTHORS</title>
4a09fd30 617 <para>&apt-author.jgunthorpe;</para>
77c9def7 618 </refsect1>
4a09fd30 619 <refsect1>
77c9def7 620 <title>CURRENT AUTHORS</title>
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622 &apt-author.team;
4a09fd30 623 </para>
651001f7 624 &apt-qapage;
4a09fd30 625 </refsect1>
24f6490f 626 &manbugs;
24f6490f 627</refentry>