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1# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
2# Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
4# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
5#
6#, fuzzy
7msgid ""
8msgstr ""
9"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
d5aa88bf 10"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-05-21 07:56+0300\n"
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11"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
12"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
13"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
0c1a7101 14"Language: \n"
2a52e8c5 15"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
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16"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
17"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
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18
19#. type: TH
20#: apt.8:17
21#, no-wrap
22msgid "apt"
23msgstr ""
24
25#. type: TH
26#: apt.8:17
27#, no-wrap
28msgid "16 June 1998"
29msgstr ""
30
31#. type: TH
32#: apt.8:17
33#, no-wrap
34msgid "Debian GNU/Linux"
35msgstr ""
36
37#. type: SH
38#: apt.8:18
39#, no-wrap
40msgid "NAME"
41msgstr ""
42
43#. type: Plain text
44#: apt.8:20
45msgid "apt - Advanced Package Tool"
46msgstr ""
47
48#. type: SH
49#: apt.8:20
50#, no-wrap
51msgid "SYNOPSIS"
52msgstr ""
53
54#. type: Plain text
55#: apt.8:22
56msgid "B<apt>"
57msgstr ""
58
59#. type: SH
60#: apt.8:22
61#, no-wrap
62msgid "DESCRIPTION"
63msgstr ""
64
65#. type: Plain text
66#: apt.8:31
67msgid ""
68"APT is a management system for software packages. For normal day to day "
69"package management there are several frontends available, such as "
70"B<aptitude>(8) for the command line or B<synaptic>(8) for the X Window "
71"System. Some options are only implemented in B<apt-get>(8) though."
72msgstr ""
73
74#. type: SH
75#: apt.8:31
76#, no-wrap
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77msgid "SEE ALSO"
78msgstr ""
79
80#. type: Plain text
4279ef3b 81#: apt.8:38
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82msgid ""
83"B<apt-cache>(8), B<apt-get>(8), B<apt.conf>(5), B<sources.list>(5), "
84"B<apt_preferences>(5), B<apt-secure>(8)"
85msgstr ""
86
87#. type: SH
4279ef3b 88#: apt.8:38
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89#, no-wrap
90msgid "DIAGNOSTICS"
91msgstr ""
92
93#. type: Plain text
4279ef3b 94#: apt.8:40
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95msgid "apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error."
96msgstr ""
97
98#. type: SH
4279ef3b 99#: apt.8:40
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100#, no-wrap
101msgid "BUGS"
102msgstr ""
103
104#. type: Plain text
4279ef3b 105#: apt.8:42
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106msgid "This manpage isn't even started."
107msgstr ""
108
109#. type: Plain text
4279ef3b 110#: apt.8:51
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111msgid ""
112"See E<lt>http://bugs.debian.org/aptE<gt>. If you wish to report a bug in "
113"B<apt>, please see I</usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt> or the "
114"B<reportbug>(1) command."
115msgstr ""
116
117#. type: SH
4279ef3b 118#: apt.8:51
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119#, no-wrap
120msgid "AUTHOR"
121msgstr ""
122
123#. type: Plain text
4279ef3b 124#: apt.8:52
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125msgid "apt was written by the APT team E<lt>apt@packages.debian.orgE<gt>."
126msgstr ""
127
128#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 129#: apt.ent:7
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130#, no-wrap
131msgid ""
132"<!ENTITY apt-author.team \"\n"
133" <author>\n"
134" <othername>APT team</othername>\n"
bcf91c1b 135" <contrib></contrib>\n"
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136" </author>\n"
137"\">\n"
138msgstr ""
139
140#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 141#: apt.ent:13
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142#, no-wrap
143msgid ""
144"<!ENTITY apt-qapage \"\n"
145"\t<para>\n"
146"\t\t<ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>\n"
147"\t</para>\n"
148"\">\n"
149msgstr ""
150
151#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 152#: apt.ent:24
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153#, no-wrap
154msgid ""
155"<!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->\n"
156"<!ENTITY manbugs \"\n"
157" <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>\n"
0c1a7101 158" <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.\n"
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159" If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see\n"
160" <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the\n"
161" &reportbug; command.\n"
162" </para>\n"
163" </refsect1>\n"
164"\">\n"
165msgstr ""
166
167#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 168#: apt.ent:32
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169#, no-wrap
170msgid ""
171"<!-- Boiler plate Author section -->\n"
172"<!ENTITY manauthor \"\n"
173" <refsect1><title>Author</title>\n"
174" <para>APT was written by the APT team "
175"<email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.\n"
176" </para>\n"
177" </refsect1>\n"
178"\">\n"
179msgstr ""
180
181#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 182#: apt.ent:42
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183#, no-wrap
184msgid ""
185"<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to\n"
186" put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->\n"
187"<!ENTITY apt-commonoptions \"\n"
188" <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>\n"
189" <term><option>--help</option></term>\n"
190" <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.\n"
191" </para>\n"
192" </listitem>\n"
193" </varlistentry>\n"
194msgstr ""
195
196#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 197#: apt.ent:50
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198#, no-wrap
199msgid ""
200" <varlistentry>\n"
201" <term><option>-v</option></term>\n"
202" <term><option>--version</option></term>\n"
203" <listitem><para>Show the program version.\n"
204" </para>\n"
205" </listitem>\n"
206" </varlistentry>\n"
207msgstr ""
208
209#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 210#: apt.ent:62
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211#, no-wrap
212msgid ""
213" <varlistentry>\n"
214" <term><option>-c</option></term>\n"
215" <term><option>--config-file</option></term>\n"
216" <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to "
217"use. \n"
218" The program will read the default configuration file and then this \n"
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219" configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before "
220"the\n"
221" default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the "
222"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>\n"
223" environment variable. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.\n"
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224" </para>\n"
225" </listitem>\n"
226" </varlistentry>\n"
227msgstr ""
228
229#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 230#: apt.ent:74
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231#, no-wrap
232msgid ""
233" <varlistentry>\n"
234" <term><option>-o</option></term>\n"
235" <term><option>--option</option></term>\n"
236" <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an "
237"arbitrary\n"
238" configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o "
239"Foo::Bar=bar</option>.\n"
240" <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used "
241"multiple\n"
242" times to set different options.\n"
243" </para>\n"
244" </listitem>\n"
245" </varlistentry>\n"
246"\">\n"
247msgstr ""
248
249#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 250#: apt.ent:85
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251#, no-wrap
252msgid ""
253"<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to\n"
254" put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->\n"
255"<!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb \"\n"
256" <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, "
257"the\n"
258" descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean\n"
259" options you can override the config file by using something like \n"
260" <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>\n"
261" or several other variations.\n"
262" </para>\n"
263"\">\n"
264msgstr ""
265
bcf91c1b 266#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 267#: apt.ent:91
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268#, no-wrap
269msgid ""
270"<!ENTITY file-aptconf \"\n"
271" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>\n"
272" <listitem><para>APT configuration file.\n"
273" Configuration Item: "
274"<literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
275" </varlistentry>\n"
276msgstr ""
277
278#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 279#: apt.ent:97
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280#, no-wrap
281msgid ""
282" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>\n"
283" <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.\n"
284" Configuration Item: "
285"<literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
286" </varlistentry>\n"
287"\">\n"
288msgstr ""
289
290#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 291#: apt.ent:103
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292#, no-wrap
293msgid ""
294"<!ENTITY file-cachearchives \"\n"
295" <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>\n"
296" <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.\n"
297" Configuration Item: "
298"<literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
299" </varlistentry>\n"
300msgstr ""
301
302#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 303#: apt.ent:109
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304#, no-wrap
305msgid ""
306" "
307"<varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>\n"
308" <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.\n"
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309" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> "
310"(<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly "
311"appended). </para></listitem>\n"
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312" </varlistentry>\n"
313"\">\n"
314msgstr ""
315
316#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 317#: apt.ent:119
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318#, no-wrap
319msgid ""
320"<!ENTITY file-preferences \"\n"
321" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>\n"
322" <listitem><para>Version preferences file.\n"
323" This is where you would specify &quot;pinning&quot;,\n"
324" i.e. a preference to get certain packages\n"
325" from a separate source\n"
326" or from a different version of a distribution.\n"
327" Configuration Item: "
328"<literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
329" </varlistentry>\n"
330msgstr ""
331
332#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 333#: apt.ent:125
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334#, no-wrap
335msgid ""
336" "
337"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename></term>\n"
338" <listitem><para>File fragments for the version preferences.\n"
339" Configuration Item: "
340"<literal>Dir::Etc::PreferencesParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
341" </varlistentry>\n"
342"\">\n"
343msgstr ""
344
345#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 346#: apt.ent:131
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347#, no-wrap
348msgid ""
349"<!ENTITY file-sourceslist \"\n"
350" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>\n"
351" <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.\n"
352" Configuration Item: "
353"<literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
354" </varlistentry>\n"
355msgstr ""
356
357#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 358#: apt.ent:137
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359#, no-wrap
360msgid ""
361" "
362"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename></term>\n"
363" <listitem><para>File fragments for locations to fetch packages from.\n"
364" Configuration Item: "
365"<literal>Dir::Etc::SourceParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
366" </varlistentry>\n"
367"\">\n"
368msgstr ""
369
370#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 371#: apt.ent:144
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372#, no-wrap
373msgid ""
374"<!ENTITY file-statelists \"\n"
375" <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>\n"
376" <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package "
377"resource specified in\n"
378" &sources-list;\n"
379" Configuration Item: "
380"<literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
381" </varlistentry>\n"
382msgstr ""
383
384#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 385#: apt.ent:150
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386#, no-wrap
387msgid ""
388" "
389"<varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>\n"
390" <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.\n"
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391" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> "
392"(<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly "
393"appended).</para></listitem>\n"
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394" </varlistentry>\n"
395"\">\n"
396msgstr ""
397
b39c1859 398#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 399#: apt.ent:156
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400#, no-wrap
401msgid ""
402"<!ENTITY file-trustedgpg \"\n"
403" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg</filename></term>\n"
404" <listitem><para>Keyring of local trusted keys, new keys will be added "
405"here.\n"
406" Configuration Item: "
407"<literal>Dir::Etc::Trusted</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
408" </varlistentry>\n"
409msgstr ""
410
411#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 412#: apt.ent:163
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413#, no-wrap
414msgid ""
415" "
416"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/</filename></term>\n"
417" <listitem><para>File fragments for the trusted keys, additional "
418"keyrings can\n"
419" be stored here (by other packages or the administrator).\n"
420" Configuration Item "
421"<literal>Dir::Etc::TrustedParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
422" </varlistentry>\n"
423"\">\n"
424msgstr ""
425
426#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 427#: apt.ent:171
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428#, no-wrap
429msgid ""
430"<!ENTITY file-extended_states \"\n"
431" "
432"<varlistentry><term><filename>/var/lib/apt/extended_states</filename></term>\n"
433" <listitem><para>Status list of auto-installed packages.\n"
434" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::extended_states</literal>.\n"
435" </para></listitem>\n"
436" </varlistentry>\n"
437"\">\n"
438msgstr ""
439
440#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 441#: apt.ent:175
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442#, no-wrap
443msgid ""
444"<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is the section header for the following paragraphs - "
445"comparable\n"
446" to the other headers like NAME and DESCRIPTION and should therefore be "
447"uppercase. -->\n"
448"<!ENTITY translation-title \"TRANSLATION\">\n"
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449msgstr ""
450
451#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 452#: apt.ent:184
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453#, no-wrap
454msgid ""
455"<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is a placeholder. You should write here who has "
d8b3cbb6 456"contributed\n"
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457" to the translation in the past, who is responsible now and maybe "
458"further information\n"
459" specially related to your translation. -->\n"
460"<!ENTITY translation-holder \"\n"
461" The english translation was done by John Doe "
462"<email>john@doe.org</email> in 2009,\n"
463" 2010 and Daniela Acme <email>daniela@acme.us</email> in 2010 together "
464"with the\n"
465" Debian Dummy l10n Team "
466"<email>debian-l10n-dummy@lists.debian.org</email>.\n"
467"\">\n"
468msgstr ""
469
470#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 471#: apt.ent:195
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472#, no-wrap
473msgid ""
474"<!-- TRANSLATOR: As a translation is allowed to have 20% of "
475"untranslated/fuzzy strings\n"
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476" in a shipped manpage newer/modified paragraphs will maybe appear in "
477"english in\n"
478" the generated manpage. This sentence is therefore here to tell the "
479"reader that this\n"
480" is not a mistake by the translator - obviously the target is that at "
481"least for stable\n"
482" releases this sentence is not needed. :) -->\n"
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483"<!ENTITY translation-english \"\n"
484" Note that this translated document may contain untranslated parts.\n"
485" This is done on purpose, to avoid losing content when the\n"
486" translation is lagging behind the original content.\n"
487"\">\n"
488msgstr ""
489
c77d6597 490#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 491#: apt.ent:198
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492msgid ""
493"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -o=config_string "
494"e.g. -o=Debug::pkgProblemResolver=1 --> <!ENTITY synopsis-config-string "
495"\"config_string\">"
496msgstr ""
497
498#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 499#: apt.ent:201
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500msgid ""
501"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -c=config_file e.g. -c=./apt.conf --> <!ENTITY "
502"synopsis-config-file \"config_file\">"
503msgstr ""
504
505#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 506#: apt.ent:204
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507msgid ""
508"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -t=target_release or pkg/target_release "
509"e.g. -t=squeeze apt/experimental --> <!ENTITY synopsis-target-release "
510"\"target_release\">"
511msgstr ""
512
513#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 514#: apt.ent:207
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515msgid ""
516"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -a=architecture e.g. -a=armel --> <!ENTITY "
517"synopsis-architecture \"architecture\">"
518msgstr ""
519
520#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 521#: apt.ent:210
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522msgid ""
523"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-get install pkg e.g. apt-get install awesome "
524"--> <!ENTITY synopsis-pkg \"pkg\">"
525msgstr ""
526
527#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 528#: apt.ent:213
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529msgid ""
530"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in pkg=pkg_version_number e.g. apt=0.8.15 --> "
531"<!ENTITY synopsis-pkg-ver-number \"pkg_version_number\">"
532msgstr ""
533
534#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 535#: apt.ent:216
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536msgid ""
537"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache pkgnames prefix e.g. apt-cache "
538"pkgnames apt --> <!ENTITY synopsis-prefix \"prefix\">"
539msgstr ""
540
541#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 542#: apt.ent:219
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543msgid ""
544"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache search regex e.g. apt-cache search "
545"awesome --> <!ENTITY synopsis-regex \"regex\">"
546msgstr ""
547
548#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 549#: apt.ent:222
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550msgid ""
551"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cdrom -d=cdrom_mount_point e.g. apt-cdrom "
552"-d=/media/cdrom --> <!ENTITY synopsis-cdrom-mount \"cdrom_mount_point\">"
553msgstr ""
554
555#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 556#: apt.ent:225
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557msgid ""
558"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates -t=temporary_directory "
559"e.g. apt-extracttemplates -t=/tmp --> <!ENTITY synopsis-tmp-directory "
560"\"temporary_directory\">"
561msgstr ""
562
563#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 564#: apt.ent:228
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565msgid ""
566"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates filename --> <!ENTITY "
567"synopsis-filename \"filename\">"
568msgstr ""
569
c086ac18 570#. type: Plain text
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572msgid ""
573"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
574"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-path \"path\">"
575msgstr ""
576
c77d6597 577#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 578#: apt.ent:234
c77d6597 579msgid ""
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580"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
581"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-override "
582"\"override-file\">"
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583msgstr ""
584
585#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 586#: apt.ent:237
c77d6597 587msgid ""
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588"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
589"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-pathprefix "
590"\"pathprefix\">"
591msgstr ""
592
593#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 594#: apt.ent:240
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595msgid ""
596"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
597"generate section --> <!ENTITY synopsis-section \"section\">"
598msgstr ""
599
600#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 601#: apt.ent:243
c086ac18 602msgid ""
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603"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-key export keyid e.g. apt-key export "
604"473041FA --> <!ENTITY synopsis-keyid \"keyid\">"
605msgstr ""
606
2a52e8c5 607#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
45fb8bf7 608#: apt-cache.8.xml:26 apt-cdrom.8.xml:25 apt-config.8.xml:26 apt-get.8.xml:26 apt-key.8.xml:25 apt-mark.8.xml:26 apt-secure.8.xml:25
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609msgid "8"
610msgstr ""
611
bcf91c1b 612#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><refmiscinfo>
d5aa88bf 613#: apt-cache.8.xml:27 apt-cdrom.8.xml:26 apt-config.8.xml:27 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:27 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:27 apt-get.8.xml:27 apt-key.8.xml:26 apt-mark.8.xml:27 apt-secure.8.xml:26 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:27 apt.conf.5.xml:31 apt_preferences.5.xml:26 sources.list.5.xml:27
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614msgid "APT"
615msgstr ""
616
2a52e8c5 617#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 618#: apt-cache.8.xml:33
30549c0c 619msgid "query the APT cache"
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620msgstr ""
621
2a52e8c5 622#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
d5aa88bf 623#: apt-cache.8.xml:38 apt-cdrom.8.xml:37 apt-config.8.xml:38 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:38 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:38 apt-get.8.xml:38 apt-key.8.xml:37 apt-mark.8.xml:38 apt-secure.8.xml:50 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:38 apt.conf.5.xml:40 apt_preferences.5.xml:36 sources.list.5.xml:36
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624msgid "Description"
625msgstr ""
626
627#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 628#: apt-cache.8.xml:39
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629msgid ""
630"<command>apt-cache</command> performs a variety of operations on APT's "
631"package cache. <command>apt-cache</command> does not manipulate the state of "
632"the system but does provide operations to search and generate interesting "
633"output from the package metadata."
634msgstr ""
635
636#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 637#: apt-cache.8.xml:44 apt-get.8.xml:44
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638msgid ""
639"Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, "
640"one of the commands below must be present."
641msgstr ""
642
2a52e8c5 643#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 644#: apt-cache.8.xml:49
2a52e8c5 645msgid ""
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646"<literal>gencaches</literal> creates APT's package cache. This is done "
647"implicitly by all commands needing this cache if it is missing or outdated."
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648msgstr ""
649
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650#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
651#: apt-cache.8.xml:53 apt-cache.8.xml:142 apt-cache.8.xml:163 apt-cache.8.xml:187 apt-cache.8.xml:192 apt-cache.8.xml:208 apt-cache.8.xml:226 apt-cache.8.xml:238
652msgid "&synopsis-pkg;"
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653msgstr ""
654
655#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 656#: apt-cache.8.xml:54
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657msgid ""
658"<literal>showpkg</literal> displays information about the packages listed on "
659"the command line. Remaining arguments are package names. The available "
660"versions and reverse dependencies of each package listed are listed, as well "
661"as forward dependencies for each version. Forward (normal) dependencies are "
662"those packages upon which the package in question depends; reverse "
663"dependencies are those packages that depend upon the package in "
664"question. Thus, forward dependencies must be satisfied for a package, but "
665"reverse dependencies need not be. For instance, <command>apt-cache showpkg "
666"libreadline2</command> would produce output similar to the following:"
667msgstr ""
668
669#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
c086ac18 670#: apt-cache.8.xml:66
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671#, no-wrap
672msgid ""
673"Package: libreadline2\n"
674"Versions: 2.1-12(/var/state/apt/lists/foo_Packages),\n"
675"Reverse Depends: \n"
676" libreadlineg2,libreadline2\n"
677" libreadline2-altdev,libreadline2\n"
678"Dependencies:\n"
679"2.1-12 - libc5 (2 5.4.0-0) ncurses3.0 (0 (null))\n"
680"Provides:\n"
681"2.1-12 - \n"
682"Reverse Provides: \n"
683msgstr ""
684
685#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 686#: apt-cache.8.xml:78
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687msgid ""
688"Thus it may be seen that libreadline2, version 2.1-12, depends on libc5 and "
689"ncurses3.0 which must be installed for libreadline2 to work. In turn, "
690"libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev depend on libreadline2. If "
691"libreadline2 is installed, libc5 and ncurses3.0 (and ldso) must also be "
692"installed; libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev do not have to be "
693"installed. For the specific meaning of the remainder of the output it is "
694"best to consult the apt source code."
695msgstr ""
696
2a52e8c5 697#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 698#: apt-cache.8.xml:87
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699msgid ""
700"<literal>stats</literal> displays some statistics about the cache. No "
701"further arguments are expected. Statistics reported are:"
702msgstr ""
703
704#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 705#: apt-cache.8.xml:90
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706msgid ""
707"<literal>Total package names</literal> is the number of package names found "
708"in the cache."
709msgstr ""
710
711#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 712#: apt-cache.8.xml:94
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713msgid ""
714"<literal>Normal packages</literal> is the number of regular, ordinary "
715"package names; these are packages that bear a one-to-one correspondence "
716"between their names and the names used by other packages for them in "
717"dependencies. The majority of packages fall into this category."
718msgstr ""
719
720#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 721#: apt-cache.8.xml:100
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722msgid ""
723"<literal>Pure virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
724"exist only as a virtual package name; that is, packages only \"provide\" the "
725"virtual package name, and no package actually uses the name. For instance, "
726"\"mail-transport-agent\" in the Debian GNU/Linux system is a pure virtual "
727"package; several packages provide \"mail-transport-agent\", but there is no "
728"package named \"mail-transport-agent\"."
729msgstr ""
730
731#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 732#: apt-cache.8.xml:108
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733msgid ""
734"<literal>Single virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages with "
735"only one package providing a particular virtual package. For example, in the "
736"Debian GNU/Linux system, \"X11-text-viewer\" is a virtual package, but only "
737"one package, xless, provides \"X11-text-viewer\"."
738msgstr ""
739
740#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 741#: apt-cache.8.xml:114
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742msgid ""
743"<literal>Mixed virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
744"either provide a particular virtual package or have the virtual package name "
745"as the package name. For instance, in the Debian GNU/Linux system, "
746"\"debconf\" is both an actual package, and provided by the debconf-tiny "
747"package."
748msgstr ""
749
750#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 751#: apt-cache.8.xml:121
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752msgid ""
753"<literal>Missing</literal> is the number of package names that were "
754"referenced in a dependency but were not provided by any package. Missing "
43be0ac4 755"packages may be an evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a "
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756"package (real or virtual) has been dropped from the distribution. Usually "
757"they are referenced from Conflicts or Breaks statements."
758msgstr ""
759
760#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 761#: apt-cache.8.xml:128
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762msgid ""
763"<literal>Total distinct</literal> versions is the number of package versions "
764"found in the cache; this value is therefore at least equal to the number of "
765"total package names. If more than one distribution (both \"stable\" and "
766"\"unstable\", for instance), is being accessed, this value can be "
767"considerably larger than the number of total package names."
768msgstr ""
769
770#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 771#: apt-cache.8.xml:135
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772msgid ""
773"<literal>Total dependencies</literal> is the number of dependency "
774"relationships claimed by all of the packages in the cache."
775msgstr ""
776
2a52e8c5 777#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 778#: apt-cache.8.xml:143
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779msgid ""
780"<literal>showsrc</literal> displays all the source package records that "
781"match the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all "
782"records that declare the name to be a Binary."
783msgstr ""
784
2a52e8c5 785#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 786#: apt-cache.8.xml:149
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787msgid ""
788"<literal>dump</literal> shows a short listing of every package in the "
789"cache. It is primarily for debugging."
790msgstr ""
791
2a52e8c5 792#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 793#: apt-cache.8.xml:154
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794msgid ""
795"<literal>dumpavail</literal> prints out an available list to stdout. This is "
796"suitable for use with &dpkg; and is used by the &dselect; method."
797msgstr ""
798
2a52e8c5 799#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 800#: apt-cache.8.xml:159
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801msgid ""
802"<literal>unmet</literal> displays a summary of all unmet dependencies in the "
803"package cache."
804msgstr ""
805
2a52e8c5 806#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 807#: apt-cache.8.xml:164
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808msgid ""
809"<literal>show</literal> performs a function similar to <command>dpkg "
810"--print-avail</command>; it displays the package records for the named "
811"packages."
812msgstr ""
813
2b9b27c3 814#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
c086ac18 815#: apt-cache.8.xml:169
2b9b27c3 816msgid "&synopsis-regex;"
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817msgstr ""
818
819#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 820#: apt-cache.8.xml:170
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821msgid ""
822"<literal>search</literal> performs a full text search on all available "
823"package lists for the POSIX regex pattern given, see "
824"<citerefentry><refentrytitle><command>regex</command></refentrytitle> "
825"<manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. It searches the package names and "
826"the descriptions for an occurrence of the regular expression and prints out "
827"the package name and the short description, including virtual package "
828"names. If <option>--full</option> is given then output identical to "
829"<literal>show</literal> is produced for each matched package, and if "
830"<option>--names-only</option> is given then the long description is not "
831"searched, only the package name is."
832msgstr ""
833
834#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 835#: apt-cache.8.xml:183
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836msgid ""
837"Separate arguments can be used to specify multiple search patterns that are "
838"and'ed together."
839msgstr ""
840
2a52e8c5 841#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 842#: apt-cache.8.xml:188
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843msgid ""
844"<literal>depends</literal> shows a listing of each dependency a package has "
845"and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency."
846msgstr ""
847
2a52e8c5 848#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 849#: apt-cache.8.xml:193
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850msgid ""
851"<literal>rdepends</literal> shows a listing of each reverse dependency a "
852"package has."
853msgstr ""
854
855#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
c086ac18 856#: apt-cache.8.xml:197
2b9b27c3 857msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-prefix;</replaceable></optional>"
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858msgstr ""
859
860#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 861#: apt-cache.8.xml:198
2a52e8c5 862msgid ""
63fc5550 863"This command prints the name of each package APT knows. The optional "
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864"argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable "
865"for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated "
866"extremely quickly. This command is best used with the "
867"<option>--generate</option> option."
868msgstr ""
869
63fc5550 870#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 871#: apt-cache.8.xml:203
63fc5550 872msgid ""
82cb5862 873"Note that a package which APT knows of is not necessarily available to "
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874"download, installable or installed, e.g. virtual packages are also listed in "
875"the generated list."
876msgstr ""
877
2a52e8c5 878#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 879#: apt-cache.8.xml:209
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880msgid ""
881"<literal>dotty</literal> takes a list of packages on the command line and "
882"generates output suitable for use by dotty from the <ulink "
883"url=\"http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/\">GraphViz</ulink> "
884"package. The result will be a set of nodes and edges representing the "
885"relationships between the packages. By default the given packages will trace "
886"out all dependent packages; this can produce a very large graph. To limit "
887"the output to only the packages listed on the command line, set the "
888"<literal>APT::Cache::GivenOnly</literal> option."
889msgstr ""
890
891#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 892#: apt-cache.8.xml:218
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893msgid ""
894"The resulting nodes will have several shapes; normal packages are boxes, "
895"pure provides are triangles, mixed provides are diamonds, missing packages "
896"are hexagons. Orange boxes mean recursion was stopped [leaf packages], blue "
897"lines are pre-depends, green lines are conflicts."
898msgstr ""
899
900#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 901#: apt-cache.8.xml:223
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902msgid "Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages."
903msgstr ""
904
2a52e8c5 905#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 906#: apt-cache.8.xml:227
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907msgid ""
908"The same as <literal>dotty</literal>, only for xvcg from the <ulink "
909"url=\"http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html\">VCG "
910"tool</ulink>."
911msgstr ""
912
913#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
c086ac18 914#: apt-cache.8.xml:231
2b9b27c3 915msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</optional>"
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916msgstr ""
917
918#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 919#: apt-cache.8.xml:232
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920msgid ""
921"<literal>policy</literal> is meant to help debug issues relating to the "
922"preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the priorities of each "
923"source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information about the priority "
924"selection of the named package."
925msgstr ""
926
2a52e8c5 927#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 928#: apt-cache.8.xml:239
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929msgid ""
930"<literal>apt-cache</literal>'s <literal>madison</literal> command attempts "
931"to mimic the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian "
932"archive management tool, <literal>madison</literal>. It displays available "
933"versions of a package in a tabular format. Unlike the original "
934"<literal>madison</literal>, it can only display information for the "
935"architecture for which APT has retrieved package lists "
936"(<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>)."
937msgstr ""
938
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939#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
940#: apt-cache.8.xml:250 apt-config.8.xml:84 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:52 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:504 apt-get.8.xml:259 apt-mark.8.xml:108 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:48
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941msgid "options"
942msgstr ""
943
2a52e8c5 944#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 945#: apt-cache.8.xml:255
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946msgid ""
947"Select the file to store the package cache. The package cache is the primary "
948"cache used by all operations. Configuration Item: "
949"<literal>Dir::Cache::pkgcache</literal>."
950msgstr ""
951
2a52e8c5 952#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 953#: apt-cache.8.xml:261
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954msgid ""
955"Select the file to store the source cache. The source is used only by "
956"<literal>gencaches</literal> and it stores a parsed version of the package "
957"information from remote sources. When building the package cache the source "
958"cache is used to avoid reparsing all of the package files. Configuration "
959"Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache</literal>."
960msgstr ""
961
2a52e8c5 962#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 963#: apt-cache.8.xml:269
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964msgid ""
965"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
966"More q's will produce more quietness up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
967"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quietness level, overriding the "
968"configuration file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
969msgstr ""
970
2a52e8c5 971#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 972#: apt-cache.8.xml:276
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973msgid ""
974"Print only important dependencies; for use with unmet and depends. Causes "
975"only Depends and Pre-Depends relations to be printed. Configuration Item: "
976"<literal>APT::Cache::Important</literal>."
977msgstr ""
978
b6c6b52f 979#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 980#: apt-cache.8.xml:289
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981msgid ""
982"Per default the <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> "
c77d6597 983"print all dependencies. This can be tweaked with these flags which will omit "
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984"the specified dependency type. Configuration Item: "
985"<literal>APT::Cache::Show<replaceable>DependencyType</replaceable></literal> "
986"e.g. <literal>APT::Cache::ShowRecommends</literal>."
987msgstr ""
988
2a52e8c5 989#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 990#: apt-cache.8.xml:296
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991msgid ""
992"Print full package records when searching. Configuration Item: "
993"<literal>APT::Cache::ShowFull</literal>."
994msgstr ""
995
2a52e8c5 996#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 997#: apt-cache.8.xml:301
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998msgid ""
999"Print full records for all available versions. This is the default; to turn "
1000"it off, use <option>--no-all-versions</option>. If "
1001"<option>--no-all-versions</option> is specified, only the candidate version "
1002"will displayed (the one which would be selected for installation). This "
1003"option is only applicable to the <literal>show</literal> command. "
1004"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::AllVersions</literal>."
1005msgstr ""
1006
2a52e8c5 1007#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 1008#: apt-cache.8.xml:310
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1009msgid ""
1010"Perform automatic package cache regeneration, rather than use the cache as "
1011"it is. This is the default; to turn it off, use "
1012"<option>--no-generate</option>. Configuration Item: "
1013"<literal>APT::Cache::Generate</literal>."
1014msgstr ""
1015
2a52e8c5 1016#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 1017#: apt-cache.8.xml:316
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1018msgid ""
1019"Only search on the package names, not the long descriptions. Configuration "
1020"Item: <literal>APT::Cache::NamesOnly</literal>."
1021msgstr ""
1022
2a52e8c5 1023#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 1024#: apt-cache.8.xml:321
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1025msgid ""
1026"Make <literal>pkgnames</literal> print all names, including virtual packages "
1027"and missing dependencies. Configuration Item: "
1028"<literal>APT::Cache::AllNames</literal>."
1029msgstr ""
1030
2a52e8c5 1031#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 1032#: apt-cache.8.xml:327
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1033msgid ""
1034"Make <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> recursive so "
1035"that all packages mentioned are printed once. Configuration Item: "
1036"<literal>APT::Cache::RecurseDepends</literal>."
1037msgstr ""
1038
2a52e8c5 1039#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 1040#: apt-cache.8.xml:334
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1041msgid ""
1042"Limit the output of <literal>depends</literal> and "
1043"<literal>rdepends</literal> to packages which are currently installed. "
1044"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Installed</literal>."
1045msgstr ""
1046
1047#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist>
2b9b27c3 1048#: apt-cache.8.xml:339 apt-cdrom.8.xml:140 apt-config.8.xml:104 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:63 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:591 apt-get.8.xml:514 apt-mark.8.xml:122 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:58
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1049msgid "&apt-commonoptions;"
1050msgstr ""
1051
1052#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
d5aa88bf 1053#: apt-cache.8.xml:344 apt-get.8.xml:519 apt-key.8.xml:174 apt-mark.8.xml:126 apt.conf.5.xml:1117 apt_preferences.5.xml:698
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1054msgid "Files"
1055msgstr ""
1056
bcf91c1b 1057#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist>
c086ac18 1058#: apt-cache.8.xml:346
bcf91c1b 1059msgid "&file-sourceslist; &file-statelists;"
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1060msgstr ""
1061
1062#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
d5aa88bf 1063#: apt-cache.8.xml:351 apt-cdrom.8.xml:145 apt-config.8.xml:109 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:70 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:607 apt-get.8.xml:529 apt-key.8.xml:195 apt-mark.8.xml:132 apt-secure.8.xml:192 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:63 apt.conf.5.xml:1123 apt_preferences.5.xml:705 sources.list.5.xml:255
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1064msgid "See Also"
1065msgstr ""
1066
1067#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c086ac18 1068#: apt-cache.8.xml:352
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1069msgid "&apt-conf;, &sources-list;, &apt-get;"
1070msgstr ""
1071
1072#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
2b9b27c3 1073#: apt-cache.8.xml:356 apt-cdrom.8.xml:150 apt-config.8.xml:114 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:74 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:611 apt-get.8.xml:535 apt-mark.8.xml:136 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:67
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1074msgid "Diagnostics"
1075msgstr ""
1076
1077#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c086ac18 1078#: apt-cache.8.xml:357
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1079msgid ""
1080"<command>apt-cache</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
1081"on error."
1082msgstr ""
1083
2a52e8c5 1084#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 1085#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:32
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1086msgid "APT CDROM management utility"
1087msgstr ""
1088
2a52e8c5 1089#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1090#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:38
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1091msgid ""
1092"<command>apt-cdrom</command> is used to add a new CDROM to APTs list of "
1093"available sources. <command>apt-cdrom</command> takes care of determining "
1094"the structure of the disc as well as correcting for several possible "
1095"mis-burns and verifying the index files."
1096msgstr ""
1097
1098#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1099#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:45
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1100msgid ""
1101"It is necessary to use <command>apt-cdrom</command> to add CDs to the APT "
1102"system, it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disk in a multi-cd set "
1103"must be inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns."
1104msgstr ""
1105
2a52e8c5 1106#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1107#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:56
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1108msgid ""
1109"<literal>add</literal> is used to add a new disc to the source list. It will "
0fd68707 1110"unmount the CDROM device, prompt for a disk to be inserted and then proceed "
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1111"to scan it and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper "
1112"<filename>disk</filename> directory you will be prompted for a descriptive "
1113"title."
1114msgstr ""
1115
1116#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1117#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:64
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1118msgid ""
1119"APT uses a CDROM ID to track which disc is currently in the drive and "
1120"maintains a database of these IDs in "
1121"<filename>&statedir;/cdroms.list</filename>"
1122msgstr ""
1123
2a52e8c5 1124#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1125#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:72
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1126msgid ""
1127"A debugging tool to report the identity of the current disc as well as the "
1128"stored file name"
1129msgstr ""
1130
1131#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1132#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:51
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1133msgid ""
1134"Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given "
1135"one of the commands below must be present. <placeholder "
1136"type=\"variablelist\" id=\"0\"/>"
1137msgstr ""
1138
1139#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
45fb8bf7 1140#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:81 apt-key.8.xml:160
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1141msgid "Options"
1142msgstr ""
1143
2a52e8c5 1144#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1145#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:86
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1146msgid ""
1147"Mount point; specify the location to mount the cdrom. This mount point must "
1148"be listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and properly configured. "
1149"Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::cdrom::mount</literal>."
1150msgstr ""
1151
2a52e8c5 1152#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1153#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:95
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1154msgid ""
1155"Rename a disc; change the label of a disk or override the disks given "
1156"label. This option will cause <command>apt-cdrom</command> to prompt for a "
1157"new label. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Rename</literal>."
1158msgstr ""
1159
2a52e8c5 1160#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1161#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:104
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1162msgid ""
1163"No mounting; prevent <command>apt-cdrom</command> from mounting and "
1164"unmounting the mount point. Configuration Item: "
1165"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoMount</literal>."
1166msgstr ""
1167
2a52e8c5 1168#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1169#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:112
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1170msgid ""
1171"Fast Copy; Assume the package files are valid and do not check every "
1172"package. This option should be used only if <command>apt-cdrom</command> has "
1173"been run on this disc before and did not detect any errors. Configuration "
1174"Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Fast</literal>."
1175msgstr ""
1176
2a52e8c5 1177#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1178#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:122
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1179msgid ""
1180"Thorough Package Scan; This option may be needed with some old Debian "
1181"1.1/1.2 discs that have Package files in strange places. It takes much "
1182"longer to scan the CD but will pick them all up."
1183msgstr ""
1184
2a52e8c5 1185#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1186#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:133
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1187msgid ""
1188"No Changes; Do not change the &sources-list; file and do not write index "
1189"files. Everything is still checked however. Configuration Item: "
1190"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoAct</literal>."
1191msgstr ""
1192
1193#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1194#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:146
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1195msgid "&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;"
1196msgstr ""
1197
1198#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1199#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:151
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1200msgid ""
1201"<command>apt-cdrom</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
1202"on error."
1203msgstr ""
1204
2a52e8c5 1205#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 1206#: apt-config.8.xml:33
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1207msgid "APT Configuration Query program"
1208msgstr ""
1209
2a52e8c5 1210#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1211#: apt-config.8.xml:39
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1212msgid ""
1213"<command>apt-config</command> is an internal program used by various "
1214"portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses "
1215"the main configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> in a "
1216"manner that is easy to use by scripted applications."
1217msgstr ""
1218
1219#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1220#: apt-config.8.xml:44 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:54
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1221msgid ""
1222"Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given "
1223"one of the commands below must be present."
1224msgstr ""
1225
2a52e8c5 1226#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1227#: apt-config.8.xml:51
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1228msgid ""
1229"shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell "
1230"script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell variable and "
1231"the second the configuration value to query. As output it lists a series of "
1232"shell assignments commands for each present value. In a shell script it "
1233"should be used like:"
1234msgstr ""
1235
1236#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
c77d6597 1237#: apt-config.8.xml:59
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1238#, no-wrap
1239msgid ""
1240"OPTS=\"-f\"\n"
1241"RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::options`\n"
1242"eval $RES\n"
1243msgstr ""
1244
1245#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1246#: apt-config.8.xml:64
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1247msgid ""
1248"This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value of "
1249"MyApp::options with a default of <option>-f</option>."
1250msgstr ""
1251
1252#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1253#: apt-config.8.xml:68
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1254msgid ""
1255"The configuration item may be postfixed with a /[fdbi]. f returns file "
1256"names, d returns directories, b returns true or false and i returns an "
1257"integer. Each of the returns is normalized and verified internally."
1258msgstr ""
1259
1260#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1261#: apt-config.8.xml:77
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1262msgid "Just show the contents of the configuration space."
1263msgstr ""
1264
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1265#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1266#: apt-config.8.xml:90
1267msgid ""
1268"Include options which have an empty value. This is the default, so use "
1269"--no-empty to remove them from the output."
1270msgstr ""
1271
2b9b27c3 1272#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
aa2218b2 1273#: apt-config.8.xml:95
2b9b27c3 1274msgid "&percnt;f &#x0022;&percnt;v&#x0022;;&percnt;n"
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1275msgstr ""
1276
1277#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1278#: apt-config.8.xml:96
1279msgid ""
1280"Defines the output of each config option. &percnt;t will be replaced with "
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1281"the name of the option, &percnt;f with the complete optionname and &percnt;v "
1282"with the value of the option. Use uppercase letters and special characters "
1283"in the value will be encoded to ensure that it can e.g. be savely used in a "
1284"quoted-string as defined by RFC822. Additionally &percnt;n will be replaced "
1285"by a newline, &percnt;N by a tab. A &percnt; can be printed by using "
1286"&percnt;&percnt;."
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1287msgstr ""
1288
2a52e8c5 1289#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2b9b27c3 1290#: apt-config.8.xml:110 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:71 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:608 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:64
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1291msgid "&apt-conf;"
1292msgstr ""
1293
1294#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c086ac18 1295#: apt-config.8.xml:115
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1296msgid ""
1297"<command>apt-config</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
1298"on error."
1299msgstr ""
1300
2a52e8c5 1301#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
0c1a7101 1302#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:26 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:26 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:26
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1303msgid "1"
1304msgstr ""
1305
1306#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 1307#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:33
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1308msgid "Utility to extract DebConf config and templates from Debian packages"
1309msgstr ""
1310
2a52e8c5 1311#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1312#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:39
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1313msgid ""
1314"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> will take one or more Debian package "
1315"files as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated "
1316"config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains "
1317"config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in the "
1318"format:"
1319msgstr ""
1320
1321#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1322#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:44
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1323msgid "package version template-file config-script"
1324msgstr ""
1325
1326#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1327#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:45
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1328msgid ""
1329"template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory "
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1330"specified by the <option>-t</option> or <option>--tempdir</option> "
1331"(<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>) directory, with "
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1332"filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXX</filename> and "
1333"<filename>package.config.XXXX</filename>"
1334msgstr ""
1335
2a52e8c5 1336#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2b9b27c3 1337#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:58
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1338msgid ""
1339"Temporary directory in which to write extracted debconf template files and "
43be0ac4 1340"config scripts. Configuration Item: "
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1341"<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>"
1342msgstr ""
1343
1344#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2b9b27c3 1345#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:75
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1346msgid ""
1347"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> returns zero on normal operation, "
1348"decimal 100 on error."
1349msgstr ""
1350
2a52e8c5 1351#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 1352#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:33
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1353msgid "Utility to generate index files"
1354msgstr ""
1355
2a52e8c5 1356#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1357#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:39
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1358msgid ""
1359"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is the command line tool that generates "
1360"the index files that APT uses to access a distribution source. The index "
1361"files should be generated on the origin site based on the content of that "
1362"site."
1363msgstr ""
1364
1365#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1366#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:43
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1367msgid ""
1368"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is a superset of the &dpkg-scanpackages; "
1369"program, incorporating its entire functionality via the "
1370"<literal>packages</literal> command. It also contains a contents file "
1371"generator, <literal>contents</literal>, and an elaborate means to 'script' "
1372"the generation process for a complete archive."
1373msgstr ""
1374
1375#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1376#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:49
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1377msgid ""
1378"Internally <command>apt-ftparchive</command> can make use of binary "
1379"databases to cache the contents of a .deb file and it does not rely on any "
1380"external programs aside from &gzip;. When doing a full generate it "
1381"automatically performs file-change checks and builds the desired compressed "
1382"output files."
1383msgstr ""
1384
2a52e8c5 1385#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1386#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:60
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1387msgid ""
1388"The packages command generates a package file from a directory tree. It "
1389"takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .deb files, "
1390"emitting a package record to stdout for each. This command is approximately "
1391"equivalent to &dpkg-scanpackages;."
1392msgstr ""
1393
1394#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1395#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:65 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:89
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1396msgid "The option <option>--db</option> can be used to specify a binary caching DB."
1397msgstr ""
1398
2a52e8c5 1399#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1400#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:70
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1401msgid ""
1402"The <literal>sources</literal> command generates a source index file from a "
1403"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it "
1404"for .dsc files, emitting a source record to stdout for each. This command is "
1405"approximately equivalent to &dpkg-scansources;."
1406msgstr ""
1407
1408#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1409#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:75
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1410msgid ""
1411"If an override file is specified then a source override file will be looked "
1412"for with an extension of .src. The --source-override option can be used to "
1413"change the source override file that will be used."
1414msgstr ""
1415
2a52e8c5 1416#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1417#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:82
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1418msgid ""
1419"The <literal>contents</literal> command generates a contents file from a "
1420"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it for "
1421".deb files, and reads the file list from each file. It then sorts and writes "
1422"to stdout the list of files matched to packages. Directories are not written "
1423"to the output. If multiple packages own the same file then each package is "
1424"separated by a comma in the output."
1425msgstr ""
1426
2a52e8c5 1427#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1428#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:94
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1429msgid ""
1430"The <literal>release</literal> command generates a Release file from a "
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1431"directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for uncompressed "
1432"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Sources</filename> files and the "
1433"ones compressed with <command>gzip</command>, <command>bzip2</command> or "
1434"<command>lzma</command> as well as <filename>Release</filename> and "
1435"<filename>md5sum.txt</filename> files by default "
1436"(<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns</literal>). Additional "
1437"filename patterns can be added by listing them in "
1438"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns</literal>. It then writes to "
1439"stdout a Release file containing a MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 digest for each "
1440"file."
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1441msgstr ""
1442
1443#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1444#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:104
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1445msgid ""
1446"Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are taken from "
1447"the corresponding variables under "
1448"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release</literal>, "
1449"e.g. <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin</literal>. The supported "
1450"fields are: <literal>Origin</literal>, <literal>Label</literal>, "
1451"<literal>Suite</literal>, <literal>Version</literal>, "
1452"<literal>Codename</literal>, <literal>Date</literal>, "
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1453"<literal>Valid-Until</literal>, <literal>Architectures</literal>, "
1454"<literal>Components</literal>, <literal>Description</literal>."
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1455msgstr ""
1456
2a52e8c5 1457#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1458#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:117
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1459msgid ""
1460"The <literal>generate</literal> command is designed to be runnable from a "
1461"cron script and builds indexes according to the given config file. The "
1462"config language provides a flexible means of specifying which index files "
1463"are built from which directories, as well as providing a simple means of "
1464"maintaining the required settings."
1465msgstr ""
1466
2a52e8c5 1467#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1468#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:126
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1469msgid ""
1470"The <literal>clean</literal> command tidies the databases used by the given "
1471"configuration file by removing any records that are no longer necessary."
1472msgstr ""
1473
1474#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
c77d6597 1475#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:132
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1476msgid "The Generate Configuration"
1477msgstr ""
1478
1479#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1480#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:134
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1481msgid ""
1482"The <literal>generate</literal> command uses a configuration file to "
1483"describe the archives that are going to be generated. It follows the typical "
1484"ISC configuration format as seen in ISC tools like bind 8 and dhcpd. "
1485"&apt-conf; contains a description of the syntax. Note that the generate "
1486"configuration is parsed in sectional manner, but &apt-conf; is parsed in a "
1487"tree manner. This only effects how the scope tag is handled."
1488msgstr ""
1489
1490#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1491#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:142
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1492msgid "The generate configuration has 4 separate sections, each described below."
1493msgstr ""
1494
1495#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
c77d6597 1496#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:144
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1497msgid "Dir Section"
1498msgstr ""
1499
1500#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1501#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:146
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1502msgid ""
1503"The <literal>Dir</literal> section defines the standard directories needed "
1504"to locate the files required during the generation process. These "
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1505"directories are prepended certain relative paths defined in later sections "
1506"to produce a complete an absolute path."
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1507msgstr ""
1508
2a52e8c5 1509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1510#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:153
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1511msgid ""
1512"Specifies the root of the FTP archive, in a standard Debian configuration "
1513"this is the directory that contains the <filename>ls-LR</filename> and dist "
1514"nodes."
1515msgstr ""
1516
2a52e8c5 1517#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1518#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:160
2a52e8c5
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1519msgid "Specifies the location of the override files."
1520msgstr ""
1521
2a52e8c5 1522#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1523#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:165
2a52e8c5
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1524msgid "Specifies the location of the cache files"
1525msgstr ""
1526
2a52e8c5 1527#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1528#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:170
2a52e8c5
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1529msgid ""
1530"Specifies the location of the file list files, if the "
1531"<literal>FileList</literal> setting is used below."
1532msgstr ""
1533
1534#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
c77d6597 1535#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:176
2a52e8c5
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1536msgid "Default Section"
1537msgstr ""
1538
1539#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1540#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:178
2a52e8c5
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1541msgid ""
1542"The <literal>Default</literal> section specifies default values, and "
1543"settings that control the operation of the generator. Other sections may "
1544"override these defaults with a per-section setting."
1545msgstr ""
1546
2a52e8c5 1547#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1548#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:184
2a52e8c5
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1549msgid ""
1550"Sets the default compression schemes to use for the Package index files. It "
1551"is a string that contains a space separated list of at least one of: '.' (no "
1552"compression), 'gzip' and 'bzip2'. The default for all compression schemes is "
1553"'. gzip'."
1554msgstr ""
1555
2a52e8c5 1556#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1557#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:192
2a52e8c5
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1558msgid ""
1559"Sets the default list of file extensions that are package files. This "
1560"defaults to '.deb'."
1561msgstr ""
1562
2a52e8c5 1563#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1564#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:198
2a52e8c5
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1565msgid ""
1566"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
1567"controls the compression for the Sources files."
1568msgstr ""
1569
2a52e8c5 1570#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1571#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:204
2a52e8c5
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1572msgid ""
1573"Sets the default list of file extensions that are source files. This "
1574"defaults to '.dsc'."
1575msgstr ""
1576
2a52e8c5 1577#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1578#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:210
2a52e8c5
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1579msgid ""
1580"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
1581"controls the compression for the Contents files."
1582msgstr ""
1583
2a52e8c5 1584#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1585#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:216
2a52e8c5 1586msgid ""
b81dbe40
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1587"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
1588"controls the compression for the Translation-en master file."
1589msgstr ""
1590
b81dbe40 1591#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1592#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:222
b81dbe40 1593msgid ""
2a52e8c5
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1594"Specifies the number of kilobytes to delink (and replace with hard links) "
1595"per run. This is used in conjunction with the per-section "
1596"<literal>External-Links</literal> setting."
1597msgstr ""
1598
2a52e8c5 1599#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1600#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:229
2a52e8c5
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1601msgid ""
1602"Specifies the mode of all created index files. It defaults to 0644. All "
1603"index files are set to this mode with no regard to the umask."
1604msgstr ""
1605
b81dbe40 1606#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1607#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:236 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:382
b81dbe40
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1608msgid ""
1609"Sets if long descriptions should be included in the Packages file or split "
1610"out into a master Translation-en file."
1611msgstr ""
1612
2a52e8c5 1613#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
c77d6597 1614#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:242
2a52e8c5
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1615msgid "TreeDefault Section"
1616msgstr ""
1617
1618#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1619#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:244
2a52e8c5
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1620msgid ""
1621"Sets defaults specific to <literal>Tree</literal> sections. All of these "
1622"variables are substitution variables and have the strings $(DIST), "
1623"$(SECTION) and $(ARCH) replaced with their respective values."
1624msgstr ""
1625
2a52e8c5 1626#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1627#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:251
2a52e8c5
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1628msgid ""
1629"Sets the number of kilobytes of contents files that are generated each "
1630"day. The contents files are round-robined so that over several days they "
1631"will all be rebuilt."
1632msgstr ""
1633
2a52e8c5 1634#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1635#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:258
2a52e8c5
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1636msgid ""
1637"Controls the number of days a contents file is allowed to be checked without "
1638"changing. If this limit is passed the mtime of the contents file is "
1639"updated. This case can occur if the package file is changed in such a way "
1640"that does not result in a new contents file [override edit for instance]. A "
1641"hold off is allowed in hopes that new .debs will be installed, requiring a "
1642"new file anyhow. The default is 10, the units are in days."
1643msgstr ""
1644
2a52e8c5 1645#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1646#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:269
2a52e8c5
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1647msgid ""
1648"Sets the top of the .deb directory tree. Defaults to "
1649"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/</filename>"
1650msgstr ""
1651
2a52e8c5 1652#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1653#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:275
2a52e8c5
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1654msgid ""
1655"Sets the top of the source package directory tree. Defaults to "
1656"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/</filename>"
1657msgstr ""
1658
2a52e8c5 1659#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1660#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:281
2a52e8c5
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1661msgid ""
1662"Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to "
1663"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/Packages</filename>"
1664msgstr ""
1665
2a52e8c5 1666#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1667#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:287
2a52e8c5 1668msgid ""
b39c1859 1669"Sets the output Sources file. Defaults to "
2a52e8c5
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1670"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/Sources</filename>"
1671msgstr ""
1672
b81dbe40 1673#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1674#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:293
b81dbe40
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1675msgid ""
1676"Set the output Translation-en master file with the long descriptions if they "
1677"should be not included in the Packages file. Defaults to "
1678"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/i18n/Translation-en</filename>"
1679msgstr ""
1680
2a52e8c5 1681#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1682#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:300
2a52e8c5
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1683msgid ""
1684"Sets the path prefix that causes a symlink to be considered an internal link "
1685"instead of an external link. Defaults to "
1686"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/</filename>"
1687msgstr ""
1688
2a52e8c5 1689#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1690#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:307
2a52e8c5
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1691msgid ""
1692"Sets the output Contents file. Defaults to "
1693"<filename>$(DIST)/Contents-$(ARCH)</filename>. If this setting causes "
1694"multiple Packages files to map onto a single Contents file (such as the "
1695"default) then <command>apt-ftparchive</command> will integrate those "
1696"package files together automatically."
1697msgstr ""
1698
2a52e8c5 1699#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1700#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:316
2a52e8c5
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1701msgid "Sets header file to prepend to the contents output."
1702msgstr ""
1703
2a52e8c5 1704#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1705#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:321
2a52e8c5
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1706msgid ""
1707"Sets the binary cache database to use for this section. Multiple sections "
1708"can share the same database."
1709msgstr ""
1710
2a52e8c5 1711#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1712#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:327
2a52e8c5
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1713msgid ""
1714"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
1715"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
1716"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory."
1717msgstr ""
1718
2a52e8c5 1719#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1720#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:334
2a52e8c5
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1721msgid ""
1722"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
1723"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
1724"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory. "
1725"This is used when processing source indexes."
1726msgstr ""
1727
1728#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
c77d6597 1729#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:342
2a52e8c5
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1730msgid "Tree Section"
1731msgstr ""
1732
1733#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1734#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:344
2a52e8c5
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1735msgid ""
1736"The <literal>Tree</literal> section defines a standard Debian file tree "
1737"which consists of a base directory, then multiple sections in that base "
1738"directory and finally multiple Architectures in each section. The exact "
1739"pathing used is defined by the <literal>Directory</literal> substitution "
1740"variable."
1741msgstr ""
1742
1743#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1744#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:349
2a52e8c5
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1745msgid ""
1746"The <literal>Tree</literal> section takes a scope tag which sets the "
1747"<literal>$(DIST)</literal> variable and defines the root of the tree (the "
1748"path is prefixed by <literal>ArchiveDir</literal>). Typically this is a "
b6c6b52f 1749"setting such as <filename>dists/&stable-codename;</filename>."
2a52e8c5
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1750msgstr ""
1751
1752#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1753#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:354
2a52e8c5
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1754msgid ""
1755"All of the settings defined in the <literal>TreeDefault</literal> section "
1756"can be use in a <literal>Tree</literal> section as well as three new "
1757"variables."
1758msgstr ""
1759
b39c1859 1760#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
c77d6597 1761#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:360
2a52e8c5
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1762#, no-wrap
1763msgid ""
1764"for i in Sections do \n"
1765" for j in Architectures do\n"
1766" Generate for DIST=scope SECTION=i ARCH=j\n"
b39c1859
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1767" "
1768msgstr ""
1769
1770#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1771#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:357
b39c1859
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1772msgid ""
1773"When processing a <literal>Tree</literal> section "
1774"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> performs an operation similar to: "
1775"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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1776msgstr ""
1777
2a52e8c5 1778#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1779#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:368
2a52e8c5
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1780msgid ""
1781"This is a space separated list of sections which appear under the "
1782"distribution, typically this is something like <literal>main contrib "
1783"non-free</literal>"
1784msgstr ""
1785
2a52e8c5 1786#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1787#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:375
2a52e8c5
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1788msgid ""
1789"This is a space separated list of all the architectures that appear under "
1790"search section. The special architecture 'source' is used to indicate that "
1791"this tree has a source archive."
1792msgstr ""
1793
2a52e8c5 1794#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1795#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:388
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1796msgid ""
1797"Sets the binary override file. The override file contains section, priority "
1798"and maintainer address information."
1799msgstr ""
1800
2a52e8c5 1801#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1802#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:394
2a52e8c5
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1803msgid ""
1804"Sets the source override file. The override file contains section "
1805"information."
1806msgstr ""
1807
2a52e8c5 1808#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1809#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:400 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:446
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1810msgid "Sets the binary extra override file."
1811msgstr ""
1812
2a52e8c5 1813#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1814#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:405 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:451
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1815msgid "Sets the source extra override file."
1816msgstr ""
1817
1818#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
c77d6597 1819#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:410
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1820msgid "BinDirectory Section"
1821msgstr ""
1822
1823#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1824#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:412
2a52e8c5
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1825msgid ""
1826"The <literal>bindirectory</literal> section defines a binary directory tree "
1827"with no special structure. The scope tag specifies the location of the "
1828"binary directory and the settings are similar to the <literal>Tree</literal> "
1829"section with no substitution variables or "
1830"<literal>Section</literal><literal>Architecture</literal> settings."
1831msgstr ""
1832
1833#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1834#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:420
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1835msgid "Sets the Packages file output."
1836msgstr ""
1837
1838#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1839#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:425
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1840msgid ""
1841"Sets the Sources file output. At least one of <literal>Packages</literal> or "
1842"<literal>Sources</literal> is required."
1843msgstr ""
1844
1845#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1846#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:431
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1847msgid "Sets the Contents file output. (optional)"
1848msgstr ""
1849
1850#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1851#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:436
2a52e8c5
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1852msgid "Sets the binary override file."
1853msgstr ""
1854
1855#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1856#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:441
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1857msgid "Sets the source override file."
1858msgstr ""
1859
1860#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1861#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:456
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1862msgid "Sets the cache DB."
1863msgstr ""
1864
2a52e8c5 1865#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1866#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:461
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1867msgid "Appends a path to all the output paths."
1868msgstr ""
1869
2a52e8c5 1870#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1871#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:466
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1872msgid "Specifies the file list file."
1873msgstr ""
1874
1875#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
c77d6597 1876#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:473
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1877msgid "The Binary Override File"
1878msgstr ""
1879
1880#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1881#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:474
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1882msgid ""
1883"The binary override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scanpackages;. It "
1884"contains 4 fields separated by spaces. The first field is the package name, "
1885"the second is the priority to force that package to, the third is the the "
1886"section to force that package to and the final field is the maintainer "
1887"permutation field."
1888msgstr ""
1889
1890#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
c77d6597 1891#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:480
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1892#, no-wrap
1893msgid "old [// oldn]* => new"
1894msgstr ""
1895
1896#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
c77d6597 1897#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:482
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1898#, no-wrap
1899msgid "new"
1900msgstr ""
1901
1902#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1903#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:479
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1904msgid ""
1905"The general form of the maintainer field is: <placeholder "
1906"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> or simply, <placeholder "
1907"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"1\"/> The first form allows a double-slash "
1908"separated list of old email addresses to be specified. If any of those are "
1909"found then new is substituted for the maintainer field. The second form "
1910"unconditionally substitutes the maintainer field."
1911msgstr ""
1912
1913#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
c77d6597 1914#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:490
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1915msgid "The Source Override File"
1916msgstr ""
1917
1918#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1919#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:492
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1920msgid ""
1921"The source override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scansources;. It "
1922"contains 2 fields separated by spaces. The first fields is the source "
1923"package name, the second is the section to assign it."
1924msgstr ""
1925
1926#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
c77d6597 1927#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:497
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1928msgid "The Extra Override File"
1929msgstr ""
1930
1931#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1932#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:499
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1933msgid ""
1934"The extra override file allows any arbitrary tag to be added or replaced in "
1935"the output. It has 3 columns, the first is the package, the second is the "
1936"tag and the remainder of the line is the new value."
1937msgstr ""
1938
2a52e8c5 1939#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1940#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:510
2a52e8c5 1941msgid ""
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1942"Generate the given checksum. These options default to on, when turned off "
1943"the generated index files will not have the checksum fields where possible. "
1944"Configuration Items: "
1945"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> and "
1946"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Index</replaceable>::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> "
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1947"where <literal><replaceable>Index</replaceable></literal> can be "
1948"<literal>Packages</literal>, <literal>Sources</literal> or "
1949"<literal>Release</literal> and "
1950"<literal><replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> can be "
1951"<literal>MD5</literal>, <literal>SHA1</literal> or "
1952"<literal>SHA256</literal>."
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1953msgstr ""
1954
2a52e8c5 1955#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1956#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:521
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1957msgid ""
1958"Use a binary caching DB. This has no effect on the generate command. "
1959"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DB</literal>."
1960msgstr ""
1961
1962#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1963#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:527
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1964msgid ""
1965"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
1966"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
1967"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
1968"file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
1969msgstr ""
1970
2a52e8c5 1971#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1972#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:535
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1973msgid ""
1974"Perform Delinking. If the <literal>External-Links</literal> setting is used "
1975"then this option actually enables delinking of the files. It defaults to on "
1976"and can be turned off with <option>--no-delink</option>. Configuration "
1977"Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DeLinkAct</literal>."
1978msgstr ""
1979
2a52e8c5 1980#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1981#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:543
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1982msgid ""
1983"Perform contents generation. When this option is set and package indexes are "
1984"being generated with a cache DB then the file listing will also be extracted "
1985"and stored in the DB for later use. When using the generate command this "
1986"option also allows the creation of any Contents files. The default is on. "
1987"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Contents</literal>."
1988msgstr ""
1989
2a52e8c5 1990#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1991#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:553
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1992msgid ""
1993"Select the source override file to use with the <literal>sources</literal> "
1994"command. Configuration Item: "
1995"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::SourceOverride</literal>."
1996msgstr ""
1997
2a52e8c5 1998#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1999#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:559
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2000msgid ""
2001"Make the caching databases read only. Configuration Item: "
2002"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>."
2003msgstr ""
2004
43be0ac4 2005#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2006#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:564
43be0ac4 2007msgid ""
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2008"Accept in the <literal>packages</literal> and <literal>contents</literal> "
2009"commands only package files matching <literal>*_arch.deb</literal> or "
2010"<literal>*_all.deb</literal> instead of all package files in the given "
2011"path. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Architecture</literal>."
2012msgstr ""
2013
0fd68707 2014#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2015#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:572
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2016msgid ""
2017"&apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in a cachedb. If "
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2018"packages are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this "
2019"will lead to problems as the now outdated cached metadata like size and "
2020"checksums will be used. With this option enabled this will no longer happen "
2021"as it will be checked if the file was changed. Note that this option is set "
2022"to \"<literal>false</literal>\" by default as it is not recommend to upload "
2023"multiply versions/builds of a package with the same versionnumber, so in "
2024"theory nobody will have these problems and therefore all these extra checks "
2025"are useless."
2026msgstr ""
2027
b39c1859 2028#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2029#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:584
b39c1859 2030msgid ""
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2031"This configuration option defaults to \"<literal>true</literal>\" and should "
2032"only be set to <literal>\"false\"</literal> if the Archive generated with "
2033"&apt-ftparchive; also provides <filename>Translation</filename> files. Note "
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2034"that the <filename>Translation-en</filename> master file can only be created "
2035"in the generate command."
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2036msgstr ""
2037
2a52e8c5 2038#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
d5aa88bf 2039#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:596 apt.conf.5.xml:1111 apt_preferences.5.xml:545 sources.list.5.xml:214
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2040msgid "Examples"
2041msgstr ""
2042
2043#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><programlisting>
c77d6597 2044#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:602
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2045#, no-wrap
2046msgid ""
2047"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> packages "
2048"<replaceable>directory</replaceable> | <command>gzip</command> > "
2049"<filename>Packages.gz</filename>\n"
2050msgstr ""
2051
2052#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 2053#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:598
2a52e8c5
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2054msgid ""
2055"To create a compressed Packages file for a directory containing binary "
2056"packages (.deb): <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2057msgstr ""
2058
2059#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 2060#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:612
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2061msgid ""
2062"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
2063"100 on error."
2064msgstr ""
2065
2a52e8c5 2066#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 2067#: apt-get.8.xml:33
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2068msgid "APT package handling utility -- command-line interface"
2069msgstr ""
2070
2a52e8c5 2071#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 2072#: apt-get.8.xml:39
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2073msgid ""
2074"<command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, "
2075"and may be considered the user's \"back-end\" to other tools using the APT "
2076"library. Several \"front-end\" interfaces exist, such as &dselect;, "
b6c6b52f 2077"&aptitude;, &synaptic; and &wajig;."
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2078msgstr ""
2079
2a52e8c5 2080#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2081#: apt-get.8.xml:49
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2082msgid ""
2083"<literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files "
2084"from their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the "
2085"location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. For "
2086"example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and scans the "
2087"<filename>Packages.gz</filename> files, so that information about new and "
2088"updated packages is available. An <literal>update</literal> should always be "
2089"performed before an <literal>upgrade</literal> or "
2090"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal>. Please be aware that the overall progress "
2091"meter will be incorrect as the size of the package files cannot be known in "
2092"advance."
2093msgstr ""
2094
2a52e8c5 2095#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2096#: apt-get.8.xml:61
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2097msgid ""
2098"<literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all "
2099"packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in "
2100"<filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed "
2101"with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no "
2102"circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not "
2103"already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently "
2104"installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install "
2105"status of another package will be left at their current version. An "
2106"<literal>update</literal> must be performed first so that "
2107"<command>apt-get</command> knows that new versions of packages are "
2108"available."
2109msgstr ""
2110
2a52e8c5 2111#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2112#: apt-get.8.xml:74
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2113msgid ""
2114"<literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> is used in conjunction with the "
2115"traditional Debian packaging front-end, "
2116"&dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> follows the changes made by "
2117"&dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal> field of available packages, and "
2118"performs the actions necessary to realize that state (for instance, the "
2119"removal of old and the installation of new packages)."
2120msgstr ""
2121
2a52e8c5 2122#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2123#: apt-get.8.xml:84
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2124msgid ""
2125"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of "
2126"<literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies "
2127"with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a \"smart\" "
2128"conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most "
2129"important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. So, "
2130"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> command may remove some packages. The "
2131"<filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of locations "
2132"from which to retrieve desired package files. See also &apt-preferences; "
2133"for a mechanism for overriding the general settings for individual packages."
2134msgstr ""
2135
2a52e8c5 2136#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2137#: apt-get.8.xml:98
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2138msgid ""
2139"<literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more packages desired for "
2140"installation or upgrading. Each package is a package name, not a fully "
2141"qualified filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux system, libc6 would "
2142"be the argument provided, not <literal>libc6_1.9.6-2.deb</literal>). All "
2143"packages required by the package(s) specified for installation will also be "
2144"retrieved and installed. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> "
2145"file is used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is appended to the "
2146"package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be "
2147"removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate "
2148"a package to install. These latter features may be used to override "
2149"decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system."
2150msgstr ""
2151
2152#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2153#: apt-get.8.xml:116
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2154msgid ""
2155"A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by "
2156"following the package name with an equals and the version of the package to "
2157"select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for "
2158"install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by following "
2159"the package name with a slash and the version of the distribution or the "
2160"Archive name (stable, testing, unstable)."
2161msgstr ""
2162
2163#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2164#: apt-get.8.xml:123
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2165msgid ""
2166"Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must be "
2167"used with care."
2168msgstr ""
2169
2170#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2171#: apt-get.8.xml:126
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2172msgid ""
2173"This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or more "
2174"already-installed packages without upgrading every package you have on your "
2175"system. Unlike the \"upgrade\" target, which installs the newest version of "
2176"all currently installed packages, \"install\" will install the newest "
2177"version of only the package(s) specified. Simply provide the name of the "
2178"package(s) you wish to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and "
2179"its dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and installed."
2180msgstr ""
2181
2182#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2183#: apt-get.8.xml:137
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2184msgid ""
2185"Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to create an alternative "
2186"installation policy for individual packages."
2187msgstr ""
2188
2189#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2190#: apt-get.8.xml:141
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2191msgid ""
2192"If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one "
2193"of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression, and "
2194"it is applied to all package names in the database. Any matches are then "
2195"installed (or removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' "
2196"matches 'how-lo' and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular "
2197"expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular "
2198"expression."
2199msgstr ""
2200
2a52e8c5 2201#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2202#: apt-get.8.xml:151
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2203msgid ""
2204"<literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except "
2205"that packages are removed instead of installed. Note the removing a package "
2206"leaves its configuration files in system. If a plus sign is appended to the "
2207"package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be "
2208"installed instead of removed."
2209msgstr ""
2210
2a52e8c5 2211#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2212#: apt-get.8.xml:159
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2213msgid ""
2214"<literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except "
2215"that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted "
2216"too)."
2217msgstr ""
2218
2a52e8c5 2219#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2220#: apt-get.8.xml:164
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2221msgid ""
2222"<literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source "
2223"packages. APT will examine the available packages to decide which source "
2224"package to fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory "
2e30ddbe 2225"the newest available version of that source package while respecting the "
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2226"default release, set with the option "
2227"<literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>, the <option>-t</option> option or "
82cb5862 2228"per package with the <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible."
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2229msgstr ""
2230
2231#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2232#: apt-get.8.xml:172
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2233msgid ""
2234"Source packages are tracked separately from binary packages via "
2235"<literal>deb-src</literal> type lines in the &sources-list; file. This means "
2236"that you will need to add such a line for each repository you want to get "
2237"sources from. If you don't do this you will properly get another (newer, "
2238"older or none) source version than the one you have installed or could "
2239"install."
2240msgstr ""
2241
2242#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2243#: apt-get.8.xml:179
bcf91c1b 2244msgid ""
43be0ac4 2245"If the <option>--compile</option> option is specified then the package will "
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2246"be compiled to a binary .deb using <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> for "
2247"the architecture as defined by the <command>--host-architecture</command> "
2248"option. If <option>--download-only</option> is specified then the source "
2249"package will not be unpacked."
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2250msgstr ""
2251
2252#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2253#: apt-get.8.xml:186
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2254msgid ""
2255"A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name "
2256"with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism used "
2257"for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source package "
2258"name and version, implicitly enabling the "
2259"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option."
2260msgstr ""
2261
2262#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2263#: apt-get.8.xml:192
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2264msgid ""
2265"Note that source packages are not tracked like binary packages, they exist "
2266"only in the current directory and are similar to downloading source tar "
2267"balls."
2268msgstr ""
2269
2a52e8c5 2270#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2271#: apt-get.8.xml:198
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2272msgid ""
2273"<literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an "
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2274"attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default "
2275"the dependencies are satisfied to build the package natively. If desired a "
2276"host-architecture can be specified with the "
2277"<option>--host-architecture</option> option instead."
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2278msgstr ""
2279
2a52e8c5 2280#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2281#: apt-get.8.xml:205
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2282msgid ""
2283"<literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache "
2284"and checks for broken dependencies."
2285msgstr ""
2286
2287#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2288#: apt-get.8.xml:210
2a52e8c5 2289msgid ""
30549c0c 2290"<literal>download</literal> will download the given binary package into the "
c77d6597 2291"current directory."
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2292msgstr ""
2293
2294#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2295#: apt-get.8.xml:216
30549c0c 2296msgid ""
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2297"<literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved "
2298"package files. It removes everything but the lock file from "
2299"<filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and "
2300"<filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>. When APT is used as a "
2301"&dselect; method, <literal>clean</literal> is run automatically. Those who "
2302"do not use dselect will likely want to run <literal>apt-get clean</literal> "
2303"from time to time to free up disk space."
2304msgstr ""
2305
2a52e8c5 2306#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2307#: apt-get.8.xml:226
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2308msgid ""
2309"Like <literal>clean</literal>, <literal>autoclean</literal> clears out the "
2310"local repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only "
2311"removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely "
2312"useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without it "
2313"growing out of control. The configuration option "
2314"<literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from "
2315"being erased if it is set to off."
2316msgstr ""
2317
2a52e8c5 2318#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2319#: apt-get.8.xml:236
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2320msgid ""
2321"<literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were "
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2322"automatically installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are "
2323"now no longer needed."
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2324msgstr ""
2325
2a52e8c5 2326#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2327#: apt-get.8.xml:241
2a52e8c5 2328msgid ""
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2329"<literal>changelog</literal> downloads a package changelog and displays it "
2330"through <command>sensible-pager</command>. The server name and base "
2331"directory is defined in the <literal>APT::Changelogs::Server</literal> "
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2332"variable (e. g. <ulink "
2333"url=\"http://packages.debian.org/changelogs\">packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> "
2334"for Debian or <ulink "
2335"url=\"http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs\">changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> "
2336"for Ubuntu). By default it displays the changelog for the version that is "
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2337"installed. However, you can specify the same options as for the "
2338"<option>install</option> command."
2339msgstr ""
2340
30549c0c 2341#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2342#: apt-get.8.xml:264
30549c0c 2343msgid ""
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2344"Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing. "
2345"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>."
2346msgstr ""
2347
30549c0c 2348#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2349#: apt-get.8.xml:269
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2350msgid ""
2351"Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing. Configuration "
2352"Item: <literal>APT::Install-Suggests</literal>."
2353msgstr ""
2354
2a52e8c5 2355#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2356#: apt-get.8.xml:274
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2357msgid ""
2358"Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed. "
2359"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>."
2360msgstr ""
2361
2a52e8c5 2362#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2363#: apt-get.8.xml:279
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2364msgid ""
2365"Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place. This "
2366"option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages to permit APT "
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2367"to deduce a likely solution. If packages are specified, these have to "
2368"completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when "
2369"running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package "
2370"dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's dependency "
2371"structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention (which usually "
2372"means using &dselect; or <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some "
2373"of the offending packages). Use of this option together with "
2374"<option>-m</option> may produce an error in some situations. Configuration "
2375"Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>."
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2376msgstr ""
2377
2a52e8c5 2378#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2379#: apt-get.8.xml:294
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2380msgid ""
2381"Ignore missing packages; If packages cannot be retrieved or fail the "
2382"integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back those "
2383"packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with "
2384"<option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is "
2385"selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the command "
2386"line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently held back. "
2387"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Missing</literal>."
2388msgstr ""
2389
2a52e8c5 2390#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2391#: apt-get.8.xml:305
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2392msgid ""
2393"Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with "
2394"<option>--ignore-missing</option> to force APT to use only the .debs it has "
2395"already downloaded. Configuration Item: "
2396"<literal>APT::Get::Download</literal>."
2397msgstr ""
2398
2399#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2400#: apt-get.8.xml:312
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2401msgid ""
2402"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
2403"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
2404"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
2405"file. Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>, you should never "
2406"use -qq without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT "
2407"may decided to do something you did not expect. Configuration Item: "
2408"<literal>quiet</literal>."
2409msgstr ""
2410
2a52e8c5 2411#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2412#: apt-get.8.xml:327
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2413msgid ""
2414"No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not "
2415"actually change the system. Configuration Item: "
2416"<literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>."
2417msgstr ""
2418
2419#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2420#: apt-get.8.xml:331
2a52e8c5
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2421msgid ""
2422"Simulation run as user will deactivate locking "
bcf91c1b 2423"(<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal>) automatic. Also a notice will be "
2a52e8c5
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2424"displayed indicating that this is only a simulation, if the option "
2425"<literal>APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note</literal> is set (Default: "
bcf91c1b 2426"true). Neither NoLocking nor the notice will be triggered if run as root "
2a52e8c5
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2427"(root should know what he is doing without further warnings by "
2428"<literal>apt-get</literal>)."
2429msgstr ""
2430
2431#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2432#: apt-get.8.xml:337
2a52e8c5
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2433msgid ""
2434"Simulate prints out a series of lines each one representing a dpkg "
2435"operation, Configure (Conf), Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets "
43be0ac4
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2436"indicate broken packages and empty set of square brackets meaning breaks "
2437"that are of no consequence (rare)."
2a52e8c5
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2438msgstr ""
2439
2a52e8c5 2440#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2441#: apt-get.8.xml:346
2a52e8c5
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2442msgid ""
2443"Automatic yes to prompts; assume \"yes\" as answer to all prompts and run "
2444"non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held "
2445"package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an "
2446"essential package occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort. "
2447"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>."
2448msgstr ""
2449
c77d6597
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2450#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2451#: apt-get.8.xml:354
2452msgid ""
2453"Automatic \"no\" to all prompts. Configuration Item: "
2454"<literal>APT::Get::Assume-No</literal>."
2455msgstr ""
2456
2a52e8c5 2457#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2458#: apt-get.8.xml:359
2a52e8c5
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2459msgid ""
2460"Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that are to be "
2461"upgraded. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>."
2462msgstr ""
2463
2a52e8c5 2464#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2465#: apt-get.8.xml:365
2a52e8c5
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2466msgid ""
2467"Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages. Configuration Item: "
2468"<literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>."
2469msgstr ""
2470
c77d6597
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2471#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2472#: apt-get.8.xml:371
2473msgid ""
2474"This option controls the architecture packages are built for by "
2475"<command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies "
2476"are satisfied. By default is it not set which means that the host "
2477"architecture is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by "
2478"<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>). Configuration Item: "
2479"<literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>"
2480msgstr ""
2481
2a52e8c5 2482#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2483#: apt-get.8.xml:381
2a52e8c5
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2484msgid ""
2485"Compile source packages after downloading them. Configuration Item: "
2486"<literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>."
2487msgstr ""
2488
2a52e8c5 2489#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2490#: apt-get.8.xml:386
2a52e8c5
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2491msgid ""
2492"Ignore package Holds; This causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a "
2493"hold placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with "
2494"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired "
2495"holds. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>."
2496msgstr ""
2497
2a52e8c5 2498#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2499#: apt-get.8.xml:393
2a52e8c5
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2500msgid ""
2501"Do not upgrade packages; When used in conjunction with "
2502"<literal>install</literal>, <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent "
2503"packages on the command line from being upgraded if they are already "
2504"installed. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>."
2505msgstr ""
2506
2a52e8c5 2507#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2508#: apt-get.8.xml:400
2a52e8c5 2509msgid ""
a7307a87 2510"Do not install new packages; When used in conjunction with "
c086ac18
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2511"<literal>install</literal>, <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will install "
2512"upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests to install "
2513"new packages. Configuration Item: "
2514"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>."
a7307a87
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2515msgstr ""
2516
a7307a87 2517#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2518#: apt-get.8.xml:408
a7307a87 2519msgid ""
2a52e8c5
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2520"Force yes; This is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue "
2521"without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It should "
2522"not be used except in very special situations. Using "
2523"<literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system! "
2524"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>."
2525msgstr ""
2526
2a52e8c5 2527#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2528#: apt-get.8.xml:416
2a52e8c5
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2529msgid ""
2530"Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each URI "
2531"will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected md5 "
2532"hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match the file "
2533"name on the remote site! This also works with the <literal>source</literal> "
2534"and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the "
2535"<literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it "
2536"is up to the user to decompress any compressed files. Configuration Item: "
2537"<literal>APT::Get::Print-URIs</literal>."
2538msgstr ""
2539
2a52e8c5 2540#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2541#: apt-get.8.xml:427
2a52e8c5
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2542msgid ""
2543"Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed. An asterisk "
2544"(\"*\") will be displayed next to packages which are scheduled to be "
b39c1859 2545"purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent to the "
2a52e8c5
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2546"<option>purge</option> command. Configuration Item: "
2547"<literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>."
2548msgstr ""
2549
2a52e8c5 2550#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2551#: apt-get.8.xml:435
2a52e8c5
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2552msgid ""
2553"Re-Install packages that are already installed and at the newest version. "
2554"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>."
2555msgstr ""
2556
2a52e8c5 2557#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2558#: apt-get.8.xml:440
2a52e8c5
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2559msgid ""
2560"This option defaults to on, use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to turn "
2561"it off. When on <command>apt-get</command> will automatically manage the "
2562"contents of <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that obsolete "
2563"files are erased. The only reason to turn it off is if you frequently "
2564"change your source list. Configuration Item: "
2565"<literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>."
2566msgstr ""
2567
2a52e8c5 2568#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2569#: apt-get.8.xml:451
2a52e8c5
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2570msgid ""
2571"This option controls the default input to the policy engine, it creates a "
2572"default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. This "
2573"overrides the general settings in "
2574"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>. Specifically pinned packages are "
2575"not affected by the value of this option. In short, this option lets you "
2576"have simple control over which distribution packages will be retrieved "
2577"from. Some common examples might be <option>-t '2.1*'</option>, <option>-t "
2578"unstable</option> or <option>-t sid</option>. Configuration Item: "
2579"<literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>; see also the &apt-preferences; "
2580"manual page."
2581msgstr ""
2582
2a52e8c5 2583#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2584#: apt-get.8.xml:466
2a52e8c5
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2585msgid ""
2586"Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered "
2587"related to <option>--assume-yes</option>, where "
2588"<option>--assume-yes</option> will answer yes to any prompt, "
2589"<option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no. Configuration Item: "
2590"<literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>."
2591msgstr ""
2592
2a52e8c5 2593#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2594#: apt-get.8.xml:473
2a52e8c5
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2595msgid ""
2596"If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without "
2597"prompting. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>."
2598msgstr ""
2599
2a52e8c5 2600#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2601#: apt-get.8.xml:479
2a52e8c5
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2602msgid ""
2603"If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or "
2604"<literal>remove</literal>, then this option acts like running "
2605"<literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing the unused dependency "
2606"packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>."
2607msgstr ""
2608
2a52e8c5 2609#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2610#: apt-get.8.xml:486
2a52e8c5
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2611msgid ""
2612"Only has meaning for the <literal>source</literal> and "
2613"<literal>build-dep</literal> commands. Indicates that the given source "
2614"names are not to be mapped through the binary table. This means that if "
2615"this option is specified, these commands will only accept source package "
2616"names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names and looking "
2617"up the corresponding source package. Configuration Item: "
2618"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>."
2619msgstr ""
2620
2a52e8c5 2621#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2622#: apt-get.8.xml:497
2a52e8c5
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2623msgid ""
2624"Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive. Configuration "
2625"Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, "
2626"<literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and "
2627"<literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>."
2628msgstr ""
2629
2a52e8c5 2630#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2631#: apt-get.8.xml:503
2a52e8c5
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2632msgid ""
2633"Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies. Configuration Item: "
2634"<literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>."
2635msgstr ""
2636
2a52e8c5 2637#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2638#: apt-get.8.xml:508
2a52e8c5
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2639msgid ""
2640"Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it. This "
2641"is useful for tools like pbuilder. Configuration Item: "
2642"<literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>."
2643msgstr ""
2644
bcf91c1b 2645#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist>
c086ac18 2646#: apt-get.8.xml:521
2a52e8c5 2647msgid ""
bcf91c1b
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2648"&file-sourceslist; &file-aptconf; &file-preferences; &file-cachearchives; "
2649"&file-statelists;"
2a52e8c5
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2650msgstr ""
2651
2652#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c086ac18 2653#: apt-get.8.xml:530
2a52e8c5
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2654msgid ""
2655"&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, "
2656"&apt-config;, &apt-secure;, The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, "
2657"&apt-preferences;, the APT Howto."
2658msgstr ""
2659
2660#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c086ac18 2661#: apt-get.8.xml:536
2a52e8c5
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2662msgid ""
2663"<command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on "
2664"error."
2665msgstr ""
2666
2a52e8c5 2667#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
45fb8bf7 2668#: apt-key.8.xml:32
2a52e8c5
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2669msgid "APT key management utility"
2670msgstr ""
2671
2a52e8c5 2672#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2673#: apt-key.8.xml:39
2a52e8c5
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2674msgid ""
2675"<command>apt-key</command> is used to manage the list of keys used by apt to "
2676"authenticate packages. Packages which have been authenticated using these "
2677"keys will be considered trusted."
2678msgstr ""
2679
2680#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
45fb8bf7 2681#: apt-key.8.xml:45
2a52e8c5
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2682msgid "Commands"
2683msgstr ""
2684
2a52e8c5 2685#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2686#: apt-key.8.xml:50
2a52e8c5 2687msgid ""
c086ac18
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2688"Add a new key to the list of trusted keys. The key is read from the "
2689"filename given with the parameter &synopsis-param-filename; or if the "
2690"filename is <literal>-</literal> from standard input."
2a52e8c5
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2691msgstr ""
2692
2a52e8c5 2693#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2694#: apt-key.8.xml:63
2a52e8c5
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2695msgid "Remove a key from the list of trusted keys."
2696msgstr ""
2697
2a52e8c5 2698#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2699#: apt-key.8.xml:74
c77d6597 2700msgid "Output the key &synopsis-param-keyid; to standard output."
2a52e8c5
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2701msgstr ""
2702
2a52e8c5 2703#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2704#: apt-key.8.xml:85
2a52e8c5
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2705msgid "Output all trusted keys to standard output."
2706msgstr ""
2707
2a52e8c5 2708#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2709#: apt-key.8.xml:96
2a52e8c5
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2710msgid "List trusted keys."
2711msgstr ""
2712
2a52e8c5 2713#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2714#: apt-key.8.xml:107
2a52e8c5
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2715msgid "List fingerprints of trusted keys."
2716msgstr ""
2717
2a52e8c5 2718#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2719#: apt-key.8.xml:118
2a52e8c5
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2720msgid ""
2721"Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you can download the "
2722"public key."
2723msgstr ""
2724
2725#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2726#: apt-key.8.xml:130
2a52e8c5 2727msgid ""
c77d6597
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2728"Update the local keyring with the archive keyring and remove from the local "
2729"keyring the archive keys which are no longer valid. The archive keyring is "
2730"shipped in the <literal>archive-keyring</literal> package of your "
2731"distribution, e.g. the <literal>debian-archive-keyring</literal> package in "
2732"Debian."
2a52e8c5
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2733msgstr ""
2734
782486e8 2735#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2736#: apt-key.8.xml:144
782486e8 2737msgid ""
c77d6597
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2738"Work similar to the <command>update</command> command above, but get the "
2739"archive keyring from an URI instead and validate it against a master key. "
2740"This requires an installed &wget; and an APT build configured to have a "
2741"server to fetch from and a master keyring to validate. APT in Debian does "
2742"not support this command and relies on <command>update</command> instead, "
2743"but Ubuntu's APT does."
782486e8
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2744msgstr ""
2745
b39c1859 2746#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2747#: apt-key.8.xml:161
b39c1859
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2748msgid ""
2749"Note that options need to be defined before the commands described in the "
2750"previous section."
2751msgstr ""
2752
2a52e8c5 2753#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2754#: apt-key.8.xml:164
b39c1859
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2755msgid ""
2756"With this option it is possible to specify a specific keyring file the "
2757"command should operate on. The default is that a command is executed on the "
2758"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> file as well as on all parts in the "
c77d6597 2759"<filename>trusted.gpg.d</filename> directory, though "
b39c1859
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2760"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> is the primary keyring which means that "
2761"e.g. new keys are added to this one."
2762msgstr ""
2763
2764#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist>
45fb8bf7 2765#: apt-key.8.xml:177
b39c1859 2766msgid "&file-trustedgpg;"
2a52e8c5
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2767msgstr ""
2768
2769#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
45fb8bf7 2770#: apt-key.8.xml:179
2a52e8c5
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2771msgid "<filename>/etc/apt/trustdb.gpg</filename>"
2772msgstr ""
2773
2774#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2775#: apt-key.8.xml:180
2a52e8c5
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2776msgid "Local trust database of archive keys."
2777msgstr ""
2778
2779#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
45fb8bf7 2780#: apt-key.8.xml:183
2a52e8c5
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2781msgid "<filename>/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg</filename>"
2782msgstr ""
2783
2784#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2785#: apt-key.8.xml:184
2a52e8c5
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2786msgid "Keyring of Debian archive trusted keys."
2787msgstr ""
2788
2789#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
45fb8bf7 2790#: apt-key.8.xml:187
2a52e8c5
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2791msgid "<filename>/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-removed-keys.gpg</filename>"
2792msgstr ""
2793
2794#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2795#: apt-key.8.xml:188
2a52e8c5
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2796msgid "Keyring of Debian archive removed trusted keys."
2797msgstr ""
2798
2799#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2800#: apt-key.8.xml:197
2a52e8c5
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2801msgid "&apt-get;, &apt-secure;"
2802msgstr ""
2803
2a52e8c5 2804#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 2805#: apt-mark.8.xml:33
2a52e8c5
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2806msgid "mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed"
2807msgstr ""
2808
2a52e8c5 2809#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 2810#: apt-mark.8.xml:39
2a52e8c5
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2811msgid ""
2812"<command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has been marked as "
2813"being automatically installed."
2814msgstr ""
2815
2816#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 2817#: apt-mark.8.xml:43
2a52e8c5
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2818msgid ""
2819"When you request that a package is installed, and as a result other packages "
2820"are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the dependencies are marked as "
2821"being automatically installed. Once these automatically installed packages "
2822"are no longer depended on by any manually installed packages, they will be "
bcf91c1b 2823"removed by e.g. <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>."
2a52e8c5
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2824msgstr ""
2825
2a52e8c5 2826#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2827#: apt-mark.8.xml:52
2a52e8c5 2828msgid ""
782486e8 2829"<literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a package as being automatically "
2a52e8c5
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2830"installed, which will cause the package to be removed when no more manually "
2831"installed packages depend on this package."
2832msgstr ""
2833
2a52e8c5 2834#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2835#: apt-mark.8.xml:60
2a52e8c5 2836msgid ""
782486e8 2837"<literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a package as being manually "
2a52e8c5
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2838"installed, which will prevent the package from being automatically removed "
2839"if no other packages depend on it."
2840msgstr ""
2841
bcf91c1b 2842#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2843#: apt-mark.8.xml:68
bcf91c1b 2844msgid ""
782486e8
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2845"<literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a package as hold back, which will "
2846"prevent the package from being automatically installed, upgraded or "
2847"removed. The command is only a wrapper around <command>dpkg "
2848"--set-selections</command> and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; "
2849"and not effected by the <option>--filename</option> option."
bcf91c1b
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2850msgstr ""
2851
782486e8 2852#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2853#: apt-mark.8.xml:78
782486e8
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2854msgid ""
2855"<literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a previously set hold on a "
2856"package to allow all actions again."
2a52e8c5
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2857msgstr ""
2858
2a52e8c5 2859#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2860#: apt-mark.8.xml:84
2a52e8c5 2861msgid ""
782486e8
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2862"<literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a list of automatically "
2863"installed packages with each package on a new line. All automatically "
2864"installed packages will be listed if no package is given. If packages are "
2865"given only those which are automatically installed will be shown."
2a52e8c5
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2866msgstr ""
2867
782486e8 2868#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2869#: apt-mark.8.xml:92
782486e8
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2870msgid ""
2871"<literal>showmanual</literal> can be used in the same way as "
2872"<literal>showauto</literal> except that it will print a list of manually "
2873"installed packages instead."
2a52e8c5
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2874msgstr ""
2875
2a52e8c5 2876#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2877#: apt-mark.8.xml:99
782486e8
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2878msgid ""
2879"<literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list of packages on hold in "
2880"the same way as for the other show commands."
2a52e8c5
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2881msgstr ""
2882
2b9b27c3
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2883#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><filename>
2884#: apt-mark.8.xml:112 apt-mark.8.xml:113
2885msgid "<replaceable>&synopsis-filename;</replaceable>"
2a52e8c5
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2886msgstr ""
2887
2888#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2b9b27c3 2889#: apt-mark.8.xml:115
782486e8 2890msgid ""
2b9b27c3
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2891"Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the parameter "
2892"<filename><replaceable>&synopsis-filename;</replaceable></filename> instead "
2893"of from the default location, which is <filename>extended_status</filename> "
2894"in the directory defined by the Configuration Item: "
2895"<literal>Dir::State</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2896msgstr ""
2897
b6c6b52f 2898#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist>
c77d6597 2899#: apt-mark.8.xml:128
b6c6b52f 2900msgid " &file-extended_states;"
bcf91c1b
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2901msgstr ""
2902
2a52e8c5 2903#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 2904#: apt-mark.8.xml:133
bcf91c1b
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2905msgid "&apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf;"
2906msgstr ""
2907
2908#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 2909#: apt-mark.8.xml:137
2a52e8c5
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2910msgid ""
2911"<command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on "
2912"error."
2913msgstr ""
2914
2a52e8c5 2915#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
45fb8bf7 2916#: apt-secure.8.xml:47
2a52e8c5
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2917msgid "Archive authentication support for APT"
2918msgstr ""
2919
2920#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2921#: apt-secure.8.xml:52
2a52e8c5
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2922msgid ""
2923"Starting with version 0.6, <command>apt</command> contains code that does "
2924"signature checking of the Release file for all archives. This ensures that "
2925"packages in the archive can't be modified by people who have no access to "
2926"the Release file signing key."
2927msgstr ""
2928
2929#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2930#: apt-secure.8.xml:60
2a52e8c5
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2931msgid ""
2932"If a package comes from a archive without a signature or with a signature "
2933"that apt does not have a key for that package is considered untrusted and "
2934"installing it will result in a big warning. <command>apt-get</command> will "
2935"currently only warn for unsigned archives, future releases might force all "
2936"sources to be verified before downloading packages from them."
2937msgstr ""
2938
2939#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2940#: apt-secure.8.xml:69
2a52e8c5
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2941msgid ""
2942"The package frontends &apt-get;, &aptitude; and &synaptic; support this new "
2943"authentication feature."
2944msgstr ""
2945
2946#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
45fb8bf7 2947#: apt-secure.8.xml:74
2a52e8c5
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2948msgid "Trusted archives"
2949msgstr ""
2950
2951#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2952#: apt-secure.8.xml:77
2a52e8c5
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2953msgid ""
2954"The chain of trust from an apt archive to the end user is made up of "
2955"different steps. <command>apt-secure</command> is the last step in this "
2956"chain, trusting an archive does not mean that the packages that you trust it "
2957"do not contain malicious code but means that you trust the archive "
43be0ac4 2958"maintainer. It's the archive maintainer responsibility to ensure that the "
2a52e8c5
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2959"archive integrity is correct."
2960msgstr ""
2961
2962#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2963#: apt-secure.8.xml:85
2a52e8c5
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2964msgid ""
2965"apt-secure does not review signatures at a package level. If you require "
2966"tools to do this you should look at <command>debsig-verify</command> and "
2967"<command>debsign</command> (provided in the debsig-verify and devscripts "
2968"packages respectively)."
2969msgstr ""
2970
2971#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2972#: apt-secure.8.xml:92
2a52e8c5
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2973msgid ""
2974"The chain of trust in Debian starts when a maintainer uploads a new package "
2975"or a new version of a package to the Debian archive. This upload in order to "
2976"become effective needs to be signed by a key of a maintainer within the "
2977"Debian maintainer's keyring (available in the debian-keyring "
2978"package). Maintainer's keys are signed by other maintainers following "
2979"pre-established procedures to ensure the identity of the key holder."
2980msgstr ""
2981
2982#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2983#: apt-secure.8.xml:102
2a52e8c5
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2984msgid ""
2985"Once the uploaded package is verified and included in the archive, the "
2986"maintainer signature is stripped off, an MD5 sum of the package is computed "
2987"and put in the Packages file. The MD5 sum of all of the packages files are "
2988"then computed and put into the Release file. The Release file is then signed "
43be0ac4
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2989"by the archive key (which is created once a year) and distributed through "
2990"the FTP server. This key is also on the Debian keyring."
2a52e8c5
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2991msgstr ""
2992
2993#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2994#: apt-secure.8.xml:112
2a52e8c5
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2995msgid ""
2996"Any end user can check the signature of the Release file, extract the MD5 "
2997"sum of a package from it and compare it with the MD5 sum of the package he "
2998"downloaded. Prior to version 0.6 only the MD5 sum of the downloaded Debian "
2999"package was checked. Now both the MD5 sum and the signature of the Release "
3000"file are checked."
3001msgstr ""
3002
3003#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3004#: apt-secure.8.xml:119
2a52e8c5
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3005msgid ""
3006"Notice that this is distinct from checking signatures on a per package "
3007"basis. It is designed to prevent two possible attacks:"
3008msgstr ""
3009
3010#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 3011#: apt-secure.8.xml:124
2a52e8c5
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3012msgid ""
3013"<literal>Network \"man in the middle\" attacks</literal>. Without signature "
3014"checking, a malicious agent can introduce himself in the package download "
3015"process and provide malicious software either by controlling a network "
3016"element (router, switch, etc.) or by redirecting traffic to a rogue server "
3017"(through arp or DNS spoofing attacks)."
3018msgstr ""
3019
3020#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 3021#: apt-secure.8.xml:132
2a52e8c5
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3022msgid ""
3023"<literal>Mirror network compromise</literal>. Without signature checking, a "
3024"malicious agent can compromise a mirror host and modify the files in it to "
3025"propagate malicious software to all users downloading packages from that "
3026"host."
3027msgstr ""
3028
3029#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3030#: apt-secure.8.xml:139
2a52e8c5
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3031msgid ""
3032"However, it does not defend against a compromise of the Debian master server "
3033"itself (which signs the packages) or against a compromise of the key used to "
3034"sign the Release files. In any case, this mechanism can complement a "
3035"per-package signature."
3036msgstr ""
3037
3038#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
45fb8bf7 3039#: apt-secure.8.xml:145
2a52e8c5
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3040msgid "User configuration"
3041msgstr ""
3042
3043#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3044#: apt-secure.8.xml:147
2a52e8c5
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3045msgid ""
3046"<command>apt-key</command> is the program that manages the list of keys used "
3047"by apt. It can be used to add or remove keys although an installation of "
3048"this release will automatically provide the default Debian archive signing "
3049"keys used in the Debian package repositories."
3050msgstr ""
3051
3052#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3053#: apt-secure.8.xml:154
2a52e8c5
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3054msgid ""
3055"In order to add a new key you need to first download it (you should make "
3056"sure you are using a trusted communication channel when retrieving it), add "
3057"it with <command>apt-key</command> and then run <command>apt-get "
3058"update</command> so that apt can download and verify the "
30549c0c
MV
3059"<filename>InRelease</filename> or <filename>Release.gpg</filename> files "
3060"from the archives you have configured."
2a52e8c5
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3061msgstr ""
3062
3063#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
45fb8bf7 3064#: apt-secure.8.xml:163
2a52e8c5
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3065msgid "Archive configuration"
3066msgstr ""
3067
3068#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3069#: apt-secure.8.xml:165
2a52e8c5
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3070msgid ""
3071"If you want to provide archive signatures in an archive under your "
3072"maintenance you have to:"
3073msgstr ""
3074
3075#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 3076#: apt-secure.8.xml:170
2a52e8c5 3077msgid ""
43be0ac4 3078"<emphasis>Create a toplevel Release file</emphasis>, if it does not exist "
2a52e8c5
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3079"already. You can do this by running <command>apt-ftparchive "
3080"release</command> (provided in apt-utils)."
3081msgstr ""
3082
3083#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 3084#: apt-secure.8.xml:175
2a52e8c5 3085msgid ""
30549c0c
MV
3086"<emphasis>Sign it</emphasis>. You can do this by running <command>gpg "
3087"--clearsign -o InRelease Release</command> and <command>gpg -abs -o "
3088"Release.gpg Release</command>."
2a52e8c5
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3089msgstr ""
3090
3091#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 3092#: apt-secure.8.xml:179
2a52e8c5 3093msgid ""
43be0ac4 3094"<emphasis>Publish the key fingerprint</emphasis>, that way your users will "
2a52e8c5
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3095"know what key they need to import in order to authenticate the files in the "
3096"archive."
3097msgstr ""
3098
3099#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3100#: apt-secure.8.xml:186
2a52e8c5
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3101msgid ""
3102"Whenever the contents of the archive changes (new packages are added or "
3103"removed) the archive maintainer has to follow the first two steps previously "
3104"outlined."
3105msgstr ""
3106
3107#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3108#: apt-secure.8.xml:194
2a52e8c5
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3109msgid ""
3110"&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-ftparchive;, "
3111"&debsign; &debsig-verify;, &gpg;"
3112msgstr ""
3113
3114#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3115#: apt-secure.8.xml:198
2a52e8c5
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3116msgid ""
3117"For more background information you might want to review the <ulink "
49206fad 3118"url=\"http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch7\">Debian "
2a52e8c5
DK
3119"Security Infrastructure</ulink> chapter of the Securing Debian Manual "
3120"(available also in the harden-doc package) and the <ulink "
3121"url=\"http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/strong_distro.html\" >Strong "
3122"Distribution HOWTO</ulink> by V. Alex Brennen."
3123msgstr ""
3124
3125#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
45fb8bf7 3126#: apt-secure.8.xml:211
2a52e8c5
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3127msgid "Manpage Authors"
3128msgstr ""
3129
3130#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3131#: apt-secure.8.xml:213
2a52e8c5
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3132msgid ""
3133"This man-page is based on the work of Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Isaac "
3134"Jones, Colin Walters, Florian Weimer and Michael Vogt."
3135msgstr ""
3136
2a52e8c5 3137#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 3138#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:33
2a52e8c5
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3139msgid "Utility to sort package index files"
3140msgstr ""
3141
2a52e8c5 3142#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 3143#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:39
2a52e8c5
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3144msgid ""
3145"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> will take an index file (Source index or "
3146"Package index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package "
3147"name. It will also sort the internal fields of each record according to the "
3148"internal sorting rules."
3149msgstr ""
3150
3151#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 3152#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:45
2a52e8c5
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3153msgid "All output is sent to stdout, the input must be a seekable file."
3154msgstr ""
3155
2a52e8c5 3156#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 3157#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:54
2a52e8c5
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3158msgid ""
3159"Use Source index field ordering. Configuration Item: "
3160"<literal>APT::SortPkgs::Source</literal>."
3161msgstr ""
3162
3163#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 3164#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:68
2a52e8c5
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3165msgid ""
3166"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
3167"100 on error."
3168msgstr ""
3169
d5aa88bf
DK
3170#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><contrib>
3171#: apt.conf.5.xml:20
3172msgid "Initial documentation of Debug::*."
2a52e8c5
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3173msgstr ""
3174
2a52e8c5 3175#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
d5aa88bf 3176#: apt.conf.5.xml:30 apt_preferences.5.xml:25 sources.list.5.xml:26
2a52e8c5
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3177msgid "5"
3178msgstr ""
3179
3180#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
d5aa88bf 3181#: apt.conf.5.xml:37
2a52e8c5
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3182msgid "Configuration file for APT"
3183msgstr ""
3184
3185#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3186#: apt.conf.5.xml:41
2a52e8c5
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3187msgid ""
3188"<filename>apt.conf</filename> is the main configuration file for the APT "
b39c1859
MV
3189"suite of tools, but by far not the only place changes to options can be "
3190"made. All tools therefore share the configuration files and also use a "
3191"common command line parser to provide a uniform environment."
3192msgstr ""
3193
3194#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><para>
d5aa88bf 3195#: apt.conf.5.xml:46
b39c1859
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3196msgid ""
3197"When an APT tool starts up it will read the configuration files in the "
3198"following order:"
3199msgstr ""
3200
3201#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3202#: apt.conf.5.xml:48
b39c1859
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3203msgid ""
3204"the file specified by the <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar> environment variable (if "
3205"any)"
3206msgstr ""
3207
3208#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3209#: apt.conf.5.xml:50
b39c1859
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3210msgid ""
3211"all files in <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal> in alphanumeric ascending "
c77d6597
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3212"order which have either no or \"<literal>conf</literal>\" as filename "
3213"extension and which only contain alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) "
3214"and period (.) characters. Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has "
3215"ignored a file if the file doesn't match a pattern in the "
30549c0c
MV
3216"<literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> configuration list - in this "
3217"case it will be silently ignored."
b39c1859
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3218msgstr ""
3219
3220#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3221#: apt.conf.5.xml:57
b39c1859
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3222msgid "the main configuration file specified by <literal>Dir::Etc::main</literal>"
3223msgstr ""
3224
3225#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3226#: apt.conf.5.xml:59
b39c1859
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3227msgid ""
3228"the command line options are applied to override the configuration "
3229"directives or to load even more configuration files."
3230msgstr ""
3231
3232#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
d5aa88bf 3233#: apt.conf.5.xml:63
b39c1859 3234msgid "Syntax"
2a52e8c5
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3235msgstr ""
3236
3237#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3238#: apt.conf.5.xml:64
2a52e8c5
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3239msgid ""
3240"The configuration file is organized in a tree with options organized into "
43be0ac4 3241"functional groups. Option specification is given with a double colon "
2a52e8c5 3242"notation, for instance <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> is an option "
43be0ac4 3243"within the APT tool group, for the Get tool. Options do not inherit from "
2a52e8c5
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3244"their parent groups."
3245msgstr ""
3246
3247#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3248#: apt.conf.5.xml:70
2a52e8c5
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3249msgid ""
3250"Syntactically the configuration language is modeled after what the ISC tools "
3251"such as bind and dhcp use. Lines starting with <literal>//</literal> are "
3252"treated as comments (ignored), as well as all text between "
3253"<literal>/*</literal> and <literal>*/</literal>, just like C/C++ comments. "
43be0ac4
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3254"Each line is of the form <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes "
3255"\"true\";</literal>. The trailing semicolon and the quotes are required. The "
3256"value must be on one line, and there is no kind of string concatenation. It "
3257"must not include inside quotes. The behavior of the backslash \"\\\" and "
3258"escaped characters inside a value is undefined and it should not be used. An "
3259"option name may include alphanumerical characters and the \"/-:._+\" "
3260"characters. A new scope can be opened with curly braces, like:"
2a52e8c5
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3261msgstr ""
3262
3263#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
d5aa88bf 3264#: apt.conf.5.xml:84
2a52e8c5
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3265#, no-wrap
3266msgid ""
3267"APT {\n"
3268" Get {\n"
3269" Assume-Yes \"true\";\n"
3270" Fix-Broken \"true\";\n"
3271" };\n"
3272"};\n"
3273msgstr ""
3274
3275#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3276#: apt.conf.5.xml:92
2a52e8c5
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3277msgid ""
3278"with newlines placed to make it more readable. Lists can be created by "
3279"opening a scope and including a single string enclosed in quotes followed by "
3280"a semicolon. Multiple entries can be included, each separated by a "
3281"semicolon."
3282msgstr ""
3283
3284#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
d5aa88bf 3285#: apt.conf.5.xml:97
2a52e8c5
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3286#, no-wrap
3287msgid "DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {\"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt\";};\n"
3288msgstr ""
3289
3290#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3291#: apt.conf.5.xml:100
2a52e8c5
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3292msgid ""
3293"In general the sample configuration file in "
3294"<filename>&docdir;examples/apt.conf</filename> &configureindex; is a good "
3295"guide for how it should look."
3296msgstr ""
3297
3298#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3299#: apt.conf.5.xml:104
2a52e8c5
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3300msgid ""
3301"The names of the configuration items are not case-sensitive. So in the "
3302"previous example you could use <literal>dpkg::pre-install-pkgs</literal>."
3303msgstr ""
3304
3305#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3306#: apt.conf.5.xml:107
2a52e8c5 3307msgid ""
63fc5550
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3308"Names for the configuration items are optional if a list is defined as it "
3309"can be see in the <literal>DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs</literal> example "
3310"above. If you don't specify a name a new entry will simply add a new option "
3311"to the list. If you specify a name you can override the option as every "
3312"other option by reassigning a new value to the option."
3313msgstr ""
3314
3315#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3316#: apt.conf.5.xml:112
63fc5550 3317msgid ""
82cb5862
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3318"Two specials are allowed, <literal>#include</literal> (which is deprecated "
3319"and not supported by alternative implementations) and "
63fc5550
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3320"<literal>#clear</literal>: <literal>#include</literal> will include the "
3321"given file, unless the filename ends in a slash, then the whole directory is "
2a52e8c5 3322"included. <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a part of the "
bcf91c1b 3323"configuration tree. The specified element and all its descendants are "
63fc5550 3324"erased. (Note that these lines also need to end with a semicolon.)"
2a52e8c5
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3325msgstr ""
3326
3327#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3328#: apt.conf.5.xml:120
63fc5550
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3329msgid ""
3330"The #clear command is the only way to delete a list or a complete scope. "
3331"Reopening a scope or the ::-style described below will "
01f2b54d 3332"<emphasis>not</emphasis> override previously written entries. Only options "
3333"can be overridden by addressing a new value to it - lists and scopes can't "
3334"be overridden, only cleared."
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3335msgstr ""
3336
3337#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3338#: apt.conf.5.xml:125
2a52e8c5
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3339msgid ""
3340"All of the APT tools take a -o option which allows an arbitrary "
3341"configuration directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a "
3342"full option name (<literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> for instance) "
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3343"followed by an equals sign then the new value of the option. To append a new "
3344"element to a list, add a trailing :: to the name of the list. (As you might "
01f2b54d 3345"suspect: The scope syntax can't be used on the command line.)"
63fc5550
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3346msgstr ""
3347
3348#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3349#: apt.conf.5.xml:132
63fc5550
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3350msgid ""
3351"Note that you can use :: only for appending one item per line to a list and "
3352"that you should not use it in combination with the scope syntax. (The scope "
3353"syntax implicit insert ::) Using both syntaxes together will trigger a bug "
c086ac18 3354"which some users unfortunately depend on: An option with the unusual name "
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3355"\"<literal>::</literal>\" which acts like every other option with a "
3356"name. These introduces many problems including that a user who writes "
3357"multiple lines in this <emphasis>wrong</emphasis> syntax in the hope to "
3358"append to a list will gain the opposite as only the last assignment for this "
3359"option \"<literal>::</literal>\" will be used. Upcoming APT versions will "
3360"raise errors and will stop working if they encounter this misuse, so please "
3361"correct such statements now as long as APT doesn't complain explicit about "
3362"them."
2a52e8c5
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3363msgstr ""
3364
3365#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
d5aa88bf 3366#: apt.conf.5.xml:144
2a52e8c5
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3367msgid "The APT Group"
3368msgstr ""
3369
3370#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3371#: apt.conf.5.xml:145
2a52e8c5
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3372msgid ""
3373"This group of options controls general APT behavior as well as holding the "
3374"options for all of the tools."
3375msgstr ""
3376
2a52e8c5 3377#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3378#: apt.conf.5.xml:150
2a52e8c5
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3379msgid ""
3380"System Architecture; sets the architecture to use when fetching files and "
3381"parsing package lists. The internal default is the architecture apt was "
3382"compiled for."
3383msgstr ""
3384
c77d6597 3385#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3386#: apt.conf.5.xml:156
c77d6597
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3387msgid ""
3388"All Architectures the system supports. Processors implementing the "
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3389"<literal>amd64</literal> (also called <literal>x86-64</literal>) instruction "
3390"set are e.g. also able to execute binaries compiled for the "
3391"<literal>i386</literal> (<literal>x86</literal>) instruction set; This list "
3392"is use when fetching files and parsing package lists. The internal default "
3393"is always the native architecture (<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>) "
3394"and all foreign architectures it can retrieve by calling <command>dpkg "
3395"--print-foreign-architectures</command>."
c77d6597
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3396msgstr ""
3397
2a52e8c5 3398#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3399#: apt.conf.5.xml:166
2a52e8c5
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3400msgid ""
3401"Default release to install packages from if more than one version "
3402"available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: "
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3403"'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', '&stable-codename;', '&testing-codename;', "
3404"'4.0', '5.0*'. See also &apt-preferences;."
2a52e8c5
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3405msgstr ""
3406
2a52e8c5 3407#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3408#: apt.conf.5.xml:172
2a52e8c5
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3409msgid ""
3410"Ignore Held packages; This global option causes the problem resolver to "
3411"ignore held packages in its decision making."
3412msgstr ""
3413
2a52e8c5 3414#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3415#: apt.conf.5.xml:177
2a52e8c5
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3416msgid ""
3417"Defaults to on. When turned on the autoclean feature will remove any "
3418"packages which can no longer be downloaded from the cache. If turned off "
3419"then packages that are locally installed are also excluded from cleaning - "
3420"but note that APT provides no direct means to reinstall them."
3421msgstr ""
3422
2a52e8c5 3423#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3424#: apt.conf.5.xml:184
2a52e8c5 3425msgid ""
43be0ac4
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3426"Defaults to on which will cause APT to install essential and important "
3427"packages as fast as possible in the install/upgrade operation. This is done "
3428"to limit the effect of a failing &dpkg; call: If this option is disabled APT "
3429"does treat an important package in the same way as an extra package: Between "
3430"the unpacking of the important package A and his configuration can then be "
3431"many other unpack or configuration calls, e.g. for package B which has no "
3432"relation to A, but causes the dpkg call to fail (e.g. because maintainer "
3433"script of package B generates an error) which results in a system state in "
3434"which package A is unpacked but unconfigured - each package depending on A "
3435"is now no longer guaranteed to work as their dependency on A is not longer "
3436"satisfied. The immediate configuration marker is also applied to all "
3437"dependencies which can generate a problem if the dependencies e.g. form a "
3438"circle as a dependency with the immediate flag is comparable with a "
3439"Pre-Dependency. So in theory it is possible that APT encounters a situation "
b39c1859 3440"in which it is unable to perform immediate configuration, errors out and "
43be0ac4 3441"refers to this option so the user can deactivate the immediate configuration "
b39c1859 3442"temporarily to be able to perform an install/upgrade again. Note the use of "
43be0ac4 3443"the word \"theory\" here as this problem was only encountered by now in real "
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3444"world a few times in non-stable distribution versions and was caused by "
3445"wrong dependencies of the package in question or by a system in an already "
3446"broken state, so you should not blindly disable this option as the mentioned "
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3447"scenario above is not the only problem immediate configuration can help to "
3448"prevent in the first place. Before a big operation like "
3449"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> is run with this option disabled it should "
3450"be tried to explicitly <literal>install</literal> the package APT is unable "
3451"to configure immediately, but please make sure to report your problem also "
3452"to your distribution and to the APT team with the buglink below so they can "
3453"work on improving or correcting the upgrade process."
2a52e8c5
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3454msgstr ""
3455
2a52e8c5 3456#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3457#: apt.conf.5.xml:207
2a52e8c5
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3458msgid ""
3459"Never Enable this option unless you -really- know what you are doing. It "
3460"permits APT to temporarily remove an essential package to break a "
3461"Conflicts/Conflicts or Conflicts/Pre-Depend loop between two essential "
3462"packages. SUCH A LOOP SHOULD NEVER EXIST AND IS A GRAVE BUG. This option "
3463"will work if the essential packages are not tar, gzip, libc, dpkg, bash or "
3464"anything that those packages depend on."
3465msgstr ""
3466
2a52e8c5 3467#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3468#: apt.conf.5.xml:216
2a52e8c5 3469msgid ""
b6c6b52f
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3470"APT uses since version 0.7.26 a resizable memory mapped cache file to store "
3471"the 'available' information. <literal>Cache-Start</literal> acts as a hint "
3472"to which size the Cache will grow and is therefore the amount of memory APT "
3473"will request at startup. The default value is 20971520 bytes (~20 MB). Note "
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3474"that this amount of space needs to be available for APT otherwise it will "
3475"likely fail ungracefully, so for memory restricted devices this value should "
3476"be lowered while on systems with a lot of configured sources it should be "
3477"increased. <literal>Cache-Grow</literal> defines in bytes with the default "
3478"of 1048576 (~1 MB) how much the Cache size will be increased in the event "
3479"the space defined by <literal>Cache-Start</literal> is not enough. These "
3480"value will be applied again and again until either the cache is big enough "
3481"to store all information or the size of the cache reaches the "
b6c6b52f
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3482"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal>. The default of "
3483"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal> is 0 which stands for no limit. If "
3484"<literal>Cache-Grow</literal> is set to 0 the automatic grow of the cache is "
3485"disabled."
2a52e8c5
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3486msgstr ""
3487
2a52e8c5 3488#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3489#: apt.conf.5.xml:232
2a52e8c5
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3490msgid "Defines which package(s) are considered essential build dependencies."
3491msgstr ""
3492
2a52e8c5 3493#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3494#: apt.conf.5.xml:236
2a52e8c5
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3495msgid ""
3496"The Get subsection controls the &apt-get; tool, please see its documentation "
3497"for more information about the options here."
3498msgstr ""
3499
2a52e8c5 3500#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3501#: apt.conf.5.xml:241
2a52e8c5
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3502msgid ""
3503"The Cache subsection controls the &apt-cache; tool, please see its "
3504"documentation for more information about the options here."
3505msgstr ""
3506
2a52e8c5 3507#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3508#: apt.conf.5.xml:246
2a52e8c5
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3509msgid ""
3510"The CDROM subsection controls the &apt-cdrom; tool, please see its "
3511"documentation for more information about the options here."
3512msgstr ""
3513
3514#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
d5aa88bf 3515#: apt.conf.5.xml:252
2a52e8c5
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3516msgid "The Acquire Group"
3517msgstr ""
3518
b6c6b52f 3519#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3520#: apt.conf.5.xml:258
b6c6b52f
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3521msgid ""
3522"Security related option defaulting to true as an expiring validation for a "
3523"Release file prevents longtime replay attacks and can e.g. also help users "
3524"to identify no longer updated mirrors - but the feature depends on the "
3525"correctness of the time on the user system. Archive maintainers are "
3526"encouraged to create Release files with the <literal>Valid-Until</literal> "
3527"header, but if they don't or a stricter value is volitional the following "
3528"<literal>Max-ValidTime</literal> option can be used."
3529msgstr ""
3530
b6c6b52f 3531#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3532#: apt.conf.5.xml:269
c77d6597
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3533msgid ""
3534"Seconds the Release file should be considered valid after it was created "
3535"(indicated by the <literal>Date</literal> header). If the Release file "
3536"itself includes a <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header the earlier date of "
3537"the two is used as the expiration date. The default value is "
c086ac18 3538"<literal>0</literal> which stands for \"for ever valid\". Archive specific "
c77d6597
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3539"settings can be made by appending the label of the archive to the option "
3540"name."
3541msgstr ""
3542
c77d6597 3543#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3544#: apt.conf.5.xml:280
b6c6b52f 3545msgid ""
c77d6597
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3546"Minimum of seconds the Release file should be considered valid after it was "
3547"created (indicated by the <literal>Date</literal> header). Use this if you "
3548"need to use a seldomly updated (local) mirror of a more regular updated "
3549"archive with a <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header instead of completely "
3550"disabling the expiration date checking. Archive specific settings can and "
3551"should be used by appending the label of the archive to the option name."
b6c6b52f
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3552msgstr ""
3553
2a52e8c5 3554#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3555#: apt.conf.5.xml:291
2a52e8c5
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3556msgid ""
3557"Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for Packages or "
3558"Sources files instead of downloading whole ones. True by default."
3559msgstr ""
3560
b39c1859 3561#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3562#: apt.conf.5.xml:294
b39c1859
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3563msgid ""
3564"Two sub-options to limit the use of PDiffs are also available: With "
3565"<literal>FileLimit</literal> can be specified how many PDiff files are "
c086ac18 3566"downloaded at most to update a file. <literal>SizeLimit</literal> on the "
c77d6597 3567"other hand is the maximum percentage of the size of all patches compared to "
b39c1859
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3568"the size of the targeted file. If one of these limits is exceeded the "
3569"complete file is downloaded instead of the patches."
3570msgstr ""
3571
2a52e8c5 3572#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3573#: apt.conf.5.xml:304
2a52e8c5
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3574msgid ""
3575"Queuing mode; <literal>Queue-Mode</literal> can be one of "
3576"<literal>host</literal> or <literal>access</literal> which determines how "
3577"APT parallelizes outgoing connections. <literal>host</literal> means that "
3578"one connection per target host will be opened, <literal>access</literal> "
3579"means that one connection per URI type will be opened."
3580msgstr ""
3581
2a52e8c5 3582#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3583#: apt.conf.5.xml:312
2a52e8c5
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3584msgid ""
3585"Number of retries to perform. If this is non-zero APT will retry failed "
3586"files the given number of times."
3587msgstr ""
3588
2a52e8c5 3589#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3590#: apt.conf.5.xml:317
2a52e8c5
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3591msgid ""
3592"Use symlinks for source archives. If set to true then source archives will "
3593"be symlinked when possible instead of copying. True is the default."
3594msgstr ""
3595
2a52e8c5 3596#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3597#: apt.conf.5.xml:322
2a52e8c5
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3598msgid ""
3599"HTTP URIs; http::Proxy is the default http proxy to use. It is in the "
3600"standard form of <literal>http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per "
3601"host proxies can also be specified by using the form "
3602"<literal>http::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
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3603"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
3604"settings is specified, <envar>http_proxy</envar> environment variable will "
3605"be used."
2a52e8c5
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3606msgstr ""
3607
3608#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3609#: apt.conf.5.xml:330
2a52e8c5
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3610msgid ""
3611"Three settings are provided for cache control with HTTP/1.1 compliant proxy "
3612"caches. <literal>No-Cache</literal> tells the proxy to not use its cached "
3613"response under any circumstances, <literal>Max-Age</literal> is sent only "
3614"for index files and tells the cache to refresh its object if it is older "
3615"than the given number of seconds. Debian updates its index files daily so "
3616"the default is 1 day. <literal>No-Store</literal> specifies that the cache "
3617"should never store this request, it is only set for archive files. This may "
3618"be useful to prevent polluting a proxy cache with very large .deb "
3619"files. Note: Squid 2.0.2 does not support any of these options."
3620msgstr ""
3621
3622#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3623#: apt.conf.5.xml:340 apt.conf.5.xml:406
2a52e8c5
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3624msgid ""
3625"The option <literal>timeout</literal> sets the timeout timer used by the "
3626"method, this applies to all things including connection timeout and data "
3627"timeout."
3628msgstr ""
3629
3630#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3631#: apt.conf.5.xml:343
2a52e8c5 3632msgid ""
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3633"The setting <literal>Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth</literal> can be used to "
3634"enabled HTTP pipeling (RFC 2616 section 8.1.2.2) which can be beneficial "
3635"e.g. on high-latency connections. It specifies how many requests are send in "
3636"a pipeline. Previous APT versions had a default of 10 for this setting, but "
3637"the default value is now 0 (= disabled) to avoid problems with the "
3638"ever-growing amount of webservers and proxies which choose to not conform to "
3639"the HTTP/1.1 specification."
2a52e8c5
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3640msgstr ""
3641
63fc5550 3642#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3643#: apt.conf.5.xml:350
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3644msgid ""
3645"<literal>Acquire::http::AllowRedirect</literal> controls if APT will follow "
3646"redirects, which is enabled by default."
3647msgstr ""
3648
3649#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3650#: apt.conf.5.xml:353
63fc5550
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3651msgid ""
3652"The used bandwidth can be limited with "
3653"<literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal> which accepts integer values in "
3654"kilobyte. The default value is 0 which deactivates the limit and tries uses "
01f2b54d 3655"as much as possible of the bandwidth (Note that this option implicit "
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3656"deactivates the download from multiple servers at the same time.)"
3657msgstr ""
3658
bf5c3fe8 3659#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3660#: apt.conf.5.xml:358
bf5c3fe8
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3661msgid ""
3662"<literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different "
3663"User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for "
3664"clients only if the client uses a known identifier."
3665msgstr ""
3666
2a52e8c5 3667#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3668#: apt.conf.5.xml:365
2a52e8c5 3669msgid ""
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3670"HTTPS URIs. Cache-control, Timeout, AllowRedirect, Dl-Limit and proxy "
3671"options are the same as for <literal>http</literal> method and will also "
3672"default to the options from the <literal>http</literal> method if they are "
3673"not explicitly set for https. <literal>Pipeline-Depth</literal> option is "
2a52e8c5
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3674"not supported yet."
3675msgstr ""
3676
3677#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3678#: apt.conf.5.xml:371
2a52e8c5
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3679msgid ""
3680"<literal>CaInfo</literal> suboption specifies place of file that holds info "
3681"about trusted certificates. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::CaInfo</literal> is "
3682"corresponding per-host option. <literal>Verify-Peer</literal> boolean "
3683"suboption determines whether verify server's host certificate against "
3684"trusted certificates or not. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Peer</literal> "
3685"is corresponding per-host option. <literal>Verify-Host</literal> boolean "
3686"suboption determines whether verify server's hostname or not. "
3687"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Host</literal> is corresponding per-host "
3688"option. <literal>SslCert</literal> determines what certificate to use for "
3689"client authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslCert</literal> is "
3690"corresponding per-host option. <literal>SslKey</literal> determines what "
3691"private key to use for client "
3692"authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslKey</literal> is corresponding "
3693"per-host option. <literal>SslForceVersion</literal> overrides default SSL "
3694"version to use. Can contain 'TLSv1' or 'SSLv3' string. "
3695"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslForceVersion</literal> is corresponding per-host "
3696"option."
3697msgstr ""
3698
2a52e8c5 3699#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3700#: apt.conf.5.xml:390
bcf91c1b
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3701msgid ""
3702"FTP URIs; ftp::Proxy is the default ftp proxy to use. It is in the standard "
3703"form of <literal>ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per host "
3704"proxies can also be specified by using the form "
3705"<literal>ftp::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
3706"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
3707"settings is specified, <envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable will be "
3708"used. To use a ftp proxy you will have to set the "
3709"<literal>ftp::ProxyLogin</literal> script in the configuration file. This "
3710"entry specifies the commands to send to tell the proxy server what to "
3711"connect to. Please see &configureindex; for an example of how to do "
3712"this. The substitution variables available are "
2a52e8c5
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3713"<literal>$(PROXY_USER)</literal> <literal>$(PROXY_PASS)</literal> "
3714"<literal>$(SITE_USER)</literal> <literal>$(SITE_PASS)</literal> "
3715"<literal>$(SITE)</literal> and <literal>$(SITE_PORT)</literal> Each is taken "
3716"from it's respective URI component."
3717msgstr ""
3718
3719#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3720#: apt.conf.5.xml:409
2a52e8c5
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3721msgid ""
3722"Several settings are provided to control passive mode. Generally it is safe "
3723"to leave passive mode on, it works in nearly every environment. However "
3724"some situations require that passive mode be disabled and port mode ftp used "
3725"instead. This can be done globally, for connections that go through a proxy "
3726"or for a specific host (See the sample config file for examples)."
3727msgstr ""
3728
3729#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3730#: apt.conf.5.xml:416
2a52e8c5
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3731msgid ""
3732"It is possible to proxy FTP over HTTP by setting the "
3733"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable to a http url - see the "
3734"discussion of the http method above for syntax. You cannot set this in the "
3735"configuration file and it is not recommended to use FTP over HTTP due to its "
3736"low efficiency."
3737msgstr ""
3738
3739#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3740#: apt.conf.5.xml:421
2a52e8c5
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3741msgid ""
3742"The setting <literal>ForceExtended</literal> controls the use of RFC2428 "
3743"<literal>EPSV</literal> and <literal>EPRT</literal> commands. The default is "
3744"false, which means these commands are only used if the control connection is "
3745"IPv6. Setting this to true forces their use even on IPv4 connections. Note "
3746"that most FTP servers do not support RFC2428."
3747msgstr ""
3748
2a52e8c5 3749#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
d5aa88bf 3750#: apt.conf.5.xml:434
2a52e8c5 3751#, no-wrap
82cb5862 3752msgid "/cdrom/::Mount \"foo\";"
2a52e8c5
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3753msgstr ""
3754
3755#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3756#: apt.conf.5.xml:429
2a52e8c5
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3757msgid ""
3758"CDROM URIs; the only setting for CDROM URIs is the mount point, "
3759"<literal>cdrom::Mount</literal> which must be the mount point for the CDROM "
3760"drive as specified in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. It is possible to "
3761"provide alternate mount and unmount commands if your mount point cannot be "
3762"listed in the fstab (such as an SMB mount and old mount packages). The "
3763"syntax is to put <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> within the "
3764"cdrom block. It is important to have the trailing slash. Unmount commands "
3765"can be specified using UMount."
3766msgstr ""
3767
2a52e8c5 3768#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3769#: apt.conf.5.xml:440
2a52e8c5
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3770msgid ""
3771"GPGV URIs; the only option for GPGV URIs is the option to pass additional "
3772"parameters to gpgv. <literal>gpgv::Options</literal> Additional options "
3773"passed to gpgv."
3774msgstr ""
3775
bcf91c1b 3776#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
d5aa88bf 3777#: apt.conf.5.xml:451
bcf91c1b
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3778#, no-wrap
3779msgid ""
3780"Acquire::CompressionTypes::<replaceable>FileExtension</replaceable> "
3781"\"<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable>\";"
3782msgstr ""
3783
3784#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3785#: apt.conf.5.xml:446
bcf91c1b
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3786msgid ""
3787"List of compression types which are understood by the acquire methods. "
3788"Files like <filename>Packages</filename> can be available in various "
3789"compression formats. Per default the acquire methods can decompress "
3790"<command>bzip2</command>, <command>lzma</command> and "
3791"<command>gzip</command> compressed files, with this setting more formats can "
3792"be added on the fly or the used method can be changed. The syntax for this "
3793"is: <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"0\"/>"
3794msgstr ""
3795
3796#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
d5aa88bf 3797#: apt.conf.5.xml:456
bcf91c1b
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3798#, no-wrap
3799msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order:: \"gz\";"
3800msgstr ""
3801
3802#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
d5aa88bf 3803#: apt.conf.5.xml:459
bcf91c1b
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3804#, no-wrap
3805msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order { \"lzma\"; \"gz\"; };"
3806msgstr ""
3807
3808#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3809#: apt.conf.5.xml:452
bcf91c1b
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3810msgid ""
3811"Also the <literal>Order</literal> subgroup can be used to define in which "
3812"order the acquire system will try to download the compressed files. The "
3813"acquire system will try the first and proceed with the next compression type "
3814"in this list on error, so to prefer one over the other type simple add the "
3815"preferred type at first - not already added default types will be added at "
3816"run time to the end of the list, so e.g. <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" "
3817"id=\"0\"/> can be used to prefer <command>gzip</command> compressed files "
3818"over <command>bzip2</command> and <command>lzma</command>. If "
3819"<command>lzma</command> should be preferred over <command>gzip</command> and "
3820"<command>bzip2</command> the configure setting should look like this "
3821"<placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"1\"/> It is not needed to add "
3822"<literal>bz2</literal> explicit to the list as it will be added automatic."
3823msgstr ""
3824
3825#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
d5aa88bf 3826#: apt.conf.5.xml:463
bcf91c1b
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3827#, no-wrap
3828msgid "Dir::Bin::bzip2 \"/bin/bzip2\";"
3829msgstr ""
3830
3831#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3832#: apt.conf.5.xml:461
bcf91c1b
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3833msgid ""
3834"Note that at run time the "
3835"<literal>Dir::Bin::<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable></literal> will be "
3836"checked: If this setting exists the method will only be used if this file "
c77d6597 3837"exists, e.g. for the bzip2 method (the inbuilt) setting is: <placeholder "
bcf91c1b 3838"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> Note also that list entries specified on "
01f2b54d 3839"the command line will be added at the end of the list specified in the "
bcf91c1b 3840"configuration files, but before the default entries. To prefer a type in "
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3841"this case over the ones specified in the configuration files you can set the "
3842"option direct - not in list style. This will not override the defined list, "
3843"it will only prefix the list with this type."
bcf91c1b
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3844msgstr ""
3845
3846#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3847#: apt.conf.5.xml:468
bcf91c1b 3848msgid ""
30549c0c 3849"The special type <literal>uncompressed</literal> can be used to give "
c77d6597 3850"uncompressed files a preference, but note that most archives don't provide "
30549c0c 3851"uncompressed files so this is mostly only useable for local mirrors."
bcf91c1b
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3852msgstr ""
3853
de2c243c 3854#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3855#: apt.conf.5.xml:475
de2c243c 3856msgid ""
3857"When downloading <literal>gzip</literal> compressed indexes (Packages, "
3858"Sources, or Translations), keep them gzip compressed locally instead of "
3859"unpacking them. This saves quite a lot of disk space at the expense of more "
3860"CPU requirements when building the local package caches. False by default."
3861msgstr ""
3862
bf5c3fe8 3863#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3864#: apt.conf.5.xml:483
bf5c3fe8
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3865msgid ""
3866"The Languages subsection controls which <filename>Translation</filename> "
3867"files are downloaded and in which order APT tries to display the "
3868"Description-Translations. APT will try to display the first available "
b39c1859 3869"Description in the Language which is listed at first. Languages can be "
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3870"defined with their short or long Languagecodes. Note that not all archives "
3871"provide <filename>Translation</filename> files for every Language - "
3872"especially the long Languagecodes are rare, so please inform you which ones "
3873"are available before you set here impossible values."
3874msgstr ""
3875
3876#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><programlisting>
d5aa88bf 3877#: apt.conf.5.xml:499
bf5c3fe8
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3878#, no-wrap
3879msgid "Acquire::Languages { \"environment\"; \"de\"; \"en\"; \"none\"; \"fr\"; };"
3880msgstr ""
3881
3882#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3883#: apt.conf.5.xml:489
bf5c3fe8
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3884msgid ""
3885"The default list includes \"environment\" and "
3886"\"en\". \"<literal>environment</literal>\" has a special meaning here: It "
3887"will be replaced at runtime with the languagecodes extracted from the "
b39c1859 3888"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> environment variable. It will also ensure "
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3889"that these codes are not included twice in the list. If "
3890"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> is set to \"C\" only the "
3891"<filename>Translation-en</filename> file (if available) will be used. To "
3892"force apt to use no Translation file use the setting "
3893"<literal>Acquire::Languages=none</literal>. \"<literal>none</literal>\" is "
3894"another special meaning code which will stop the search for a fitting "
3895"<filename>Translation</filename> file. This can be used by the system "
3896"administrator to let APT know that it should download also this files "
b39c1859 3897"without actually use them if the environment doesn't specify this "
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3898"languages. So the following example configuration will result in the order "
3899"\"en, de\" in an english and in \"de, en\" in a german localization. Note "
3900"that \"fr\" is downloaded, but not used if APT is not used in a french "
3901"localization, in such an environment the order would be \"fr, de, en\". "
3902"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
3903msgstr ""
3904
c086ac18 3905#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 3906#: apt.conf.5.xml:500
c086ac18
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3907msgid ""
3908"Note: To prevent problems resulting from APT being executed in different "
3909"environments (e.g. by different users or by other programs) all Translation "
3910"files which are found in <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists/</filename> will be "
3911"added to the end of the list (after an implicit "
3912"\"<literal>none</literal>\")."
3913msgstr ""
3914
2a52e8c5 3915#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3916#: apt.conf.5.xml:253
2a52e8c5
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3917msgid ""
3918"The <literal>Acquire</literal> group of options controls the download of "
3919"packages and the URI handlers. <placeholder type=\"variablelist\" "
3920"id=\"0\"/>"
3921msgstr ""
3922
3923#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
d5aa88bf 3924#: apt.conf.5.xml:511
2a52e8c5
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3925msgid "Directories"
3926msgstr ""
3927
3928#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3929#: apt.conf.5.xml:513
2a52e8c5
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3930msgid ""
3931"The <literal>Dir::State</literal> section has directories that pertain to "
3932"local state information. <literal>lists</literal> is the directory to place "
3933"downloaded package lists in and <literal>status</literal> is the name of the "
3934"dpkg status file. <literal>preferences</literal> is the name of the APT "
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3935"<filename>preferences</filename> file. <literal>Dir::State</literal> "
3936"contains the default directory to prefix on all sub items if they do not "
3937"start with <filename>/</filename> or <filename>./</filename>."
2a52e8c5
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3938msgstr ""
3939
3940#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3941#: apt.conf.5.xml:520
2a52e8c5
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3942msgid ""
3943"<literal>Dir::Cache</literal> contains locations pertaining to local cache "
3944"information, such as the two package caches <literal>srcpkgcache</literal> "
3945"and <literal>pkgcache</literal> as well as the location to place downloaded "
3946"archives, <literal>Dir::Cache::archives</literal>. Generation of caches can "
3947"be turned off by setting their names to be blank. This will slow down "
3948"startup but save disk space. It is probably preferred to turn off the "
3949"pkgcache rather than the srcpkgcache. Like <literal>Dir::State</literal> the "
3950"default directory is contained in <literal>Dir::Cache</literal>"
3951msgstr ""
3952
3953#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3954#: apt.conf.5.xml:529
2a52e8c5
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3955msgid ""
3956"<literal>Dir::Etc</literal> contains the location of configuration files, "
3957"<literal>sourcelist</literal> gives the location of the sourcelist and "
3958"<literal>main</literal> is the default configuration file (setting has no "
3959"effect, unless it is done from the config file specified by "
3960"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>)."
3961msgstr ""
3962
3963#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3964#: apt.conf.5.xml:535
2a52e8c5
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3965msgid ""
3966"The <literal>Dir::Parts</literal> setting reads in all the config fragments "
3967"in lexical order from the directory specified. After this is done then the "
3968"main config file is loaded."
3969msgstr ""
3970
3971#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3972#: apt.conf.5.xml:539
2a52e8c5
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3973msgid ""
3974"Binary programs are pointed to by "
3975"<literal>Dir::Bin</literal>. <literal>Dir::Bin::Methods</literal> specifies "
3976"the location of the method handlers and <literal>gzip</literal>, "
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3977"<literal>bzip2</literal>, <literal>lzma</literal>, <literal>dpkg</literal>, "
3978"<literal>apt-get</literal> <literal>dpkg-source</literal> "
3979"<literal>dpkg-buildpackage</literal> and <literal>apt-cache</literal> "
3980"specify the location of the respective programs."
2a52e8c5
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3981msgstr ""
3982
3983#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3984#: apt.conf.5.xml:547
2a52e8c5
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3985msgid ""
3986"The configuration item <literal>RootDir</literal> has a special meaning. If "
3987"set, all paths in <literal>Dir::</literal> will be relative to "
3988"<literal>RootDir</literal>, <emphasis>even paths that are specified "
3989"absolutely</emphasis>. So, for instance, if <literal>RootDir</literal> is "
3990"set to <filename>/tmp/staging</filename> and "
3991"<literal>Dir::State::status</literal> is set to "
3992"<filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>, then the status file will be "
3993"looked up in <filename>/tmp/staging/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>."
3994msgstr ""
3995
b6c6b52f 3996#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 3997#: apt.conf.5.xml:560
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3998msgid ""
3999"The <literal>Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> list can be used to specify "
4000"which files APT should silently ignore while parsing the files in the "
4001"fragment directories. Per default a file which end with "
4002"<literal>.disabled</literal>, <literal>~</literal>, <literal>.bak</literal> "
4003"or <literal>.dpkg-[a-z]+</literal> is silently ignored. As seen in the last "
4004"default value these patterns can use regular expression syntax."
4005msgstr ""
4006
2a52e8c5 4007#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
d5aa88bf 4008#: apt.conf.5.xml:569
2a52e8c5
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4009msgid "APT in DSelect"
4010msgstr ""
4011
4012#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 4013#: apt.conf.5.xml:571
2a52e8c5
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4014msgid ""
4015"When APT is used as a &dselect; method several configuration directives "
4016"control the default behaviour. These are in the <literal>DSelect</literal> "
4017"section."
4018msgstr ""
4019
2a52e8c5 4020#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4021#: apt.conf.5.xml:576
2a52e8c5
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4022msgid ""
4023"Cache Clean mode; this value may be one of always, prompt, auto, pre-auto "
4024"and never. always and prompt will remove all packages from the cache after "
4025"upgrading, prompt (the default) does so conditionally. auto removes only "
4026"those packages which are no longer downloadable (replaced with a new version "
4027"for instance). pre-auto performs this action before downloading new "
4028"packages."
4029msgstr ""
4030
4031#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4032#: apt.conf.5.xml:585
2a52e8c5
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4033msgid ""
4034"The contents of this variable is passed to &apt-get; as command line options "
4035"when it is run for the install phase."
4036msgstr ""
4037
2a52e8c5 4038#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4039#: apt.conf.5.xml:590
2a52e8c5
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4040msgid ""
4041"The contents of this variable is passed to &apt-get; as command line options "
4042"when it is run for the update phase."
4043msgstr ""
4044
2a52e8c5 4045#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4046#: apt.conf.5.xml:595
2a52e8c5
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4047msgid ""
4048"If true the [U]pdate operation in &dselect; will always prompt to continue. "
4049"The default is to prompt only on error."
4050msgstr ""
4051
4052#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
d5aa88bf 4053#: apt.conf.5.xml:601
2a52e8c5
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4054msgid "How APT calls dpkg"
4055msgstr ""
4056
4057#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 4058#: apt.conf.5.xml:602
2a52e8c5
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4059msgid ""
4060"Several configuration directives control how APT invokes &dpkg;. These are "
4061"in the <literal>DPkg</literal> section."
4062msgstr ""
4063
4064#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4065#: apt.conf.5.xml:607
2a52e8c5
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4066msgid ""
4067"This is a list of options to pass to dpkg. The options must be specified "
4068"using the list notation and each list item is passed as a single argument to "
4069"&dpkg;."
4070msgstr ""
4071
2a52e8c5 4072#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4073#: apt.conf.5.xml:613
2a52e8c5
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4074msgid ""
4075"This is a list of shell commands to run before/after invoking &dpkg;. Like "
4076"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
4077"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>, should any "
4078"fail APT will abort."
4079msgstr ""
4080
2a52e8c5 4081#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4082#: apt.conf.5.xml:620
2a52e8c5
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4083msgid ""
4084"This is a list of shell commands to run before invoking dpkg. Like "
4085"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
4086"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>, should any "
4087"fail APT will abort. APT will pass to the commands on standard input the "
4088"filenames of all .deb files it is going to install, one per line."
4089msgstr ""
4090
4091#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4092#: apt.conf.5.xml:626
2a52e8c5
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4093msgid ""
4094"Version 2 of this protocol dumps more information, including the protocol "
4095"version, the APT configuration space and the packages, files and versions "
4096"being changed. Version 2 is enabled by setting "
4097"<literal>DPkg::Tools::options::cmd::Version</literal> to "
4098"2. <literal>cmd</literal> is a command given to "
4099"<literal>Pre-Install-Pkgs</literal>."
4100msgstr ""
4101
2a52e8c5 4102#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4103#: apt.conf.5.xml:634
2a52e8c5
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4104msgid ""
4105"APT chdirs to this directory before invoking dpkg, the default is "
4106"<filename>/</filename>."
4107msgstr ""
4108
2a52e8c5 4109#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4110#: apt.conf.5.xml:639
2a52e8c5
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4111msgid ""
4112"These options are passed to &dpkg-buildpackage; when compiling packages, the "
4113"default is to disable signing and produce all binaries."
4114msgstr ""
4115
3e9c4f70 4116#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
d5aa88bf 4117#: apt.conf.5.xml:644
5e312de7 4118msgid "dpkg trigger usage (and related options)"
3e9c4f70
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4119msgstr ""
4120
4121#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
d5aa88bf 4122#: apt.conf.5.xml:645
3e9c4f70
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4123msgid ""
4124"APT can call dpkg in a way so it can make aggressive use of triggers over "
30549c0c 4125"multiple calls of dpkg. Without further options dpkg will use triggers only "
5e312de7 4126"in between his own run. Activating these options can therefore decrease the "
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4127"time needed to perform the install / upgrade. Note that it is intended to "
4128"activate these options per default in the future, but as it changes the way "
01f2b54d 4129"APT calling dpkg drastically it needs a lot more testing. <emphasis>These "
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4130"options are therefore currently experimental and should not be used in "
4131"productive environments.</emphasis> Also it breaks the progress reporting so "
4132"all frontends will currently stay around half (or more) of the time in the "
4133"100% state while it actually configures all packages."
4134msgstr ""
4135
4136#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><literallayout>
d5aa88bf 4137#: apt.conf.5.xml:660
3e9c4f70
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4138#, no-wrap
4139msgid ""
4140"DPkg::NoTriggers \"true\";\n"
5e312de7
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4141"PackageManager::Configure \"smart\";\n"
4142"DPkg::ConfigurePending \"true\";\n"
d5081aee 4143"DPkg::TriggersPending \"true\";"
3e9c4f70
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4144msgstr ""
4145
4146#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
d5aa88bf 4147#: apt.conf.5.xml:654
3e9c4f70 4148msgid ""
01f2b54d 4149"Note that it is not guaranteed that APT will support these options or that "
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4150"these options will not cause (big) trouble in the future. If you have "
4151"understand the current risks and problems with these options, but are brave "
4152"enough to help testing them create a new configuration file and test a "
4153"combination of options. Please report any bugs, problems and improvements "
4154"you encounter and make sure to note which options you have used in your "
3e9c4f70 4155"reports. Asking dpkg for help could also be useful for debugging proposes, "
5e312de7
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4156"see e.g. <command>dpkg --audit</command>. A defensive option combination "
4157"would be <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
3e9c4f70
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4158msgstr ""
4159
3e9c4f70 4160#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4161#: apt.conf.5.xml:667
3e9c4f70 4162msgid ""
43be0ac4 4163"Add the no triggers flag to all dpkg calls (except the ConfigurePending "
3e9c4f70 4164"call). See &dpkg; if you are interested in what this actually means. In "
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4165"short: dpkg will not run the triggers when this flag is present unless it is "
4166"explicitly called to do so in an extra call. Note that this option exists "
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4167"(undocumented) also in older apt versions with a slightly different meaning: "
4168"Previously these option only append --no-triggers to the configure calls to "
4169"dpkg - now apt will add these flag also to the unpack and remove calls."
4170msgstr ""
4171
3e9c4f70 4172#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4173#: apt.conf.5.xml:675
5e312de7
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4174msgid ""
4175"Valid values are \"<literal>all</literal>\", \"<literal>smart</literal>\" "
4176"and \"<literal>no</literal>\". \"<literal>all</literal>\" is the default "
4177"value and causes APT to configure all packages explicit. The "
4178"\"<literal>smart</literal>\" way is it to configure only packages which need "
4179"to be configured before another package can be unpacked (Pre-Depends) and "
4180"let the rest configure by dpkg with a call generated by the next "
4181"option. \"<literal>no</literal>\" on the other hand will not configure "
43be0ac4 4182"anything and totally rely on dpkg for configuration (which will at the "
5e312de7 4183"moment fail if a Pre-Depends is encountered). Setting this option to "
43be0ac4 4184"another than the all value will implicitly activate also the next option per "
5e312de7
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4185"default as otherwise the system could end in an unconfigured status which "
4186"could be unbootable!"
3e9c4f70
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4187msgstr ""
4188
3e9c4f70 4189#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4190#: apt.conf.5.xml:686
3e9c4f70
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4191msgid ""
4192"If this option is set apt will call <command>dpkg --configure "
4193"--pending</command> to let dpkg handle all required configurations and "
5e312de7
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4194"triggers. This option is activated automatic per default if the previous "
4195"option is not set to <literal>all</literal>, but deactivating could be "
4196"useful if you want to run APT multiple times in a row - e.g. in an "
43be0ac4
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4197"installer. In these sceneries you could deactivate this option in all but "
4198"the last run."
5e312de7
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4199msgstr ""
4200
5e312de7 4201#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4202#: apt.conf.5.xml:693
5e312de7
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4203msgid ""
4204"Useful for <literal>smart</literal> configuration as a package which has "
a874991b
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4205"pending triggers is not considered as <literal>installed</literal> and dpkg "
4206"treats them as <literal>unpacked</literal> currently which is a dealbreaker "
4207"for Pre-Dependencies (see debbugs #526774). Note that this will process all "
4208"triggers, not only the triggers needed to configure this package."
5e312de7
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4209msgstr ""
4210
5e312de7 4211#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4212#: apt.conf.5.xml:699
5e312de7
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4213msgid ""
4214"As the configuration can be deferred to be done at the end by dpkg it can be "
4215"tried to order the unpack series only by critical needs, e.g. by "
4216"Pre-Depends. Default is true and therefore the \"old\" method of ordering in "
01f2b54d 4217"various steps by everything. While both method were present in earlier APT "
5e312de7
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4218"versions the <literal>OrderCritical</literal> method was unused, so this "
4219"method is very experimental and needs further improvements before becoming "
4220"really useful."
4221msgstr ""
4222
5e312de7 4223#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
d5aa88bf 4224#: apt.conf.5.xml:714
5e312de7
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4225#, no-wrap
4226msgid ""
4227"OrderList::Score {\n"
4228"\tDelete 500;\n"
4229"\tEssential 200;\n"
4230"\tImmediate 10;\n"
4231"\tPreDepends 50;\n"
4232"};"
4233msgstr ""
4234
4235#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4236#: apt.conf.5.xml:707
5e312de7
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4237msgid ""
4238"Essential packages (and there dependencies) should be configured immediately "
4239"after unpacking. It will be a good idea to do this quite early in the "
4240"upgrade process as these these configure calls require currently also "
4241"<literal>DPkg::TriggersPending</literal> which will run quite a few triggers "
4242"(which maybe not needed). Essentials get per default a high score but the "
01f2b54d 4243"immediate flag is relatively low (a package which has a Pre-Depends is "
4244"higher rated). These option and the others in the same group can be used to "
4245"change the scoring. The following example shows the settings with there "
4246"default values. <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
3e9c4f70
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4247msgstr ""
4248
2a52e8c5 4249#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
d5aa88bf 4250#: apt.conf.5.xml:727
2a52e8c5
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4251msgid "Periodic and Archives options"
4252msgstr ""
4253
4254#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 4255#: apt.conf.5.xml:728
2a52e8c5
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4256msgid ""
4257"<literal>APT::Periodic</literal> and <literal>APT::Archives</literal> groups "
4258"of options configure behavior of apt periodic updates, which is done by "
4259"<literal>/etc/cron.daily/apt</literal> script. See header of this script for "
4260"the brief documentation of these options."
4261msgstr ""
4262
4263#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
d5aa88bf 4264#: apt.conf.5.xml:736
2a52e8c5
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4265msgid "Debug options"
4266msgstr ""
4267
4268#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 4269#: apt.conf.5.xml:738
2a52e8c5
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4270msgid ""
4271"Enabling options in the <literal>Debug::</literal> section will cause "
4272"debugging information to be sent to the standard error stream of the program "
4273"utilizing the <literal>apt</literal> libraries, or enable special program "
4274"modes that are primarily useful for debugging the behavior of "
4275"<literal>apt</literal>. Most of these options are not interesting to a "
4276"normal user, but a few may be:"
4277msgstr ""
4278
4279#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4280#: apt.conf.5.xml:749
2a52e8c5
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4281msgid ""
4282"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> enables output about the "
4283"decisions made by <literal>dist-upgrade, upgrade, install, remove, "
4284"purge</literal>."
4285msgstr ""
4286
4287#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4288#: apt.conf.5.xml:757
2a52e8c5
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4289msgid ""
4290"<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal> disables all file locking. This can be "
4291"used to run some operations (for instance, <literal>apt-get -s "
4292"install</literal>) as a non-root user."
4293msgstr ""
4294
4295#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4296#: apt.conf.5.xml:766
2a52e8c5
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4297msgid ""
4298"<literal>Debug::pkgDPkgPM</literal> prints out the actual command line each "
4299"time that <literal>apt</literal> invokes &dpkg;."
4300msgstr ""
4301
4302#. TODO: provide a
4303#. motivating example, except I haven't a clue why you'd want
4304#. to do this.
4305#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4306#: apt.conf.5.xml:774
2a52e8c5
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4307msgid ""
4308"<literal>Debug::IdentCdrom</literal> disables the inclusion of statfs data "
4309"in CDROM IDs."
4310msgstr ""
4311
4312#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 4313#: apt.conf.5.xml:784
2a52e8c5
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4314msgid "A full list of debugging options to apt follows."
4315msgstr ""
4316
2a52e8c5 4317#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4318#: apt.conf.5.xml:793
2a52e8c5
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4319msgid "Print information related to accessing <literal>cdrom://</literal> sources."
4320msgstr ""
4321
2a52e8c5 4322#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4323#: apt.conf.5.xml:804
2a52e8c5
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4324msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using FTP."
4325msgstr ""
4326
2a52e8c5 4327#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4328#: apt.conf.5.xml:815
2a52e8c5
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4329msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTP."
4330msgstr ""
4331
2a52e8c5 4332#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4333#: apt.conf.5.xml:826
2a52e8c5
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4334msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTPS."
4335msgstr ""
4336
2a52e8c5 4337#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4338#: apt.conf.5.xml:837
2a52e8c5
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4339msgid ""
4340"Print information related to verifying cryptographic signatures using "
4341"<literal>gpg</literal>."
4342msgstr ""
4343
2a52e8c5 4344#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4345#: apt.conf.5.xml:848
2a52e8c5
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4346msgid ""
4347"Output information about the process of accessing collections of packages "
4348"stored on CD-ROMs."
4349msgstr ""
4350
2a52e8c5 4351#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4352#: apt.conf.5.xml:858
2a52e8c5
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4353msgid "Describes the process of resolving build-dependencies in &apt-get;."
4354msgstr ""
4355
2a52e8c5 4356#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4357#: apt.conf.5.xml:868
2a52e8c5
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4358msgid ""
4359"Output each cryptographic hash that is generated by the "
4360"<literal>apt</literal> libraries."
4361msgstr ""
4362
2a52e8c5 4363#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4364#: apt.conf.5.xml:878
2a52e8c5
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4365msgid ""
4366"Do not include information from <literal>statfs</literal>, namely the number "
4367"of used and free blocks on the CD-ROM filesystem, when generating an ID for "
4368"a CD-ROM."
4369msgstr ""
4370
2a52e8c5 4371#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4372#: apt.conf.5.xml:889
2a52e8c5
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4373msgid ""
4374"Disable all file locking. For instance, this will allow two instances of "
4375"<quote><literal>apt-get update</literal></quote> to run at the same time."
4376msgstr ""
4377
2a52e8c5 4378#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4379#: apt.conf.5.xml:901
2a52e8c5
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4380msgid "Log when items are added to or removed from the global download queue."
4381msgstr ""
4382
2a52e8c5 4383#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4384#: apt.conf.5.xml:911
2a52e8c5
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4385msgid ""
4386"Output status messages and errors related to verifying checksums and "
4387"cryptographic signatures of downloaded files."
4388msgstr ""
4389
2a52e8c5 4390#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4391#: apt.conf.5.xml:921
2a52e8c5
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4392msgid ""
4393"Output information about downloading and applying package index list diffs, "
4394"and errors relating to package index list diffs."
4395msgstr ""
4396
2a52e8c5 4397#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4398#: apt.conf.5.xml:933
2a52e8c5
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4399msgid ""
4400"Output information related to patching apt package lists when downloading "
4401"index diffs instead of full indices."
4402msgstr ""
4403
2a52e8c5 4404#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4405#: apt.conf.5.xml:944
2a52e8c5
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4406msgid "Log all interactions with the sub-processes that actually perform downloads."
4407msgstr ""
4408
2a52e8c5 4409#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4410#: apt.conf.5.xml:955
2a52e8c5
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4411msgid ""
4412"Log events related to the automatically-installed status of packages and to "
4413"the removal of unused packages."
4414msgstr ""
4415
2a52e8c5 4416#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4417#: apt.conf.5.xml:965
2a52e8c5
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4418msgid ""
4419"Generate debug messages describing which packages are being automatically "
4420"installed to resolve dependencies. This corresponds to the initial "
4421"auto-install pass performed in, e.g., <literal>apt-get install</literal>, "
4422"and not to the full <literal>apt</literal> dependency resolver; see "
4423"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> for that."
4424msgstr ""
4425
2a52e8c5 4426#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4427#: apt.conf.5.xml:979
2a52e8c5
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4428msgid ""
4429"Generate debug messages describing which package is marked as "
4430"keep/install/remove while the ProblemResolver does his work. Each addition "
4431"or deletion may trigger additional actions; they are shown indented two "
4432"additional space under the original entry. The format for each line is "
4433"<literal>MarkKeep</literal>, <literal>MarkDelete</literal> or "
4434"<literal>MarkInstall</literal> followed by <literal>package-name &lt;a.b.c "
4435"-&gt; d.e.f | x.y.z&gt; (section)</literal> where <literal>a.b.c</literal> "
4436"is the current version of the package, <literal>d.e.f</literal> is the "
4437"version considered for installation and <literal>x.y.z</literal> is a newer "
4438"version, but not considered for installation (because of a low pin "
4439"score). The later two can be omitted if there is none or if it is the same "
4440"version as the installed. <literal>section</literal> is the name of the "
4441"section the package appears in."
4442msgstr ""
4443
2a52e8c5 4444#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4445#: apt.conf.5.xml:1001
2a52e8c5
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4446msgid "Dump the default configuration to standard error on startup."
4447msgstr ""
4448
2a52e8c5 4449#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4450#: apt.conf.5.xml:1011
2a52e8c5
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4451msgid ""
4452"When invoking &dpkg;, output the precise command line with which it is being "
4453"invoked, with arguments separated by a single space character."
4454msgstr ""
4455
2a52e8c5 4456#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4457#: apt.conf.5.xml:1022
2a52e8c5
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4458msgid ""
4459"Output all the data received from &dpkg; on the status file descriptor and "
4460"any errors encountered while parsing it."
4461msgstr ""
4462
2a52e8c5 4463#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4464#: apt.conf.5.xml:1033
2a52e8c5
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4465msgid ""
4466"Generate a trace of the algorithm that decides the order in which "
4467"<literal>apt</literal> should pass packages to &dpkg;."
4468msgstr ""
4469
2a52e8c5 4470#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4471#: apt.conf.5.xml:1045
2a52e8c5
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4472msgid "Output status messages tracing the steps performed when invoking &dpkg;."
4473msgstr ""
4474
2a52e8c5 4475#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4476#: apt.conf.5.xml:1056
2a52e8c5
DK
4477msgid "Output the priority of each package list on startup."
4478msgstr ""
4479
2a52e8c5 4480#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4481#: apt.conf.5.xml:1066
2a52e8c5
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4482msgid ""
4483"Trace the execution of the dependency resolver (this applies only to what "
4484"happens when a complex dependency problem is encountered)."
4485msgstr ""
4486
2a52e8c5 4487#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4488#: apt.conf.5.xml:1077
2a52e8c5
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4489msgid ""
4490"Display a list of all installed packages with their calculated score used by "
4491"the pkgProblemResolver. The description of the package is the same as "
4492"described in <literal>Debug::pkgDepCache::Marker</literal>"
4493msgstr ""
4494
2a52e8c5 4495#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
d5aa88bf 4496#: apt.conf.5.xml:1089
2a52e8c5
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4497msgid ""
4498"Print information about the vendors read from "
4499"<filename>/etc/apt/vendors.list</filename>."
4500msgstr ""
4501
4502#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 4503#: apt.conf.5.xml:1112
2a52e8c5
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4504msgid ""
4505"&configureindex; is a configuration file showing example values for all "
4506"possible options."
4507msgstr ""
4508
bcf91c1b 4509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist>
d5aa88bf 4510#: apt.conf.5.xml:1119
bcf91c1b
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4511msgid "&file-aptconf;"
4512msgstr ""
4513
2a52e8c5
DK
4514#. ? reading apt.conf
4515#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
d5aa88bf 4516#: apt.conf.5.xml:1124
2a52e8c5
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4517msgid "&apt-cache;, &apt-config;, &apt-preferences;."
4518msgstr ""
4519
2a52e8c5 4520#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 4521#: apt_preferences.5.xml:32
2a52e8c5
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4522msgid "Preference control file for APT"
4523msgstr ""
4524
4525#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 4526#: apt_preferences.5.xml:37
2a52e8c5 4527msgid ""
bcf91c1b
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4528"The APT preferences file <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> and the "
4529"fragment files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename> folder "
4530"can be used to control which versions of packages will be selected for "
2a52e8c5
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4531"installation."
4532msgstr ""
4533
4534#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 4535#: apt_preferences.5.xml:42
2a52e8c5
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4536msgid ""
4537"Several versions of a package may be available for installation when the "
4538"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one distribution (for "
4539"example, <literal>stable</literal> and <literal>testing</literal>). APT "
4540"assigns a priority to each version that is available. Subject to dependency "
4541"constraints, <command>apt-get</command> selects the version with the highest "
4542"priority for installation. The APT preferences file overrides the "
4543"priorities that APT assigns to package versions by default, thus giving the "
4544"user control over which one is selected for installation."
4545msgstr ""
4546
4547#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 4548#: apt_preferences.5.xml:52
2a52e8c5
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4549msgid ""
4550"Several instances of the same version of a package may be available when the "
4551"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one source. In this "
4552"case <command>apt-get</command> downloads the instance listed earliest in "
4553"the &sources-list; file. The APT preferences file does not affect the "
4554"choice of instance, only the choice of version."
4555msgstr ""
4556
b39c1859 4557#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 4558#: apt_preferences.5.xml:59
b39c1859 4559msgid ""
0fd68707
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4560"Preferences are a strong power in the hands of a system administrator but "
4561"they can become also their biggest nightmare if used without care! APT will "
4562"not questioning the preferences so wrong settings will therefore lead to "
4563"uninstallable packages or wrong decisions while upgrading packages. Even "
4564"more problems will arise if multiply distribution releases are mixed without "
a7307a87
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4565"a good understanding of the following paragraphs. Packages included in a "
4566"specific release aren't tested in and therefore doesn't always work as "
4567"expected in older or newer releases or together with other packages from "
4568"different releases. You have been warned."
0fd68707
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4569msgstr ""
4570
4571#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 4572#: apt_preferences.5.xml:70
0fd68707 4573msgid ""
b39c1859
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4574"Note that the files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d</filename> "
4575"directory are parsed in alphanumeric ascending order and need to obey the "
c77d6597
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4576"following naming convention: The files have either no or "
4577"\"<literal>pref</literal>\" as filename extension and only contain "
30549c0c
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4578"alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) and period (.) characters. "
4579"Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file if the file "
4580"doesn't match a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> "
4581"configuration list - in this case it will be silently ignored."
b39c1859
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4582msgstr ""
4583
4584#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
30549c0c 4585#: apt_preferences.5.xml:79
2a52e8c5
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4586msgid "APT's Default Priority Assignments"
4587msgstr ""
4588
4589#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
30549c0c 4590#: apt_preferences.5.xml:94
2a52e8c5
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4591#, no-wrap
4592msgid ""
4593"<command>apt-get install -t testing "
4594"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command>\n"
4595msgstr ""
4596
4597#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
30549c0c 4598#: apt_preferences.5.xml:97
2a52e8c5
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4599#, no-wrap
4600msgid "APT::Default-Release \"stable\";\n"
4601msgstr ""
4602
4603#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
30549c0c 4604#: apt_preferences.5.xml:81
2a52e8c5
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4605msgid ""
4606"If there is no preferences file or if there is no entry in the file that "
4607"applies to a particular version then the priority assigned to that version "
4608"is the priority of the distribution to which that version belongs. It is "
4609"possible to single out a distribution, \"the target release\", which "
4610"receives a higher priority than other distributions do by default. The "
4611"target release can be set on the <command>apt-get</command> command line or "
4612"in the APT configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename>. Note "
4613"that this has precedence over any general priority you set in the "
4614"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> file described later, but not over "
4615"specifically pinned packages. For example, <placeholder "
4616"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/> <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
4617"id=\"1\"/>"
4618msgstr ""
4619
4620#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
30549c0c 4621#: apt_preferences.5.xml:106
b6c6b52f 4622msgid "priority 1"
2a52e8c5
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4623msgstr ""
4624
4625#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
30549c0c 4626#: apt_preferences.5.xml:107
b6c6b52f
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4627msgid ""
4628"to the versions coming from archives which in their "
782486e8
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4629"<filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" but "
4630"<emphasis>not</emphasis> as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the debian "
4631"<literal>experimental</literal> archive."
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4632msgstr ""
4633
4634#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
782486e8 4635#: apt_preferences.5.xml:113
b6c6b52f
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4636msgid "priority 100"
4637msgstr ""
4638
4639#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
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4640#: apt_preferences.5.xml:114
4641msgid ""
4642"to the version that is already installed (if any) and to the versions coming "
4643"from archives which in their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked "
4644"as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" and \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the debian "
4645"backports archive since <literal>squeeze-backports</literal>."
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4646msgstr ""
4647
4648#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
782486e8 4649#: apt_preferences.5.xml:121
2a52e8c5
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4650msgid "priority 500"
4651msgstr ""
4652
4653#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4654#: apt_preferences.5.xml:122
2a52e8c5
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4655msgid ""
4656"to the versions that are not installed and do not belong to the target "
4657"release."
4658msgstr ""
4659
4660#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
782486e8 4661#: apt_preferences.5.xml:126
2a52e8c5
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4662msgid "priority 990"
4663msgstr ""
4664
4665#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4666#: apt_preferences.5.xml:127
2a52e8c5
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4667msgid "to the versions that are not installed and belong to the target release."
4668msgstr ""
4669
4670#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
30549c0c 4671#: apt_preferences.5.xml:101
2a52e8c5
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4672msgid ""
4673"If the target release has been specified then APT uses the following "
4674"algorithm to set the priorities of the versions of a package. Assign: "
4675"<placeholder type=\"variablelist\" id=\"0\"/>"
4676msgstr ""
4677
4678#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
782486e8 4679#: apt_preferences.5.xml:132
2a52e8c5
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4680msgid ""
4681"If the target release has not been specified then APT simply assigns "
4682"priority 100 to all installed package versions and priority 500 to all "
782486e8 4683"uninstalled package versions, except versions coming from archives which in "
b6c6b52f 4684"their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" "
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4685"- these versions get the priority 1 or priority 100 if it is additionally "
4686"marked as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\"."
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4687msgstr ""
4688
4689#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
782486e8 4690#: apt_preferences.5.xml:139
2a52e8c5
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4691msgid ""
4692"APT then applies the following rules, listed in order of precedence, to "
4693"determine which version of a package to install."
4694msgstr ""
4695
4696#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4697#: apt_preferences.5.xml:142
2a52e8c5
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4698msgid ""
4699"Never downgrade unless the priority of an available version exceeds 1000. "
4700"(\"Downgrading\" is installing a less recent version of a package in place "
4701"of a more recent version. Note that none of APT's default priorities "
4702"exceeds 1000; such high priorities can only be set in the preferences file. "
4703"Note also that downgrading a package can be risky.)"
4704msgstr ""
4705
4706#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4707#: apt_preferences.5.xml:148
2a52e8c5
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4708msgid "Install the highest priority version."
4709msgstr ""
4710
4711#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4712#: apt_preferences.5.xml:149
2a52e8c5
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4713msgid ""
4714"If two or more versions have the same priority, install the most recent one "
4715"(that is, the one with the higher version number)."
4716msgstr ""
4717
4718#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4719#: apt_preferences.5.xml:152
2a52e8c5
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4720msgid ""
4721"If two or more versions have the same priority and version number but either "
4722"the packages differ in some of their metadata or the "
4723"<literal>--reinstall</literal> option is given, install the uninstalled one."
4724msgstr ""
4725
4726#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
782486e8 4727#: apt_preferences.5.xml:158
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4728msgid ""
4729"In a typical situation, the installed version of a package (priority 100) "
4730"is not as recent as one of the versions available from the sources listed in "
4731"the &sources-list; file (priority 500 or 990). Then the package will be "
4732"upgraded when <command>apt-get install "
4733"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
4734"upgrade</command> is executed."
4735msgstr ""
4736
4737#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
782486e8 4738#: apt_preferences.5.xml:165
2a52e8c5
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4739msgid ""
4740"More rarely, the installed version of a package is <emphasis>more</emphasis> "
4741"recent than any of the other available versions. The package will not be "
4742"downgraded when <command>apt-get install "
4743"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
4744"upgrade</command> is executed."
4745msgstr ""
4746
4747#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
782486e8 4748#: apt_preferences.5.xml:170
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4749msgid ""
4750"Sometimes the installed version of a package is more recent than the version "
4751"belonging to the target release, but not as recent as a version belonging to "
4752"some other distribution. Such a package will indeed be upgraded when "
4753"<command>apt-get install <replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> "
4754"or <command>apt-get upgrade</command> is executed, because at least "
4755"<emphasis>one</emphasis> of the available versions has a higher priority "
4756"than the installed version."
4757msgstr ""
4758
4759#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
782486e8 4760#: apt_preferences.5.xml:179
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4761msgid "The Effect of APT Preferences"
4762msgstr ""
4763
4764#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
782486e8 4765#: apt_preferences.5.xml:181
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4766msgid ""
4767"The APT preferences file allows the system administrator to control the "
4768"assignment of priorities. The file consists of one or more multi-line "
4769"records separated by blank lines. Records can have one of two forms, a "
4770"specific form and a general form."
4771msgstr ""
4772
4773#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4774#: apt_preferences.5.xml:187
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4775msgid ""
4776"The specific form assigns a priority (a \"Pin-Priority\") to one or more "
4777"specified packages and specified version or version range. For example, the "
4778"following record assigns a high priority to all versions of the "
4779"<filename>perl</filename> package whose version number begins with "
4780"\"<literal>5.8</literal>\". Multiple packages can be separated by spaces."
4781msgstr ""
4782
4783#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
782486e8 4784#: apt_preferences.5.xml:194
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4785#, no-wrap
4786msgid ""
4787"Package: perl\n"
4788"Pin: version 5.8*\n"
4789"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
4790msgstr ""
4791
4792#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4793#: apt_preferences.5.xml:200
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4794msgid ""
4795"The general form assigns a priority to all of the package versions in a "
4796"given distribution (that is, to all the versions of packages that are listed "
4797"in a certain <filename>Release</filename> file) or to all of the package "
4798"versions coming from a particular Internet site, as identified by the site's "
4799"fully qualified domain name."
4800msgstr ""
4801
4802#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4803#: apt_preferences.5.xml:206
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4804msgid ""
4805"This general-form entry in the APT preferences file applies only to groups "
4806"of packages. For example, the following record assigns a high priority to "
4807"all package versions available from the local site."
4808msgstr ""
4809
4810#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
782486e8 4811#: apt_preferences.5.xml:211
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4812#, no-wrap
4813msgid ""
4814"Package: *\n"
4815"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
4816"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
4817msgstr ""
4818
4819#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4820#: apt_preferences.5.xml:216
2a52e8c5 4821msgid ""
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4822"A note of caution: the keyword used here is \"<literal>origin</literal>\" "
4823"which can be used to match a hostname. The following record will assign a "
4824"high priority to all versions available from the server identified by the "
4825"hostname \"ftp.de.debian.org\""
4826msgstr ""
4827
4828#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
782486e8 4829#: apt_preferences.5.xml:220
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4830#, no-wrap
4831msgid ""
4832"Package: *\n"
4833"Pin: origin \"ftp.de.debian.org\"\n"
4834"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
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4835msgstr ""
4836
4837#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4838#: apt_preferences.5.xml:224
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4839msgid ""
4840"This should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be confused with the Origin of a "
4841"distribution as specified in a <filename>Release</filename> file. What "
4842"follows the \"Origin:\" tag in a <filename>Release</filename> file is not an "
4843"Internet address but an author or vendor name, such as \"Debian\" or "
4844"\"Ximian\"."
4845msgstr ""
4846
4847#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4848#: apt_preferences.5.xml:229
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4849msgid ""
4850"The following record assigns a low priority to all package versions "
4851"belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "
4852"\"<literal>unstable</literal>\"."
4853msgstr ""
4854
4855#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
782486e8 4856#: apt_preferences.5.xml:233
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4857#, no-wrap
4858msgid ""
4859"Package: *\n"
4860"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
4861"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
4862msgstr ""
4863
4864#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4865#: apt_preferences.5.xml:238
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4866msgid ""
4867"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
4868"belonging to any distribution whose Codename is "
b6c6b52f 4869"\"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal>\"."
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4870msgstr ""
4871
4872#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
782486e8 4873#: apt_preferences.5.xml:242
2a52e8c5
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4874#, no-wrap
4875msgid ""
4876"Package: *\n"
b6c6b52f 4877"Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
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4878"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
4879msgstr ""
4880
4881#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4882#: apt_preferences.5.xml:247
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4883msgid ""
4884"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
4885"belonging to any release whose Archive name is \"<literal>stable</literal>\" "
4886"and whose release Version number is \"<literal>3.0</literal>\"."
4887msgstr ""
4888
4889#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
782486e8 4890#: apt_preferences.5.xml:252
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4891#, no-wrap
4892msgid ""
4893"Package: *\n"
4894"Pin: release a=stable, v=3.0\n"
4895"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
4896msgstr ""
4897
4898#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
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4899#: apt_preferences.5.xml:262
4900msgid "Regular expressions and glob() syntax"
4901msgstr ""
4902
4903#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4904#: apt_preferences.5.xml:264
4905msgid ""
4906"APT also supports pinning by glob() expressions and regular expressions "
4907"surrounded by /. For example, the following example assigns the priority 500 "
4908"to all packages from experimental where the name starts with gnome (as a "
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4909"glob()-like expression) or contains the word kde (as a POSIX extended "
4910"regular expression surrounded by slashes)."
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4911msgstr ""
4912
4913#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
4914#: apt_preferences.5.xml:273
4915#, no-wrap
4916msgid ""
4917"Package: gnome* /kde/\n"
4918"Pin: release n=experimental\n"
4919"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
4920msgstr ""
4921
4922#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4923#: apt_preferences.5.xml:279
4924msgid ""
4925"The rule for those expressions is that they can occur anywhere where a "
c77d6597 4926"string can occur. Thus, the following pin assigns the priority 990 to all "
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4927"packages from a release starting with karmic."
4928msgstr ""
4929
4930#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
4931#: apt_preferences.5.xml:285
4932#, no-wrap
4933msgid ""
4934"Package: *\n"
4935"Pin: release n=karmic*\n"
4936"Pin-Priority: 990\n"
4937msgstr ""
4938
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4939#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4940#: apt_preferences.5.xml:291
4941msgid ""
4942"If a regular expression occurs in a <literal>Package</literal> field, the "
4943"behavior is the same as if this regular expression were replaced with a list "
4944"of all package names it matches. It is undecided whether this will change in "
4945"the future, thus you should always list wild-card pins first, so later "
4946"specific pins override it. The pattern \"<literal>*</literal>\" in a "
4947"Package field is not considered a glob() expression in itself."
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4948msgstr ""
4949
4950#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
2b9b27c3 4951#: apt_preferences.5.xml:307
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4952msgid "How APT Interprets Priorities"
4953msgstr ""
4954
4955#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 4956#: apt_preferences.5.xml:315
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4957msgid "P &gt; 1000"
4958msgstr ""
4959
4960#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 4961#: apt_preferences.5.xml:316
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4962msgid ""
4963"causes a version to be installed even if this constitutes a downgrade of the "
4964"package"
4965msgstr ""
4966
4967#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 4968#: apt_preferences.5.xml:320
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4969msgid "990 &lt; P &lt;=1000"
4970msgstr ""
4971
4972#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 4973#: apt_preferences.5.xml:321
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4974msgid ""
4975"causes a version to be installed even if it does not come from the target "
4976"release, unless the installed version is more recent"
4977msgstr ""
4978
4979#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 4980#: apt_preferences.5.xml:326
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4981msgid "500 &lt; P &lt;=990"
4982msgstr ""
4983
4984#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 4985#: apt_preferences.5.xml:327
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4986msgid ""
4987"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4988"belonging to the target release or the installed version is more recent"
4989msgstr ""
4990
4991#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 4992#: apt_preferences.5.xml:332
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4993msgid "100 &lt; P &lt;=500"
4994msgstr ""
4995
4996#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 4997#: apt_preferences.5.xml:333
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4998msgid ""
4999"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
5000"belonging to some other distribution or the installed version is more recent"
5001msgstr ""
5002
5003#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5004#: apt_preferences.5.xml:338
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5005msgid "0 &lt; P &lt;=100"
5006msgstr ""
5007
5008#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5009#: apt_preferences.5.xml:339
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5010msgid ""
5011"causes a version to be installed only if there is no installed version of "
5012"the package"
5013msgstr ""
5014
5015#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5016#: apt_preferences.5.xml:343
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5017msgid "P &lt; 0"
5018msgstr ""
5019
5020#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5021#: apt_preferences.5.xml:344
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5022msgid "prevents the version from being installed"
5023msgstr ""
5024
5025#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5026#: apt_preferences.5.xml:310
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5027msgid ""
5028"Priorities (P) assigned in the APT preferences file must be positive or "
5029"negative integers. They are interpreted as follows (roughly speaking): "
5030"<placeholder type=\"variablelist\" id=\"0\"/>"
5031msgstr ""
5032
5033#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5034#: apt_preferences.5.xml:349
2a52e8c5
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5035msgid ""
5036"If any specific-form records match an available package version then the "
5037"first such record determines the priority of the package version. Failing "
5038"that, if any general-form records match an available package version then "
5039"the first such record determines the priority of the package version."
5040msgstr ""
5041
5042#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5043#: apt_preferences.5.xml:355
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5044msgid ""
5045"For example, suppose the APT preferences file contains the three records "
5046"presented earlier:"
5047msgstr ""
5048
5049#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5050#: apt_preferences.5.xml:359
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5051#, no-wrap
5052msgid ""
5053"Package: perl\n"
5054"Pin: version 5.8*\n"
5055"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
5056"\n"
5057"Package: *\n"
5058"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
5059"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
5060"\n"
5061"Package: *\n"
5062"Pin: release unstable\n"
5063"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
5064msgstr ""
5065
5066#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5067#: apt_preferences.5.xml:372
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5068msgid "Then:"
5069msgstr ""
5070
5071#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5072#: apt_preferences.5.xml:374
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5073msgid ""
5074"The most recent available version of the <literal>perl</literal> package "
5075"will be installed, so long as that version's version number begins with "
5076"\"<literal>5.8</literal>\". If <emphasis>any</emphasis> 5.8* version of "
5077"<literal>perl</literal> is available and the installed version is 5.9*, then "
5078"<literal>perl</literal> will be downgraded."
5079msgstr ""
5080
5081#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5082#: apt_preferences.5.xml:379
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5083msgid ""
5084"A version of any package other than <literal>perl</literal> that is "
5085"available from the local system has priority over other versions, even "
5086"versions belonging to the target release."
5087msgstr ""
5088
5089#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5090#: apt_preferences.5.xml:383
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5091msgid ""
5092"A version of a package whose origin is not the local system but some other "
5093"site listed in &sources-list; and which belongs to an "
5094"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution is only installed if it is selected "
5095"for installation and no version of the package is already installed."
5096msgstr ""
5097
5098#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
2b9b27c3 5099#: apt_preferences.5.xml:393
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5100msgid "Determination of Package Version and Distribution Properties"
5101msgstr ""
5102
5103#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5104#: apt_preferences.5.xml:395
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5105msgid ""
5106"The locations listed in the &sources-list; file should provide "
5107"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> files to "
5108"describe the packages available at that location."
5109msgstr ""
5110
5111#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5112#: apt_preferences.5.xml:407
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5113msgid "the <literal>Package:</literal> line"
5114msgstr ""
5115
5116#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5117#: apt_preferences.5.xml:408
2a52e8c5
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5118msgid "gives the package name"
5119msgstr ""
5120
5121#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5122#: apt_preferences.5.xml:411 apt_preferences.5.xml:461
2a52e8c5
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5123msgid "the <literal>Version:</literal> line"
5124msgstr ""
5125
5126#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5127#: apt_preferences.5.xml:412
2a52e8c5
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5128msgid "gives the version number for the named package"
5129msgstr ""
5130
5131#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5132#: apt_preferences.5.xml:399
2a52e8c5
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5133msgid ""
5134"The <filename>Packages</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
5135"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable>/<replaceable>component</replaceable>/<replaceable>arch</replaceable></filename>: "
5136"for example, "
5137"<filename>.../dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages</filename>. It "
5138"consists of a series of multi-line records, one for each package available "
5139"in that directory. Only two lines in each record are relevant for setting "
5140"APT priorities: <placeholder type=\"variablelist\" id=\"0\"/>"
5141msgstr ""
5142
5143#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5144#: apt_preferences.5.xml:428
2a52e8c5
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5145msgid "the <literal>Archive:</literal> or <literal>Suite:</literal> line"
5146msgstr ""
5147
5148#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5149#: apt_preferences.5.xml:429
2a52e8c5
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5150msgid ""
5151"names the archive to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
5152"For example, the line \"Archive: stable\" or \"Suite: stable\" specifies "
5153"that all of the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
5154"<filename>Release</filename> file are in a <literal>stable</literal> "
5155"archive. Specifying this value in the APT preferences file would require "
5156"the line:"
5157msgstr ""
5158
5159#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5160#: apt_preferences.5.xml:439
2a52e8c5
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5161#, no-wrap
5162msgid "Pin: release a=stable\n"
5163msgstr ""
5164
5165#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5166#: apt_preferences.5.xml:445
2a52e8c5
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5167msgid "the <literal>Codename:</literal> line"
5168msgstr ""
5169
5170#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5171#: apt_preferences.5.xml:446
2a52e8c5
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5172msgid ""
5173"names the codename to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
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5174"For example, the line \"Codename: &testing-codename;\" specifies that all of "
5175"the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
2a52e8c5 5176"<filename>Release</filename> file belong to a version named "
b6c6b52f
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5177"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal>. Specifying this value in the APT "
5178"preferences file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
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5179msgstr ""
5180
5181#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5182#: apt_preferences.5.xml:455
2a52e8c5 5183#, no-wrap
b6c6b52f 5184msgid "Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
2a52e8c5
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5185msgstr ""
5186
5187#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5188#: apt_preferences.5.xml:462
2a52e8c5
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5189msgid ""
5190"names the release version. For example, the packages in the tree might "
5191"belong to Debian GNU/Linux release version 3.0. Note that there is normally "
5192"no version number for the <literal>testing</literal> and "
5193"<literal>unstable</literal> distributions because they have not been "
5194"released yet. Specifying this in the APT preferences file would require one "
5195"of the following lines."
5196msgstr ""
5197
5198#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5199#: apt_preferences.5.xml:471
2a52e8c5
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5200#, no-wrap
5201msgid ""
5202"Pin: release v=3.0\n"
5203"Pin: release a=stable, v=3.0\n"
5204"Pin: release 3.0\n"
5205msgstr ""
5206
5207#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5208#: apt_preferences.5.xml:480
2a52e8c5
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5209msgid "the <literal>Component:</literal> line"
5210msgstr ""
5211
5212#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5213#: apt_preferences.5.xml:481
2a52e8c5
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5214msgid ""
5215"names the licensing component associated with the packages in the directory "
5216"tree of the <filename>Release</filename> file. For example, the line "
5217"\"Component: main\" specifies that all the packages in the directory tree "
5218"are from the <literal>main</literal> component, which entails that they are "
5219"licensed under terms listed in the Debian Free Software Guidelines. "
5220"Specifying this component in the APT preferences file would require the "
5221"line:"
5222msgstr ""
5223
5224#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5225#: apt_preferences.5.xml:490
2a52e8c5
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5226#, no-wrap
5227msgid "Pin: release c=main\n"
5228msgstr ""
5229
5230#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5231#: apt_preferences.5.xml:496
2a52e8c5
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5232msgid "the <literal>Origin:</literal> line"
5233msgstr ""
5234
5235#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5236#: apt_preferences.5.xml:497
2a52e8c5
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5237msgid ""
5238"names the originator of the packages in the directory tree of the "
5239"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
5240"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this origin in the APT preferences "
5241"file would require the line:"
5242msgstr ""
5243
5244#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5245#: apt_preferences.5.xml:503
2a52e8c5
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5246#, no-wrap
5247msgid "Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5248msgstr ""
5249
5250#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5251#: apt_preferences.5.xml:509
2a52e8c5
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5252msgid "the <literal>Label:</literal> line"
5253msgstr ""
5254
5255#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5256#: apt_preferences.5.xml:510
2a52e8c5
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5257msgid ""
5258"names the label of the packages in the directory tree of the "
5259"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
5260"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this label in the APT preferences "
5261"file would require the line:"
5262msgstr ""
5263
5264#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5265#: apt_preferences.5.xml:516
2a52e8c5
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5266#, no-wrap
5267msgid "Pin: release l=Debian\n"
5268msgstr ""
5269
5270#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5271#: apt_preferences.5.xml:417
2a52e8c5
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5272msgid ""
5273"The <filename>Release</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
5274"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable></filename>: for "
5275"example, <filename>.../dists/stable/Release</filename>, or "
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5276"<filename>.../dists/&stable-codename;/Release</filename>. It consists of a "
5277"single multi-line record which applies to <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the "
5278"packages in the directory tree below its parent. Unlike the "
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5279"<filename>Packages</filename> file, nearly all of the lines in a "
5280"<filename>Release</filename> file are relevant for setting APT priorities: "
5281"<placeholder type=\"variablelist\" id=\"0\"/>"
5282msgstr ""
5283
5284#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5285#: apt_preferences.5.xml:523
2a52e8c5
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5286msgid ""
5287"All of the <filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> "
5288"files retrieved from locations listed in the &sources-list; file are stored "
5289"in the directory <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists</filename>, or in the file "
5290"named by the variable <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> in the "
5291"<filename>apt.conf</filename> file. For example, the file "
5292"<filename>debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Release</filename> "
5293"contains the <filename>Release</filename> file retrieved from the site "
5294"<literal>debian.lcs.mit.edu</literal> for <literal>binary-i386</literal> "
5295"architecture files from the <literal>contrib</literal> component of the "
5296"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution."
5297msgstr ""
5298
5299#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
2b9b27c3 5300#: apt_preferences.5.xml:536
2a52e8c5
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5301msgid "Optional Lines in an APT Preferences Record"
5302msgstr ""
5303
5304#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5305#: apt_preferences.5.xml:538
2a52e8c5
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5306msgid ""
5307"Each record in the APT preferences file can optionally begin with one or "
5308"more lines beginning with the word <literal>Explanation:</literal>. This "
5309"provides a place for comments."
5310msgstr ""
5311
2a52e8c5 5312#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
2b9b27c3 5313#: apt_preferences.5.xml:547
2a52e8c5
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5314msgid "Tracking Stable"
5315msgstr ""
5316
5317#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5318#: apt_preferences.5.xml:555
2a52e8c5
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5319#, no-wrap
5320msgid ""
5321"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated\n"
5322"Explanation: package versions other than those in the stable distro\n"
5323"Package: *\n"
5324"Pin: release a=stable\n"
5325"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
5326"\n"
5327"Package: *\n"
5328"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5329"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
5330msgstr ""
5331
5332#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5333#: apt_preferences.5.xml:549
2a52e8c5
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5334msgid ""
5335"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
5336"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
5337"<literal>stable</literal> distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
5338"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> "
5339"distributions. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
5340msgstr ""
5341
5342#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5343#: apt_preferences.5.xml:572 apt_preferences.5.xml:618 apt_preferences.5.xml:676
2a52e8c5
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5344#, no-wrap
5345msgid ""
5346"apt-get install <replaceable>package-name</replaceable>\n"
5347"apt-get upgrade\n"
5348"apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
5349msgstr ""
5350
5351#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5352#: apt_preferences.5.xml:567
2a52e8c5
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5353msgid ""
5354"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
5355"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
5356"<literal>stable</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
5357"id=\"0\"/>"
5358msgstr ""
5359
5360#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5361#: apt_preferences.5.xml:584
2a52e8c5
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5362#, no-wrap
5363msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/testing\n"
5364msgstr ""
5365
5366#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5367#: apt_preferences.5.xml:578
2a52e8c5
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5368msgid ""
5369"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
5370"latest version from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution; the package "
5371"will not be upgraded again unless this command is given again. <placeholder "
5372"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
5373msgstr ""
5374
5375#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
2b9b27c3 5376#: apt_preferences.5.xml:590
2a52e8c5
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5377msgid "Tracking Testing or Unstable"
5378msgstr ""
5379
5380#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5381#: apt_preferences.5.xml:599
2a52e8c5
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5382#, no-wrap
5383msgid ""
5384"Package: *\n"
5385"Pin: release a=testing\n"
5386"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
5387"\n"
5388"Package: *\n"
5389"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
5390"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
5391"\n"
5392"Package: *\n"
5393"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5394"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
5395msgstr ""
5396
5397#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5398#: apt_preferences.5.xml:592
2a52e8c5
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5399msgid ""
5400"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a high priority "
5401"to package versions from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution, a "
5402"lower priority to package versions from the <literal>unstable</literal> "
5403"distribution, and a prohibitively low priority to package versions from "
5404"other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions. <placeholder "
5405"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
5406msgstr ""
5407
5408#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5409#: apt_preferences.5.xml:613
2a52e8c5
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5410msgid ""
5411"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
5412"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
5413"<literal>testing</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
5414"id=\"0\"/>"
5415msgstr ""
5416
5417#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5418#: apt_preferences.5.xml:633
2a52e8c5
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5419#, no-wrap
5420msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/unstable\n"
5421msgstr ""
5422
5423#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5424#: apt_preferences.5.xml:624
2a52e8c5
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5425msgid ""
5426"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
5427"latest version from the <literal>unstable</literal> distribution. "
5428"Thereafter, <command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to "
5429"the most recent <literal>testing</literal> version if that is more recent "
5430"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
5431"<literal>unstable</literal> version if that is more recent than the "
5432"installed version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
5433msgstr ""
5434
5435#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
2b9b27c3 5436#: apt_preferences.5.xml:640
2a52e8c5
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5437msgid "Tracking the evolution of a codename release"
5438msgstr ""
5439
5440#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5441#: apt_preferences.5.xml:654
2a52e8c5
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5442#, no-wrap
5443msgid ""
5444"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated package "
5445"versions\n"
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5446"Explanation: other than those in the distribution codenamed with "
5447"&testing-codename; or sid\n"
2a52e8c5 5448"Package: *\n"
b6c6b52f 5449"Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
2a52e8c5
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5450"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
5451"\n"
5452"Explanation: Debian unstable is always codenamed with sid\n"
5453"Package: *\n"
b81dbe40 5454"Pin: release n=sid\n"
2a52e8c5
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5455"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
5456"\n"
5457"Package: *\n"
5458"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5459"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
5460msgstr ""
5461
5462#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5463#: apt_preferences.5.xml:642
2a52e8c5
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5464msgid ""
5465"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
5466"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
5467"specified codename of a distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
5468"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions, "
5469"codenames and archives. Note that with this APT preference APT will follow "
5470"the migration of a release from the archive <literal>testing</literal> to "
5471"<literal>stable</literal> and later <literal>oldstable</literal>. If you "
5472"want to follow for example the progress in <literal>testing</literal> "
5473"notwithstanding the codename changes you should use the example "
5474"configurations above. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
5475msgstr ""
5476
5477#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5478#: apt_preferences.5.xml:671
2a52e8c5
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5479msgid ""
5480"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
5481"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest version(s) in "
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5482"the release codenamed with <literal>&testing-codename;</literal>. "
5483"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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5484msgstr ""
5485
5486#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5487#: apt_preferences.5.xml:691
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5488#, no-wrap
5489msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/sid\n"
5490msgstr ""
5491
5492#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5493#: apt_preferences.5.xml:682
2a52e8c5
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5494msgid ""
5495"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
5496"latest version from the <literal>sid</literal> distribution. Thereafter, "
5497"<command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to the most "
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5498"recent <literal>&testing-codename;</literal> version if that is more recent "
5499"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
5500"<literal>sid</literal> version if that is more recent than the installed "
5501"version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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5502msgstr ""
5503
bcf91c1b 5504#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist>
2b9b27c3 5505#: apt_preferences.5.xml:700
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5506msgid "&file-preferences;"
5507msgstr ""
5508
2a52e8c5 5509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2b9b27c3 5510#: apt_preferences.5.xml:706
2a52e8c5
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5511msgid "&apt-get; &apt-cache; &apt-conf; &sources-list;"
5512msgstr ""
5513
2a52e8c5 5514#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 5515#: sources.list.5.xml:33
2a52e8c5
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5516msgid "Package resource list for APT"
5517msgstr ""
5518
5519#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 5520#: sources.list.5.xml:37
2a52e8c5
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5521msgid ""
5522"The package resource list is used to locate archives of the package "
5523"distribution system in use on the system. At this time, this manual page "
5524"documents only the packaging system used by the Debian GNU/Linux system. "
43be0ac4 5525"This control file is <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>."
2a52e8c5
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5526msgstr ""
5527
5528#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 5529#: sources.list.5.xml:42
2a52e8c5
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5530msgid ""
5531"The source list is designed to support any number of active sources and a "
5532"variety of source media. The file lists one source per line, with the most "
5533"preferred source listed first. The format of each line is: <literal>type uri "
5534"args</literal> The first item, <literal>type</literal> determines the format "
43be0ac4 5535"for <literal>args</literal>. <literal>uri</literal> is a Universal Resource "
2a52e8c5
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5536"Identifier (URI), which is a superset of the more specific and well-known "
5537"Universal Resource Locator, or URL. The rest of the line can be marked as a "
5538"comment by using a #."
5539msgstr ""
5540
5541#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
0c1a7101 5542#: sources.list.5.xml:53
2a52e8c5
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5543msgid "sources.list.d"
5544msgstr ""
5545
5546#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 5547#: sources.list.5.xml:54
2a52e8c5
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5548msgid ""
5549"The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d</filename> directory provides a way to "
5550"add sources.list entries in separate files. The format is the same as for "
5551"the regular <filename>sources.list</filename> file. File names need to end "
5552"with <filename>.list</filename> and may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z), "
5553"digits (0-9), underscore (_), hyphen (-) and period (.) characters. "
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5554"Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file if the file "
5555"doesn't match a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> "
5556"configuration list - in this case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
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5557msgstr ""
5558
5559#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
30549c0c 5560#: sources.list.5.xml:65
2a52e8c5
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5561msgid "The deb and deb-src types"
5562msgstr ""
5563
5564#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
30549c0c 5565#: sources.list.5.xml:66
2a52e8c5
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5566msgid ""
5567"The <literal>deb</literal> type describes a typical two-level Debian "
5568"archive, <filename>distribution/component</filename>. Typically, "
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5569"<literal>distribution</literal> is generally an archivename like "
5570"<literal>stable</literal> or <literal>testing</literal> or a codename like "
5571"<literal>&stable-codename;</literal> or "
5572"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal> while component is one of "
5573"<literal>main</literal> <literal>contrib</literal> or "
5574"<literal>non-free</literal>. The <literal>deb-src</literal> type describes a "
2a52e8c5
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5575"debian distribution's source code in the same form as the "
5576"<literal>deb</literal> type. A <literal>deb-src</literal> line is required "
5577"to fetch source indexes."
5578msgstr ""
5579
5580#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
30549c0c 5581#: sources.list.5.xml:78
2a52e8c5
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5582msgid ""
5583"The format for a <filename>sources.list</filename> entry using the "
43be0ac4 5584"<literal>deb</literal> and <literal>deb-src</literal> types is:"
2a52e8c5
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5585msgstr ""
5586
5587#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
30549c0c 5588#: sources.list.5.xml:81
2a52e8c5 5589#, no-wrap
c77d6597 5590msgid "deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]"
2a52e8c5
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5591msgstr ""
5592
5593#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
30549c0c 5594#: sources.list.5.xml:83
2a52e8c5
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5595msgid ""
5596"The URI for the <literal>deb</literal> type must specify the base of the "
5597"Debian distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs. "
5598"<literal>distribution</literal> can specify an exact path, in which case the "
5599"components must be omitted and <literal>distribution</literal> must end with "
43be0ac4
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5600"a slash (/). This is useful for when the case only a particular sub-section "
5601"of the archive denoted by the URI is of interest. If "
2a52e8c5
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5602"<literal>distribution</literal> does not specify an exact path, at least one "
5603"<literal>component</literal> must be present."
5604msgstr ""
5605
5606#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
30549c0c 5607#: sources.list.5.xml:92
2a52e8c5
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5608msgid ""
5609"<literal>distribution</literal> may also contain a variable, "
5610"<literal>$(ARCH)</literal> which expands to the Debian architecture (i386, "
5611"m68k, powerpc, ...) used on the system. This permits "
5612"architecture-independent <filename>sources.list</filename> files to be "
5613"used. In general this is only of interest when specifying an exact path, "
5614"<literal>APT</literal> will automatically generate a URI with the current "
5615"architecture otherwise."
5616msgstr ""
5617
5618#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
30549c0c 5619#: sources.list.5.xml:100
2a52e8c5
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5620msgid ""
5621"Since only one distribution can be specified per line it may be necessary to "
5622"have multiple lines for the same URI, if a subset of all available "
5623"distributions or components at that location is desired. APT will sort the "
5624"URI list after it has generated a complete set internally, and will collapse "
5625"multiple references to the same Internet host, for instance, into a single "
5626"connection, so that it does not inefficiently establish an FTP connection, "
5627"close it, do something else, and then re-establish a connection to that same "
5628"host. This feature is useful for accessing busy FTP sites with limits on the "
5629"number of simultaneous anonymous users. APT also parallelizes connections to "
5630"different hosts to more effectively deal with sites with low bandwidth."
5631msgstr ""
5632
5633#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
30549c0c 5634#: sources.list.5.xml:112
2a52e8c5 5635msgid ""
c77d6597
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5636"<literal>options</literal> is always optional and needs to be surounded by "
5637"square brackets. It can consist of multiple settings in the form "
5638"<literal><replaceable>setting</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>. "
5639"Multiple settings are separated by spaces. The following settings are "
5640"supported by APT, note though that unsupported settings will be ignored "
5641"silently:"
5642msgstr ""
5643
5644#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
5645#: sources.list.5.xml:117
5646msgid ""
5647"<literal>arch=<replaceable>arch1</replaceable>,<replaceable>arch2</replaceable>,…</literal> "
5648"can be used to specify for which architectures packages information should "
5649"be downloaded. If this option is not set all architectures defined by the "
5650"<literal>APT::Architectures</literal> option will be downloaded."
5651msgstr ""
5652
5653#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
5654#: sources.list.5.xml:121
5655msgid ""
5656"<literal>trusted=yes</literal> can be set to indicate that packages from "
4d704f20 5657"this source are always authenticated even if the "
c77d6597
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5658"<filename>Release</filename> file is not signed or the signature can't be "
5659"checked. This disables parts of &apt-secure; and should therefore only be "
5660"used in a local and trusted context. <literal>trusted=no</literal> is the "
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5661"opposite which handles even correctly authenticated sources as not "
5662"authenticated."
c77d6597
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5663msgstr ""
5664
5665#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5666#: sources.list.5.xml:128
5667msgid ""
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5668"It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most "
5669"preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting by "
5670"speed from fastest to slowest (CD-ROM followed by hosts on a local network, "
5671"followed by distant Internet hosts, for example)."
5672msgstr ""
5673
5674#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 5675#: sources.list.5.xml:133
2a52e8c5
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5676msgid "Some examples:"
5677msgstr ""
5678
5679#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
c77d6597 5680#: sources.list.5.xml:135
2a52e8c5
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5681#, no-wrap
5682msgid ""
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5683"deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main contrib non-free\n"
5684"deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib "
5685"non-free\n"
2a52e8c5
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5686" "
5687msgstr ""
5688
5689#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
c77d6597 5690#: sources.list.5.xml:141
2a52e8c5
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5691msgid "URI specification"
5692msgstr ""
5693
5694#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
c77d6597 5695#: sources.list.5.xml:146
2a52e8c5
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5696msgid "file"
5697msgstr ""
5698
5699#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 5700#: sources.list.5.xml:148
2a52e8c5
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5701msgid ""
5702"The file scheme allows an arbitrary directory in the file system to be "
5703"considered an archive. This is useful for NFS mounts and local mirrors or "
5704"archives."
5705msgstr ""
5706
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5707#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
5708#: sources.list.5.xml:153
5709msgid "cdrom"
5710msgstr ""
5711
2a52e8c5 5712#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 5713#: sources.list.5.xml:155
2a52e8c5
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5714msgid ""
5715"The cdrom scheme allows APT to use a local CDROM drive with media "
5716"swapping. Use the &apt-cdrom; program to create cdrom entries in the source "
5717"list."
5718msgstr ""
5719
2b9b27c3
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5720#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
5721#: sources.list.5.xml:160
5722msgid "http"
5723msgstr ""
5724
2a52e8c5 5725#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 5726#: sources.list.5.xml:162
2a52e8c5
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5727msgid ""
5728"The http scheme specifies an HTTP server for the archive. If an environment "
5729"variable <envar>http_proxy</envar> is set with the format "
5730"http://server:port/, the proxy server specified in <envar>http_proxy</envar> "
5731"will be used. Users of authenticated HTTP/1.1 proxies may use a string of "
43be0ac4 5732"the format http://user:pass@server:port/. Note that this is an insecure "
2a52e8c5
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5733"method of authentication."
5734msgstr ""
5735
2b9b27c3
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5736#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
5737#: sources.list.5.xml:171
5738msgid "ftp"
5739msgstr ""
5740
2a52e8c5 5741#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 5742#: sources.list.5.xml:173
2a52e8c5
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5743msgid ""
5744"The ftp scheme specifies an FTP server for the archive. APT's FTP behavior "
5745"is highly configurable; for more information see the &apt-conf; manual "
5746"page. Please note that a ftp proxy can be specified by using the "
5747"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable. It is possible to specify a "
5748"http proxy (http proxy servers often understand ftp urls) using this method "
5749"and ONLY this method. ftp proxies using http specified in the configuration "
5750"file will be ignored."
5751msgstr ""
5752
5753#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
c77d6597 5754#: sources.list.5.xml:182
2a52e8c5
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5755msgid "copy"
5756msgstr ""
5757
5758#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 5759#: sources.list.5.xml:184
2a52e8c5
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5760msgid ""
5761"The copy scheme is identical to the file scheme except that packages are "
5762"copied into the cache directory instead of used directly at their location. "
5763"This is useful for people using a zip disk to copy files around with APT."
5764msgstr ""
5765
5766#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
c77d6597 5767#: sources.list.5.xml:189
2a52e8c5
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5768msgid "rsh"
5769msgstr ""
5770
5771#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
c77d6597 5772#: sources.list.5.xml:189
2a52e8c5
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5773msgid "ssh"
5774msgstr ""
5775
5776#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 5777#: sources.list.5.xml:191
2a52e8c5
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5778msgid ""
5779"The rsh/ssh method invokes rsh/ssh to connect to a remote host as a given "
5780"user and access the files. It is a good idea to do prior arrangements with "
5781"RSA keys or rhosts. Access to files on the remote uses standard "
5782"<command>find</command> and <command>dd</command> commands to perform the "
5783"file transfers from the remote."
5784msgstr ""
5785
43be0ac4 5786#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
c77d6597 5787#: sources.list.5.xml:199
b39c1859 5788msgid "more recognizable URI types"
43be0ac4
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5789msgstr ""
5790
5791#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 5792#: sources.list.5.xml:201
43be0ac4
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5793msgid ""
5794"APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages "
5795"which should follow the nameing scheme "
5796"<literal>apt-transport-<replaceable>method</replaceable></literal>. The APT "
b39c1859
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5797"team e.g. maintains also the <literal>apt-transport-https</literal> package "
5798"which provides access methods for https-URIs with features similar to the "
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5799"http method, but other methods for using e.g. debtorrent are also available, "
5800"see <citerefentry> "
5801"<refentrytitle><filename>apt-transport-debtorrent</filename></refentrytitle> "
5802"<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>."
5803msgstr ""
5804
2a52e8c5 5805#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 5806#: sources.list.5.xml:143
2a52e8c5
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5807msgid ""
5808"The currently recognized URI types are cdrom, file, http, ftp, copy, ssh, "
5809"rsh. <placeholder type=\"variablelist\" id=\"0\"/>"
5810msgstr ""
5811
5812#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 5813#: sources.list.5.xml:215
2a52e8c5
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5814msgid ""
5815"Uses the archive stored locally (or NFS mounted) at /home/jason/debian for "
5816"stable/main, stable/contrib, and stable/non-free."
5817msgstr ""
5818
5819#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
c77d6597 5820#: sources.list.5.xml:217
2a52e8c5
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5821#, no-wrap
5822msgid "deb file:/home/jason/debian stable main contrib non-free"
5823msgstr ""
5824
5825#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 5826#: sources.list.5.xml:219
2a52e8c5
DK
5827msgid "As above, except this uses the unstable (development) distribution."
5828msgstr ""
5829
5830#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
c77d6597 5831#: sources.list.5.xml:220
2a52e8c5
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5832#, no-wrap
5833msgid "deb file:/home/jason/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
5834msgstr ""
5835
5836#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 5837#: sources.list.5.xml:222
2a52e8c5
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5838msgid "Source line for the above"
5839msgstr ""
5840
5841#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
c77d6597 5842#: sources.list.5.xml:223
2a52e8c5
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5843#, no-wrap
5844msgid "deb-src file:/home/jason/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
5845msgstr ""
5846
5847#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597
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5848#: sources.list.5.xml:225
5849msgid ""
5850"The first line gets package information for the architectures in "
5851"<literal>APT::Architectures</literal> while the second always retrieves "
5852"<literal>amd64</literal> and <literal>armel</literal>."
5853msgstr ""
5854
5855#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
5856#: sources.list.5.xml:227
5857#, no-wrap
5858msgid ""
5859"deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main\n"
5860"deb [ arch=amd64,armel ] http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main"
5861msgstr ""
5862
5863#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5864#: sources.list.5.xml:230
2a52e8c5
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5865msgid ""
5866"Uses HTTP to access the archive at archive.debian.org, and uses only the "
5867"hamm/main area."
5868msgstr ""
5869
5870#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
c77d6597 5871#: sources.list.5.xml:232
2a52e8c5
DK
5872#, no-wrap
5873msgid "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive hamm main"
5874msgstr ""
5875
5876#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 5877#: sources.list.5.xml:234
2a52e8c5
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5878msgid ""
5879"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
b6c6b52f 5880"directory, and uses only the &stable-codename;/contrib area."
2a52e8c5
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5881msgstr ""
5882
5883#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
c77d6597 5884#: sources.list.5.xml:236
2a52e8c5 5885#, no-wrap
b6c6b52f 5886msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; contrib"
2a52e8c5
DK
5887msgstr ""
5888
5889#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 5890#: sources.list.5.xml:238
2a52e8c5
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5891msgid ""
5892"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
5893"directory, and uses only the unstable/contrib area. If this line appears as "
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5894"well as the one in the previous example in <filename>sources.list</filename> "
5895"a single FTP session will be used for both resource lines."
2a52e8c5
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5896msgstr ""
5897
5898#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
c77d6597 5899#: sources.list.5.xml:242
2a52e8c5 5900#, no-wrap
30549c0c 5901msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable contrib"
2a52e8c5
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5902msgstr ""
5903
5904#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
c77d6597 5905#: sources.list.5.xml:251
2a52e8c5 5906#, no-wrap
30549c0c 5907msgid "deb http://ftp.tlh.debian.org/universe unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/"
2a52e8c5
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5908msgstr ""
5909
5910#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 5911#: sources.list.5.xml:244
2a52e8c5 5912msgid ""
30549c0c 5913"Uses HTTP to access the archive at ftp.tlh.debian.org, under the universe "
2a52e8c5
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5914"directory, and uses only files found under "
5915"<filename>unstable/binary-i386</filename> on i386 machines, "
30549c0c 5916"<filename>unstable/binary-amd64</filename> on amd64, and so forth for other "
2a52e8c5 5917"supported architectures. [Note this example only illustrates how to use the "
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5918"substitution variable; official debian archives are not structured like "
5919"this] <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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5920msgstr ""
5921
5922#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 5923#: sources.list.5.xml:256
2a52e8c5
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5924msgid "&apt-cache; &apt-conf;"
5925msgstr ""
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5926
5927#. type: <title></title>
5928#: guide.sgml:4
5929msgid "APT User's Guide"
5930msgstr ""
5931
5932#. type: <author></author>
5933#: guide.sgml:6 offline.sgml:6
5934msgid "<name>Jason Gunthorpe </name><email>jgg@debian.org</email>"
5935msgstr ""
5936
5937#. type: <version></version>
5938#: guide.sgml:7
5939msgid "$Id: guide.sgml,v 1.7 2003/04/26 23:26:13 doogie Exp $"
5940msgstr ""
5941
5942#. type: <abstract></abstract>
5943#: guide.sgml:11
5944msgid ""
5945"This document provides an overview of how to use the the APT package "
5946"manager."
5947msgstr ""
5948
5949#. type: <copyrightsummary></copyrightsummary>
5950#: guide.sgml:15
5951msgid "Copyright &copy; Jason Gunthorpe, 1998."
5952msgstr ""
5953
5954#. type: <p></p>
5955#: guide.sgml:21 offline.sgml:22
5956msgid ""
5957"\"APT\" and this document are free software; you can redistribute them "
5958"and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as "
5959"published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, "
5960"or (at your option) any later version."
5961msgstr ""
5962
5963#. type: <p></p>
5964#: guide.sgml:24 offline.sgml:25
5965msgid ""
5966"For more details, on Debian GNU/Linux systems, see the file "
5967"/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full license."
5968msgstr ""
5969
5970#. type: <heading></heading>
5971#: guide.sgml:32
5972msgid "General"
5973msgstr ""
5974
5975#. type: <p></p>
5976#: guide.sgml:38
5977msgid ""
5978"The APT package currently contains two sections, the APT "
5979"<prgn>dselect</prgn> method and the <prgn>apt-get</prgn> command line user "
5980"interface. Both provide a way to install and remove packages as well as "
5981"download new packages from the Internet."
5982msgstr ""
5983
5984#. type: <heading></heading>
5985#: guide.sgml:39
5986msgid "Anatomy of the Package System"
5987msgstr ""
5988
5989#. type: <p></p>
5990#: guide.sgml:44
5991msgid ""
5992"The Debian packaging system has a large amount of information associated "
5993"with each package to help assure that it integrates cleanly and easily into "
5994"the system. The most prominent of its features is the dependency system."
5995msgstr ""
5996
5997#. type: <p></p>
5998#: guide.sgml:52
5999msgid ""
6000"The dependency system allows individual programs to make use of shared "
6001"elements in the system such as libraries. It simplifies placing infrequently "
6002"used portions of a program in separate packages to reduce the number of "
6003"things the average user is required to install. Also, it allows for choices "
6004"in mail transport agents, X servers and so on."
6005msgstr ""
6006
6007#. type: <p></p>
6008#: guide.sgml:57
6009msgid ""
6010"The first step to understanding the dependency system is to grasp the "
6011"concept of a simple dependency. The meaning of a simple dependency is that a "
6012"package requires another package to be installed at the same time to work "
6013"properly."
6014msgstr ""
6015
6016#. type: <p></p>
6017#: guide.sgml:63
6018msgid ""
6019"For instance, mailcrypt is an emacs extension that aids in encrypting email "
b39c1859 6020"with GPG. Without GPGP installed mailcrypt is useless, so mailcrypt has a "
43be0ac4
MV
6021"simple dependency on GPG. Also, because it is an emacs extension it has a "
6022"simple dependency on emacs, without emacs it is completely useless."
6023msgstr ""
6024
6025#. type: <p></p>
6026#: guide.sgml:73
6027msgid ""
6028"The other important dependency to understand is a conflicting dependency. It "
6029"means that a package, when installed with another package, will not work and "
6030"may possibly be extremely harmful to the system. As an example consider a "
6031"mail transport agent such as sendmail, exim or qmail. It is not possible to "
6032"have two mail transport agents installed because both need to listen to the "
6033"network to receive mail. Attempting to install two will seriously damage the "
6034"system so all mail transport agents have a conflicting dependency with all "
6035"other mail transport agents."
6036msgstr ""
6037
6038#. type: <p></p>
6039#: guide.sgml:83
6040msgid ""
6041"As an added complication there is the possibility for a package to pretend "
6042"to be another package. Consider that exim and sendmail for many intents are "
6043"identical, they both deliver mail and understand a common interface. Hence, "
6044"the package system has a way for them to declare that they are both "
6045"mail-transport-agents. So, exim and sendmail both declare that they provide "
6046"a mail-transport-agent and other packages that need a mail transport agent "
6047"depend on mail-transport-agent. This can add a great deal of confusion when "
6048"trying to manually fix packages."
6049msgstr ""
6050
6051#. type: <p></p>
6052#: guide.sgml:88
6053msgid ""
6054"At any given time a single dependency may be met by packages that are "
6055"already installed or it may not be. APT attempts to help resolve dependency "
6056"issues by providing a number of automatic algorithms that help in selecting "
6057"packages for installation."
6058msgstr ""
6059
9aa80d52
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6060#. type: <heading></heading>
6061#: guide.sgml:96
6062msgid "apt-get"
6063msgstr ""
6064
43be0ac4
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6065#. type: <p></p>
6066#: guide.sgml:102
6067msgid ""
6068"<prgn>apt-get</prgn> provides a simple way to install packages from the "
6069"command line. Unlike <prgn>dpkg</prgn>, <prgn>apt-get</prgn> does not "
6070"understand .deb files, it works with the package's proper name and can only "
6071"install .deb archives from a <em>Source</em>."
6072msgstr ""
6073
6074#. type: <p></p>
6075#: guide.sgml:109
6076msgid ""
6077"The first <footnote><p>If you are using an http proxy server you must set "
6078"the http_proxy environment variable first, see "
6079"sources.list(5)</p></footnote> thing that should be done before using "
6080"<prgn>apt-get</prgn> is to fetch the package lists from the <em>Sources</em> "
6081"so that it knows what packages are available. This is done with <tt>apt-get "
6082"update</tt>. For instance,"
6083msgstr ""
6084
6085#. type: <example></example>
6086#: guide.sgml:116
6087#, no-wrap
6088msgid ""
6089"# apt-get update\n"
6090"Get http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/binary-i386/ Packages\n"
6091"Get http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
6092"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
6093"Building Dependency Tree... Done"
6094msgstr ""
6095
6096#. type: <p><taglist>
6097#: guide.sgml:120
6098msgid "Once updated there are several commands that can be used:"
6099msgstr ""
6100
2b9b27c3
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6101#. type: <tag></tag>
6102#: guide.sgml:121
6103msgid "upgrade"
6104msgstr ""
6105
43be0ac4
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6106#. type: <p></p>
6107#: guide.sgml:131
6108msgid ""
6109"Upgrade will attempt to gently upgrade the whole system. Upgrade will never "
6110"install a new package or remove an existing package, nor will it ever "
6111"upgrade a package that might cause some other package to break. This can be "
6112"used daily to relatively safely upgrade the system. Upgrade will list all of "
6113"the packages that it could not upgrade, this usually means that they depend "
6114"on new packages or conflict with some other package. <prgn>dselect</prgn> or "
6115"<tt>apt-get install</tt> can be used to force these packages to install."
6116msgstr ""
6117
2b9b27c3
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6118#. type: <tag></tag>
6119#: guide.sgml:131
6120msgid "install"
6121msgstr ""
6122
43be0ac4
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6123#. type: <p></p>
6124#: guide.sgml:140
6125msgid ""
6126"Install is used to install packages by name. The package is automatically "
6127"fetched and installed. This can be useful if you already know the name of "
6128"the package to install and do not want to go into a GUI to select it. Any "
6129"number of packages may be passed to install, they will all be "
6130"fetched. Install automatically attempts to resolve dependency problems with "
6131"the listed packages and will print a summary and ask for confirmation if "
6132"anything other than its arguments are changed."
6133msgstr ""
6134
2b9b27c3
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6135#. type: <tag></tag>
6136#: guide.sgml:140
6137msgid "dist-upgrade"
6138msgstr ""
6139
43be0ac4
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6140#. type: <p></p>
6141#: guide.sgml:149
6142msgid ""
6143"Dist-upgrade is a complete upgrader designed to simplify upgrading between "
6144"releases of Debian. It uses a sophisticated algorithm to determine the best "
6145"set of packages to install, upgrade and remove to get as much of the system "
6146"to the newest release. In some situations it may be desired to use "
6147"dist-upgrade rather than spend the time manually resolving dependencies in "
6148"<prgn>dselect</prgn>. Once dist-upgrade has completed then "
6149"<prgn>dselect</prgn> can be used to install any packages that may have been "
6150"left out."
6151msgstr ""
6152
6153#. type: <p></p>
6154#: guide.sgml:152
6155msgid ""
6156"It is important to closely look at what dist-upgrade is going to do, its "
6157"decisions may sometimes be quite surprising."
6158msgstr ""
6159
6160#. type: <p></p>
6161#: guide.sgml:163
6162msgid ""
6163"<prgn>apt-get</prgn> has several command line options that are detailed in "
6164"its man page, <manref section=\"8\" name=\"apt-get\">. The most useful "
6165"option is <tt>-d</tt> which does not install the fetched files. If the "
6166"system has to download a large number of package it would be undesired to "
6167"start installing them in case something goes wrong. When <tt>-d</tt> is used "
6168"the downloaded archives can be installed by simply running the command that "
6169"caused them to be downloaded again without <tt>-d</tt>."
6170msgstr ""
6171
6172#. type: <heading></heading>
6173#: guide.sgml:168
6174msgid "DSelect"
6175msgstr ""
6176
6177#. type: <p></p>
6178#: guide.sgml:173
6179msgid ""
6180"The APT <prgn>dselect</prgn> method provides the complete APT system with "
6181"the <prgn>dselect</prgn> package selection GUI. <prgn>dselect</prgn> is used "
6182"to select the packages to be installed or removed and APT actually installs "
6183"them."
6184msgstr ""
6185
6186#. type: <p></p>
6187#: guide.sgml:184
6188msgid ""
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6189"To enable the APT method you need to select [A]ccess in <prgn>dselect</prgn> "
6190"and then choose the APT method. You will be prompted for a set of "
6191"<em>Sources</em> which are places to fetch archives from. These can be "
6192"remote Internet sites, local Debian mirrors or CDROMs. Each source can "
6193"provide a fragment of the total Debian archive, APT will automatically "
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6194"combine them to form a complete set of packages. If you have a CDROM then it "
6195"is a good idea to specify it first and then specify a mirror so that you "
6196"have access to the latest bug fixes. APT will automatically use packages on "
6197"your CDROM before downloading from the Internet."
6198msgstr ""
6199
6200#. type: <example></example>
6201#: guide.sgml:198
6202#, no-wrap
6203msgid ""
6204" Set up a list of distribution source locations\n"
6205"\t \n"
6206" Please give the base URL of the debian distribution.\n"
6207" The access schemes I know about are: http file\n"
6208"\t \n"
6209" For example:\n"
6210" file:/mnt/debian,\n"
6211" ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian,\n"
6212" http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian,\n"
6213" \n"
6214" \n"
6215" URL [http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian]:"
6216msgstr ""
6217
6218#. type: <p></p>
6219#: guide.sgml:205
6220msgid ""
6221"The <em>Sources</em> setup starts by asking for the base of the Debian "
6222"archive, defaulting to a HTTP mirror. Next it asks for the distribution to "
6223"get."
6224msgstr ""
6225
6226#. type: <example></example>
6227#: guide.sgml:212
6228#, no-wrap
6229msgid ""
6230" Please give the distribution tag to get or a path to the\n"
6231" package file ending in a /. The distribution\n"
6232" tags are typically something like: stable unstable testing non-US\n"
6233" \n"
6234" Distribution [stable]:"
6235msgstr ""
6236
6237#. type: <p></p>
6238#: guide.sgml:222
6239msgid ""
6240"The distribution refers to the Debian version in the archive, "
6241"<em>stable</em> refers to the latest released version and <em>unstable</em> "
6242"refers to the developmental version. <em>non-US</em> is only available on "
6243"some mirrors and refers to packages that contain encryption technology or "
6244"other things that cannot be exported from the United States. Importing these "
6245"packages into the US is legal however."
6246msgstr ""
6247
6248#. type: <example></example>
6249#: guide.sgml:228
6250#, no-wrap
6251msgid ""
6252" Please give the components to get\n"
6253" The components are typically something like: main contrib non-free\n"
6254" \n"
6255" Components [main contrib non-free]:"
6256msgstr ""
6257
6258#. type: <p></p>
6259#: guide.sgml:236
6260msgid ""
6261"The components list refers to the list of sub distributions to fetch. The "
6262"distribution is split up based on software licenses, main being DFSG free "
6263"packages while contrib and non-free contain things that have various "
6264"restrictions placed on their use and distribution."
6265msgstr ""
6266
6267#. type: <p></p>
6268#: guide.sgml:240
6269msgid ""
6270"Any number of sources can be added, the setup script will continue to prompt "
6271"until you have specified all that you want."
6272msgstr ""
6273
6274#. type: <p></p>
6275#: guide.sgml:247
6276msgid ""
6277"Before starting to use <prgn>dselect</prgn> it is necessary to update the "
b39c1859 6278"available list by selecting [U]pdate from the menu. This is a superset of "
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6279"<tt>apt-get update</tt> that makes the fetched information available to "
6280"<prgn>dselect</prgn>. [U]pdate must be performed even if <tt>apt-get "
6281"update</tt> has been run before."
6282msgstr ""
6283
6284#. type: <p></p>
6285#: guide.sgml:253
6286msgid ""
6287"You can then go on and make your selections using [S]elect and then perform "
6288"the installation using [I]nstall. When using the APT method the [C]onfig and "
6289"[R]emove commands have no meaning, the [I]nstall command performs both of "
6290"them together."
6291msgstr ""
6292
6293#. type: <p></p>
6294#: guide.sgml:258
6295msgid ""
6296"By default APT will automatically remove the package (.deb) files once they "
6297"have been successfully installed. To change this behavior place "
6298"<tt>Dselect::clean \"prompt\";</tt> in /etc/apt/apt.conf."
6299msgstr ""
6300
6301#. type: <heading></heading>
6302#: guide.sgml:264
6303msgid "The Interface"
6304msgstr ""
6305
6306#. type: <p></p>
6307#: guide.sgml:278
6308msgid ""
6309"Both that APT <prgn>dselect</prgn> method and <prgn>apt-get</prgn> share the "
6310"same interface. It is a simple system that generally tells you what it will "
6311"do and then goes and does it. <footnote><p>The <prgn>dselect</prgn> method "
6312"actually is a set of wrapper scripts to <prgn>apt-get</prgn>. The method "
6313"actually provides more functionality than is present in <prgn>apt-get</prgn> "
6314"alone.</p></footnote> After printing out a summary of what will happen APT "
6315"then will print out some informative status messages so that you can "
6316"estimate how far along it is and how much is left to do."
6317msgstr ""
6318
6319#. type: <heading></heading>
6320#: guide.sgml:280
6321msgid "Startup"
6322msgstr ""
6323
6324#. type: <p></p>
6325#: guide.sgml:284
6326msgid ""
6327"Before all operations except update, APT performs a number of actions to "
6328"prepare its internal state. It also does some checks of the system's "
6329"state. At any time these operations can be performed by running <tt>apt-get "
6330"check</tt>."
6331msgstr ""
6332
6333#. type: <example></example>
6334#: guide.sgml:289
6335#, no-wrap
6336msgid ""
6337"# apt-get check\n"
6338"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
6339"Building Dependency Tree... Done"
6340msgstr ""
6341
6342#. type: <p></p>
6343#: guide.sgml:297
6344msgid ""
6345"The first thing it does is read all the package files into memory. APT uses "
6346"a caching scheme so this operation will be faster the second time it is "
6347"run. If some of the package files are not found then they will be ignored "
6348"and a warning will be printed when apt-get exits."
6349msgstr ""
6350
6351#. type: <p></p>
6352#: guide.sgml:303
6353msgid ""
6354"The final operation performs a detailed analysis of the system's "
6355"dependencies. It checks every dependency of every installed or unpacked "
6356"package and considers if it is OK. Should this find a problem then a report "
6357"will be printed out and <prgn>apt-get</prgn> will refuse to run."
6358msgstr ""
6359
6360#. type: <example></example>
6361#: guide.sgml:320
6362#, no-wrap
6363msgid ""
6364"# apt-get check\n"
6365"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
6366"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
6367"You might want to run apt-get -f install' to correct these.\n"
6368"Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:\n"
6369" 9fonts: Depends: xlib6g but it is not installed\n"
6370" uucp: Depends: mailx but it is not installed\n"
6371" blast: Depends: xlib6g (>= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
6372" adduser: Depends: perl-base but it is not installed\n"
6373" aumix: Depends: libgpmg1 but it is not installed\n"
6374" debiandoc-sgml: Depends: sgml-base but it is not installed\n"
6375" bash-builtins: Depends: bash (>= 2.01) but 2.0-3 is installed\n"
6376" cthugha: Depends: svgalibg1 but it is not installed\n"
6377" Depends: xlib6g (>= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
6378" libreadlineg2: Conflicts:libreadline2 (<< 2.1-2.1)"
6379msgstr ""
6380
6381#. type: <p></p>
6382#: guide.sgml:329
6383msgid ""
6384"In this example the system has many problems, including a serious problem "
6385"with libreadlineg2. For each package that has unmet dependencies a line is "
6386"printed out indicating the package with the problem and the dependencies "
6387"that are unmet. A short explanation of why the package has a dependency "
6388"problem is also included."
6389msgstr ""
6390
6391#. type: <p></p>
6392#: guide.sgml:337
6393msgid ""
6394"There are two ways a system can get into a broken state like this. The first "
6395"is caused by <prgn>dpkg</prgn> missing some subtle relationships between "
6396"packages when performing upgrades. <footnote><p>APT however considers all "
6397"known dependencies and attempts to prevent broken "
6398"packages</p></footnote>. The second is if a package installation fails "
6399"during an operation. In this situation a package may have been unpacked "
6400"without its dependents being installed."
6401msgstr ""
6402
6403#. type: <p></p>
6404#: guide.sgml:345
6405msgid ""
6406"The second situation is much less serious than the first because APT places "
6407"certain constraints on the order that packages are installed. In both cases "
6408"supplying the <tt>-f</tt> option to <prgn>apt-get</prgn> will cause APT to "
6409"deduce a possible solution to the problem and then continue on. The APT "
6410"<prgn>dselect</prgn> method always supplies the <tt>-f</tt> option to allow "
6411"for easy continuation of failed maintainer scripts."
6412msgstr ""
6413
6414#. type: <p></p>
6415#: guide.sgml:351
6416msgid ""
6417"However, if the <tt>-f</tt> option is used to correct a seriously broken "
6418"system caused by the first case then it is possible that it will either fail "
6419"immediately or the installation sequence will fail. In either case it is "
6420"necessary to manually use dpkg (possibly with forcing options) to correct "
6421"the situation enough to allow APT to proceed."
6422msgstr ""
6423
6424#. type: <heading></heading>
6425#: guide.sgml:356
6426msgid "The Status Report"
6427msgstr ""
6428
6429#. type: <p></p>
6430#: guide.sgml:363
6431msgid ""
6432"Before proceeding <prgn>apt-get</prgn> will present a report on what will "
6433"happen. Generally the report reflects the type of operation being performed "
6434"but there are several common elements. In all cases the lists reflect the "
6435"final state of things, taking into account the <tt>-f</tt> option and any "
6436"other relevant activities to the command being executed."
6437msgstr ""
6438
6439#. type: <heading></heading>
6440#: guide.sgml:364
6441msgid "The Extra Package list"
6442msgstr ""
6443
6444#. type: <example></example>
6445#: guide.sgml:372
6446#, no-wrap
6447msgid ""
6448"The following extra packages will be installed:\n"
6449" libdbd-mysql-perl xlib6 zlib1 xzx libreadline2 libdbd-msql-perl\n"
6450" mailpgp xdpkg fileutils pinepgp zlib1g xlib6g perl-base\n"
6451" bin86 libgdbm1 libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 bcc xbuffy\n"
6452" squake pgp-i python-base debmake ldso perl libreadlineg2\n"
6453" ssh"
6454msgstr ""
6455
6456#. type: <p></p>
6457#: guide.sgml:379
6458msgid ""
6459"The Extra Package list shows all of the packages that will be installed or "
6460"upgraded in excess of the ones mentioned on the command line. It is only "
6461"generated for an <tt>install</tt> command. The listed packages are often the "
6462"result of an Auto Install."
6463msgstr ""
6464
6465#. type: <heading></heading>
6466#: guide.sgml:382
6467msgid "The Packages to Remove"
6468msgstr ""
6469
6470#. type: <example></example>
6471#: guide.sgml:389
6472#, no-wrap
6473msgid ""
6474"The following packages will be REMOVED:\n"
6475" xlib6-dev xpat2 tk40-dev xkeycaps xbattle xonix\n"
6476" xdaliclock tk40 tk41 xforms0.86 ghostview xloadimage xcolorsel\n"
6477" xadmin xboard perl-debug tkined xtetris libreadline2-dev perl-suid\n"
6478" nas xpilot xfig"
6479msgstr ""
6480
6481#. type: <p></p>
6482#: guide.sgml:399
6483msgid ""
6484"The Packages to Remove list shows all of the packages that will be removed "
6485"from the system. It can be shown for any of the operations and should be "
6486"given a careful inspection to ensure nothing important is to be taken "
6487"off. The <tt>-f</tt> option is especially good at generating packages to "
6488"remove so extreme care should be used in that case. The list may contain "
6489"packages that are going to be removed because they are only partially "
6490"installed, possibly due to an aborted installation."
6491msgstr ""
6492
6493#. type: <heading></heading>
6494#: guide.sgml:402
6495msgid "The New Packages list"
6496msgstr ""
6497
6498#. type: <example></example>
6499#: guide.sgml:406
6500#, no-wrap
6501msgid ""
6502"The following NEW packages will installed:\n"
6503" zlib1g xlib6g perl-base libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 pgp-i python-base"
6504msgstr ""
6505
6506#. type: <p></p>
6507#: guide.sgml:411
6508msgid ""
6509"The New Packages list is simply a reminder of what will happen. The packages "
6510"listed are not presently installed in the system but will be when APT is "
6511"done."
6512msgstr ""
6513
6514#. type: <heading></heading>
6515#: guide.sgml:414
6516msgid "The Kept Back list"
6517msgstr ""
6518
6519#. type: <example></example>
6520#: guide.sgml:419
6521#, no-wrap
6522msgid ""
6523"The following packages have been kept back\n"
6524" compface man-db tetex-base msql libpaper svgalib1\n"
6525" gs snmp arena lynx xpat2 groff xscreensaver"
6526msgstr ""
6527
6528#. type: <p></p>
6529#: guide.sgml:428
6530msgid ""
6531"Whenever the whole system is being upgraded there is the possibility that "
6532"new versions of packages cannot be installed because they require new things "
6533"or conflict with already installed things. In this case the package will "
6534"appear in the Kept Back list. The best way to convince packages listed there "
6535"to install is with <tt>apt-get install</tt> or by using <prgn>dselect</prgn> "
6536"to resolve their problems."
6537msgstr ""
6538
6539#. type: <heading></heading>
6540#: guide.sgml:431
6541msgid "Held Packages warning"
6542msgstr ""
6543
6544#. type: <example></example>
6545#: guide.sgml:435
6546#, no-wrap
6547msgid ""
6548"The following held packages will be changed:\n"
6549" cvs"
6550msgstr ""
6551
6552#. type: <p></p>
6553#: guide.sgml:441
6554msgid ""
6555"Sometimes you can ask APT to install a package that is on hold, in such a "
6556"case it prints out a warning that the held package is going to be "
6557"changed. This should only happen during dist-upgrade or install."
6558msgstr ""
6559
6560#. type: <heading></heading>
6561#: guide.sgml:444
6562msgid "Final summary"
6563msgstr ""
6564
6565#. type: <p></p>
6566#: guide.sgml:447
6567msgid "Finally, APT will print out a summary of all the changes that will occur."
6568msgstr ""
6569
6570#. type: <example></example>
6571#: guide.sgml:452
6572#, no-wrap
6573msgid ""
6574"206 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 23 to remove and 51 not "
6575"upgraded.\n"
6576"12 packages not fully installed or removed.\n"
6577"Need to get 65.7M/66.7M of archives. After unpacking 26.5M will be used."
6578msgstr ""
6579
6580#. type: <p></p>
6581#: guide.sgml:470
6582msgid ""
6583"The first line of the summary simply is a reduced version of all of the "
6584"lists and includes the number of upgrades - that is packages already "
6585"installed that have new versions available. The second line indicates the "
6586"number of poorly configured packages, possibly the result of an aborted "
6587"installation. The final line shows the space requirements that the "
6588"installation needs. The first pair of numbers refer to the size of the "
6589"archive files. The first number indicates the number of bytes that must be "
6590"fetched from remote locations and the second indicates the total size of all "
6591"the archives required. The next number indicates the size difference between "
6592"the presently installed packages and the newly installed packages. It is "
6593"roughly equivalent to the space required in /usr after everything is "
6594"done. If a large number of packages are being removed then the value may "
6595"indicate the amount of space that will be freed."
6596msgstr ""
6597
6598#. type: <p></p>
6599#: guide.sgml:473
6600msgid ""
6601"Some other reports can be generated by using the -u option to show packages "
6602"to upgrade, they are similar to the previous examples."
6603msgstr ""
6604
6605#. type: <heading></heading>
6606#: guide.sgml:477
6607msgid "The Status Display"
6608msgstr ""
6609
6610#. type: <p></p>
6611#: guide.sgml:481
6612msgid ""
6613"During the download of archives and package files APT prints out a series of "
6614"status messages."
6615msgstr ""
6616
6617#. type: <example></example>
6618#: guide.sgml:490
6619#, no-wrap
6620msgid ""
6621"# apt-get update\n"
6622"Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US/ Packages\n"
6623"Get:2 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
6624"Hit http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/main Packages\n"
6625"Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/binary-i386/ "
6626"Packages\n"
6627"Get:5 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/non-free Packages\n"
6628"11% [5 testing/non-free `Waiting for file' 0/32.1k 0%] 2203b/s 1m52s"
6629msgstr ""
6630
6631#. type: <p></p>
6632#: guide.sgml:500
6633msgid ""
6634"The lines starting with <em>Get</em> are printed out when APT begins to "
6635"fetch a file while the last line indicates the progress of the download. The "
6636"first percent value on the progress line indicates the total percent done of "
6637"all files. Unfortunately since the size of the Package files is unknown "
6638"<tt>apt-get update</tt> estimates the percent done which causes some "
6639"inaccuracies."
6640msgstr ""
6641
6642#. type: <p></p>
6643#: guide.sgml:509
6644msgid ""
6645"The next section of the status line is repeated once for each download "
6646"thread and indicates the operation being performed and some useful "
6647"information about what is happening. Sometimes this section will simply read "
6648"<em>Forking</em> which means the OS is loading the download module. The "
6649"first word after the [ is the fetch number as shown on the history "
6650"lines. The next word is the short form name of the object being "
6651"downloaded. For archives it will contain the name of the package that is "
6652"being fetched."
6653msgstr ""
6654
6655#. type: <p></p>
6656#: guide.sgml:524
6657msgid ""
6658"Inside of the single quote is an informative string indicating the progress "
6659"of the negotiation phase of the download. Typically it progresses from "
6660"<em>Connecting</em> to <em>Waiting for file</em> to <em>Downloading</em> or "
6661"<em>Resuming</em>. The final value is the number of bytes downloaded from "
6662"the remote site. Once the download begins this is represented as "
6663"<tt>102/10.2k</tt> indicating that 102 bytes have been fetched and 10.2 "
6664"kilobytes is expected. The total size is always shown in 4 figure notation "
6665"to preserve space. After the size display is a percent meter for the file "
6666"itself. The second last element is the instantaneous average speed. This "
6667"values is updated every 5 seconds and reflects the rate of data transfer for "
6668"that period. Finally is shown the estimated transfer time. This is updated "
6669"regularly and reflects the time to complete everything at the shown transfer "
6670"rate."
6671msgstr ""
6672
6673#. type: <p></p>
6674#: guide.sgml:530
6675msgid ""
6676"The status display updates every half second to provide a constant feedback "
6677"on the download progress while the Get lines scroll back whenever a new file "
6678"is started. Since the status display is constantly updated it is unsuitable "
6679"for logging to a file, use the <tt>-q</tt> option to remove the status "
6680"display."
6681msgstr ""
6682
6683#. type: <heading></heading>
6684#: guide.sgml:535
6685msgid "Dpkg"
6686msgstr ""
6687
6688#. type: <p></p>
6689#: guide.sgml:542
6690msgid ""
6691"APT uses <prgn>dpkg</prgn> for installing the archives and will switch over "
6692"to the <prgn>dpkg</prgn> interface once downloading is "
6693"completed. <prgn>dpkg</prgn> will also ask a number of questions as it "
6694"processes the packages and the packages themselves may also ask several "
6695"questions. Before each question there is usually a description of what it is "
6696"asking and the questions are too varied to discuss completely here."
6697msgstr ""
6698
6699#. type: <title></title>
6700#: offline.sgml:4
6701msgid "Using APT Offline"
6702msgstr ""
6703
6704#. type: <version></version>
6705#: offline.sgml:7
6706msgid "$Id: offline.sgml,v 1.8 2003/02/12 15:06:41 doogie Exp $"
6707msgstr ""
6708
6709#. type: <abstract></abstract>
6710#: offline.sgml:12
6711msgid ""
6712"This document describes how to use APT in a non-networked environment, "
6713"specifically a 'sneaker-net' approach for performing upgrades."
6714msgstr ""
6715
6716#. type: <copyrightsummary></copyrightsummary>
6717#: offline.sgml:16
6718msgid "Copyright &copy; Jason Gunthorpe, 1999."
6719msgstr ""
6720
6721#. type: <heading></heading>
6722#: offline.sgml:32
6723msgid "Introduction"
6724msgstr ""
6725
6726#. type: <heading></heading>
6727#: offline.sgml:34 offline.sgml:65 offline.sgml:180
6728msgid "Overview"
6729msgstr ""
6730
6731#. type: <p></p>
6732#: offline.sgml:40
6733msgid ""
6734"Normally APT requires direct access to a Debian archive, either from a local "
6735"media or through a network. Another common complaint is that a Debian "
6736"machine is on a slow link, such as a modem and another machine has a very "
6737"fast connection but they are physically distant."
6738msgstr ""
6739
6740#. type: <p></p>
6741#: offline.sgml:51
6742msgid ""
6743"The solution to this is to use large removable media such as a Zip disc or a "
6744"SuperDisk disc. These discs are not large enough to store the entire Debian "
6745"archive but can easily fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea is "
6746"to use APT to generate a list of packages that are required and then fetch "
6747"them onto the disc using another machine with good connectivity. It is even "
6748"possible to use another Debian machine with APT or to use a completely "
6749"different OS and a download tool like wget. Let <em>remote host</em> mean "
6750"the machine downloading the packages, and <em>target host</em> the one with "
6751"bad or no connection."
6752msgstr ""
6753
6754#. type: <p></p>
6755#: offline.sgml:57
6756msgid ""
6757"This is achieved by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The "
b39c1859 6758"essential premise to tell APT to look on a disc for it's archive files. Note "
43be0ac4
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6759"that the disc should be formated with a filesystem that can handle long file "
6760"names such as ext2, fat32 or vfat."
6761msgstr ""
6762
6763#. type: <heading></heading>
6764#: offline.sgml:63
6765msgid "Using APT on both machines"
6766msgstr ""
6767
6768#. type: <p><example>
6769#: offline.sgml:71
6770msgid ""
6771"APT being available on both machines gives the simplest configuration. The "
6772"basic idea is to place a copy of the status file on the disc and use the "
6773"remote machine to fetch the latest package files and decide which packages "
6774"to download. The disk directory structure should look like:"
6775msgstr ""
6776
6777#. type: <example></example>
6778#: offline.sgml:80
6779#, no-wrap
6780msgid ""
6781" /disc/\n"
6782" archives/\n"
6783" partial/\n"
6784" lists/\n"
6785" partial/\n"
6786" status\n"
6787" sources.list\n"
6788" apt.conf"
6789msgstr ""
6790
6791#. type: <heading></heading>
6792#: offline.sgml:88
6793msgid "The configuration file"
6794msgstr ""
6795
6796#. type: <p></p>
6797#: offline.sgml:96
6798msgid ""
6799"The configuration file should tell APT to store its files on the disc and to "
6800"use the configuration files on the disc as well. The sources.list should "
6801"contain the proper sites that you wish to use from the remote machine, and "
6802"the status file should be a copy of <em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> from the "
6803"<em>target host</em>. Please note, if you are using a local archive you must "
6804"use copy URIs, the syntax is identical to file URIs."
6805msgstr ""
6806
6807#. type: <p><example>
6808#: offline.sgml:100
6809msgid ""
6810"<em>apt.conf</em> must contain the necessary information to make APT use the "
6811"disc:"
6812msgstr ""
6813
6814#. type: <example></example>
6815#: offline.sgml:124
6816#, no-wrap
6817msgid ""
6818" APT\n"
6819" {\n"
6820" /* This is not necessary if the two machines are the same arch, it "
6821"tells\n"
6822" the remote APT what architecture the target machine is */\n"
6823" Architecture \"i386\";\n"
6824" \n"
6825" Get::Download-Only \"true\";\n"
6826" };\n"
6827" \n"
6828" Dir\n"
6829" {\n"
6830" /* Use the disc for state information and redirect the status file from\n"
6831" the /var/lib/dpkg default */\n"
6832" State \"/disc/\";\n"
6833" State::status \"status\";\n"
6834"\n"
6835" // Binary caches will be stored locally\n"
6836" Cache::archives \"/disc/archives/\";\n"
6837" Cache \"/tmp/\";\n"
6838" \n"
6839" // Location of the source list.\n"
6840" Etc \"/disc/\";\n"
6841" };"
6842msgstr ""
6843
6844#. type: </example></p>
6845#: offline.sgml:129
6846msgid ""
6847"More details can be seen by examining the apt.conf man page and the sample "
6848"configuration file in <em>/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf</em>."
6849msgstr ""
6850
6851#. type: <p><example>
6852#: offline.sgml:136
6853msgid ""
6854"On the target machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy "
6855"<em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> to it. You will also need to create the "
6856"directories outlined in the Overview, <em>archives/partial/</em> and "
b39c1859 6857"<em>lists/partial/</em>. Then take the disc to the remote machine and "
43be0ac4
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6858"configure the sources.list. On the remote machine execute the following:"
6859msgstr ""
6860
6861#. type: <example></example>
6862#: offline.sgml:142
6863#, no-wrap
6864msgid ""
6865" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
6866" # apt-get update\n"
6867" [ APT fetches the package files ]\n"
6868" # apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
6869" [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade the target machine ]"
6870msgstr ""
6871
6872#. type: </example></p>
6873#: offline.sgml:149
6874msgid ""
b39c1859 6875"The dist-upgrade command can be replaced with any other standard APT "
43be0ac4 6876"commands, particularly dselect-upgrade. You can even use an APT front end "
b39c1859 6877"such as <em>dselect</em>. However this presents a problem in communicating "
43be0ac4
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6878"your selections back to the local computer."
6879msgstr ""
6880
6881#. type: <p><example>
6882#: offline.sgml:153
6883msgid ""
6884"Now the disc contains all of the index files and archives needed to upgrade "
6885"the target machine. Take the disc back and run:"
6886msgstr ""
6887
6888#. type: <example></example>
6889#: offline.sgml:159
6890#, no-wrap
6891msgid ""
6892" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
6893" # apt-get check\n"
6894" [ APT generates a local copy of the cache files ]\n"
6895" # apt-get --no-d -o dir::state::status=/var/lib/dpkg/status dist-upgrade\n"
6896" [ Or any other APT command ]"
6897msgstr ""
6898
6899#. type: <p></p>
6900#: offline.sgml:165
6901msgid ""
6902"It is necessary for proper function to re-specify the status file to be the "
6903"local one. This is very important!"
6904msgstr ""
6905
6906#. type: <p></p>
6907#: offline.sgml:172
6908msgid ""
6909"If you are using dselect you can do the very risky operation of copying "
6910"disc/status to /var/lib/dpkg/status so that any selections you made on the "
6911"remote machine are updated. I highly recommend that people only make "
6912"selections on the local machine - but this may not always be possible. DO "
6913"NOT copy the status file if dpkg or APT have been run in the mean time!!"
6914msgstr ""
6915
6916#. type: <heading></heading>
6917#: offline.sgml:178
6918msgid "Using APT and wget"
6919msgstr ""
6920
6921#. type: <p></p>
6922#: offline.sgml:185
6923msgid ""
6924"<em>wget</em> is a popular and portable download tool that can run on nearly "
6925"any machine. Unlike the method above this requires that the Debian machine "
6926"already has a list of available packages."
6927msgstr ""
6928
6929#. type: <p></p>
6930#: offline.sgml:190
6931msgid ""
6932"The basic idea is to create a disc that has only the archive files "
6933"downloaded from the remote site. This is done by using the --print-uris "
6934"option to apt-get and then preparing a wget script to actually fetch the "
6935"packages."
6936msgstr ""
6937
6938#. type: <heading></heading>
6939#: offline.sgml:196
6940msgid "Operation"
6941msgstr ""
6942
6943#. type: <p><example>
6944#: offline.sgml:200
6945msgid ""
6946"Unlike the previous technique no special configuration files are "
6947"required. We merely use the standard APT commands to generate the file list."
6948msgstr ""
6949
6950#. type: <example></example>
6951#: offline.sgml:205
6952#, no-wrap
6953msgid ""
6954" # apt-get dist-upgrade \n"
6955" [ Press no when prompted, make sure you are happy with the actions ]\n"
6956" # apt-get -qq --print-uris dist-upgrade > uris\n"
6957" # awk '{print \"wget -O \" $2 \" \" $1}' < uris > /disc/wget-script"
6958msgstr ""
6959
6960#. type: </example></p>
6961#: offline.sgml:210
6962msgid ""
6963"Any command other than dist-upgrade could be used here, including "
6964"dselect-upgrade."
6965msgstr ""
6966
6967#. type: <p></p>
6968#: offline.sgml:216
6969msgid ""
6970"The /disc/wget-script file will now contain a list of wget commands to "
6971"execute in order to fetch the necessary archives. This script should be run "
6972"with the current directory as the disc's mount point so as to save the "
6973"output on the disc."
6974msgstr ""
6975
6976#. type: <p><example>
6977#: offline.sgml:219
6978msgid "The remote machine would do something like"
6979msgstr ""
6980
6981#. type: <example></example>
6982#: offline.sgml:223
6983#, no-wrap
6984msgid ""
6985" # cd /disc\n"
6986" # sh -x ./wget-script\n"
6987" [ wait.. ]"
6988msgstr ""
6989
6990#. type: </example><example>
6991#: offline.sgml:228
6992msgid ""
6993"Once the archives are downloaded and the disc returned to the Debian machine "
6994"installation can proceed using,"
6995msgstr ""
6996
6997#. type: <example></example>
6998#: offline.sgml:230
6999#, no-wrap
7000msgid " # apt-get -o dir::cache::archives=\"/disc/\" dist-upgrade"
7001msgstr ""
7002
7003#. type: </example></p>
7004#: offline.sgml:234
7005msgid "Which will use the already fetched archives on the disc."
7006msgstr ""