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1 | <!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- --> |
2 | <!doctype refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN" [ | |
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4 | <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> | |
5 | %aptent; | |
6 | ||
7 | ]> | |
8 | ||
9 | <refentry> | |
10 | &apt-docinfo; | |
11 | ||
12 | <refmeta> | |
13 | <refentrytitle>apt-get</> | |
14 | <manvolnum>8</> | |
15 | </refmeta> | |
16 | ||
17 | <!-- Man page title --> | |
18 | <refnamediv> | |
19 | <refname>apt-get</> | |
20 | <refpurpose>APT package handling utility -- command-line interface</> | |
21 | </refnamediv> | |
22 | ||
23 | <!-- Arguments --> | |
24 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
25 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
09774285 | 26 | <command>apt-get</> |
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27 | <arg><option>-hvs</></arg> |
28 | <arg><option>-o=<replaceable/config string/</></arg> | |
29 | <arg><option>-c=<replaceable/file/</></arg> | |
30 | <group choice=req> | |
31 | <arg>update</> | |
32 | <arg>upgrade</> | |
33 | <arg>dselect-upgrade</> | |
34 | <arg>install <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg> | |
35 | <arg>remove <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg> | |
36 | <arg>source <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg> | |
37 | <arg>build-dep <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg> | |
38 | <arg>check</> | |
39 | <arg>clean</> | |
40 | <arg>autoclean</> | |
41 | </group> | |
42 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
43 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
44 | ||
45 | <RefSect1><Title>Description</> | |
46 | <para> | |
47 | <command/apt-get/ is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be | |
48 | considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT library. | |
49 | <para> | |
de7f0f23 | 50 | Unless the <option/-h/, or <option/--help/ option is given, one of the |
09774285 | 51 | commands below must be present. |
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52 | |
53 | <VariableList> | |
54 | <VarListEntry><Term>update</Term> | |
55 | <ListItem><Para> | |
56 | <literal/update/ is used to resynchronize the package index files from | |
57 | their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the | |
58 | location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</>. | |
59 | For example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and | |
60 | scans the <filename>Packages.gz</> files, so that information about new | |
61 | and updated packages is available. An <literal/update/ should always be | |
62 | performed before an <literal/upgrade/ or <literal/dist-upgrade/. Please | |
63 | be aware that the overall progress meter will be incorrect as the size | |
64 | of the package files cannot be known in advance. | |
65 | </VarListEntry> | |
66 | ||
67 | <VarListEntry><Term>upgrade</Term> | |
68 | <ListItem><Para> | |
69 | <literal/upgrade/ is used to install the newest versions of all packages | |
70 | currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in | |
71 | <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</>. Packages currently installed with | |
72 | new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances | |
73 | are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed | |
74 | retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that | |
75 | cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package | |
76 | will be left at their current version. An <literal/update/ must be | |
77 | performed first so that <command/apt-get/ knows that new versions of packages are | |
78 | available. | |
79 | </VarListEntry> | |
80 | ||
81 | <VarListEntry><Term>dselect-upgrade</Term> | |
82 | <ListItem><Para> | |
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83 | <literal/dselect-upgrade/ |
84 | is used in conjunction with the traditional Debian packaging | |
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85 | front-end, &dselect;. <literal/dselect-upgrade/ |
86 | follows the changes made by &dselect; to the <literal/Status/ | |
87 | field of available packages, and performs the actions necessary to realize | |
88 | that state (for instance, the removal of old and the installation of new | |
89 | packages). | |
90 | </VarListEntry> | |
91 | ||
92 | <VarListEntry><Term>dist-upgrade</Term> | |
93 | <ListItem><Para> | |
94 | <literal/dist-upgrade/, in addition to performing the function of | |
95 | <literal/upgrade/, also intelligently handles changing dependencies | |
96 | with new versions of packages; <command/apt-get/ has a "smart" conflict | |
97 | resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important | |
de7f0f23 | 98 | packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. |
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99 | The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</> file contains a list of locations |
100 | from which to retrieve desired package files. | |
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101 | See also &apt-preferences; for a mechanism for |
102 | overriding the general settings for individual packages. | |
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103 | </VarListEntry> |
104 | ||
105 | <VarListEntry><Term>install</Term> | |
106 | <ListItem><Para> | |
107 | <literal/install/ is followed by one or more packages desired for | |
108 | installation. Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified | |
109 | filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux system, libc6 would be the | |
de7f0f23 | 110 | argument provided, not <literal/libc6_1.9.6-2.deb/). All packages required |
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111 | by the package(s) specified for installation will also be retrieved and |
112 | installed. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</> file is used to locate | |
113 | the desired packages. If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with | |
114 | no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is | |
115 | installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to | |
e35e72b1 | 116 | install. These latter features may be used to override decisions made by |
de7f0f23 | 117 | apt-get's conflict resolution system. |
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118 | <para> |
119 | A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by | |
120 | following the package name with an equals and the version of the package | |
121 | to select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for | |
122 | install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by | |
123 | following the package name with a slash and the version of the | |
8835c5d0 | 124 | distribution or the Archive name (stable, testing, unstable). |
b2e465d6 | 125 | <para> |
e35e72b1 | 126 | Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must |
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127 | be used with care. |
128 | <para> | |
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129 | Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to |
130 | create an alternative installation policy for | |
131 | individual packages. | |
132 | <para> | |
b2e465d6 | 133 | If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one |
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134 | of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression, |
135 | and it is applied | |
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136 | to all package names in the database. Any matches are then installed (or |
137 | removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' matches 'how-lo' | |
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138 | and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression |
139 | with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression. | |
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140 | </VarListEntry> |
141 | ||
142 | <VarListEntry><Term>remove</Term> | |
143 | <ListItem><Para> | |
e35e72b1 | 144 | <literal/remove/ is identical to <literal/install/ except that packages are |
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145 | removed instead of installed. If a plus sign is appended to the package |
146 | name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be | |
de7f0f23 | 147 | installed instead of removed. |
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148 | </VarListEntry> |
149 | ||
150 | <VarListEntry><Term>source</Term> | |
151 | <ListItem><Para> | |
152 | <literal/source/ causes <command/apt-get/ to fetch source packages. APT | |
153 | will examine the available packages to decide which source package to | |
154 | fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory the | |
155 | newest available version of that source package. Source packages are | |
156 | tracked separately from binary packages via <literal/deb-src/ type lines | |
157 | in the &sources-list; file. This probably will mean that you will not | |
158 | get the same source as the package you have installed or as you could | |
159 | install. If the --compile options is specified then the package will be | |
160 | compiled to a binary .deb using dpkg-buildpackage, if --download-only is | |
161 | specified then the source package will not be unpacked. | |
162 | <para> | |
163 | A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name | |
164 | with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism | |
165 | used for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source | |
166 | package name and version, implicitly enabling the | |
167 | <literal/APT::Get::Only-Source/ option. | |
168 | ||
169 | <para> | |
170 | Note that source packages are not tracked like binary packages, they | |
171 | exist only in the current directory and are similar to downloading source | |
172 | tar balls. | |
173 | </VarListEntry> | |
174 | ||
175 | <VarListEntry><Term>build-dep</Term> | |
176 | <ListItem><Para> | |
177 | <literal/build-dep/ causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an | |
de7f0f23 | 178 | attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. |
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179 | </VarListEntry> |
180 | ||
181 | <VarListEntry><Term>check</Term> | |
182 | <ListItem><Para> | |
183 | <literal/check/ is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks | |
184 | for broken dependencies. | |
185 | </VarListEntry> | |
186 | ||
187 | <VarListEntry><Term>clean</Term> | |
188 | <ListItem><Para> | |
189 | <literal/clean/ clears out the local repository of retrieved package | |
190 | files. It removes everything but the lock file from | |
191 | <filename>&cachedir;/archives/</> and | |
c6649788 | 192 | <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</>. When APT is used as a |
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193 | &dselect; method, <literal/clean/ is run automatically. |
194 | Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run <literal/apt-get clean/ | |
195 | from time to time to free up disk space. | |
196 | </VarListEntry> | |
197 | ||
198 | <VarListEntry><Term>autoclean</Term> | |
199 | <ListItem><Para> | |
200 | Like <literal/clean/, <literal/autoclean/ clears out the local | |
201 | repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only | |
202 | removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely | |
203 | useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without | |
204 | it growing out of control. The configuration option | |
205 | <literal/APT::Clean-Installed/ will prevent installed packages from being | |
de7f0f23 | 206 | erased if it is set to off. |
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207 | </VarListEntry> |
208 | </VariableList> | |
209 | </RefSect1> | |
210 | ||
211 | <RefSect1><Title>Options</> | |
212 | &apt-cmdblurb; | |
213 | ||
214 | <VariableList> | |
215 | <VarListEntry><term><option/-d/</><term><option/--download-only/</> | |
216 | <ListItem><Para> | |
217 | Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed. | |
218 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Download-Only/. | |
219 | </VarListEntry> | |
220 | ||
221 | <VarListEntry><term><option/-f/</><term><option/--fix-broken/</> | |
222 | <ListItem><Para> | |
223 | Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in | |
224 | place. This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages | |
225 | to permit APT to deduce a likely soltion. Any Package that are specified | |
226 | must completly correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when | |
227 | running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package | |
228 | dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's | |
229 | dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention | |
230 | (which usually means using &dselect; or <command/dpkg --remove/ to eliminate some of | |
231 | the offending packages). Use of this option together with <option/-m/ may produce an | |
232 | error in some situations. | |
233 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Fix-Broken/. | |
234 | </VarListEntry> | |
235 | ||
236 | <VarListEntry><term><option/-m/</><term><option/--ignore-missing/</> | |
237 | <term><option/--fix-missing/</> | |
238 | <ListItem><Para> | |
239 | Ignore missing packages; If packages cannot be retrieved or fail the | |
240 | integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back | |
241 | those packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with | |
242 | <option/-f/ may produce an error in some situations. If a package is | |
243 | selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the | |
244 | command line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently | |
245 | held back. | |
246 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Fix-Missing/. | |
247 | </VarListEntry> | |
248 | ||
249 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--no-download/</> | |
250 | <ListItem><Para> | |
251 | Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with | |
252 | <option/--ignore-missing/ to force APT to use only the .debs it has | |
253 | already downloaded. | |
254 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Download/. | |
255 | </VarListEntry> | |
256 | ||
257 | <VarListEntry><term><option/-q/</><term><option/--quiet/</> | |
258 | <ListItem><Para> | |
259 | Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. | |
260 | More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use | |
261 | <option/-q=#/ to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file. | |
262 | Note that quiet level 2 implies <option/-y/, you should never use -qq | |
263 | without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may | |
264 | decided to do something you did not expect. | |
265 | Configuration Item: <literal/quiet/. | |
266 | </VarListEntry> | |
267 | ||
268 | <VarListEntry><term><option/-s/</> | |
269 | <term><option/--simulate/</> | |
270 | <term><option/--just-print/</> | |
271 | <term><option/--dry-run/</> | |
272 | <term><option/--recon/</> | |
273 | <term><option/--no-act/</> | |
274 | <ListItem><Para> | |
275 | No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not | |
276 | actually change the system. | |
277 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Simulate/. | |
278 | <para> | |
279 | Simulate prints out | |
280 | a series of lines each one representing a dpkg operation, Configure (Conf), | |
281 | Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages with | |
282 | and empty set of square brackets meaning breaks that are of no consequence | |
283 | (rare). | |
284 | </VarListEntry> | |
285 | ||
286 | <VarListEntry><term><option/-y/</><term><option/--yes/</> | |
287 | <term><option/--assume-yes/</> | |
288 | <ListItem><Para> | |
289 | Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run | |
290 | non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held | |
291 | package or removing an essential package occurs then <literal/apt-get/ | |
292 | will abort. | |
293 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Assume-Yes/. | |
294 | </VarListEntry> | |
295 | ||
296 | <VarListEntry><term><option/-u/</><term><option/--show-upgraded/</> | |
297 | <ListItem><Para> | |
298 | Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that are to be | |
299 | upgraded. | |
300 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Show-Upgraded/. | |
301 | </VarListEntry> | |
302 | ||
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303 | <VarListEntry><term><option/-V/</><term><option/--verbose-versions/</> |
304 | <ListItem><Para> | |
305 | Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages. | |
306 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Show-Versions/. | |
307 | </VarListEntry> | |
308 | ||
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309 | <VarListEntry><term><option/-b/</><term><option/--compile/</> |
310 | <term><option/--build/</> | |
311 | <ListItem><Para> | |
312 | Compile source packages after downloading them. | |
313 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Compile/. | |
314 | </VarListEntry> | |
315 | ||
316 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--ignore-hold/</> | |
317 | <ListItem><Para> | |
318 | Ignore package Holds; This causes <command/apt-get/ to ignore a hold | |
319 | placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with | |
320 | <literal/dist-upgrade/ to override a large number of undesired holds. | |
321 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Ignore-Hold/. | |
322 | </VarListEntry> | |
323 | ||
324 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--no-upgrade/</> | |
325 | <ListItem><Para> | |
326 | Do not upgrade packages; When used in conjunction with <literal/install/ | |
327 | <literal/no-upgrade/ will prevent packages listed from being upgraded | |
328 | if they are already installed. | |
329 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Upgrade/. | |
330 | </VarListEntry> | |
331 | ||
332 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--force-yes/</> | |
333 | <ListItem><Para> | |
334 | Force yes; This is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue | |
335 | without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It | |
336 | should not be used except in very special situations. Using | |
337 | <literal/force-yes/ can potentially destroy your system! | |
338 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::force-yes/. | |
339 | </VarListEntry> | |
340 | ||
341 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--print-uris/</> | |
342 | <ListItem><Para> | |
343 | Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each | |
344 | URI will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected | |
345 | md5 hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match | |
f0863b21 | 346 | the file name on the remote site! This also works with the |
c9aa0f15 | 347 | <literal/source/ and <literal/update/ commands. When used with the |
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348 | <literal/update/ command the MD5 and size are not included, and it is |
349 | up to the user to decompress any compressed files. | |
350 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Print-URIs/. | |
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351 | </VarListEntry> |
352 | ||
353 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--purge/</> | |
354 | <ListItem><Para> | |
355 | Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed. | |
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356 | An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are |
357 | scheduled to be purged. | |
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358 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Purge/. |
359 | </VarListEntry> | |
360 | ||
361 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--reinstall/</> | |
362 | <ListItem><Para> | |
363 | Re-Install packages that are already installed and at the newest version. | |
364 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::ReInstall/. | |
365 | </VarListEntry> | |
366 | ||
367 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--list-cleanup/</> | |
368 | <ListItem><Para> | |
369 | This option defaults to on, use <literal/--no-list-cleanup/ to turn it | |
370 | off. When on <command/apt-get/ will automatically manage the contents of | |
371 | <filename>&statedir;/lists</> to ensure that obsolete files are erased. | |
372 | The only reason to turn it off is if you frequently change your source | |
373 | list. | |
374 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::List-Cleanup/. | |
375 | </VarListEntry> | |
376 | ||
377 | <VarListEntry><term><option/-t/</> | |
378 | <term><option/--target-release/</> | |
379 | <term><option/--default-release/</> | |
380 | <ListItem><Para> | |
381 | This option controls the default input to the policy engine, it creates | |
382 | a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. The | |
383 | preferences file may further override this setting. In short, this option | |
384 | lets you have simple control over which distribution packages will be | |
e35e72b1 | 385 | retrieved from. Some common examples might be |
b2e465d6 | 386 | <option>-t '2.1*'</> or <option>-t unstable</>. |
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387 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Default-Release/; |
388 | see also the &apt-preferences; manual page. | |
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389 | </VarListEntry> |
390 | ||
391 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--trivial-only/</> | |
392 | <ListItem><Para> | |
e35e72b1 | 393 | Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered |
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394 | related to <option/--assume-yes/, where <option/--assume-yes/ will answer |
395 | yes to any prompt, <option/--trivial-only/ will answer no. | |
396 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Trivial-Only/. | |
397 | </VarListEntry> | |
398 | ||
399 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--no-remove/</> | |
400 | <ListItem><Para> | |
401 | If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without | |
402 | prompting. | |
403 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Remove/ | |
404 | </VarListEntry> | |
405 | ||
406 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--only-source/</> | |
407 | <ListItem><Para> | |
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408 | Only has meaning for the <literal/source/ command. Indicates that the |
409 | given source names are not to be mapped through the binary | |
410 | table. This means that if this option is specified, the | |
411 | <literal/source/ command will only accept source package names as | |
412 | arguments, rather than accepting binary package names and looking | |
413 | up the corresponding source package. | |
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414 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Only-Source/ |
415 | </VarListEntry> | |
416 | ||
417 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--diff-only/</><term><option/--tar-only/</> | |
418 | <ListItem><Para> | |
419 | Download only the diff or tar file of a source archive. | |
420 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Diff-Only/ and | |
421 | <literal/APT::Get::Tar-Only/ | |
422 | </VarListEntry> | |
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424 | <VarListEntry><term><option/--arch-only/</> |
425 | <ListItem><Para> | |
426 | Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies. | |
427 | Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Arch-Only/ | |
428 | </VarListEntry> | |
429 | ||
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430 | &apt-commonoptions; |
431 | ||
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432 | </VariableList> |
433 | </RefSect1> | |
434 | ||
435 | <RefSect1><Title>Files</> | |
436 | <variablelist> | |
437 | <VarListEntry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</></term> | |
438 | <ListItem><Para> | |
de7f0f23 | 439 | Locations to fetch packages from. |
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440 | Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::Etc::SourceList/. |
441 | </VarListEntry> | |
442 | ||
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443 | <VarListEntry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</></term> |
444 | <ListItem><Para> | |
445 | APT configuration file. | |
446 | Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::Etc::Main/. | |
447 | </VarListEntry> | |
448 | ||
449 | <VarListEntry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</></term> | |
450 | <ListItem><Para> | |
451 | APT configuration file fragments | |
452 | Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::Etc::Parts/. | |
453 | </VarListEntry> | |
454 | ||
455 | <VarListEntry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</></term> | |
456 | <ListItem><Para> | |
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457 | Version preferences file. |
458 | This is where you would specify "pinning", | |
459 | i.e. a preference to get certain packages | |
460 | from a separate source | |
461 | or from a different version of a distribution. | |
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462 | Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::Etc::Preferences/. |
463 | </VarListEntry> | |
464 | ||
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465 | <VarListEntry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</></term> |
466 | <ListItem><Para> | |
de7f0f23 | 467 | Storage area for retrieved package files. |
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468 | Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::Cache::Archives/. |
469 | </VarListEntry> | |
470 | ||
471 | <VarListEntry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</></term> | |
472 | <ListItem><Para> | |
de7f0f23 | 473 | Storage area for package files in transit. |
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474 | Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::Cache::Archives/ (implicit partial). |
475 | </VarListEntry> | |
476 | ||
477 | <VarListEntry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</></term> | |
478 | <ListItem><Para> | |
de7f0f23 | 479 | Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in |
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480 | &sources-list; |
481 | Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::State::Lists/. | |
482 | </VarListEntry> | |
483 | ||
484 | <VarListEntry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</></term> | |
485 | <ListItem><Para> | |
de7f0f23 | 486 | Storage area for state information in transit. |
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487 | Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::State::Lists/ (implicit partial). |
488 | </VarListEntry> | |
489 | </variablelist> | |
490 | </RefSect1> | |
491 | ||
492 | <RefSect1><Title>See Also</> | |
493 | <para> | |
041c7082 | 494 | &apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, |
de7f0f23 | 495 | The APT User's guide in &docdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto. |
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496 | </RefSect1> |
497 | ||
498 | <RefSect1><Title>Diagnostics</> | |
499 | <para> | |
500 | <command/apt-get/ returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error. | |
501 | </RefSect1> | |
502 | ||
503 | &manbugs; | |
504 | &manauthor; | |
505 | ||
506 | </refentry> |