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1# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
2# Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc.
aec22160 3# This file is distributed under the same license as the apt-doc package.
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4# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
5#
6#, fuzzy
7msgid ""
8msgstr ""
00612a8c 9"Project-Id-Version: apt-doc 0.9.8.1\n"
f8b830ab 10"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>\n"
00612a8c 11"POT-Creation-Date: 2013-06-13 13:46+0300\n"
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12"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
13"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
14"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
0c1a7101 15"Language: \n"
2a52e8c5 16"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
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17"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
18"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
2a52e8c5 19
2a52e8c5 20#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 21#: apt.ent:7
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22#, no-wrap
23msgid ""
24"<!ENTITY apt-author.team \"\n"
25" <author>\n"
26" <othername>APT team</othername>\n"
bcf91c1b 27" <contrib></contrib>\n"
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28" </author>\n"
29"\">\n"
30msgstr ""
31
32#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 33#: apt.ent:13
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34#, no-wrap
35msgid ""
36"<!ENTITY apt-qapage \"\n"
37"\t<para>\n"
38"\t\t<ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>\n"
39"\t</para>\n"
40"\">\n"
41msgstr ""
42
43#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 44#: apt.ent:24
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45#, no-wrap
46msgid ""
47"<!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->\n"
48"<!ENTITY manbugs \"\n"
49" <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>\n"
0c1a7101 50" <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.\n"
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51" If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see\n"
52" <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the\n"
53" &reportbug; command.\n"
54" </para>\n"
55" </refsect1>\n"
56"\">\n"
57msgstr ""
58
59#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 60#: apt.ent:32
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61#, no-wrap
62msgid ""
63"<!-- Boiler plate Author section -->\n"
64"<!ENTITY manauthor \"\n"
65" <refsect1><title>Author</title>\n"
66" <para>APT was written by the APT team "
67"<email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.\n"
68" </para>\n"
69" </refsect1>\n"
70"\">\n"
71msgstr ""
72
73#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 74#: apt.ent:42
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75#, no-wrap
76msgid ""
77"<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to\n"
78" put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->\n"
79"<!ENTITY apt-commonoptions \"\n"
80" <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>\n"
81" <term><option>--help</option></term>\n"
82" <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.\n"
83" </para>\n"
84" </listitem>\n"
85" </varlistentry>\n"
86msgstr ""
87
88#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 89#: apt.ent:50
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90#, no-wrap
91msgid ""
92" <varlistentry>\n"
93" <term><option>-v</option></term>\n"
94" <term><option>--version</option></term>\n"
95" <listitem><para>Show the program version.\n"
96" </para>\n"
97" </listitem>\n"
98" </varlistentry>\n"
99msgstr ""
100
101#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 102#: apt.ent:62
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103#, no-wrap
104msgid ""
105" <varlistentry>\n"
106" <term><option>-c</option></term>\n"
107" <term><option>--config-file</option></term>\n"
108" <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to "
109"use. \n"
110" The program will read the default configuration file and then this \n"
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111" configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before "
112"the\n"
113" default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the "
114"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>\n"
115" environment variable. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.\n"
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116" </para>\n"
117" </listitem>\n"
118" </varlistentry>\n"
119msgstr ""
120
121#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 122#: apt.ent:74
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123#, no-wrap
124msgid ""
125" <varlistentry>\n"
126" <term><option>-o</option></term>\n"
127" <term><option>--option</option></term>\n"
128" <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an "
129"arbitrary\n"
130" configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o "
131"Foo::Bar=bar</option>.\n"
132" <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used "
133"multiple\n"
134" times to set different options.\n"
135" </para>\n"
136" </listitem>\n"
137" </varlistentry>\n"
138"\">\n"
139msgstr ""
140
141#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 142#: apt.ent:85
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143#, no-wrap
144msgid ""
145"<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to\n"
146" put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->\n"
147"<!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb \"\n"
148" <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, "
149"the\n"
150" descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean\n"
151" options you can override the config file by using something like \n"
152" <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>\n"
153" or several other variations.\n"
154" </para>\n"
155"\">\n"
156msgstr ""
157
bcf91c1b 158#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 159#: apt.ent:91
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160#, no-wrap
161msgid ""
162"<!ENTITY file-aptconf \"\n"
163" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>\n"
164" <listitem><para>APT configuration file.\n"
165" Configuration Item: "
166"<literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
167" </varlistentry>\n"
168msgstr ""
169
170#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 171#: apt.ent:97
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172#, no-wrap
173msgid ""
174" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>\n"
175" <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.\n"
176" Configuration Item: "
177"<literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
178" </varlistentry>\n"
179"\">\n"
180msgstr ""
181
182#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 183#: apt.ent:103
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184#, no-wrap
185msgid ""
186"<!ENTITY file-cachearchives \"\n"
187" <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>\n"
188" <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.\n"
189" Configuration Item: "
190"<literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
191" </varlistentry>\n"
192msgstr ""
193
194#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 195#: apt.ent:109
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196#, no-wrap
197msgid ""
198" "
199"<varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>\n"
200" <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.\n"
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201" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> "
202"(<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly "
aec22160 203"appended)</para></listitem>\n"
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204" </varlistentry>\n"
205"\">\n"
206msgstr ""
207
208#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 209#: apt.ent:119
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210#, no-wrap
211msgid ""
212"<!ENTITY file-preferences \"\n"
213" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>\n"
214" <listitem><para>Version preferences file.\n"
215" This is where you would specify &quot;pinning&quot;,\n"
216" i.e. a preference to get certain packages\n"
217" from a separate source\n"
218" or from a different version of a distribution.\n"
219" Configuration Item: "
220"<literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
221" </varlistentry>\n"
222msgstr ""
223
224#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 225#: apt.ent:125
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226#, no-wrap
227msgid ""
228" "
229"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename></term>\n"
230" <listitem><para>File fragments for the version preferences.\n"
231" Configuration Item: "
232"<literal>Dir::Etc::PreferencesParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
233" </varlistentry>\n"
234"\">\n"
235msgstr ""
236
237#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 238#: apt.ent:131
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239#, no-wrap
240msgid ""
241"<!ENTITY file-sourceslist \"\n"
242" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>\n"
243" <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.\n"
244" Configuration Item: "
245"<literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
246" </varlistentry>\n"
247msgstr ""
248
249#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 250#: apt.ent:137
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251#, no-wrap
252msgid ""
253" "
254"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename></term>\n"
255" <listitem><para>File fragments for locations to fetch packages from.\n"
256" Configuration Item: "
257"<literal>Dir::Etc::SourceParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
258" </varlistentry>\n"
259"\">\n"
260msgstr ""
261
262#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 263#: apt.ent:144
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264#, no-wrap
265msgid ""
266"<!ENTITY file-statelists \"\n"
267" <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>\n"
268" <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package "
269"resource specified in\n"
270" &sources-list;\n"
271" Configuration Item: "
272"<literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
273" </varlistentry>\n"
274msgstr ""
275
276#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 277#: apt.ent:150
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278#, no-wrap
279msgid ""
280" "
281"<varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>\n"
282" <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.\n"
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283" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> "
284"(<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly "
aec22160 285"appended)</para></listitem>\n"
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286" </varlistentry>\n"
287"\">\n"
288msgstr ""
289
b39c1859 290#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 291#: apt.ent:156
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292#, no-wrap
293msgid ""
294"<!ENTITY file-trustedgpg \"\n"
295" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg</filename></term>\n"
296" <listitem><para>Keyring of local trusted keys, new keys will be added "
297"here.\n"
298" Configuration Item: "
299"<literal>Dir::Etc::Trusted</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
300" </varlistentry>\n"
301msgstr ""
302
303#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 304#: apt.ent:163
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305#, no-wrap
306msgid ""
307" "
308"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/</filename></term>\n"
309" <listitem><para>File fragments for the trusted keys, additional "
310"keyrings can\n"
311" be stored here (by other packages or the administrator).\n"
312" Configuration Item "
313"<literal>Dir::Etc::TrustedParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
314" </varlistentry>\n"
315"\">\n"
316msgstr ""
317
318#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 319#: apt.ent:171
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320#, no-wrap
321msgid ""
322"<!ENTITY file-extended_states \"\n"
323" "
324"<varlistentry><term><filename>/var/lib/apt/extended_states</filename></term>\n"
325" <listitem><para>Status list of auto-installed packages.\n"
326" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::extended_states</literal>.\n"
327" </para></listitem>\n"
328" </varlistentry>\n"
329"\">\n"
330msgstr ""
331
332#. type: Plain text
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334#, no-wrap
335msgid ""
336"<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is the section header for the following paragraphs - "
337"comparable\n"
338" to the other headers like NAME and DESCRIPTION and should therefore be "
339"uppercase. -->\n"
340"<!ENTITY translation-title \"TRANSLATION\">\n"
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341msgstr ""
342
343#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 344#: apt.ent:184
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345#, no-wrap
346msgid ""
347"<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is a placeholder. You should write here who has "
d8b3cbb6 348"contributed\n"
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349" to the translation in the past, who is responsible now and maybe "
350"further information\n"
351" specially related to your translation. -->\n"
352"<!ENTITY translation-holder \"\n"
353" The english translation was done by John Doe "
354"<email>john@doe.org</email> in 2009,\n"
355" 2010 and Daniela Acme <email>daniela@acme.us</email> in 2010 together "
356"with the\n"
357" Debian Dummy l10n Team "
358"<email>debian-l10n-dummy@lists.debian.org</email>.\n"
359"\">\n"
360msgstr ""
361
362#. type: Plain text
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364#, no-wrap
365msgid ""
366"<!-- TRANSLATOR: As a translation is allowed to have 20% of "
367"untranslated/fuzzy strings\n"
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368" in a shipped manpage newer/modified paragraphs will maybe appear in "
369"english in\n"
370" the generated manpage. This sentence is therefore here to tell the "
371"reader that this\n"
372" is not a mistake by the translator - obviously the target is that at "
373"least for stable\n"
374" releases this sentence is not needed. :) -->\n"
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375"<!ENTITY translation-english \"\n"
376" Note that this translated document may contain untranslated parts.\n"
377" This is done on purpose, to avoid losing content when the\n"
378" translation is lagging behind the original content.\n"
379"\">\n"
380msgstr ""
381
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45fb8bf7 383#: apt.ent:198
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384msgid ""
385"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -o=config_string "
386"e.g. -o=Debug::pkgProblemResolver=1 --> <!ENTITY synopsis-config-string "
387"\"config_string\">"
388msgstr ""
389
390#. type: Plain text
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392msgid ""
393"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -c=config_file e.g. -c=./apt.conf --> <!ENTITY "
394"synopsis-config-file \"config_file\">"
395msgstr ""
396
397#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 398#: apt.ent:204
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399msgid ""
400"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -t=target_release or pkg/target_release "
401"e.g. -t=squeeze apt/experimental --> <!ENTITY synopsis-target-release "
402"\"target_release\">"
403msgstr ""
404
405#. type: Plain text
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407msgid ""
408"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -a=architecture e.g. -a=armel --> <!ENTITY "
409"synopsis-architecture \"architecture\">"
410msgstr ""
411
412#. type: Plain text
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414msgid ""
415"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-get install pkg e.g. apt-get install awesome "
416"--> <!ENTITY synopsis-pkg \"pkg\">"
417msgstr ""
418
419#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 420#: apt.ent:213
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421msgid ""
422"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in pkg=pkg_version_number e.g. apt=0.8.15 --> "
423"<!ENTITY synopsis-pkg-ver-number \"pkg_version_number\">"
424msgstr ""
425
426#. type: Plain text
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428msgid ""
429"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache pkgnames prefix e.g. apt-cache "
430"pkgnames apt --> <!ENTITY synopsis-prefix \"prefix\">"
431msgstr ""
432
433#. type: Plain text
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435msgid ""
436"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache search regex e.g. apt-cache search "
437"awesome --> <!ENTITY synopsis-regex \"regex\">"
438msgstr ""
439
440#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 441#: apt.ent:222
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442msgid ""
443"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cdrom -d=cdrom_mount_point e.g. apt-cdrom "
444"-d=/media/cdrom --> <!ENTITY synopsis-cdrom-mount \"cdrom_mount_point\">"
445msgstr ""
446
447#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 448#: apt.ent:225
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449msgid ""
450"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates -t=temporary_directory "
451"e.g. apt-extracttemplates -t=/tmp --> <!ENTITY synopsis-tmp-directory "
452"\"temporary_directory\">"
453msgstr ""
454
455#. type: Plain text
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457msgid ""
458"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates filename --> <!ENTITY "
459"synopsis-filename \"filename\">"
460msgstr ""
461
c086ac18 462#. type: Plain text
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464msgid ""
465"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
466"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-path \"path\">"
467msgstr ""
468
c77d6597 469#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 470#: apt.ent:234
c77d6597 471msgid ""
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472"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
473"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-override "
474"\"override-file\">"
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475msgstr ""
476
477#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 478#: apt.ent:237
c77d6597 479msgid ""
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480"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
481"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-pathprefix "
482"\"pathprefix\">"
483msgstr ""
484
485#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 486#: apt.ent:240
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487msgid ""
488"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
489"generate section --> <!ENTITY synopsis-section \"section\">"
490msgstr ""
491
492#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 493#: apt.ent:243
c086ac18 494msgid ""
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495"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-key export keyid e.g. apt-key export "
496"473041FA --> <!ENTITY synopsis-keyid \"keyid\">"
497msgstr ""
498
2a52e8c5 499#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
7d76ea1d 500#: apt-get.8.xml:26 apt-cache.8.xml:26 apt-key.8.xml:25 apt-mark.8.xml:26 apt-secure.8.xml:25 apt-cdrom.8.xml:25 apt-config.8.xml:26
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501msgid "8"
502msgstr ""
503
bcf91c1b 504#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><refmiscinfo>
7d76ea1d 505#: apt-get.8.xml:27 apt-cache.8.xml:27 apt-key.8.xml:26 apt-mark.8.xml:27 apt-secure.8.xml:26 apt-cdrom.8.xml:26 apt-config.8.xml:27 apt.conf.5.xml:32 apt_preferences.5.xml:26 sources.list.5.xml:27 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:27 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:27 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:27
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506msgid "APT"
507msgstr ""
508
2a52e8c5 509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
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510#: apt-get.8.xml:33
511msgid "APT package handling utility -- command-line interface"
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512msgstr ""
513
2a52e8c5 514#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
7d76ea1d 515#: apt-get.8.xml:38 apt-cache.8.xml:38 apt-key.8.xml:37 apt-mark.8.xml:38 apt-secure.8.xml:50 apt-cdrom.8.xml:37 apt-config.8.xml:38 apt.conf.5.xml:41 apt_preferences.5.xml:36 sources.list.5.xml:36 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:38 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:38 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:38
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516msgid "Description"
517msgstr ""
518
519#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 520#: apt-get.8.xml:39
2a52e8c5 521msgid ""
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522"<command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, "
523"and may be considered the user's \"back-end\" to other tools using the APT "
524"library. Several \"front-end\" interfaces exist, such as &dselect;, "
525"&aptitude;, &synaptic; and &wajig;."
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526msgstr ""
527
528#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 529#: apt-get.8.xml:44 apt-cache.8.xml:44 apt-cdrom.8.xml:51 apt-config.8.xml:44 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:54
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530msgid ""
531"Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, "
532"one of the commands below must be present."
533msgstr ""
534
2a52e8c5 535#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 536#: apt-get.8.xml:49
2a52e8c5 537msgid ""
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538"<literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files "
539"from their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the "
540"location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. For "
541"example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and scans the "
542"<filename>Packages.gz</filename> files, so that information about new and "
543"updated packages is available. An <literal>update</literal> should always be "
544"performed before an <literal>upgrade</literal> or "
545"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal>. Please be aware that the overall progress "
546"meter will be incorrect as the size of the package files cannot be known in "
547"advance."
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548msgstr ""
549
550#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 551#: apt-get.8.xml:61
2a52e8c5 552msgid ""
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553"<literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all "
554"packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in "
555"<filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed "
556"with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no "
557"circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not "
558"already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently "
559"installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install "
560"status of another package will be left at their current version. An "
561"<literal>update</literal> must be performed first so that "
562"<command>apt-get</command> knows that new versions of packages are "
563"available."
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564msgstr ""
565
2a52e8c5 566#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 567#: apt-get.8.xml:74
2a52e8c5 568msgid ""
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569"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of "
570"<literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies "
571"with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a \"smart\" "
572"conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most "
573"important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The "
574"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> command may therefore remove some packages. "
575"The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of "
576"locations from which to retrieve desired package files. See also "
577"&apt-preferences; for a mechanism for overriding the general settings for "
578"individual packages."
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579msgstr ""
580
581#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 582#: apt-get.8.xml:87
2a52e8c5 583msgid ""
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584"<literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> is used in conjunction with the "
585"traditional Debian packaging front-end, "
586"&dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> follows the changes made by "
587"&dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal> field of available packages, and "
588"performs the actions necessary to realize that state (for instance, the "
589"removal of old and the installation of new packages)."
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590msgstr ""
591
2a52e8c5 592#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 593#: apt-get.8.xml:98
2a52e8c5 594msgid ""
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595"<literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more packages desired for "
596"installation or upgrading. Each package is a package name, not a fully "
597"qualified filename (for instance, in a Debian system, "
598"<package>apt-utils</package> would be the argument provided, not "
599"<filename>apt-utils_&apt-product-version;_amd64.deb</filename>). All "
600"packages required by the package(s) specified for installation will also be "
601"retrieved and installed. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> "
602"file is used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is appended to the "
603"package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be "
604"removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate "
605"a package to install. These latter features may be used to override "
606"decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system."
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607msgstr ""
608
2a52e8c5 609#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 610#: apt-get.8.xml:116
2a52e8c5 611msgid ""
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612"A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by "
613"following the package name with an equals and the version of the package to "
614"select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for "
615"install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by following "
616"the package name with a slash and the version of the distribution or the "
617"Archive name (stable, testing, unstable)."
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618msgstr ""
619
7d76ea1d
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620#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
621#: apt-get.8.xml:123
2a52e8c5 622msgid ""
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623"Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must be "
624"used with care."
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625msgstr ""
626
7d76ea1d
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627#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
628#: apt-get.8.xml:126
2a52e8c5 629msgid ""
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630"This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or more "
631"already-installed packages without upgrading every package you have on your "
632"system. Unlike the \"upgrade\" target, which installs the newest version of "
633"all currently installed packages, \"install\" will install the newest "
634"version of only the package(s) specified. Simply provide the name of the "
635"package(s) you wish to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and "
636"its dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and installed."
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637msgstr ""
638
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639#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
640#: apt-get.8.xml:137
2a52e8c5 641msgid ""
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642"Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to create an alternative "
643"installation policy for individual packages."
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644msgstr ""
645
7d76ea1d
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646#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
647#: apt-get.8.xml:141
2a52e8c5 648msgid ""
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649"If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one "
650"of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression, and "
651"it is applied to all package names in the database. Any matches are then "
652"installed (or removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' "
653"matches 'how-lo' and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular "
654"expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular "
655"expression."
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656msgstr ""
657
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658#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
659#: apt-get.8.xml:151
2a52e8c5 660msgid ""
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661"<literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except "
662"that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package "
663"leaves its configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to "
664"the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be "
665"installed instead of removed."
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666msgstr ""
667
7d76ea1d
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668#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
669#: apt-get.8.xml:159
2a52e8c5 670msgid ""
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671"<literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except "
672"that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted "
673"too)."
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674msgstr ""
675
2a52e8c5 676#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 677#: apt-get.8.xml:164
2a52e8c5 678msgid ""
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679"<literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source "
680"packages. APT will examine the available packages to decide which source "
681"package to fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory "
682"the newest available version of that source package while respecting the "
683"default release, set with the option "
684"<literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>, the <option>-t</option> option or "
685"per package with the <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible."
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686msgstr ""
687
2a52e8c5 688#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 689#: apt-get.8.xml:172
2a52e8c5 690msgid ""
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691"Source packages are tracked separately from binary packages via "
692"<literal>deb-src</literal> lines in the &sources-list; file. This means that "
693"you will need to add such a line for each repository you want to get sources "
694"from; otherwise you will probably get either the wrong (too old/too new) "
695"source versions or none at all."
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696msgstr ""
697
2a52e8c5 698#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 699#: apt-get.8.xml:178
2a52e8c5 700msgid ""
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701"If the <option>--compile</option> option is specified then the package will "
702"be compiled to a binary .deb using <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> for "
703"the architecture as defined by the <command>--host-architecture</command> "
704"option. If <option>--download-only</option> is specified then the source "
705"package will not be unpacked."
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706msgstr ""
707
2a52e8c5 708#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 709#: apt-get.8.xml:185
2a52e8c5 710msgid ""
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711"A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name "
712"with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism used "
713"for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source package "
714"name and version, implicitly enabling the "
715"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option."
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716msgstr ""
717
2a52e8c5 718#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 719#: apt-get.8.xml:191
2a52e8c5 720msgid ""
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721"Note that source packages are not installed and tracked in the "
722"<command>dpkg</command> database like binary packages; they are simply "
723"downloaded to the current directory, like source tarballs."
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724msgstr ""
725
726#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 727#: apt-get.8.xml:197
2a52e8c5 728msgid ""
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729"<literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an "
730"attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default "
731"the dependencies are satisfied to build the package natively. If desired a "
732"host-architecture can be specified with the "
733"<option>--host-architecture</option> option instead."
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734msgstr ""
735
736#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 737#: apt-get.8.xml:204
2a52e8c5 738msgid ""
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739"<literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache "
740"and checks for broken dependencies."
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741msgstr ""
742
2a52e8c5 743#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 744#: apt-get.8.xml:209
2a52e8c5 745msgid ""
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746"<literal>download</literal> will download the given binary package into the "
747"current directory."
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748msgstr ""
749
2a52e8c5 750#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 751#: apt-get.8.xml:215
2a52e8c5 752msgid ""
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753"<literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved "
754"package files. It removes everything but the lock file from "
755"<filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and "
756"<filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>. When APT is used as a "
757"&dselect; method, <literal>clean</literal> is run automatically. Those who "
758"do not use dselect will likely want to run <literal>apt-get clean</literal> "
759"from time to time to free up disk space."
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760msgstr ""
761
762#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 763#: apt-get.8.xml:225
2a52e8c5 764msgid ""
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765"Like <literal>clean</literal>, <literal>autoclean</literal> clears out the "
766"local repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only "
767"removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely "
768"useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without it "
769"growing out of control. The configuration option "
770"<literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from "
771"being erased if it is set to off."
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772msgstr ""
773
63fc5550 774#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 775#: apt-get.8.xml:235
63fc5550 776msgid ""
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777"<literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were "
778"automatically installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are "
779"now no longer needed."
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780msgstr ""
781
2a52e8c5 782#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 783#: apt-get.8.xml:240
2a52e8c5 784msgid ""
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785"<literal>changelog</literal> downloads a package changelog and displays it "
786"through <command>sensible-pager</command>. The server name and base "
787"directory is defined in the <literal>APT::Changelogs::Server</literal> "
788"variable (e.g. <ulink "
789"url=\"http://packages.debian.org/changelogs\">packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> "
790"for Debian or <ulink "
791"url=\"http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs\">changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> "
792"for Ubuntu). By default it displays the changelog for the version that is "
793"installed. However, you can specify the same options as for the "
794"<option>install</option> command."
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795msgstr ""
796
7d76ea1d
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797#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
798#: apt-get.8.xml:258 apt-cache.8.xml:248 apt-mark.8.xml:108 apt-config.8.xml:84 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:52 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:48 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:504
799msgid "options"
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800msgstr ""
801
802#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 803#: apt-get.8.xml:263
2a52e8c5 804msgid ""
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805"Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing. "
806"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>."
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807msgstr ""
808
2a52e8c5 809#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 810#: apt-get.8.xml:268
2a52e8c5 811msgid ""
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812"Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing. Configuration "
813"Item: <literal>APT::Install-Suggests</literal>."
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814msgstr ""
815
2a52e8c5 816#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 817#: apt-get.8.xml:273
2a52e8c5 818msgid ""
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819"Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed. "
820"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>."
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821msgstr ""
822
823#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 824#: apt-get.8.xml:278
2a52e8c5 825msgid ""
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826"Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place. This "
827"option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages to permit APT "
828"to deduce a likely solution. If packages are specified, these have to "
829"completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when "
830"running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package "
831"dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's dependency "
832"structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention (which usually "
833"means using &dselect; or <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some "
834"of the offending packages). Use of this option together with "
835"<option>-m</option> may produce an error in some situations. Configuration "
836"Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>."
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837msgstr ""
838
2a52e8c5 839#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 840#: apt-get.8.xml:293
2a52e8c5 841msgid ""
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842"Ignore missing packages; if packages cannot be retrieved or fail the "
843"integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back those "
844"packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with "
845"<option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is "
846"selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the command "
847"line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently held back. "
848"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Missing</literal>."
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849msgstr ""
850
2a52e8c5 851#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 852#: apt-get.8.xml:304
2a52e8c5 853msgid ""
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854"Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with "
855"<option>--ignore-missing</option> to force APT to use only the .debs it has "
856"already downloaded. Configuration Item: "
857"<literal>APT::Get::Download</literal>."
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858msgstr ""
859
2a52e8c5 860#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 861#: apt-get.8.xml:311
2a52e8c5 862msgid ""
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863"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
864"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
865"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
866"file. Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>; you should never "
867"use -qq without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT "
868"may decide to do something you did not expect. Configuration Item: "
869"<literal>quiet</literal>."
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870msgstr ""
871
2a52e8c5 872#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 873#: apt-get.8.xml:326
2a52e8c5 874msgid ""
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875"No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not "
876"actually change the system. Configuration Item: "
877"<literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>."
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878msgstr ""
879
2a52e8c5 880#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 881#: apt-get.8.xml:330
2a52e8c5 882msgid ""
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883"Simulated runs performed as a user will automatically deactivate locking "
884"(<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal>), and if the option "
885"<literal>APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note</literal> is set (as it is by "
886"default) a notice will also be displayed indicating that this is only a "
887"simulation. Runs performed as root do not trigger either NoLocking or the "
888"notice - superusers should know what they are doing without further warnings "
889"from <literal>apt-get</literal>."
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890msgstr ""
891
2a52e8c5 892#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 893#: apt-get.8.xml:338
2a52e8c5 894msgid ""
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895"Simulated runs print out a series of lines, each representing a "
896"<command>dpkg</command> operation: configure (<literal>Conf</literal>), "
897"remove (<literal>Remv</literal>) or unpack "
898"(<literal>Inst</literal>). Square brackets indicate broken packages, and "
899"empty square brackets indicate breaks that are of no consequence (rare)."
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900msgstr ""
901
b6c6b52f 902#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 903#: apt-get.8.xml:346
b6c6b52f 904msgid ""
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905"Automatic yes to prompts; assume \"yes\" as answer to all prompts and run "
906"non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held "
907"package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an "
908"essential package occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort. "
909"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>."
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910msgstr ""
911
2a52e8c5 912#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 913#: apt-get.8.xml:354
2a52e8c5 914msgid ""
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915"Automatic \"no\" to all prompts. Configuration Item: "
916"<literal>APT::Get::Assume-No</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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917msgstr ""
918
2a52e8c5 919#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 920#: apt-get.8.xml:359
2a52e8c5 921msgid ""
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922"Show upgraded packages; print out a list of all packages that are to be "
923"upgraded. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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924msgstr ""
925
2a52e8c5 926#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 927#: apt-get.8.xml:365
2a52e8c5 928msgid ""
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929"Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages. Configuration Item: "
930"<literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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931msgstr ""
932
2a52e8c5 933#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 934#: apt-get.8.xml:371
2a52e8c5 935msgid ""
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936"This option controls the architecture packages are built for by "
937"<command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies "
938"are satisfied. By default is it not set which means that the host "
939"architecture is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by "
940"<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>). Configuration Item: "
941"<literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>"
2a52e8c5
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942msgstr ""
943
2a52e8c5 944#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 945#: apt-get.8.xml:381
2a52e8c5 946msgid ""
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947"Compile source packages after downloading them. Configuration Item: "
948"<literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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949msgstr ""
950
2a52e8c5 951#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 952#: apt-get.8.xml:386
2a52e8c5 953msgid ""
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954"Ignore package holds; this causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a "
955"hold placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with "
956"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired "
957"holds. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>."
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958msgstr ""
959
2a52e8c5 960#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 961#: apt-get.8.xml:393
2a52e8c5 962msgid ""
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963"Do not upgrade packages; when used in conjunction with "
964"<literal>install</literal>, <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent "
965"packages on the command line from being upgraded if they are already "
966"installed. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>."
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967msgstr ""
968
2a52e8c5 969#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 970#: apt-get.8.xml:400
2a52e8c5 971msgid ""
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972"Do not install new packages; when used in conjunction with "
973"<literal>install</literal>, <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will install "
974"upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests to install "
975"new packages. Configuration Item: "
976"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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977msgstr ""
978
7d76ea1d
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979#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
980#: apt-get.8.xml:408
2a52e8c5 981msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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982"Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue "
983"without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It should "
984"not be used except in very special situations. Using "
985"<literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system! "
986"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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987msgstr ""
988
7d76ea1d
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989#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
990#: apt-get.8.xml:416
2a52e8c5 991msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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992"Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each URI "
993"will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected MD5 "
994"hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match the file "
995"name on the remote site! This also works with the <literal>source</literal> "
996"and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the "
997"<literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it "
998"is up to the user to decompress any compressed files. Configuration Item: "
999"<literal>APT::Get::Print-URIs</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1000msgstr ""
1001
7d76ea1d
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1002#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1003#: apt-get.8.xml:427
2a52e8c5 1004msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1005"Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed. An asterisk "
1006"(\"*\") will be displayed next to packages which are scheduled to be "
1007"purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent to the "
1008"<option>purge</option> command. Configuration Item: "
1009"<literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1010msgstr ""
1011
aec22160 1012#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1013#: apt-get.8.xml:435
2a52e8c5 1014msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1015"Re-install packages that are already installed and at the newest version. "
1016"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1017msgstr ""
1018
aec22160 1019#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1020#: apt-get.8.xml:440
2a52e8c5 1021msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1022"This option is on by default; use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to "
1023"turn it off. When it is on, <command>apt-get</command> will automatically "
1024"manage the contents of <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that "
1025"obsolete files are erased. The only reason to turn it off is if you "
1026"frequently change your sources list. Configuration Item: "
1027"<literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1028msgstr ""
1029
aec22160 1030#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1031#: apt-get.8.xml:450
2a52e8c5 1032msgid ""
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1033"This option controls the default input to the policy engine; it creates a "
1034"default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. This "
1035"overrides the general settings in "
1036"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>. Specifically pinned packages are "
1037"not affected by the value of this option. In short, this option lets you "
1038"have simple control over which distribution packages will be retrieved "
1039"from. Some common examples might be <option>-t '2.1*'</option>, <option>-t "
1040"unstable</option> or <option>-t sid</option>. Configuration Item: "
1041"<literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>; see also the &apt-preferences; "
1042"manual page."
2a52e8c5
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1043msgstr ""
1044
7d76ea1d
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1045#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1046#: apt-get.8.xml:465
1047msgid ""
1048"Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered "
1049"related to <option>--assume-yes</option>; where "
1050"<option>--assume-yes</option> will answer yes to any prompt, "
1051"<option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no. Configuration Item: "
1052"<literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1053msgstr ""
1054
2a52e8c5 1055#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1056#: apt-get.8.xml:472
2a52e8c5 1057msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1058"If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without "
1059"prompting. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1060msgstr ""
1061
2a52e8c5 1062#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1063#: apt-get.8.xml:478
2a52e8c5 1064msgid ""
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1065"If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or "
1066"<literal>remove</literal>, then this option acts like running the "
1067"<literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing unused dependency "
1068"packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1069msgstr ""
1070
2a52e8c5 1071#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1072#: apt-get.8.xml:485
2a52e8c5 1073msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1074"Only has meaning for the <literal>source</literal> and "
1075"<literal>build-dep</literal> commands. Indicates that the given source "
1076"names are not to be mapped through the binary table. This means that if "
1077"this option is specified, these commands will only accept source package "
1078"names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names and looking "
1079"up the corresponding source package. Configuration Item: "
1080"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1081msgstr ""
1082
2a52e8c5 1083#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1084#: apt-get.8.xml:496
2a52e8c5 1085msgid ""
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1086"Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive. Configuration "
1087"Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, "
1088"<literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and "
1089"<literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1090msgstr ""
1091
2a52e8c5 1092#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1093#: apt-get.8.xml:502
2a52e8c5 1094msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1095"Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies. Configuration Item: "
1096"<literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1097msgstr ""
1098
2a52e8c5 1099#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1100#: apt-get.8.xml:507
2a52e8c5 1101msgid ""
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1102"Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it. This "
1103"is useful for tools like pbuilder. Configuration Item: "
1104"<literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>."
1105msgstr ""
1106
1107#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
00612a8c 1108#: apt-get.8.xml:518 apt-cache.8.xml:343 apt-key.8.xml:174 apt-mark.8.xml:125 apt.conf.5.xml:1167 apt_preferences.5.xml:698
7d76ea1d
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1109msgid "Files"
1110msgstr ""
1111
1112#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
00612a8c 1113#: apt-get.8.xml:528 apt-cache.8.xml:350 apt-key.8.xml:195 apt-mark.8.xml:131 apt-secure.8.xml:191 apt-cdrom.8.xml:144 apt-config.8.xml:109 apt.conf.5.xml:1173 apt_preferences.5.xml:705 sources.list.5.xml:252 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:70 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:63 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:607
7d76ea1d 1114msgid "See Also"
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1115msgstr ""
1116
1117#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d
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1118#: apt-get.8.xml:529
1119msgid ""
1120"&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, "
1121"&apt-config;, &apt-secure;, The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, "
1122"&apt-preferences;, the APT Howto."
1123msgstr ""
1124
1125#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
1126#: apt-get.8.xml:534 apt-cache.8.xml:355 apt-mark.8.xml:135 apt-cdrom.8.xml:149 apt-config.8.xml:114 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:74 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:67 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:611
1127msgid "Diagnostics"
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1128msgstr ""
1129
1130#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 1131#: apt-get.8.xml:535
2a52e8c5 1132msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1133"<command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on "
1134"error."
2a52e8c5
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1135msgstr ""
1136
2a52e8c5 1137#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
7d76ea1d
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1138#: apt-cache.8.xml:33
1139msgid "query the APT cache"
2a52e8c5
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1140msgstr ""
1141
2a52e8c5 1142#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 1143#: apt-cache.8.xml:39
2a52e8c5 1144msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1145"<command>apt-cache</command> performs a variety of operations on APT's "
1146"package cache. <command>apt-cache</command> does not manipulate the state of "
1147"the system but does provide operations to search and generate interesting "
1148"output from the package metadata."
2a52e8c5
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1149msgstr ""
1150
2a52e8c5 1151#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1152#: apt-cache.8.xml:49
2a52e8c5 1153msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1154"<literal>gencaches</literal> creates APT's package cache. This is done "
1155"implicitly by all commands needing this cache if it is missing or outdated."
2a52e8c5
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1156msgstr ""
1157
7d76ea1d
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1158#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
1159#: apt-cache.8.xml:53 apt-cache.8.xml:142 apt-cache.8.xml:163 apt-cache.8.xml:185 apt-cache.8.xml:190 apt-cache.8.xml:206 apt-cache.8.xml:224 apt-cache.8.xml:236
1160msgid "&synopsis-pkg;"
2a52e8c5
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1161msgstr ""
1162
1163#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1164#: apt-cache.8.xml:54
2a52e8c5 1165msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1166"<literal>showpkg</literal> displays information about the packages listed on "
1167"the command line. Remaining arguments are package names. The available "
1168"versions and reverse dependencies of each package listed are listed, as well "
1169"as forward dependencies for each version. Forward (normal) dependencies are "
1170"those packages upon which the package in question depends; reverse "
1171"dependencies are those packages that depend upon the package in "
1172"question. Thus, forward dependencies must be satisfied for a package, but "
1173"reverse dependencies need not be. For instance, <command>apt-cache showpkg "
1174"libreadline2</command> would produce output similar to the following:"
2a52e8c5
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1175msgstr ""
1176
7d76ea1d
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1177#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
1178#: apt-cache.8.xml:66
1179#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 1180msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1181"Package: libreadline2\n"
1182"Versions: 2.1-12(/var/state/apt/lists/foo_Packages),\n"
1183"Reverse Depends: \n"
1184" libreadlineg2,libreadline2\n"
1185" libreadline2-altdev,libreadline2\n"
1186"Dependencies:\n"
1187"2.1-12 - libc5 (2 5.4.0-0) ncurses3.0 (0 (null))\n"
1188"Provides:\n"
1189"2.1-12 - \n"
1190"Reverse Provides: \n"
2a52e8c5
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1191msgstr ""
1192
1193#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d
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1194#: apt-cache.8.xml:78
1195msgid ""
1196"Thus it may be seen that libreadline2, version 2.1-12, depends on libc5 and "
1197"ncurses3.0 which must be installed for libreadline2 to work. In turn, "
1198"libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev depend on libreadline2. If "
1199"libreadline2 is installed, libc5 and ncurses3.0 (and ldso) must also be "
1200"installed; libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev do not have to be "
1201"installed. For the specific meaning of the remainder of the output it is "
1202"best to consult the apt source code."
2a52e8c5
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1203msgstr ""
1204
aa2218b2 1205#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1206#: apt-cache.8.xml:87
aa2218b2 1207msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1208"<literal>stats</literal> displays some statistics about the cache. No "
1209"further arguments are expected. Statistics reported are:"
aa2218b2
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1210msgstr ""
1211
7d76ea1d
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1212#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
1213#: apt-cache.8.xml:90
aa2218b2 1214msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1215"<literal>Total package names</literal> is the number of package names found "
1216"in the cache."
aa2218b2
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1217msgstr ""
1218
7d76ea1d
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1219#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
1220#: apt-cache.8.xml:94
aa2218b2 1221msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1222"<literal>Normal packages</literal> is the number of regular, ordinary "
1223"package names; these are packages that bear a one-to-one correspondence "
1224"between their names and the names used by other packages for them in "
1225"dependencies. The majority of packages fall into this category."
2a52e8c5
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1226msgstr ""
1227
7d76ea1d
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1228#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
1229#: apt-cache.8.xml:100
2a52e8c5 1230msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1231"<literal>Pure virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
1232"exist only as a virtual package name; that is, packages only \"provide\" the "
1233"virtual package name, and no package actually uses the name. For instance, "
1234"\"mail-transport-agent\" in the Debian system is a pure virtual package; "
1235"several packages provide \"mail-transport-agent\", but there is no package "
1236"named \"mail-transport-agent\"."
2a52e8c5
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1237msgstr ""
1238
7d76ea1d
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1239#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
1240#: apt-cache.8.xml:108
2a52e8c5 1241msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1242"<literal>Single virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages with "
1243"only one package providing a particular virtual package. For example, in the "
1244"Debian system, \"X11-text-viewer\" is a virtual package, but only one "
1245"package, xless, provides \"X11-text-viewer\"."
2a52e8c5
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1246msgstr ""
1247
7d76ea1d
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1248#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
1249#: apt-cache.8.xml:114
1250msgid ""
1251"<literal>Mixed virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
1252"either provide a particular virtual package or have the virtual package name "
1253"as the package name. For instance, in the Debian system, \"debconf\" is both "
1254"an actual package, and provided by the debconf-tiny package."
2a52e8c5
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1255msgstr ""
1256
7d76ea1d
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1257#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
1258#: apt-cache.8.xml:121
2a52e8c5 1259msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1260"<literal>Missing</literal> is the number of package names that were "
1261"referenced in a dependency but were not provided by any package. Missing "
1262"packages may be an evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a "
1263"package (real or virtual) has been dropped from the distribution. Usually "
1264"they are referenced from Conflicts or Breaks statements."
2a52e8c5
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1265msgstr ""
1266
7d76ea1d
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1267#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
1268#: apt-cache.8.xml:128
2a52e8c5 1269msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1270"<literal>Total distinct</literal> versions is the number of package versions "
1271"found in the cache; this value is therefore at least equal to the number of "
1272"total package names. If more than one distribution is being accessed (for "
1273"instance, \"stable\" and \"unstable\"), this value can be considerably "
1274"larger than the number of total package names."
2a52e8c5
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1275msgstr ""
1276
7d76ea1d
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1277#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
1278#: apt-cache.8.xml:135
2a52e8c5 1279msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1280"<literal>Total dependencies</literal> is the number of dependency "
1281"relationships claimed by all of the packages in the cache."
2a52e8c5
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1282msgstr ""
1283
2a52e8c5 1284#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1285#: apt-cache.8.xml:143
2a52e8c5 1286msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1287"<literal>showsrc</literal> displays all the source package records that "
1288"match the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all "
1289"records that declare the name to be a binary package."
2a52e8c5
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1290msgstr ""
1291
2a52e8c5 1292#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1293#: apt-cache.8.xml:149
2a52e8c5 1294msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1295"<literal>dump</literal> shows a short listing of every package in the "
1296"cache. It is primarily for debugging."
2a52e8c5
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1297msgstr ""
1298
7d76ea1d
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1299#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1300#: apt-cache.8.xml:154
2a52e8c5 1301msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1302"<literal>dumpavail</literal> prints out an available list to stdout. This is "
1303"suitable for use with &dpkg; and is used by the &dselect; method."
2a52e8c5
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1304msgstr ""
1305
7d76ea1d
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1306#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1307#: apt-cache.8.xml:159
2a52e8c5 1308msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1309"<literal>unmet</literal> displays a summary of all unmet dependencies in the "
1310"package cache."
2a52e8c5
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1311msgstr ""
1312
7d76ea1d
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1313#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1314#: apt-cache.8.xml:164
2a52e8c5 1315msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1316"<literal>show</literal> performs a function similar to <command>dpkg "
1317"--print-avail</command>; it displays the package records for the named "
1318"packages."
2a52e8c5
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1319msgstr ""
1320
7d76ea1d
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1321#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
1322#: apt-cache.8.xml:169
1323msgid "&synopsis-regex;"
2a52e8c5
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1324msgstr ""
1325
2a52e8c5 1326#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1327#: apt-cache.8.xml:170
2a52e8c5 1328msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1329"<literal>search</literal> performs a full text search on all available "
1330"package lists for the POSIX regex pattern given, see &regex;. It searches "
1331"the package names and the descriptions for an occurrence of the regular "
1332"expression and prints out the package name and the short description, "
1333"including virtual package names. If <option>--full</option> is given then "
1334"output identical to <literal>show</literal> is produced for each matched "
1335"package, and if <option>--names-only</option> is given then the long "
1336"description is not searched, only the package name is."
2a52e8c5
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1337msgstr ""
1338
1339#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d
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1340#: apt-cache.8.xml:181
1341msgid ""
1342"Separate arguments can be used to specify multiple search patterns that are "
1343"and'ed together."
2a52e8c5
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1344msgstr ""
1345
2a52e8c5 1346#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1347#: apt-cache.8.xml:186
2a52e8c5 1348msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1349"<literal>depends</literal> shows a listing of each dependency a package has "
1350"and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency."
2a52e8c5
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1351msgstr ""
1352
1353#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1354#: apt-cache.8.xml:191
2a52e8c5 1355msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1356"<literal>rdepends</literal> shows a listing of each reverse dependency a "
1357"package has."
2a52e8c5
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1358msgstr ""
1359
7d76ea1d
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1360#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
1361#: apt-cache.8.xml:195
1362msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-prefix;</replaceable></optional>"
2a52e8c5
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1363msgstr ""
1364
2a52e8c5 1365#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1366#: apt-cache.8.xml:196
2a52e8c5 1367msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1368"This command prints the name of each package APT knows. The optional "
1369"argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable "
1370"for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated "
1371"extremely quickly. This command is best used with the "
1372"<option>--generate</option> option."
2a52e8c5
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1373msgstr ""
1374
2a52e8c5 1375#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1376#: apt-cache.8.xml:201
2a52e8c5 1377msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1378"Note that a package which APT knows of is not necessarily available to "
1379"download, installable or installed, e.g. virtual packages are also listed in "
1380"the generated list."
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1381msgstr ""
1382
1383#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1384#: apt-cache.8.xml:207
2a52e8c5 1385msgid ""
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1386"<literal>dotty</literal> takes a list of packages on the command line and "
1387"generates output suitable for use by dotty from the <ulink "
1388"url=\"http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/\">GraphViz</ulink> "
1389"package. The result will be a set of nodes and edges representing the "
1390"relationships between the packages. By default the given packages will trace "
1391"out all dependent packages; this can produce a very large graph. To limit "
1392"the output to only the packages listed on the command line, set the "
1393"<literal>APT::Cache::GivenOnly</literal> option."
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1394msgstr ""
1395
2a52e8c5 1396#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 1397#: apt-cache.8.xml:216
2a52e8c5 1398msgid ""
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1399"The resulting nodes will have several shapes; normal packages are boxes, "
1400"pure virtual packages are triangles, mixed virtual packages are diamonds, "
1401"missing packages are hexagons. Orange boxes mean recursion was stopped (leaf "
1402"packages), blue lines are pre-depends, green lines are conflicts."
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1403msgstr ""
1404
2a52e8c5 1405#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
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1406#: apt-cache.8.xml:221
1407msgid "Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages."
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1408msgstr ""
1409
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1410#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1411#: apt-cache.8.xml:225
2a52e8c5 1412msgid ""
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1413"The same as <literal>dotty</literal>, only for xvcg from the <ulink "
1414"url=\"http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html\">VCG "
1415"tool</ulink>."
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1416msgstr ""
1417
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1418#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
1419#: apt-cache.8.xml:229
1420msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</optional>"
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1421msgstr ""
1422
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1423#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1424#: apt-cache.8.xml:230
2a52e8c5 1425msgid ""
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1426"<literal>policy</literal> is meant to help debug issues relating to the "
1427"preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the priorities of each "
1428"source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information about the priority "
1429"selection of the named package."
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1430msgstr ""
1431
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1432#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1433#: apt-cache.8.xml:237
2a52e8c5 1434msgid ""
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1435"<literal>apt-cache</literal>'s <literal>madison</literal> command attempts "
1436"to mimic the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian "
1437"archive management tool, <literal>madison</literal>. It displays available "
1438"versions of a package in a tabular format. Unlike the original "
1439"<literal>madison</literal>, it can only display information for the "
1440"architecture for which APT has retrieved package lists "
1441"(<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>)."
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1442msgstr ""
1443
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1444#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1445#: apt-cache.8.xml:253
1446msgid ""
1447"Select the file to store the package cache. The package cache is the primary "
1448"cache used by all operations. Configuration Item: "
1449"<literal>Dir::Cache::pkgcache</literal>."
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1450msgstr ""
1451
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1452#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1453#: apt-cache.8.xml:259
1454msgid ""
1455"Select the file to store the source cache. The source is used only by "
1456"<literal>gencaches</literal> and it stores a parsed version of the package "
1457"information from remote sources. When building the package cache the source "
1458"cache is used to avoid reparsing all of the package files. Configuration "
1459"Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache</literal>."
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1460msgstr ""
1461
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1462#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1463#: apt-cache.8.xml:267
2a52e8c5 1464msgid ""
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1465"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
1466"More q's will produce more quietness up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
1467"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quietness level, overriding the "
1468"configuration file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
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1469msgstr ""
1470
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1471#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1472#: apt-cache.8.xml:274
1473msgid ""
1474"Print only important dependencies; for use with <literal>unmet</literal> and "
1475"<literal>depends</literal>. Causes only Depends and Pre-Depends relations to "
1476"be printed. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Important</literal>."
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1477msgstr ""
1478
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1479#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1480#: apt-cache.8.xml:288
2a52e8c5 1481msgid ""
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1482"Per default the <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> "
1483"print all dependencies. This can be tweaked with these flags which will omit "
1484"the specified dependency type. Configuration Item: "
1485"<literal>APT::Cache::Show<replaceable>DependencyType</replaceable></literal> "
1486"e.g. <literal>APT::Cache::ShowRecommends</literal>."
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1487msgstr ""
1488
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1489#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1490#: apt-cache.8.xml:295
2a52e8c5 1491msgid ""
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1492"Print full package records when searching. Configuration Item: "
1493"<literal>APT::Cache::ShowFull</literal>."
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1494msgstr ""
1495
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1496#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1497#: apt-cache.8.xml:300
2a52e8c5 1498msgid ""
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1499"Print full records for all available versions. This is the default; to turn "
1500"it off, use <option>--no-all-versions</option>. If "
1501"<option>--no-all-versions</option> is specified, only the candidate version "
1502"will be displayed (the one which would be selected for installation). This "
1503"option is only applicable to the <literal>show</literal> command. "
1504"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::AllVersions</literal>."
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1505msgstr ""
1506
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1507#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1508#: apt-cache.8.xml:309
2a52e8c5 1509msgid ""
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1510"Perform automatic package cache regeneration, rather than use the cache as "
1511"it is. This is the default; to turn it off, use "
1512"<option>--no-generate</option>. Configuration Item: "
1513"<literal>APT::Cache::Generate</literal>."
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1514msgstr ""
1515
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1516#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1517#: apt-cache.8.xml:315
2a52e8c5 1518msgid ""
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1519"Only search on the package names, not the long descriptions. Configuration "
1520"Item: <literal>APT::Cache::NamesOnly</literal>."
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1521msgstr ""
1522
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1523#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1524#: apt-cache.8.xml:320
2a52e8c5 1525msgid ""
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1526"Make <literal>pkgnames</literal> print all names, including virtual packages "
1527"and missing dependencies. Configuration Item: "
1528"<literal>APT::Cache::AllNames</literal>."
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1529msgstr ""
1530
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1531#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1532#: apt-cache.8.xml:326
2a52e8c5 1533msgid ""
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1534"Make <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> recursive so "
1535"that all packages mentioned are printed once. Configuration Item: "
1536"<literal>APT::Cache::RecurseDepends</literal>."
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1537msgstr ""
1538
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1539#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1540#: apt-cache.8.xml:333
b81dbe40 1541msgid ""
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1542"Limit the output of <literal>depends</literal> and "
1543"<literal>rdepends</literal> to packages which are currently installed. "
1544"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Installed</literal>."
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1545msgstr ""
1546
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1547#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1548#: apt-cache.8.xml:351
1549msgid "&apt-conf;, &sources-list;, &apt-get;"
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1550msgstr ""
1551
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1552#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1553#: apt-cache.8.xml:356
b81dbe40 1554msgid ""
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1555"<command>apt-cache</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
1556"on error."
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1557msgstr ""
1558
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1559#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
1560#: apt-key.8.xml:32
1561msgid "APT key management utility"
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1562msgstr ""
1563
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1564#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1565#: apt-key.8.xml:39
2a52e8c5 1566msgid ""
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1567"<command>apt-key</command> is used to manage the list of keys used by apt to "
1568"authenticate packages. Packages which have been authenticated using these "
1569"keys will be considered trusted."
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1570msgstr ""
1571
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1572#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
1573#: apt-key.8.xml:45
1574msgid "Commands"
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1575msgstr ""
1576
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1577#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1578#: apt-key.8.xml:50
2a52e8c5 1579msgid ""
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1580"Add a new key to the list of trusted keys. The key is read from the "
1581"filename given with the parameter &synopsis-param-filename; or if the "
1582"filename is <literal>-</literal> from standard input."
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1583msgstr ""
1584
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1585#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1586#: apt-key.8.xml:63
1587msgid "Remove a key from the list of trusted keys."
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1588msgstr ""
1589
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1590#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1591#: apt-key.8.xml:74
1592msgid "Output the key &synopsis-param-keyid; to standard output."
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1593msgstr ""
1594
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1595#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1596#: apt-key.8.xml:85
1597msgid "Output all trusted keys to standard output."
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1598msgstr ""
1599
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1600#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1601#: apt-key.8.xml:96
1602msgid "List trusted keys."
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1603msgstr ""
1604
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1605#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1606#: apt-key.8.xml:107
1607msgid "List fingerprints of trusted keys."
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1608msgstr ""
1609
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1610#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1611#: apt-key.8.xml:118
b81dbe40 1612msgid ""
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1613"Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you can download the "
1614"public key."
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1615msgstr ""
1616
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1617#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1618#: apt-key.8.xml:130
2a52e8c5 1619msgid ""
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1620"Update the local keyring with the archive keyring and remove from the local "
1621"keyring the archive keys which are no longer valid. The archive keyring is "
1622"shipped in the <literal>archive-keyring</literal> package of your "
1623"distribution, e.g. the <literal>debian-archive-keyring</literal> package in "
1624"Debian."
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1625msgstr ""
1626
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1627#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1628#: apt-key.8.xml:144
2a52e8c5 1629msgid ""
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1630"Perform an update working similarly to the <command>update</command> command "
1631"above, but get the archive keyring from a URI instead and validate it "
1632"against a master key. This requires an installed &wget; and an APT build "
1633"configured to have a server to fetch from and a master keyring to validate. "
1634"APT in Debian does not support this command, relying on "
1635"<command>update</command> instead, but Ubuntu's APT does."
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1636msgstr ""
1637
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1638#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
1639#: apt-key.8.xml:160 apt-cdrom.8.xml:80
1640msgid "Options"
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1641msgstr ""
1642
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1643#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1644#: apt-key.8.xml:161
2a52e8c5 1645msgid ""
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1646"Note that options need to be defined before the commands described in the "
1647"previous section."
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1648msgstr ""
1649
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1650#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1651#: apt-key.8.xml:164
2a52e8c5 1652msgid ""
6072cbe1 1653"With this option it is possible to specify a particular keyring file the "
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1654"command should operate on. The default is that a command is executed on the "
1655"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> file as well as on all parts in the "
1656"<filename>trusted.gpg.d</filename> directory, though "
1657"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> is the primary keyring which means that "
1658"e.g. new keys are added to this one."
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1659msgstr ""
1660
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1661#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
1662#: apt-key.8.xml:179
1663msgid "<filename>/etc/apt/trustdb.gpg</filename>"
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1664msgstr ""
1665
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1666#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1667#: apt-key.8.xml:180
1668msgid "Local trust database of archive keys."
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1669msgstr ""
1670
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1671#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
1672#: apt-key.8.xml:183
1673msgid "<filename>/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg</filename>"
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1674msgstr ""
1675
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1676#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1677#: apt-key.8.xml:184
1678msgid "Keyring of Debian archive trusted keys."
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1679msgstr ""
1680
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1681#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
1682#: apt-key.8.xml:187
1683msgid "<filename>/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-removed-keys.gpg</filename>"
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1684msgstr ""
1685
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1686#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1687#: apt-key.8.xml:188
1688msgid "Keyring of Debian archive removed trusted keys."
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1689msgstr ""
1690
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1691#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1692#: apt-key.8.xml:197
1693msgid "&apt-get;, &apt-secure;"
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1694msgstr ""
1695
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1696#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
1697#: apt-mark.8.xml:33
1698msgid "mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed"
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1699msgstr ""
1700
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1701#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1702#: apt-mark.8.xml:39
2a52e8c5 1703msgid ""
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1704"<command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has been marked as "
1705"being automatically installed."
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1706msgstr ""
1707
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1708#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1709#: apt-mark.8.xml:43
2a52e8c5 1710msgid ""
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1711"When you request that a package is installed, and as a result other packages "
1712"are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the dependencies are marked as "
1713"being automatically installed. Once these automatically installed packages "
1714"are no longer depended on by any manually installed packages, they will be "
1715"removed by e.g. <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>."
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1716msgstr ""
1717
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1718#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1719#: apt-mark.8.xml:52
2a52e8c5 1720msgid ""
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1721"<literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a package as being automatically "
1722"installed, which will cause the package to be removed when no more manually "
1723"installed packages depend on this package."
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1724msgstr ""
1725
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1726#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1727#: apt-mark.8.xml:60
1728msgid ""
1729"<literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a package as being manually "
1730"installed, which will prevent the package from being automatically removed "
1731"if no other packages depend on it."
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1732msgstr ""
1733
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1734#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1735#: apt-mark.8.xml:68
2a52e8c5 1736msgid ""
6072cbe1 1737"<literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a package as held back, which will "
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1738"prevent the package from being automatically installed, upgraded or "
1739"removed. The command is only a wrapper around <command>dpkg "
1740"--set-selections</command> and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; "
6072cbe1 1741"and not affected by the <option>--file</option> option."
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1742msgstr ""
1743
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1744#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1745#: apt-mark.8.xml:78
1746msgid ""
1747"<literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a previously set hold on a "
1748"package to allow all actions again."
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1749msgstr ""
1750
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1751#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1752#: apt-mark.8.xml:84
2a52e8c5 1753msgid ""
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1754"<literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a list of automatically "
1755"installed packages with each package on a new line. All automatically "
1756"installed packages will be listed if no package is given. If packages are "
1757"given only those which are automatically installed will be shown."
2a52e8c5
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1758msgstr ""
1759
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1760#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1761#: apt-mark.8.xml:92
1762msgid ""
1763"<literal>showmanual</literal> can be used in the same way as "
1764"<literal>showauto</literal> except that it will print a list of manually "
1765"installed packages instead."
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1766msgstr ""
1767
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1768#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1769#: apt-mark.8.xml:99
2a52e8c5 1770msgid ""
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1771"<literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list of packages on hold in "
1772"the same way as for the other show commands."
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1773msgstr ""
1774
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1775#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1776#: apt-mark.8.xml:115
1777msgid ""
1778"Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the parameter "
1779"&synopsis-param-filename; instead of from the default location, which is "
1780"<filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined by the "
1781"Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>."
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1782msgstr ""
1783
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1784#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1785#: apt-mark.8.xml:136
1786msgid ""
1787"<command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on "
1788"error."
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1789msgstr ""
1790
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1791#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
1792#: apt-secure.8.xml:47
1793msgid "Archive authentication support for APT"
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1794msgstr ""
1795
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1796#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1797#: apt-secure.8.xml:52
1798msgid ""
1799"Starting with version 0.6, <command>apt</command> contains code that does "
1800"signature checking of the Release file for all archives. This ensures that "
1801"packages in the archive can't be modified by people who have no access to "
1802"the Release file signing key."
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1803msgstr ""
1804
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1805#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1806#: apt-secure.8.xml:60
1807msgid ""
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1808"If a package comes from a archive without a signature, or with a signature "
1809"that apt does not have a key for, that package is considered untrusted, and "
7d76ea1d 1810"installing it will result in a big warning. <command>apt-get</command> will "
75d9bdba 1811"currently only warn for unsigned archives; future releases might force all "
7d76ea1d 1812"sources to be verified before downloading packages from them."
2a52e8c5
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1813msgstr ""
1814
2a52e8c5 1815#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 1816#: apt-secure.8.xml:69
2a52e8c5 1817msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1818"The package frontends &apt-get;, &aptitude; and &synaptic; support this new "
1819"authentication feature."
2a52e8c5
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1820msgstr ""
1821
1822#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
7d76ea1d
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1823#: apt-secure.8.xml:74
1824msgid "Trusted archives"
2a52e8c5
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1825msgstr ""
1826
1827#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 1828#: apt-secure.8.xml:77
2a52e8c5 1829msgid ""
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1830"The chain of trust from an apt archive to the end user is made up of several "
1831"steps. <command>apt-secure</command> is the last step in this chain; "
1832"trusting an archive does not mean that you trust its packages not to contain "
1833"malicious code, but means that you trust the archive maintainer. It's the "
1834"archive maintainer's responsibility to ensure that the archive's integrity "
1835"is preserved."
2a52e8c5
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1836msgstr ""
1837
1838#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 1839#: apt-secure.8.xml:85
2a52e8c5 1840msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1841"apt-secure does not review signatures at a package level. If you require "
1842"tools to do this you should look at <command>debsig-verify</command> and "
1843"<command>debsign</command> (provided in the debsig-verify and devscripts "
1844"packages respectively)."
2a52e8c5
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1845msgstr ""
1846
7d76ea1d
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1847#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1848#: apt-secure.8.xml:92
1849msgid ""
1850"The chain of trust in Debian starts when a maintainer uploads a new package "
75d9bdba
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1851"or a new version of a package to the Debian archive. In order to become "
1852"effective, this upload needs to be signed by a key contained in the Debian "
1853"Maintainers keyring (available in the debian-keyring package). Maintainers' "
1854"keys are signed by other maintainers following pre-established procedures to "
1855"ensure the identity of the key holder."
2a52e8c5
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1856msgstr ""
1857
1858#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 1859#: apt-secure.8.xml:102
2a52e8c5 1860msgid ""
7d76ea1d 1861"Once the uploaded package is verified and included in the archive, the "
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1862"maintainer signature is stripped off, and checksums of the package are "
1863"computed and put in the Packages file. The checksums of all of the Packages "
1864"files are then computed and put into the Release file. The Release file is "
dabb215c 1865"then signed by the archive key for this Debian release, and distributed "
75d9bdba
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1866"alongside the packages and the Packages files on Debian mirrors. The keys "
1867"are in the Debian archive keyring available in the "
1868"<package>debian-archive-keyring</package> package."
2a52e8c5
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1869msgstr ""
1870
7d76ea1d 1871#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
75d9bdba 1872#: apt-secure.8.xml:113
7d76ea1d 1873msgid ""
75d9bdba
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1874"End users can check the signature of the Release file, extract a checksum of "
1875"a package from it and compare it with the checksum of the package they "
1876"downloaded by hand - or rely on APT doing this automatically."
2a52e8c5
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1877msgstr ""
1878
1879#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
75d9bdba 1880#: apt-secure.8.xml:118
2a52e8c5 1881msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1882"Notice that this is distinct from checking signatures on a per package "
1883"basis. It is designed to prevent two possible attacks:"
2a52e8c5
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1884msgstr ""
1885
7d76ea1d 1886#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
75d9bdba 1887#: apt-secure.8.xml:123
2a52e8c5 1888msgid ""
7d76ea1d 1889"<literal>Network \"man in the middle\" attacks</literal>. Without signature "
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1890"checking, malicious agents can introduce themselves into the package "
1891"download process and provide malicious software either by controlling a "
1892"network element (router, switch, etc.) or by redirecting traffic to a rogue "
1893"server (through ARP or DNS spoofing attacks)."
2a52e8c5
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1894msgstr ""
1895
7d76ea1d 1896#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
75d9bdba 1897#: apt-secure.8.xml:131
2a52e8c5 1898msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1899"<literal>Mirror network compromise</literal>. Without signature checking, a "
1900"malicious agent can compromise a mirror host and modify the files in it to "
1901"propagate malicious software to all users downloading packages from that "
1902"host."
2a52e8c5
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1903msgstr ""
1904
7d76ea1d 1905#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
75d9bdba 1906#: apt-secure.8.xml:138
2a52e8c5 1907msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1908"However, it does not defend against a compromise of the Debian master server "
1909"itself (which signs the packages) or against a compromise of the key used to "
1910"sign the Release files. In any case, this mechanism can complement a "
1911"per-package signature."
2a52e8c5
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1912msgstr ""
1913
7d76ea1d 1914#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
75d9bdba 1915#: apt-secure.8.xml:144
7d76ea1d 1916msgid "User configuration"
2a52e8c5
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1917msgstr ""
1918
7d76ea1d 1919#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
75d9bdba 1920#: apt-secure.8.xml:146
2a52e8c5 1921msgid ""
7d76ea1d 1922"<command>apt-key</command> is the program that manages the list of keys used "
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1923"by apt. It can be used to add or remove keys, although an installation of "
1924"this release will automatically contain the default Debian archive signing "
7d76ea1d 1925"keys used in the Debian package repositories."
2a52e8c5
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1926msgstr ""
1927
7d76ea1d 1928#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
75d9bdba 1929#: apt-secure.8.xml:153
2a52e8c5 1930msgid ""
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1931"In order to add a new key you need to first download it (you should make "
1932"sure you are using a trusted communication channel when retrieving it), add "
1933"it with <command>apt-key</command> and then run <command>apt-get "
1934"update</command> so that apt can download and verify the "
1935"<filename>InRelease</filename> or <filename>Release.gpg</filename> files "
1936"from the archives you have configured."
2a52e8c5
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1937msgstr ""
1938
7d76ea1d 1939#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
75d9bdba 1940#: apt-secure.8.xml:162
7d76ea1d
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1941msgid "Archive configuration"
1942msgstr ""
1943
1944#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
75d9bdba 1945#: apt-secure.8.xml:164
2a52e8c5 1946msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1947"If you want to provide archive signatures in an archive under your "
1948"maintenance you have to:"
2a52e8c5
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1949msgstr ""
1950
7d76ea1d 1951#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
75d9bdba 1952#: apt-secure.8.xml:169
43be0ac4 1953msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1954"<emphasis>Create a toplevel Release file</emphasis>, if it does not exist "
1955"already. You can do this by running <command>apt-ftparchive "
1956"release</command> (provided in apt-utils)."
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1957msgstr ""
1958
7d76ea1d 1959#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
75d9bdba 1960#: apt-secure.8.xml:174
0fd68707 1961msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1962"<emphasis>Sign it</emphasis>. You can do this by running <command>gpg "
1963"--clearsign -o InRelease Release</command> and <command>gpg -abs -o "
1964"Release.gpg Release</command>."
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1965msgstr ""
1966
7d76ea1d 1967#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
75d9bdba 1968#: apt-secure.8.xml:178
b39c1859 1969msgid ""
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1970"<emphasis>Publish the key fingerprint</emphasis>, that way your users will "
1971"know what key they need to import in order to authenticate the files in the "
1972"archive."
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1973msgstr ""
1974
7d76ea1d 1975#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
75d9bdba 1976#: apt-secure.8.xml:185
7d76ea1d 1977msgid ""
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1978"Whenever the contents of the archive change (new packages are added or "
1979"removed) the archive maintainer has to follow the first two steps outlined "
1980"above."
2a52e8c5
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1981msgstr ""
1982
7d76ea1d 1983#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
75d9bdba 1984#: apt-secure.8.xml:193
2a52e8c5 1985msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1986"&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-ftparchive;, "
1987"&debsign; &debsig-verify;, &gpg;"
2a52e8c5
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1988msgstr ""
1989
1990#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
75d9bdba 1991#: apt-secure.8.xml:197
2a52e8c5 1992msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1993"For more background information you might want to review the <ulink "
1994"url=\"http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch7\">Debian "
1995"Security Infrastructure</ulink> chapter of the Securing Debian Manual "
1996"(available also in the harden-doc package) and the <ulink "
1997"url=\"http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/strong_distro.html\" >Strong "
1998"Distribution HOWTO</ulink> by V. Alex Brennen."
1999msgstr ""
2000
2001#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
75d9bdba 2002#: apt-secure.8.xml:210
7d76ea1d 2003msgid "Manpage Authors"
2a52e8c5
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2004msgstr ""
2005
2006#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
75d9bdba 2007#: apt-secure.8.xml:212
2a52e8c5 2008msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2009"This man-page is based on the work of Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Isaac "
2010"Jones, Colin Walters, Florian Weimer and Michael Vogt."
2a52e8c5
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2011msgstr ""
2012
2a52e8c5 2013#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
7d76ea1d
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2014#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:32
2015msgid "APT CD-ROM management utility"
2a52e8c5
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2016msgstr ""
2017
2a52e8c5 2018#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 2019#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:38
2a52e8c5 2020msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2021"<command>apt-cdrom</command> is used to add a new CD-ROM to APT's list of "
2022"available sources. <command>apt-cdrom</command> takes care of determining "
2023"the structure of the disc as well as correcting for several possible "
2024"mis-burns and verifying the index files."
2a52e8c5
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2025msgstr ""
2026
7d76ea1d
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2027#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2028#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:45
2a52e8c5 2029msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2030"It is necessary to use <command>apt-cdrom</command> to add CDs to the APT "
2031"system; it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disc in a multi-CD set "
2032"must be inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns."
2a52e8c5
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2033msgstr ""
2034
2a52e8c5 2035#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2036#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:56
2a52e8c5 2037msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2038"<literal>add</literal> is used to add a new disc to the source list. It will "
2039"unmount the CD-ROM device, prompt for a disc to be inserted and then proceed "
2040"to scan it and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper "
2041"<filename>.disk</filename> directory you will be prompted for a descriptive "
2042"title."
2a52e8c5
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2043msgstr ""
2044
2a52e8c5 2045#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2046#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:64
2a52e8c5 2047msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2048"APT uses a CD-ROM ID to track which disc is currently in the drive and "
2049"maintains a database of these IDs in "
2050"<filename>&statedir;/cdroms.list</filename>"
2a52e8c5
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2051msgstr ""
2052
2a52e8c5 2053#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2054#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:72
2a52e8c5 2055msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2056"A debugging tool to report the identity of the current disc as well as the "
2057"stored file name"
2a52e8c5
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2058msgstr ""
2059
2a52e8c5 2060#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2061#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:85
2a52e8c5 2062msgid ""
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2063"Mount point; specify the location to mount the CD-ROM. This mount point must "
2064"be listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and properly configured. "
2065"Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::cdrom::mount</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2066msgstr ""
2067
2068#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2069#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:94
2a52e8c5 2070msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2071"Rename a disc; change the label of a disc or override the disc's given "
2072"label. This option will cause <command>apt-cdrom</command> to prompt for a "
2073"new label. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Rename</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2074msgstr ""
2075
2076#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2077#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:103
2a52e8c5 2078msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2079"No mounting; prevent <command>apt-cdrom</command> from mounting and "
2080"unmounting the mount point. Configuration Item: "
2081"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoMount</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2082msgstr ""
2083
2084#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2085#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:111
2a52e8c5 2086msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2087"Fast Copy; Assume the package files are valid and do not check every "
2088"package. This option should be used only if <command>apt-cdrom</command> has "
2089"been run on this disc before and did not detect any errors. Configuration "
2090"Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Fast</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2091msgstr ""
2092
2093#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2094#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:121
2a52e8c5 2095msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2096"Thorough Package Scan; This option may be needed with some old Debian "
2097"1.1/1.2 discs that have Package files in strange places. It takes much "
2098"longer to scan the CD but will pick them all up."
2a52e8c5
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2099msgstr ""
2100
2101#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2102#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:132
2a52e8c5 2103msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2104"No Changes; Do not change the &sources-list; file and do not write index "
2105"files. Everything is still checked however. Configuration Item: "
2106"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoAct</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2107msgstr ""
2108
7d76ea1d
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2109#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2110#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:145
2111msgid "&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;"
2a52e8c5
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2112msgstr ""
2113
7d76ea1d
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2114#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2115#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:150
2a52e8c5 2116msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2117"<command>apt-cdrom</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
2118"on error."
2a52e8c5
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2119msgstr ""
2120
7d76ea1d
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2121#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
2122#: apt-config.8.xml:33
2123msgid "APT Configuration Query program"
2a52e8c5
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2124msgstr ""
2125
7d76ea1d
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2126#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2127#: apt-config.8.xml:39
bcf91c1b 2128msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2129"<command>apt-config</command> is an internal program used by various "
2130"portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses "
2131"the main configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> in a "
2132"manner that is easy to use for scripted applications."
bcf91c1b
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2133msgstr ""
2134
2135#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2136#: apt-config.8.xml:51
bcf91c1b 2137msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2138"shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell "
2139"script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell variable and "
2140"the second the configuration value to query. As output it lists shell "
2141"assignment commands for each value present. In a shell script it should be "
2142"used as follows:"
bcf91c1b
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2143msgstr ""
2144
7d76ea1d
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2145#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
2146#: apt-config.8.xml:59
2147#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 2148msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2149"OPTS=\"-f\"\n"
2150"RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::options`\n"
2151"eval $RES\n"
2a52e8c5
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2152msgstr ""
2153
2154#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2155#: apt-config.8.xml:64
2a52e8c5 2156msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2157"This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value of "
2158"MyApp::options with a default of <option>-f</option>."
2a52e8c5
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2159msgstr ""
2160
2a52e8c5 2161#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2162#: apt-config.8.xml:68
2a52e8c5 2163msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2164"The configuration item may be postfixed with a /[fdbi]. f returns file "
2165"names, d returns directories, b returns true or false and i returns an "
2166"integer. Each of the returns is normalized and verified internally."
2a52e8c5
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2167msgstr ""
2168
2a52e8c5 2169#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d
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2170#: apt-config.8.xml:77
2171msgid "Just show the contents of the configuration space."
2a52e8c5
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2172msgstr ""
2173
2174#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2175#: apt-config.8.xml:90
2a52e8c5 2176msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2177"Include options which have an empty value. This is the default, so use "
2178"--no-empty to remove them from the output."
30549c0c
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2179msgstr ""
2180
7d76ea1d
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2181#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
2182#: apt-config.8.xml:95
2183msgid "&percnt;f &#x0022;&percnt;v&#x0022;;&percnt;n"
2a52e8c5
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2184msgstr ""
2185
2a52e8c5 2186#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7d76ea1d 2187#: apt-config.8.xml:96
2a52e8c5 2188msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2189"Defines the output of each config option. &percnt;t will be replaced with "
2190"its individual name, &percnt;f with its full hierarchical name and &percnt;v "
2191"with its value. Use uppercase letters and special characters in the value "
2192"will be encoded to ensure that it can e.g. be safely used in a quoted-string "
2193"as defined by RFC822. Additionally &percnt;n will be replaced by a newline, "
2194"and &percnt;N by a tab. A &percnt; can be printed by using &percnt;&percnt;."
2a52e8c5
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2195msgstr ""
2196
7d76ea1d
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2197#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2198#: apt-config.8.xml:110 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:71 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:64 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:608
2199msgid "&apt-conf;"
2a52e8c5
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2200msgstr ""
2201
7d76ea1d
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2202#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2203#: apt-config.8.xml:115
2a52e8c5 2204msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2205"<command>apt-config</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
2206"on error."
30549c0c
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2207msgstr ""
2208
7d76ea1d
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2209#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><contrib>
2210#: apt.conf.5.xml:20
2211msgid "Initial documentation of Debug::*."
2a52e8c5
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2212msgstr ""
2213
7d76ea1d
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2214#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><email>
2215#: apt.conf.5.xml:21
2216msgid "dburrows@debian.org"
2217msgstr ""
2218
2219#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
2220#: apt.conf.5.xml:31 apt_preferences.5.xml:25 sources.list.5.xml:26
2221msgid "5"
2222msgstr ""
2223
2224#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
2225#: apt.conf.5.xml:38
2226msgid "Configuration file for APT"
2227msgstr ""
2228
2229#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2230#: apt.conf.5.xml:42
30549c0c 2231msgid ""
5723791e
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2232"<filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> is the main configuration file shared "
2233"by all the tools in the APT suite of tools, though it is by no means the "
2234"only place options can be set. The suite also shares a common command line "
2235"parser to provide a uniform environment."
30549c0c
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2236msgstr ""
2237
7d76ea1d 2238#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><para>
5723791e 2239#: apt.conf.5.xml:48
2a52e8c5 2240msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2241"When an APT tool starts up it will read the configuration files in the "
2242"following order:"
2a52e8c5
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2243msgstr ""
2244
7d76ea1d 2245#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
5723791e 2246#: apt.conf.5.xml:50
2a52e8c5 2247msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2248"the file specified by the <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar> environment variable (if "
2249"any)"
2a52e8c5
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2250msgstr ""
2251
7d76ea1d 2252#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
5723791e 2253#: apt.conf.5.xml:52
2a52e8c5 2254msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2255"all files in <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal> in alphanumeric ascending "
2256"order which have either no or \"<literal>conf</literal>\" as filename "
2257"extension and which only contain alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) "
2258"and period (.) characters. Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has "
44477002 2259"ignored a file, unless that file matches a pattern in the "
5723791e 2260"<literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> configuration list - in which "
7d76ea1d 2261"case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
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2262msgstr ""
2263
7d76ea1d 2264#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
5723791e 2265#: apt.conf.5.xml:59
7d76ea1d 2266msgid "the main configuration file specified by <literal>Dir::Etc::main</literal>"
2a52e8c5
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2267msgstr ""
2268
7d76ea1d 2269#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
5723791e 2270#: apt.conf.5.xml:61
2a52e8c5 2271msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2272"the command line options are applied to override the configuration "
2273"directives or to load even more configuration files."
2a52e8c5
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2274msgstr ""
2275
7d76ea1d 2276#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
5723791e 2277#: apt.conf.5.xml:65
7d76ea1d 2278msgid "Syntax"
2a52e8c5
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2279msgstr ""
2280
7d76ea1d 2281#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5723791e 2282#: apt.conf.5.xml:66
2a52e8c5 2283msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2284"The configuration file is organized in a tree with options organized into "
2285"functional groups. Option specification is given with a double colon "
5723791e 2286"notation; for instance <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> is an option "
7d76ea1d
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2287"within the APT tool group, for the Get tool. Options do not inherit from "
2288"their parent groups."
2a52e8c5
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2289msgstr ""
2290
7d76ea1d 2291#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5723791e 2292#: apt.conf.5.xml:72
2a52e8c5 2293msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2294"Syntactically the configuration language is modeled after what the ISC tools "
2295"such as bind and dhcp use. Lines starting with <literal>//</literal> are "
2296"treated as comments (ignored), as well as all text between "
2297"<literal>/*</literal> and <literal>*/</literal>, just like C/C++ comments. "
5723791e
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2298"Each line is of the form <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes \"true\";</literal>. "
2299"The quotation marks and trailing semicolon are required. The value must be "
2300"on one line, and there is no kind of string concatenation. Values must not "
2301"include backslashes or extra quotation marks. Option names are made up of "
2302"alphanumeric characters and the characters \"/-:._+\". A new scope can be "
2303"opened with curly braces, like this:"
2a52e8c5
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2304msgstr ""
2305
7d76ea1d
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2306#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
2307#: apt.conf.5.xml:85
2308#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 2309msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2310"APT {\n"
2311" Get {\n"
2312" Assume-Yes \"true\";\n"
2313" Fix-Broken \"true\";\n"
2314" };\n"
2315"};\n"
2a52e8c5
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2316msgstr ""
2317
7d76ea1d
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2318#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2319#: apt.conf.5.xml:93
2a52e8c5 2320msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2321"with newlines placed to make it more readable. Lists can be created by "
2322"opening a scope and including a single string enclosed in quotes followed by "
5723791e 2323"a semicolon. Multiple entries can be included, separated by a semicolon."
2a52e8c5
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2324msgstr ""
2325
7d76ea1d
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2326#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
2327#: apt.conf.5.xml:98
2328#, no-wrap
2329msgid "DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {\"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt\";};\n"
c77d6597
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2330msgstr ""
2331
7d76ea1d
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2332#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2333#: apt.conf.5.xml:101
c77d6597 2334msgid ""
00612a8c
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2335"In general the sample configuration file &configureindex; is a good guide "
2336"for how it should look."
c77d6597
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2337msgstr ""
2338
7d76ea1d 2339#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 2340#: apt.conf.5.xml:104
2a52e8c5 2341msgid ""
5723791e
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2342"Case is not significant in names of configuration items, so in the previous "
2343"example you could use <literal>dpkg::pre-install-pkgs</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2344msgstr ""
2345
7d76ea1d 2346#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 2347#: apt.conf.5.xml:107
2a52e8c5 2348msgid ""
5723791e
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2349"Names for the configuration items are optional if a list is defined as can "
2350"be seen in the <literal>DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs</literal> example above. If "
2351"you don't specify a name a new entry will simply add a new option to the "
2352"list. If you specify a name you can override the option in the same way as "
2353"any other option by reassigning a new value to the option."
2a52e8c5
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2354msgstr ""
2355
7d76ea1d 2356#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 2357#: apt.conf.5.xml:112
c77d6597 2358msgid ""
5723791e
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2359"Two special commands are defined: <literal>#include</literal> (which is "
2360"deprecated and not supported by alternative implementations) and "
2361"<literal>#clear</literal>. <literal>#include</literal> will include the "
2362"given file, unless the filename ends in a slash, in which case the whole "
2363"directory is included. <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a part of "
2364"the configuration tree. The specified element and all its descendants are "
7d76ea1d 2365"erased. (Note that these lines also need to end with a semicolon.)"
c77d6597
MV
2366msgstr ""
2367
7d76ea1d 2368#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 2369#: apt.conf.5.xml:122
2a52e8c5 2370msgid ""
5723791e
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2371"The <literal>#clear</literal> command is the only way to delete a list or a "
2372"complete scope. Reopening a scope (or using the syntax described below with "
2373"an appended <literal>::</literal>) will <emphasis>not</emphasis> override "
2374"previously written entries. Options can only be overridden by addressing a "
2375"new value to them - lists and scopes can't be overridden, only cleared."
2a52e8c5
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2376msgstr ""
2377
7d76ea1d 2378#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 2379#: apt.conf.5.xml:130
2a52e8c5 2380msgid ""
5723791e 2381"All of the APT tools take an -o option which allows an arbitrary "
7d76ea1d
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2382"configuration directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a "
2383"full option name (<literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> for instance) "
2384"followed by an equals sign then the new value of the option. To append a new "
5723791e
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2385"element to a list, add a trailing <literal>::</literal> to the name of the "
2386"list. (As you might suspect, the scope syntax can't be used on the command "
2387"line.)"
2a52e8c5
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2388msgstr ""
2389
7d76ea1d 2390#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 2391#: apt.conf.5.xml:138
5723791e
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2392msgid ""
2393"Note that appending items to a list using <literal>::</literal> only works "
2394"for one item per line, and that you should not use it in combination with "
2395"the scope syntax (which adds <literal>::</literal> implicitly). Using both "
2396"syntaxes together will trigger a bug which some users unfortunately depend "
2397"on: an option with the unusual name \"<literal>::</literal>\" which acts "
2398"like every other option with a name. This introduces many problems; for one "
2399"thing, users who write multiple lines in this <emphasis>wrong</emphasis> "
2400"syntax in the hope of appending to a list will achieve the opposite, as only "
2401"the last assignment for this option \"<literal>::</literal>\" will be "
2402"used. Future versions of APT will raise errors and stop working if they "
2403"encounter this misuse, so please correct such statements now while APT "
2404"doesn't explicitly complain about them."
a7307a87
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2405msgstr ""
2406
7d76ea1d 2407#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
00612a8c 2408#: apt.conf.5.xml:153
7d76ea1d 2409msgid "The APT Group"
2a52e8c5
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2410msgstr ""
2411
7d76ea1d 2412#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 2413#: apt.conf.5.xml:154
2a52e8c5 2414msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2415"This group of options controls general APT behavior as well as holding the "
2416"options for all of the tools."
2a52e8c5
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2417msgstr ""
2418
2a52e8c5 2419#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2420#: apt.conf.5.xml:159
2a52e8c5 2421msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2422"System Architecture; sets the architecture to use when fetching files and "
2423"parsing package lists. The internal default is the architecture apt was "
2424"compiled for."
a7307a87
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2425msgstr ""
2426
a7307a87 2427#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2428#: apt.conf.5.xml:166
a7307a87 2429msgid ""
5723791e
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2430"All Architectures the system supports. For instance, CPUs implementing the "
2431"<literal>amd64</literal> (also called <literal>x86-64</literal>) "
2432"instruction set are also able to execute binaries compiled for the "
2433"<literal>i386</literal> (<literal>x86</literal>) instruction set. This list "
2434"is used when fetching files and parsing package lists. The initial default "
2435"is always the system's native architecture "
2436"(<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>), and foreign architectures are added "
2437"to the default list when they are registered via <command>dpkg "
2438"--add-architecture</command>."
2a52e8c5
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2439msgstr ""
2440
2a52e8c5 2441#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2442#: apt.conf.5.xml:179
2a52e8c5 2443msgid ""
5723791e 2444"Default release to install packages from if more than one version is "
7d76ea1d
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2445"available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: "
2446"'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', '&stable-codename;', '&testing-codename;', "
2447"'4.0', '5.0*'. See also &apt-preferences;."
2a52e8c5
DK
2448msgstr ""
2449
2a52e8c5 2450#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2451#: apt.conf.5.xml:185
2a52e8c5 2452msgid ""
5723791e 2453"Ignore held packages; this global option causes the problem resolver to "
7d76ea1d 2454"ignore held packages in its decision making."
2a52e8c5
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2455msgstr ""
2456
2a52e8c5 2457#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2458#: apt.conf.5.xml:190
2a52e8c5 2459msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2460"Defaults to on. When turned on the autoclean feature will remove any "
2461"packages which can no longer be downloaded from the cache. If turned off "
2462"then packages that are locally installed are also excluded from cleaning - "
2463"but note that APT provides no direct means to reinstall them."
2a52e8c5
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2464msgstr ""
2465
2a52e8c5 2466#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2467#: apt.conf.5.xml:198
2a52e8c5 2468msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2469"Defaults to on, which will cause APT to install essential and important "
2470"packages as soon as possible in an install/upgrade operation, in order to "
2471"limit the effect of a failing &dpkg; call. If this option is disabled, APT "
2472"treats an important package in the same way as an extra package: between the "
2473"unpacking of the package A and its configuration there can be many other "
2474"unpack or configuration calls for other unrelated packages B, C etc. If "
2475"these cause the &dpkg; call to fail (e.g. because package B's maintainer "
2476"scripts generate an error), this results in a system state in which package "
2477"A is unpacked but unconfigured - so any package depending on A is now no "
2478"longer guaranteed to work, as its dependency on A is no longer satisfied."
2a52e8c5
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2479msgstr ""
2480
2a52e8c5 2481#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2482#: apt.conf.5.xml:210
2a52e8c5 2483msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2484"The immediate configuration marker is also applied in the potentially "
2485"problematic case of circular dependencies, since a dependency with the "
2486"immediate flag is equivalent to a Pre-Dependency. In theory this allows APT "
2487"to recognise a situation in which it is unable to perform immediate "
2488"configuration, abort, and suggest to the user that the option should be "
2489"temporarily deactivated in order to allow the operation to proceed. Note "
2490"the use of the word \"theory\" here; in the real world this problem has "
2491"rarely been encountered, in non-stable distribution versions, and was caused "
2492"by wrong dependencies of the package in question or by a system in an "
2493"already broken state; so you should not blindly disable this option, as the "
2494"scenario mentioned above is not the only problem it can help to prevent in "
2495"the first place."
2a52e8c5
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2496msgstr ""
2497
2a52e8c5 2498#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2499#: apt.conf.5.xml:223
2a52e8c5 2500msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2501"Before a big operation like <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> is run with this "
2502"option disabled you should try to explicitly <literal>install</literal> the "
2503"package APT is unable to configure immediately; but please make sure you "
2504"also report your problem to your distribution and to the APT team with the "
2505"buglink below, so they can work on improving or correcting the upgrade "
2506"process."
2a52e8c5
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2507msgstr ""
2508
2a52e8c5 2509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2510#: apt.conf.5.xml:234
2a52e8c5 2511msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2512"Never enable this option unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis> know what "
2513"you are doing. It permits APT to temporarily remove an essential package to "
2514"break a Conflicts/Conflicts or Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop between two "
2515"essential packages. <emphasis>Such a loop should never exist and is a grave "
2516"bug</emphasis>. This option will work if the essential packages are not "
2517"<command>tar</command>, <command>gzip</command>, <command>libc</command>, "
2518"<command>dpkg</command>, <command>dash</command> or anything that those "
2519"packages depend on."
2a52e8c5
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2520msgstr ""
2521
2a52e8c5 2522#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2523#: apt.conf.5.xml:246
2a52e8c5 2524msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2525"APT uses since version 0.7.26 a resizable memory mapped cache file to store "
5723791e
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2526"the available information. <literal>Cache-Start</literal> acts as a hint of "
2527"the size the cache will grow to, and is therefore the amount of memory APT "
7d76ea1d 2528"will request at startup. The default value is 20971520 bytes (~20 MB). Note "
5723791e 2529"that this amount of space needs to be available for APT; otherwise it will "
7d76ea1d
DK
2530"likely fail ungracefully, so for memory restricted devices this value should "
2531"be lowered while on systems with a lot of configured sources it should be "
2532"increased. <literal>Cache-Grow</literal> defines in bytes with the default "
5723791e
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2533"of 1048576 (~1 MB) how much the cache size will be increased in the event "
2534"the space defined by <literal>Cache-Start</literal> is not enough. This "
7d76ea1d
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2535"value will be applied again and again until either the cache is big enough "
2536"to store all information or the size of the cache reaches the "
2537"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal>. The default of "
2538"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal> is 0 which stands for no limit. If "
5723791e
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2539"<literal>Cache-Grow</literal> is set to 0 the automatic growth of the cache "
2540"is disabled."
2a52e8c5
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2541msgstr ""
2542
2a52e8c5 2543#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2544#: apt.conf.5.xml:262
5723791e 2545msgid "Defines which packages are considered essential build dependencies."
2a52e8c5
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2546msgstr ""
2547
2a52e8c5 2548#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2549#: apt.conf.5.xml:266
2a52e8c5 2550msgid ""
5723791e 2551"The Get subsection controls the &apt-get; tool; please see its documentation "
7d76ea1d 2552"for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
DK
2553msgstr ""
2554
2a52e8c5 2555#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2556#: apt.conf.5.xml:271
2a52e8c5 2557msgid ""
5723791e 2558"The Cache subsection controls the &apt-cache; tool; please see its "
7d76ea1d 2559"documentation for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
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2560msgstr ""
2561
2a52e8c5 2562#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2563#: apt.conf.5.xml:276
2a52e8c5 2564msgid ""
5723791e 2565"The CDROM subsection controls the &apt-cdrom; tool; please see its "
7d76ea1d 2566"documentation for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
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2567msgstr ""
2568
7d76ea1d 2569#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
00612a8c 2570#: apt.conf.5.xml:282
7d76ea1d 2571msgid "The Acquire Group"
2a52e8c5
DK
2572msgstr ""
2573
2574#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 2575#: apt.conf.5.xml:283
2a52e8c5 2576msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2577"The <literal>Acquire</literal> group of options controls the download of "
5723791e
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2578"packages as well as the various \"acquire methods\" responsible for the "
2579"download itself (see also &sources-list;)."
2a52e8c5
DK
2580msgstr ""
2581
5723791e 2582#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2583#: apt.conf.5.xml:290
7d76ea1d 2584msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2585"Security related option defaulting to true, as giving a Release file's "
2586"validation an expiration date prevents replay attacks over a long timescale, "
2587"and can also for example help users to identify mirrors that are no longer "
2588"updated - but the feature depends on the correctness of the clock on the "
2589"user system. Archive maintainers are encouraged to create Release files with "
2590"the <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header, but if they don't or a stricter "
2591"value is desired the <literal>Max-ValidTime</literal> option below can be "
2592"used."
2a52e8c5
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2593msgstr ""
2594
5723791e 2595#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2596#: apt.conf.5.xml:303
2a52e8c5 2597msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2598"Maximum time (in seconds) after its creation (as indicated by the "
2599"<literal>Date</literal> header) that the <filename>Release</filename> file "
2600"should be considered valid. If the Release file itself includes a "
2601"<literal>Valid-Until</literal> header the earlier date of the two is used as "
2602"the expiration date. The default value is <literal>0</literal> which stands "
2603"for \"valid forever\". Archive specific settings can be made by appending "
2604"the label of the archive to the option name."
2a52e8c5
DK
2605msgstr ""
2606
5723791e 2607#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2608#: apt.conf.5.xml:315
7d76ea1d 2609msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2610"Minimum time (in seconds) after its creation (as indicated by the "
2611"<literal>Date</literal> header) that the <filename>Release</filename> file "
2612"should be considered valid. Use this if you need to use a seldom updated "
2613"(local) mirror of a more frequently updated archive with a "
2614"<literal>Valid-Until</literal> header instead of completely disabling the "
2615"expiration date checking. Archive specific settings can and should be used "
2616"by appending the label of the archive to the option name."
2a52e8c5
DK
2617msgstr ""
2618
2a52e8c5 2619#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2620#: apt.conf.5.xml:327
2a52e8c5 2621msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2622"Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for indexes (like "
2623"<filename>Packages</filename> files) instead of downloading whole ones. True "
2624"by default."
2a52e8c5
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2625msgstr ""
2626
2a52e8c5 2627#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2628#: apt.conf.5.xml:330
7d76ea1d 2629msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2630"Two sub-options to limit the use of PDiffs are also available: "
2631"<literal>FileLimit</literal> can be used to specify a maximum number of "
2632"PDiff files should be downloaded to update a "
2633"file. <literal>SizeLimit</literal> on the other hand is the maximum "
2634"percentage of the size of all patches compared to the size of the targeted "
2635"file. If one of these limits is exceeded the complete file is downloaded "
2636"instead of the patches."
2a52e8c5
DK
2637msgstr ""
2638
2a52e8c5 2639#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2640#: apt.conf.5.xml:340
7d76ea1d
DK
2641msgid ""
2642"Queuing mode; <literal>Queue-Mode</literal> can be one of "
2643"<literal>host</literal> or <literal>access</literal> which determines how "
2644"APT parallelizes outgoing connections. <literal>host</literal> means that "
2645"one connection per target host will be opened, <literal>access</literal> "
2646"means that one connection per URI type will be opened."
2a52e8c5
DK
2647msgstr ""
2648
2a52e8c5 2649#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2650#: apt.conf.5.xml:348
7d76ea1d
DK
2651msgid ""
2652"Number of retries to perform. If this is non-zero APT will retry failed "
2653"files the given number of times."
2a52e8c5
DK
2654msgstr ""
2655
2a52e8c5 2656#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2657#: apt.conf.5.xml:353
2a52e8c5 2658msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2659"Use symlinks for source archives. If set to true then source archives will "
2660"be symlinked when possible instead of copying. True is the default."
2a52e8c5
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2661msgstr ""
2662
2a52e8c5 2663#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2664#: apt.conf.5.xml:358
2a52e8c5 2665msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2666"<literal>http::Proxy</literal> sets the default proxy to use for HTTP "
2667"URIs. It is in the standard form of "
2668"<literal>http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per host proxies "
2669"can also be specified by using the form "
7d76ea1d
DK
2670"<literal>http::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
2671"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
2672"settings is specified, <envar>http_proxy</envar> environment variable will "
2673"be used."
2a52e8c5
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2674msgstr ""
2675
2a52e8c5 2676#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2677#: apt.conf.5.xml:366
2a52e8c5 2678msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2679"Three settings are provided for cache control with HTTP/1.1 compliant proxy "
5723791e
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2680"caches. <literal>No-Cache</literal> tells the proxy not to use its cached "
2681"response under any circumstances. <literal>Max-Age</literal> sets the "
2682"allowed maximum age (in seconds) of an index file in the cache of the "
2683"proxy. <literal>No-Store</literal> specifies that the proxy should not "
2684"store the requested archive files in its cache, which can be used to prevent "
2685"the proxy from polluting its cache with (big) .deb files."
2a52e8c5
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2686msgstr ""
2687
2688#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2689#: apt.conf.5.xml:376 apt.conf.5.xml:448
2a52e8c5 2690msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2691"The option <literal>timeout</literal> sets the timeout timer used by the "
5723791e 2692"method; this value applies to the connection as well as the data timeout."
2a52e8c5
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2693msgstr ""
2694
782486e8 2695#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2696#: apt.conf.5.xml:379
782486e8 2697msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2698"The setting <literal>Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth</literal> can be used to "
5723791e
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2699"enable HTTP pipelining (RFC 2616 section 8.1.2.2) which can be beneficial "
2700"e.g. on high-latency connections. It specifies how many requests are sent in "
7d76ea1d
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2701"a pipeline. Previous APT versions had a default of 10 for this setting, but "
2702"the default value is now 0 (= disabled) to avoid problems with the "
2703"ever-growing amount of webservers and proxies which choose to not conform to "
2704"the HTTP/1.1 specification."
782486e8
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2705msgstr ""
2706
5723791e 2707#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2708#: apt.conf.5.xml:386
b39c1859 2709msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2710"<literal>Acquire::http::AllowRedirect</literal> controls whether APT will "
2711"follow redirects, which is enabled by default."
b39c1859
MV
2712msgstr ""
2713
2a52e8c5 2714#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2715#: apt.conf.5.xml:389
b39c1859 2716msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2717"The used bandwidth can be limited with "
2718"<literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal> which accepts integer values in "
5723791e
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2719"kilobytes. The default value is 0 which deactivates the limit and tries to "
2720"use all available bandwidth (note that this option implicitly disables "
2721"downloading from multiple servers at the same time.)"
b39c1859
MV
2722msgstr ""
2723
5723791e 2724#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2725#: apt.conf.5.xml:394
7d76ea1d
DK
2726msgid ""
2727"<literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different "
2728"User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for "
2729"clients only if the client uses a known identifier."
2a52e8c5
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2730msgstr ""
2731
2732#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2733#: apt.conf.5.xml:402
7d76ea1d 2734msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2735"The <literal>Cache-control</literal>, <literal>Timeout</literal>, "
2736"<literal>AllowRedirect</literal>, <literal>Dl-Limit</literal> and "
2737"<literal>proxy</literal> options work for HTTPS URIs in the same way as for "
2738"the <literal>http</literal> method, and default to the same values if they "
2739"are not explicitly set. The <literal>Pipeline-Depth</literal> option is not "
2740"yet supported."
2a52e8c5
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2741msgstr ""
2742
5723791e 2743#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2744#: apt.conf.5.xml:410
7d76ea1d
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2745msgid ""
2746"<literal>CaInfo</literal> suboption specifies place of file that holds info "
5723791e 2747"about trusted certificates. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::CaInfo</literal> is the "
7d76ea1d 2748"corresponding per-host option. <literal>Verify-Peer</literal> boolean "
5723791e
JR
2749"suboption determines whether or not the server's host certificate should be "
2750"verified against trusted certificates. "
2751"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Peer</literal> is the corresponding per-host "
2752"option. <literal>Verify-Host</literal> boolean suboption determines whether "
2753"or not the server's hostname should be verified. "
2754"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Host</literal> is the corresponding per-host "
7d76ea1d 2755"option. <literal>SslCert</literal> determines what certificate to use for "
5723791e 2756"client authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslCert</literal> is the "
7d76ea1d
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2757"corresponding per-host option. <literal>SslKey</literal> determines what "
2758"private key to use for client "
5723791e 2759"authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslKey</literal> is the corresponding "
7d76ea1d 2760"per-host option. <literal>SslForceVersion</literal> overrides default SSL "
5723791e
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2761"version to use. It can contain either of the strings "
2762"'<literal>TLSv1</literal>' or '<literal>SSLv3</literal>'. "
2763"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslForceVersion</literal> is the corresponding "
2764"per-host option."
2a52e8c5
DK
2765msgstr ""
2766
2767#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2768#: apt.conf.5.xml:431
7d76ea1d 2769msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2770"<literal>ftp::Proxy</literal> sets the default proxy to use for FTP URIs. "
2771"It is in the standard form of "
2772"<literal>ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per host proxies can "
2773"also be specified by using the form "
7d76ea1d
DK
2774"<literal>ftp::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
2775"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
2776"settings is specified, <envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable will be "
5723791e 2777"used. To use an FTP proxy you will have to set the "
7d76ea1d
DK
2778"<literal>ftp::ProxyLogin</literal> script in the configuration file. This "
2779"entry specifies the commands to send to tell the proxy server what to "
2780"connect to. Please see &configureindex; for an example of how to do "
5723791e
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2781"this. The substitution variables representing the corresponding URI "
2782"component are <literal>$(PROXY_USER)</literal>, "
2783"<literal>$(PROXY_PASS)</literal>, <literal>$(SITE_USER)</literal>, "
2784"<literal>$(SITE_PASS)</literal>, <literal>$(SITE)</literal> and "
2785"<literal>$(SITE_PORT)</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2786msgstr ""
2787
5723791e 2788#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2789#: apt.conf.5.xml:451
7d76ea1d
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2790msgid ""
2791"Several settings are provided to control passive mode. Generally it is safe "
5723791e
JR
2792"to leave passive mode on; it works in nearly every environment. However, "
2793"some situations require that passive mode be disabled and port mode FTP used "
2794"instead. This can be done globally or for connections that go through a "
2795"proxy or for a specific host (see the sample config file for examples)."
2a52e8c5
DK
2796msgstr ""
2797
2798#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2799#: apt.conf.5.xml:458
7d76ea1d
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2800msgid ""
2801"It is possible to proxy FTP over HTTP by setting the "
5723791e 2802"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable to an HTTP URL - see the "
7d76ea1d
DK
2803"discussion of the http method above for syntax. You cannot set this in the "
2804"configuration file and it is not recommended to use FTP over HTTP due to its "
2805"low efficiency."
2a52e8c5
DK
2806msgstr ""
2807
5723791e 2808#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2809#: apt.conf.5.xml:463
2a52e8c5 2810msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2811"The setting <literal>ForceExtended</literal> controls the use of RFC2428 "
2812"<literal>EPSV</literal> and <literal>EPRT</literal> commands. The default is "
2813"false, which means these commands are only used if the control connection is "
2814"IPv6. Setting this to true forces their use even on IPv4 connections. Note "
2815"that most FTP servers do not support RFC2428."
2a52e8c5
DK
2816msgstr ""
2817
5723791e 2818#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
00612a8c 2819#: apt.conf.5.xml:477
7d76ea1d
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2820#, no-wrap
2821msgid "/cdrom/::Mount \"foo\";"
2a52e8c5
DK
2822msgstr ""
2823
5723791e 2824#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2825#: apt.conf.5.xml:472
2a52e8c5 2826msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2827"For URIs using the <literal>cdrom</literal> method, the only configurable "
2828"option is the mount point, <literal>cdrom::Mount</literal>, which must be "
2829"the mount point for the CD-ROM (or DVD, or whatever) drive as specified in "
2830"<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. It is possible to provide alternate mount "
2831"and unmount commands if your mount point cannot be listed in the fstab. The "
7d76ea1d 2832"syntax is to put <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> within the "
5723791e
JR
2833"<literal>cdrom</literal> block. It is important to have the trailing slash. "
2834"Unmount commands can be specified using UMount."
2a52e8c5
DK
2835msgstr ""
2836
5723791e 2837#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2838#: apt.conf.5.xml:485
2a52e8c5 2839msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2840"For GPGV URIs the only configurable option is "
2841"<literal>gpgv::Options</literal>, which passes additional parameters to "
2842"gpgv."
2a52e8c5
DK
2843msgstr ""
2844
5723791e 2845#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
00612a8c 2846#: apt.conf.5.xml:496
7d76ea1d 2847#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 2848msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2849"Acquire::CompressionTypes::<replaceable>FileExtension</replaceable> "
2850"\"<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable>\";"
2a52e8c5
DK
2851msgstr ""
2852
2a52e8c5 2853#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2854#: apt.conf.5.xml:491
2a52e8c5 2855msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2856"List of compression types which are understood by the acquire methods. "
2857"Files like <filename>Packages</filename> can be available in various "
5723791e 2858"compression formats. By default the acquire methods can decompress "
7d76ea1d 2859"<command>bzip2</command>, <command>lzma</command> and "
5723791e 2860"<command>gzip</command> compressed files; with this setting more formats can "
7d76ea1d
DK
2861"be added on the fly or the used method can be changed. The syntax for this "
2862"is: <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"0\"/>"
2863msgstr ""
2864
5723791e 2865#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
00612a8c 2866#: apt.conf.5.xml:501
7d76ea1d
DK
2867#, no-wrap
2868msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order:: \"gz\";"
2869msgstr ""
2870
5723791e 2871#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
00612a8c 2872#: apt.conf.5.xml:504
7d76ea1d
DK
2873#, no-wrap
2874msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order { \"lzma\"; \"gz\"; };"
2a52e8c5
DK
2875msgstr ""
2876
bcf91c1b 2877#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2878#: apt.conf.5.xml:497
bcf91c1b 2879msgid ""
5723791e 2880"Also, the <literal>Order</literal> subgroup can be used to define in which "
7d76ea1d
DK
2881"order the acquire system will try to download the compressed files. The "
2882"acquire system will try the first and proceed with the next compression type "
5723791e
JR
2883"in this list on error, so to prefer one over the other type simply add the "
2884"preferred type first - default types not already added will be implicitly "
2885"appended to the end of the list, so e.g. <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" "
7d76ea1d
DK
2886"id=\"0\"/> can be used to prefer <command>gzip</command> compressed files "
2887"over <command>bzip2</command> and <command>lzma</command>. If "
2888"<command>lzma</command> should be preferred over <command>gzip</command> and "
5723791e 2889"<command>bzip2</command> the configure setting should look like this: "
7d76ea1d 2890"<placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"1\"/> It is not needed to add "
5723791e
JR
2891"<literal>bz2</literal> to the list explicitly as it will be added "
2892"automatically."
7d76ea1d
DK
2893msgstr ""
2894
5723791e 2895#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
00612a8c 2896#: apt.conf.5.xml:511
7d76ea1d
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2897#, no-wrap
2898msgid "Dir::Bin::bzip2 \"/bin/bzip2\";"
bcf91c1b
DK
2899msgstr ""
2900
782486e8 2901#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2902#: apt.conf.5.xml:506
782486e8 2903msgid ""
5723791e 2904"Note that the "
7d76ea1d 2905"<literal>Dir::Bin::<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable></literal> will be "
5723791e
JR
2906"checked at run time. If this option has been set, the method will only be "
2907"used if this file exists; e.g. for the <literal>bzip2</literal> method (the "
2908"inbuilt) setting is: <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> Note "
2909"also that list entries specified on the command line will be added at the "
2910"end of the list specified in the configuration files, but before the default "
2911"entries. To prefer a type in this case over the ones specified in the "
2912"configuration files you can set the option direct - not in list style. This "
2913"will not override the defined list; it will only prefix the list with this "
2914"type."
2a52e8c5
DK
2915msgstr ""
2916
2a52e8c5 2917#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2918#: apt.conf.5.xml:516
2a52e8c5 2919msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2920"The special type <literal>uncompressed</literal> can be used to give "
2921"uncompressed files a preference, but note that most archives don't provide "
2922"uncompressed files so this is mostly only useable for local mirrors."
2a52e8c5
DK
2923msgstr ""
2924
782486e8 2925#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2926#: apt.conf.5.xml:523
782486e8 2927msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2928"When downloading <literal>gzip</literal> compressed indexes (Packages, "
2929"Sources, or Translations), keep them gzip compressed locally instead of "
2930"unpacking them. This saves quite a lot of disk space at the expense of more "
2931"CPU requirements when building the local package caches. False by default."
2a52e8c5
DK
2932msgstr ""
2933
2a52e8c5 2934#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2935#: apt.conf.5.xml:531
782486e8 2936msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2937"The Languages subsection controls which <filename>Translation</filename> "
2938"files are downloaded and in which order APT tries to display the "
5723791e
JR
2939"description-translations. APT will try to display the first available "
2940"description in the language which is listed first. Languages can be defined "
2941"with their short or long language codes. Note that not all archives provide "
2942"<filename>Translation</filename> files for every language - the long "
2943"language codes are especially rare."
2a52e8c5
DK
2944msgstr ""
2945
5723791e 2946#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><programlisting>
00612a8c 2947#: apt.conf.5.xml:548
7d76ea1d
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2948#, no-wrap
2949msgid "Acquire::Languages { \"environment\"; \"de\"; \"en\"; \"none\"; \"fr\"; };"
2a52e8c5
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2950msgstr ""
2951
2a52e8c5 2952#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2953#: apt.conf.5.xml:536
782486e8 2954msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2955"The default list includes \"environment\" and "
5723791e
JR
2956"\"en\". \"<literal>environment</literal>\" has a special meaning here: it "
2957"will be replaced at runtime with the language codes extracted from the "
7d76ea1d
DK
2958"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> environment variable. It will also ensure "
2959"that these codes are not included twice in the list. If "
2960"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> is set to \"C\" only the "
2961"<filename>Translation-en</filename> file (if available) will be used. To "
5723791e 2962"force APT to use no Translation file use the setting "
7d76ea1d 2963"<literal>Acquire::Languages=none</literal>. \"<literal>none</literal>\" is "
5723791e
JR
2964"another special meaning code which will stop the search for a suitable "
2965"<filename>Translation</filename> file. This tells APT to download these "
2966"translations too, without actually using them unless the environment "
2967"specifies the languages. So the following example configuration will result "
2968"in the order \"en, de\" in an English locale or \"de, en\" in a German "
2969"one. Note that \"fr\" is downloaded, but not used unless APT is used in a "
2970"French locale (where the order would be \"fr, de, en\"). <placeholder "
2971"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
bcf91c1b
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2972msgstr ""
2973
5723791e 2974#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2975#: apt.conf.5.xml:549
2a52e8c5 2976msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2977"Note: To prevent problems resulting from APT being executed in different "
2978"environments (e.g. by different users or by other programs) all Translation "
2979"files which are found in <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists/</filename> will be "
2980"added to the end of the list (after an implicit "
2981"\"<literal>none</literal>\")."
2a52e8c5
DK
2982msgstr ""
2983
c1b21367 2984#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2985#: apt.conf.5.xml:558
c1b21367
MV
2986msgid "When downloading, force to use only the IPv4 protocol."
2987msgstr ""
2988
2989#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 2990#: apt.conf.5.xml:564
c1b21367
MV
2991msgid "When downloading, force to use only the IPv6 protocol."
2992msgstr ""
2993
7d76ea1d 2994#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
00612a8c 2995#: apt.conf.5.xml:571
7d76ea1d 2996msgid "Directories"
2a52e8c5
DK
2997msgstr ""
2998
2999#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3000#: apt.conf.5.xml:573
2a52e8c5 3001msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3002"The <literal>Dir::State</literal> section has directories that pertain to "
3003"local state information. <literal>lists</literal> is the directory to place "
3004"downloaded package lists in and <literal>status</literal> is the name of the "
5723791e 3005"&dpkg; status file. <literal>preferences</literal> is the name of the APT "
7d76ea1d 3006"<filename>preferences</filename> file. <literal>Dir::State</literal> "
5723791e 3007"contains the default directory to prefix on all sub-items if they do not "
7d76ea1d 3008"start with <filename>/</filename> or <filename>./</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3009msgstr ""
3010
3011#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3012#: apt.conf.5.xml:580
2a52e8c5 3013msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3014"<literal>Dir::Cache</literal> contains locations pertaining to local cache "
3015"information, such as the two package caches <literal>srcpkgcache</literal> "
3016"and <literal>pkgcache</literal> as well as the location to place downloaded "
3017"archives, <literal>Dir::Cache::archives</literal>. Generation of caches can "
5723791e
JR
3018"be turned off by setting their names to the empty string. This will slow "
3019"down startup but save disk space. It is probably preferable to turn off the "
7d76ea1d
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3020"pkgcache rather than the srcpkgcache. Like <literal>Dir::State</literal> the "
3021"default directory is contained in <literal>Dir::Cache</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
3022msgstr ""
3023
2a52e8c5 3024#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3025#: apt.conf.5.xml:589
2a52e8c5 3026msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3027"<literal>Dir::Etc</literal> contains the location of configuration files, "
3028"<literal>sourcelist</literal> gives the location of the sourcelist and "
3029"<literal>main</literal> is the default configuration file (setting has no "
3030"effect, unless it is done from the config file specified by "
3031"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>)."
2a52e8c5
DK
3032msgstr ""
3033
3034#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3035#: apt.conf.5.xml:595
2a52e8c5 3036msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3037"The <literal>Dir::Parts</literal> setting reads in all the config fragments "
3038"in lexical order from the directory specified. After this is done then the "
3039"main config file is loaded."
2a52e8c5
DK
3040msgstr ""
3041
3042#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3043#: apt.conf.5.xml:599
2a52e8c5 3044msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3045"Binary programs are pointed to by "
3046"<literal>Dir::Bin</literal>. <literal>Dir::Bin::Methods</literal> specifies "
3047"the location of the method handlers and <literal>gzip</literal>, "
3048"<literal>bzip2</literal>, <literal>lzma</literal>, <literal>dpkg</literal>, "
3049"<literal>apt-get</literal> <literal>dpkg-source</literal> "
3050"<literal>dpkg-buildpackage</literal> and <literal>apt-cache</literal> "
3051"specify the location of the respective programs."
2a52e8c5
DK
3052msgstr ""
3053
3054#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3055#: apt.conf.5.xml:607
2a52e8c5 3056msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3057"The configuration item <literal>RootDir</literal> has a special meaning. If "
3058"set, all paths in <literal>Dir::</literal> will be relative to "
3059"<literal>RootDir</literal>, <emphasis>even paths that are specified "
3060"absolutely</emphasis>. So, for instance, if <literal>RootDir</literal> is "
3061"set to <filename>/tmp/staging</filename> and "
3062"<literal>Dir::State::status</literal> is set to "
3063"<filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>, then the status file will be "
3064"looked up in <filename>/tmp/staging/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3065msgstr ""
3066
3067#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3068#: apt.conf.5.xml:620
2a52e8c5 3069msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3070"The <literal>Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> list can be used to specify "
3071"which files APT should silently ignore while parsing the files in the "
3072"fragment directories. Per default a file which end with "
3073"<literal>.disabled</literal>, <literal>~</literal>, <literal>.bak</literal> "
3074"or <literal>.dpkg-[a-z]+</literal> is silently ignored. As seen in the last "
3075"default value these patterns can use regular expression syntax."
2a52e8c5
DK
3076msgstr ""
3077
7d76ea1d 3078#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
00612a8c 3079#: apt.conf.5.xml:629
7d76ea1d 3080msgid "APT in DSelect"
2a52e8c5
DK
3081msgstr ""
3082
3083#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3084#: apt.conf.5.xml:631
2a52e8c5 3085msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3086"When APT is used as a &dselect; method several configuration directives "
5723791e 3087"control the default behavior. These are in the <literal>DSelect</literal> "
7d76ea1d 3088"section."
2a52e8c5
DK
3089msgstr ""
3090
7d76ea1d 3091#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3092#: apt.conf.5.xml:636
2a52e8c5 3093msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3094"Cache Clean mode; this value may be one of <literal>always</literal>, "
3095"<literal>prompt</literal>, <literal>auto</literal>, "
3096"<literal>pre-auto</literal> and <literal>never</literal>. "
3097"<literal>always</literal> and <literal>prompt</literal> will remove all "
3098"packages from the cache after upgrading, <literal>prompt</literal> (the "
3099"default) does so conditionally. <literal>auto</literal> removes only those "
3100"packages which are no longer downloadable (replaced with a new version for "
3101"instance). <literal>pre-auto</literal> performs this action before "
3102"downloading new packages."
2a52e8c5
DK
3103msgstr ""
3104
7d76ea1d 3105#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3106#: apt.conf.5.xml:650
2a52e8c5 3107msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3108"The contents of this variable are passed to &apt-get; as command line "
3109"options when it is run for the install phase."
2a52e8c5
DK
3110msgstr ""
3111
7d76ea1d 3112#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3113#: apt.conf.5.xml:655
2a52e8c5 3114msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3115"The contents of this variable are passed to &apt-get; as command line "
3116"options when it is run for the update phase."
2a52e8c5
DK
3117msgstr ""
3118
7d76ea1d 3119#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3120#: apt.conf.5.xml:660
2a52e8c5 3121msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3122"If true the [U]pdate operation in &dselect; will always prompt to continue. "
3123"The default is to prompt only on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
3124msgstr ""
3125
3126#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
00612a8c 3127#: apt.conf.5.xml:666
5723791e 3128msgid "How APT calls &dpkg;"
2a52e8c5
DK
3129msgstr ""
3130
3131#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3132#: apt.conf.5.xml:667
2a52e8c5 3133msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3134"Several configuration directives control how APT invokes &dpkg;. These are "
3135"in the <literal>DPkg</literal> section."
2a52e8c5
DK
3136msgstr ""
3137
7d76ea1d 3138#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3139#: apt.conf.5.xml:672
2a52e8c5 3140msgid ""
5723791e 3141"This is a list of options to pass to &dpkg;. The options must be specified "
7d76ea1d
DK
3142"using the list notation and each list item is passed as a single argument to "
3143"&dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
3144msgstr ""
3145
7d76ea1d 3146#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3147#: apt.conf.5.xml:678
2a52e8c5 3148msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3149"This is a list of shell commands to run before/after invoking &dpkg;. Like "
3150"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
5723791e 3151"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>; should any "
7d76ea1d 3152"fail APT will abort."
2a52e8c5
DK
3153msgstr ""
3154
7d76ea1d 3155#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3156#: apt.conf.5.xml:685
2a52e8c5 3157msgid ""
5723791e 3158"This is a list of shell commands to run before invoking &dpkg;. Like "
7d76ea1d 3159"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
5723791e
JR
3160"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>; should any "
3161"fail APT will abort. APT will pass the filenames of all .deb files it is "
3162"going to install to the commands, one per line on standard input."
2a52e8c5
DK
3163msgstr ""
3164
7d76ea1d 3165#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3166#: apt.conf.5.xml:691
2a52e8c5 3167msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3168"Version 2 of this protocol dumps more information, including the protocol "
3169"version, the APT configuration space and the packages, files and versions "
3170"being changed. Version 2 is enabled by setting "
3171"<literal>DPkg::Tools::options::cmd::Version</literal> to "
3172"2. <literal>cmd</literal> is a command given to "
3173"<literal>Pre-Install-Pkgs</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3174msgstr ""
3175
7d76ea1d 3176#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3177#: apt.conf.5.xml:699
2a52e8c5 3178msgid ""
5723791e 3179"APT chdirs to this directory before invoking &dpkg;, the default is "
7d76ea1d 3180"<filename>/</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3181msgstr ""
3182
7d76ea1d 3183#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3184#: apt.conf.5.xml:704
2a52e8c5 3185msgid ""
5723791e 3186"These options are passed to &dpkg-buildpackage; when compiling packages; the "
7d76ea1d 3187"default is to disable signing and produce all binaries."
2a52e8c5
DK
3188msgstr ""
3189
7d76ea1d 3190#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
00612a8c 3191#: apt.conf.5.xml:709
7d76ea1d 3192msgid "dpkg trigger usage (and related options)"
2a52e8c5
DK
3193msgstr ""
3194
7d76ea1d 3195#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
00612a8c 3196#: apt.conf.5.xml:710
2a52e8c5 3197msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3198"APT can call &dpkg; in such a way as to let it make aggressive use of "
3199"triggers over multiple calls of &dpkg;. Without further options &dpkg; will "
3200"use triggers once each time it runs. Activating these options can therefore "
3201"decrease the time needed to perform the install or upgrade. Note that it is "
3202"intended to activate these options per default in the future, but as it "
3203"drastically changes the way APT calls &dpkg; it needs a lot more testing. "
3204"<emphasis>These options are therefore currently experimental and should not "
3205"be used in production environments.</emphasis> It also breaks progress "
3206"reporting such that all front-ends will currently stay around half (or more) "
3207"of the time in the 100% state while it actually configures all packages."
2a52e8c5
DK
3208msgstr ""
3209
7d76ea1d 3210#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><literallayout>
00612a8c 3211#: apt.conf.5.xml:725
7d76ea1d 3212#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3213msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3214"DPkg::NoTriggers \"true\";\n"
3215"PackageManager::Configure \"smart\";\n"
3216"DPkg::ConfigurePending \"true\";\n"
3217"DPkg::TriggersPending \"true\";"
2a52e8c5
DK
3218msgstr ""
3219
7d76ea1d 3220#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
00612a8c 3221#: apt.conf.5.xml:719
2a52e8c5 3222msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3223"Note that it is not guaranteed that APT will support these options or that "
3224"these options will not cause (big) trouble in the future. If you have "
3225"understand the current risks and problems with these options, but are brave "
5723791e 3226"enough to help testing them, create a new configuration file and test a "
7d76ea1d
DK
3227"combination of options. Please report any bugs, problems and improvements "
3228"you encounter and make sure to note which options you have used in your "
5723791e 3229"reports. Asking &dpkg; for help could also be useful for debugging proposes, "
7d76ea1d
DK
3230"see e.g. <command>dpkg --audit</command>. A defensive option combination "
3231"would be <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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3232msgstr ""
3233
7d76ea1d 3234#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3235#: apt.conf.5.xml:732
2a52e8c5 3236msgid ""
5723791e 3237"Add the no triggers flag to all &dpkg; calls (except the ConfigurePending "
7d76ea1d 3238"call). See &dpkg; if you are interested in what this actually means. In "
5723791e
JR
3239"short: &dpkg; will not run the triggers when this flag is present unless it "
3240"is explicitly called to do so in an extra call. Note that this option "
3241"exists (undocumented) also in older APT versions with a slightly different "
3242"meaning: Previously these option only append --no-triggers to the configure "
3243"calls to &dpkg; - now APT will also add this flag to the unpack and remove "
3244"calls."
2a52e8c5
DK
3245msgstr ""
3246
7d76ea1d 3247#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3248#: apt.conf.5.xml:740
2a52e8c5 3249msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3250"Valid values are \"<literal>all</literal>\", \"<literal>smart</literal>\" "
5723791e
JR
3251"and \"<literal>no</literal>\". The default value is "
3252"\"<literal>all</literal>\", which causes APT to configure all packages. The "
3253"\"<literal>smart</literal>\" way is to configure only packages which need to "
3254"be configured before another package can be unpacked (Pre-Depends), and let "
3255"the rest be configured by &dpkg; with a call generated by the "
3256"ConfigurePending option (see below). On the other hand, "
3257"\"<literal>no</literal>\" will not configure anything, and totally relies on "
3258"&dpkg; for configuration (which at the moment will fail if a Pre-Depends is "
3259"encountered). Setting this option to any value other than "
3260"<literal>all</literal> will implicitly also activate the next option by "
3261"default, as otherwise the system could end in an unconfigured and "
3262"potentially unbootable state."
2a52e8c5
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3263msgstr ""
3264
7d76ea1d 3265#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3266#: apt.conf.5.xml:755
2a52e8c5 3267msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3268"If this option is set APT will call <command>dpkg --configure "
3269"--pending</command> to let &dpkg; handle all required configurations and "
3270"triggers. This option is activated automatically per default if the previous "
3271"option is not set to <literal>all</literal>, but deactivating it could be "
7d76ea1d
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3272"useful if you want to run APT multiple times in a row - e.g. in an "
3273"installer. In these sceneries you could deactivate this option in all but "
3274"the last run."
2a52e8c5
DK
3275msgstr ""
3276
7d76ea1d 3277#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3278#: apt.conf.5.xml:762
2a52e8c5 3279msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3280"Useful for the <literal>smart</literal> configuration as a package which has "
3281"pending triggers is not considered as <literal>installed</literal>, and "
3282"&dpkg; treats them as <literal>unpacked</literal> currently which is a "
3283"showstopper for Pre-Dependencies (see debbugs #526774). Note that this will "
3284"process all triggers, not only the triggers needed to configure this "
3285"package."
2a52e8c5
DK
3286msgstr ""
3287
7d76ea1d 3288#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
00612a8c 3289#: apt.conf.5.xml:775
7d76ea1d 3290#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3291msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3292"OrderList::Score {\n"
3293"\tDelete 500;\n"
3294"\tEssential 200;\n"
3295"\tImmediate 10;\n"
3296"\tPreDepends 50;\n"
3297"};"
2a52e8c5
DK
3298msgstr ""
3299
7d76ea1d 3300#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3301#: apt.conf.5.xml:768
7d76ea1d 3302msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3303"Essential packages (and their dependencies) should be configured immediately "
3304"after unpacking. It is a good idea to do this quite early in the upgrade "
3305"process as these configure calls also currently require "
7d76ea1d 3306"<literal>DPkg::TriggersPending</literal> which will run quite a few triggers "
5723791e
JR
3307"(which may not be needed). Essentials get per default a high score but the "
3308"immediate flag is relatively low (a package which has a Pre-Depends is rated "
3309"higher). These option and the others in the same group can be used to "
3310"change the scoring. The following example shows the settings with their "
7d76ea1d 3311"default values. <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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3312msgstr ""
3313
7d76ea1d 3314#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
00612a8c 3315#: apt.conf.5.xml:788
7d76ea1d 3316msgid "Periodic and Archives options"
89fd753d
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3317msgstr ""
3318
7d76ea1d 3319#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3320#: apt.conf.5.xml:789
7d76ea1d
DK
3321msgid ""
3322"<literal>APT::Periodic</literal> and <literal>APT::Archives</literal> groups "
5723791e
JR
3323"of options configure behavior of apt periodic updates, which is done by the "
3324"<literal>/etc/cron.daily/apt</literal> script. See the top of this script "
3325"for the brief documentation of these options."
2a52e8c5
DK
3326msgstr ""
3327
7d76ea1d 3328#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
00612a8c 3329#: apt.conf.5.xml:797
7d76ea1d 3330msgid "Debug options"
2a52e8c5
DK
3331msgstr ""
3332
3333#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3334#: apt.conf.5.xml:799
2a52e8c5 3335msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3336"Enabling options in the <literal>Debug::</literal> section will cause "
3337"debugging information to be sent to the standard error stream of the program "
3338"utilizing the <literal>apt</literal> libraries, or enable special program "
3339"modes that are primarily useful for debugging the behavior of "
3340"<literal>apt</literal>. Most of these options are not interesting to a "
3341"normal user, but a few may be:"
b39c1859
MV
3342msgstr ""
3343
7d76ea1d 3344#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3345#: apt.conf.5.xml:810
b39c1859 3346msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3347"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> enables output about the "
3348"decisions made by <literal>dist-upgrade, upgrade, install, remove, "
3349"purge</literal>."
b39c1859
MV
3350msgstr ""
3351
7d76ea1d 3352#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3353#: apt.conf.5.xml:818
b39c1859 3354msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3355"<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal> disables all file locking. This can be "
3356"used to run some operations (for instance, <literal>apt-get -s "
3357"install</literal>) as a non-root user."
b39c1859
MV
3358msgstr ""
3359
7d76ea1d 3360#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3361#: apt.conf.5.xml:827
b39c1859 3362msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3363"<literal>Debug::pkgDPkgPM</literal> prints out the actual command line each "
3364"time that <literal>apt</literal> invokes &dpkg;."
b39c1859
MV
3365msgstr ""
3366
7d76ea1d
DK
3367#. TODO: provide a
3368#. motivating example, except I haven't a clue why you'd want
3369#. to do this.
3370#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3371#: apt.conf.5.xml:835
b39c1859 3372msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3373"<literal>Debug::IdentCdrom</literal> disables the inclusion of statfs data "
3374"in CD-ROM IDs."
2a52e8c5
DK
3375msgstr ""
3376
3377#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3378#: apt.conf.5.xml:845
7d76ea1d 3379msgid "A full list of debugging options to apt follows."
2a52e8c5
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3380msgstr ""
3381
7d76ea1d 3382#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3383#: apt.conf.5.xml:854
7d76ea1d 3384msgid "Print information related to accessing <literal>cdrom://</literal> sources."
2a52e8c5
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3385msgstr ""
3386
7d76ea1d 3387#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3388#: apt.conf.5.xml:865
7d76ea1d 3389msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using FTP."
2a52e8c5
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3390msgstr ""
3391
7d76ea1d 3392#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3393#: apt.conf.5.xml:876
7d76ea1d 3394msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTP."
2a52e8c5
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3395msgstr ""
3396
7d76ea1d 3397#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3398#: apt.conf.5.xml:887
7d76ea1d 3399msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTPS."
2a52e8c5
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3400msgstr ""
3401
7d76ea1d 3402#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3403#: apt.conf.5.xml:898
2a52e8c5 3404msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3405"Print information related to verifying cryptographic signatures using "
3406"<literal>gpg</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3407msgstr ""
3408
7d76ea1d 3409#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3410#: apt.conf.5.xml:909
2a52e8c5 3411msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3412"Output information about the process of accessing collections of packages "
3413"stored on CD-ROMs."
2a52e8c5
DK
3414msgstr ""
3415
7d76ea1d 3416#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3417#: apt.conf.5.xml:919
7d76ea1d 3418msgid "Describes the process of resolving build-dependencies in &apt-get;."
63fc5550
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3419msgstr ""
3420
7d76ea1d 3421#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3422#: apt.conf.5.xml:929
63fc5550 3423msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3424"Output each cryptographic hash that is generated by the "
3425"<literal>apt</literal> libraries."
2a52e8c5
DK
3426msgstr ""
3427
7d76ea1d 3428#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3429#: apt.conf.5.xml:939
63fc5550 3430msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3431"Do not include information from <literal>statfs</literal>, namely the number "
3432"of used and free blocks on the CD-ROM filesystem, when generating an ID for "
3433"a CD-ROM."
63fc5550
DK
3434msgstr ""
3435
7d76ea1d 3436#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3437#: apt.conf.5.xml:950
2a52e8c5 3438msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3439"Disable all file locking. For instance, this will allow two instances of "
3440"<quote><literal>apt-get update</literal></quote> to run at the same time."
63fc5550
DK
3441msgstr ""
3442
7d76ea1d 3443#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3444#: apt.conf.5.xml:962
7d76ea1d 3445msgid "Log when items are added to or removed from the global download queue."
2a52e8c5
DK
3446msgstr ""
3447
7d76ea1d 3448#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3449#: apt.conf.5.xml:972
63fc5550 3450msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3451"Output status messages and errors related to verifying checksums and "
3452"cryptographic signatures of downloaded files."
2a52e8c5
DK
3453msgstr ""
3454
7d76ea1d 3455#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3456#: apt.conf.5.xml:982
2a52e8c5 3457msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3458"Output information about downloading and applying package index list diffs, "
3459"and errors relating to package index list diffs."
2a52e8c5
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3460msgstr ""
3461
2a52e8c5 3462#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3463#: apt.conf.5.xml:994
2a52e8c5 3464msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3465"Output information related to patching apt package lists when downloading "
3466"index diffs instead of full indices."
2a52e8c5
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3467msgstr ""
3468
c77d6597 3469#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3470#: apt.conf.5.xml:1005
7d76ea1d 3471msgid "Log all interactions with the sub-processes that actually perform downloads."
c77d6597
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3472msgstr ""
3473
2a52e8c5 3474#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3475#: apt.conf.5.xml:1016
2a52e8c5 3476msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3477"Log events related to the automatically-installed status of packages and to "
3478"the removal of unused packages."
2a52e8c5
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3479msgstr ""
3480
2a52e8c5 3481#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3482#: apt.conf.5.xml:1026
2a52e8c5 3483msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3484"Generate debug messages describing which packages are being automatically "
3485"installed to resolve dependencies. This corresponds to the initial "
3486"auto-install pass performed in, e.g., <literal>apt-get install</literal>, "
3487"and not to the full <literal>apt</literal> dependency resolver; see "
3488"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> for that."
2a52e8c5
DK
3489msgstr ""
3490
2a52e8c5 3491#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3492#: apt.conf.5.xml:1040
2a52e8c5 3493msgid ""
5723791e 3494"Generate debug messages describing which packages are marked as "
7d76ea1d
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3495"keep/install/remove while the ProblemResolver does his work. Each addition "
3496"or deletion may trigger additional actions; they are shown indented two "
5723791e 3497"additional spaces under the original entry. The format for each line is "
7d76ea1d
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3498"<literal>MarkKeep</literal>, <literal>MarkDelete</literal> or "
3499"<literal>MarkInstall</literal> followed by <literal>package-name &lt;a.b.c "
3500"-&gt; d.e.f | x.y.z&gt; (section)</literal> where <literal>a.b.c</literal> "
3501"is the current version of the package, <literal>d.e.f</literal> is the "
3502"version considered for installation and <literal>x.y.z</literal> is a newer "
3503"version, but not considered for installation (because of a low pin "
3504"score). The later two can be omitted if there is none or if it is the same "
5723791e 3505"as the installed version. <literal>section</literal> is the name of the "
7d76ea1d 3506"section the package appears in."
2a52e8c5
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3507msgstr ""
3508
2a52e8c5 3509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3510#: apt.conf.5.xml:1061
2a52e8c5 3511msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3512"When invoking &dpkg;, output the precise command line with which it is being "
3513"invoked, with arguments separated by a single space character."
2a52e8c5
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3514msgstr ""
3515
2a52e8c5 3516#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3517#: apt.conf.5.xml:1072
2a52e8c5 3518msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3519"Output all the data received from &dpkg; on the status file descriptor and "
3520"any errors encountered while parsing it."
2a52e8c5
DK
3521msgstr ""
3522
2a52e8c5 3523#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3524#: apt.conf.5.xml:1083
2a52e8c5 3525msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3526"Generate a trace of the algorithm that decides the order in which "
3527"<literal>apt</literal> should pass packages to &dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
3528msgstr ""
3529
2a52e8c5 3530#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3531#: apt.conf.5.xml:1095
7d76ea1d 3532msgid "Output status messages tracing the steps performed when invoking &dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
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3533msgstr ""
3534
2a52e8c5 3535#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3536#: apt.conf.5.xml:1106
7d76ea1d 3537msgid "Output the priority of each package list on startup."
2a52e8c5
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3538msgstr ""
3539
2a52e8c5 3540#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3541#: apt.conf.5.xml:1116
2a52e8c5 3542msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3543"Trace the execution of the dependency resolver (this applies only to what "
3544"happens when a complex dependency problem is encountered)."
2a52e8c5
DK
3545msgstr ""
3546
2a52e8c5 3547#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3548#: apt.conf.5.xml:1127
2a52e8c5 3549msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3550"Display a list of all installed packages with their calculated score used by "
3551"the pkgProblemResolver. The description of the package is the same as "
3552"described in <literal>Debug::pkgDepCache::Marker</literal>"
2a52e8c5
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3553msgstr ""
3554
2a52e8c5 3555#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
00612a8c 3556#: apt.conf.5.xml:1139
2a52e8c5 3557msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3558"Print information about the vendors read from "
3559"<filename>/etc/apt/vendors.list</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3560msgstr ""
3561
3562#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
00612a8c 3563#: apt.conf.5.xml:1161 apt_preferences.5.xml:545 sources.list.5.xml:211 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:596
7d76ea1d 3564msgid "Examples"
2a52e8c5
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3565msgstr ""
3566
aec22160 3567#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3568#: apt.conf.5.xml:1162
aec22160 3569msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3570"&configureindex; is a configuration file showing example values for all "
3571"possible options."
aec22160
DK
3572msgstr ""
3573
7d76ea1d
DK
3574#. ? reading apt.conf
3575#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
00612a8c 3576#: apt.conf.5.xml:1174
7d76ea1d 3577msgid "&apt-cache;, &apt-config;, &apt-preferences;."
b6c6b52f
MV
3578msgstr ""
3579
7d76ea1d
DK
3580#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
3581#: apt_preferences.5.xml:32
3582msgid "Preference control file for APT"
c77d6597
MV
3583msgstr ""
3584
aec22160 3585#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 3586#: apt_preferences.5.xml:37
b6c6b52f 3587msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3588"The APT preferences file <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> and the "
3589"fragment files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename> folder "
3590"can be used to control which versions of packages will be selected for "
3591"installation."
b6c6b52f
MV
3592msgstr ""
3593
7d76ea1d
DK
3594#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
3595#: apt_preferences.5.xml:42
2a52e8c5 3596msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3597"Several versions of a package may be available for installation when the "
3598"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one distribution (for "
3599"example, <literal>stable</literal> and <literal>testing</literal>). APT "
3600"assigns a priority to each version that is available. Subject to dependency "
3601"constraints, <command>apt-get</command> selects the version with the highest "
44477002
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3602"priority for installation. The APT preferences override the priorities that "
3603"APT assigns to package versions by default, thus giving the user control "
3604"over which one is selected for installation."
2a52e8c5
DK
3605msgstr ""
3606
7d76ea1d
DK
3607#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
3608#: apt_preferences.5.xml:52
b39c1859 3609msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3610"Several instances of the same version of a package may be available when the "
3611"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one source. In this "
3612"case <command>apt-get</command> downloads the instance listed earliest in "
44477002
JR
3613"the &sources-list; file. The APT preferences do not affect the choice of "
3614"instance, only the choice of version."
b39c1859
MV
3615msgstr ""
3616
7d76ea1d
DK
3617#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
3618#: apt_preferences.5.xml:59
2a52e8c5 3619msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3620"Preferences are a strong power in the hands of a system administrator but "
3621"they can become also their biggest nightmare if used without care! APT will "
44477002
JR
3622"not question the preferences, so wrong settings can lead to uninstallable "
3623"packages or wrong decisions while upgrading packages. Even more problems "
3624"will arise if multiple distribution releases are mixed without a good "
3625"understanding of the following paragraphs. Packages included in a specific "
3626"release aren't tested in (and therefore don't always work as expected in) "
3627"older or newer releases, or together with other packages from different "
3628"releases. You have been warned."
2a52e8c5
DK
3629msgstr ""
3630
7d76ea1d
DK
3631#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
3632#: apt_preferences.5.xml:70
2a52e8c5 3633msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3634"Note that the files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d</filename> "
3635"directory are parsed in alphanumeric ascending order and need to obey the "
3636"following naming convention: The files have either no or "
3637"\"<literal>pref</literal>\" as filename extension and only contain "
3638"alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) and period (.) characters. "
44477002
JR
3639"Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file, unless that "
3640"file matches a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> "
5723791e 3641"configuration list - in which case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
DK
3642msgstr ""
3643
7d76ea1d
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3644#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
3645#: apt_preferences.5.xml:79
3646msgid "APT's Default Priority Assignments"
2a52e8c5
DK
3647msgstr ""
3648
7d76ea1d
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3649#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
3650#: apt_preferences.5.xml:94
3651#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3652msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3653"<command>apt-get install -t testing "
3654"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command>\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
3655msgstr ""
3656
7d76ea1d
DK
3657#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
3658#: apt_preferences.5.xml:97
3659#, no-wrap
3660msgid "APT::Default-Release \"stable\";\n"
3661msgstr ""
2a52e8c5 3662
7d76ea1d
DK
3663#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
3664#: apt_preferences.5.xml:81
2a52e8c5 3665msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3666"If there is no preferences file or if there is no entry in the file that "
3667"applies to a particular version then the priority assigned to that version "
3668"is the priority of the distribution to which that version belongs. It is "
3669"possible to single out a distribution, \"the target release\", which "
3670"receives a higher priority than other distributions do by default. The "
3671"target release can be set on the <command>apt-get</command> command line or "
3672"in the APT configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename>. Note "
3673"that this has precedence over any general priority you set in the "
3674"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> file described later, but not over "
3675"specifically pinned packages. For example, <placeholder "
3676"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/> <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
3677"id=\"1\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
3678msgstr ""
3679
7d76ea1d
DK
3680#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
3681#: apt_preferences.5.xml:101
2a52e8c5 3682msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3683"If the target release has been specified then APT uses the following "
3684"algorithm to set the priorities of the versions of a package. Assign:"
2a52e8c5
DK
3685msgstr ""
3686
7d76ea1d
DK
3687#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
3688#: apt_preferences.5.xml:106
3689msgid "priority 1"
c086ac18
DK
3690msgstr ""
3691
7d76ea1d
DK
3692#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
3693#: apt_preferences.5.xml:107
63fc5550 3694msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3695"to the versions coming from archives which in their "
3696"<filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" but "
44477002 3697"<emphasis>not</emphasis> as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the Debian "
7d76ea1d 3698"<literal>experimental</literal> archive."
63fc5550
DK
3699msgstr ""
3700
7d76ea1d
DK
3701#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
3702#: apt_preferences.5.xml:113
3703msgid "priority 100"
bf5c3fe8
MV
3704msgstr ""
3705
7d76ea1d
DK
3706#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
3707#: apt_preferences.5.xml:114
2a52e8c5 3708msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3709"to the version that is already installed (if any) and to the versions coming "
3710"from archives which in their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked "
44477002 3711"as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" and \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the Debian "
7d76ea1d 3712"backports archive since <literal>squeeze-backports</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3713msgstr ""
3714
7d76ea1d
DK
3715#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
3716#: apt_preferences.5.xml:121
3717msgid "priority 500"
2a52e8c5
DK
3718msgstr ""
3719
7d76ea1d
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3720#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
3721#: apt_preferences.5.xml:122
bcf91c1b 3722msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3723"to the versions that are not installed and do not belong to the target "
3724"release."
2a52e8c5
DK
3725msgstr ""
3726
7d76ea1d
DK
3727#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
3728#: apt_preferences.5.xml:126
3729msgid "priority 990"
c086ac18
DK
3730msgstr ""
3731
7d76ea1d
DK
3732#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
3733#: apt_preferences.5.xml:127
3734msgid "to the versions that are not installed and belong to the target release."
63fc5550
DK
3735msgstr ""
3736
7d76ea1d
DK
3737#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
3738#: apt_preferences.5.xml:132
2a52e8c5 3739msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3740"If the target release has not been specified then APT simply assigns "
3741"priority 100 to all installed package versions and priority 500 to all "
3742"uninstalled package versions, except versions coming from archives which in "
3743"their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" "
3744"- these versions get the priority 1 or priority 100 if it is additionally "
3745"marked as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
3746msgstr ""
3747
7d76ea1d
DK
3748#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
3749#: apt_preferences.5.xml:139
2a52e8c5 3750msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3751"APT then applies the following rules, listed in order of precedence, to "
3752"determine which version of a package to install."
2a52e8c5
DK
3753msgstr ""
3754
7d76ea1d
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3755#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
3756#: apt_preferences.5.xml:142
2a52e8c5 3757msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3758"Never downgrade unless the priority of an available version exceeds 1000. "
3759"(\"Downgrading\" is installing a less recent version of a package in place "
3760"of a more recent version. Note that none of APT's default priorities "
3761"exceeds 1000; such high priorities can only be set in the preferences file. "
3762"Note also that downgrading a package can be risky.)"
2a52e8c5
DK
3763msgstr ""
3764
7d76ea1d
DK
3765#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
3766#: apt_preferences.5.xml:148
3767msgid "Install the highest priority version."
2a52e8c5
DK
3768msgstr ""
3769
7d76ea1d
DK
3770#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
3771#: apt_preferences.5.xml:149
2a52e8c5 3772msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3773"If two or more versions have the same priority, install the most recent one "
3774"(that is, the one with the higher version number)."
2a52e8c5
DK
3775msgstr ""
3776
7d76ea1d
DK
3777#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
3778#: apt_preferences.5.xml:152
2a52e8c5 3779msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3780"If two or more versions have the same priority and version number but either "
3781"the packages differ in some of their metadata or the "
3782"<literal>--reinstall</literal> option is given, install the uninstalled one."
2a52e8c5
DK
3783msgstr ""
3784
7d76ea1d
DK
3785#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
3786#: apt_preferences.5.xml:158
bcf91c1b 3787msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3788"In a typical situation, the installed version of a package (priority 100) "
3789"is not as recent as one of the versions available from the sources listed in "
3790"the &sources-list; file (priority 500 or 990). Then the package will be "
3791"upgraded when <command>apt-get install "
3792"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
3793"upgrade</command> is executed."
bcf91c1b
DK
3794msgstr ""
3795
7d76ea1d
DK
3796#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
3797#: apt_preferences.5.xml:165
bcf91c1b 3798msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3799"More rarely, the installed version of a package is <emphasis>more</emphasis> "
3800"recent than any of the other available versions. The package will not be "
3801"downgraded when <command>apt-get install "
3802"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
3803"upgrade</command> is executed."
bcf91c1b
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3804msgstr ""
3805
7d76ea1d
DK
3806#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
3807#: apt_preferences.5.xml:170
2a52e8c5 3808msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3809"Sometimes the installed version of a package is more recent than the version "
3810"belonging to the target release, but not as recent as a version belonging to "
3811"some other distribution. Such a package will indeed be upgraded when "
3812"<command>apt-get install <replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> "
3813"or <command>apt-get upgrade</command> is executed, because at least "
3814"<emphasis>one</emphasis> of the available versions has a higher priority "
3815"than the installed version."
bcf91c1b
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3816msgstr ""
3817
7d76ea1d
DK
3818#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
3819#: apt_preferences.5.xml:179
3820msgid "The Effect of APT Preferences"
bcf91c1b
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3821msgstr ""
3822
7d76ea1d
DK
3823#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
3824#: apt_preferences.5.xml:181
bcf91c1b 3825msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3826"The APT preferences file allows the system administrator to control the "
3827"assignment of priorities. The file consists of one or more multi-line "
3828"records separated by blank lines. Records can have one of two forms, a "
3829"specific form and a general form."
bcf91c1b
DK
3830msgstr ""
3831
7d76ea1d
DK
3832#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
3833#: apt_preferences.5.xml:187
bcf91c1b 3834msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3835"The specific form assigns a priority (a \"Pin-Priority\") to one or more "
44477002
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3836"specified packages with a specified version or version range. For example, "
3837"the following record assigns a high priority to all versions of the "
7d76ea1d 3838"<filename>perl</filename> package whose version number begins with "
75d9bdba
JR
3839"\"<literal>&good-perl;</literal>\". Multiple packages can be separated by "
3840"spaces."
bcf91c1b
DK
3841msgstr ""
3842
7d76ea1d
DK
3843#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
3844#: apt_preferences.5.xml:194
bcf91c1b 3845#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d
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3846msgid ""
3847"Package: perl\n"
75d9bdba 3848"Pin: version &good-perl;*\n"
7d76ea1d 3849"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
bcf91c1b
DK
3850msgstr ""
3851
7d76ea1d
DK
3852#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
3853#: apt_preferences.5.xml:200
bcf91c1b 3854msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3855"The general form assigns a priority to all of the package versions in a "
3856"given distribution (that is, to all the versions of packages that are listed "
3857"in a certain <filename>Release</filename> file) or to all of the package "
3858"versions coming from a particular Internet site, as identified by the site's "
3859"fully qualified domain name."
bcf91c1b
DK
3860msgstr ""
3861
7d76ea1d
DK
3862#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
3863#: apt_preferences.5.xml:206
bcf91c1b 3864msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3865"This general-form entry in the APT preferences file applies only to groups "
3866"of packages. For example, the following record assigns a high priority to "
3867"all package versions available from the local site."
bcf91c1b
DK
3868msgstr ""
3869
7d76ea1d
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3870#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
3871#: apt_preferences.5.xml:211
bcf91c1b 3872#, no-wrap
de2c243c 3873msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3874"Package: *\n"
3875"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
3876"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
de2c243c 3877msgstr ""
3878
7d76ea1d
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3879#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
3880#: apt_preferences.5.xml:216
bf5c3fe8 3881msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3882"A note of caution: the keyword used here is \"<literal>origin</literal>\" "
3883"which can be used to match a hostname. The following record will assign a "
3884"high priority to all versions available from the server identified by the "
3885"hostname \"ftp.de.debian.org\""
bf5c3fe8
MV
3886msgstr ""
3887
7d76ea1d
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3888#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
3889#: apt_preferences.5.xml:220
bf5c3fe8 3890#, no-wrap
bcf91c1b 3891msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3892"Package: *\n"
3893"Pin: origin \"ftp.de.debian.org\"\n"
3894"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
bf5c3fe8
MV
3895msgstr ""
3896
7d76ea1d
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3897#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
3898#: apt_preferences.5.xml:224
bf5c3fe8 3899msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3900"This should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be confused with the Origin of a "
3901"distribution as specified in a <filename>Release</filename> file. What "
3902"follows the \"Origin:\" tag in a <filename>Release</filename> file is not an "
3903"Internet address but an author or vendor name, such as \"Debian\" or "
3904"\"Ximian\"."
bf5c3fe8
MV
3905msgstr ""
3906
7d76ea1d
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3907#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
3908#: apt_preferences.5.xml:229
c086ac18 3909msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3910"The following record assigns a low priority to all package versions "
3911"belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "
3912"\"<literal>unstable</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
3913msgstr ""
3914
7d76ea1d
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3915#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
3916#: apt_preferences.5.xml:233
bf5c3fe8 3917#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3918msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3919"Package: *\n"
3920"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
3921"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
3922msgstr ""
3923
7d76ea1d
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3924#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
3925#: apt_preferences.5.xml:238
2a52e8c5 3926msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3927"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
3928"belonging to any distribution whose Codename is "
3929"\"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
3930msgstr ""
3931
7d76ea1d
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3932#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
3933#: apt_preferences.5.xml:242
3934#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3935msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3936"Package: *\n"
3937"Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
3938"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
3939msgstr ""
3940
7d76ea1d
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3941#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
3942#: apt_preferences.5.xml:247
2a52e8c5 3943msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3944"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
3945"belonging to any release whose Archive name is \"<literal>stable</literal>\" "
44477002 3946"and whose release Version number is \"<literal>&stable-version;</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
3947msgstr ""
3948
7d76ea1d
DK
3949#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
3950#: apt_preferences.5.xml:252
3951#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3952msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3953"Package: *\n"
44477002 3954"Pin: release a=stable, v=&stable-version;\n"
7d76ea1d 3955"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
2a52e8c5
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3956msgstr ""
3957
7d76ea1d
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3958#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
3959#: apt_preferences.5.xml:262
44477002 3960msgid "Regular expressions and &glob; syntax"
2a52e8c5
DK
3961msgstr ""
3962
7d76ea1d
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3963#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
3964#: apt_preferences.5.xml:264
b6c6b52f 3965msgid ""
44477002
JR
3966"APT also supports pinning by &glob; expressions, and regular expressions "
3967"surrounded by slashes. For example, the following example assigns the "
3968"priority 500 to all packages from experimental where the name starts with "
3969"gnome (as a &glob;-like expression) or contains the word kde (as a POSIX "
3970"extended regular expression surrounded by slashes)."
b6c6b52f
MV
3971msgstr ""
3972
7d76ea1d
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3973#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
3974#: apt_preferences.5.xml:273
3975#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3976msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3977"Package: gnome* /kde/\n"
3978"Pin: release n=experimental\n"
3979"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
2a52e8c5
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3980msgstr ""
3981
7d76ea1d
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3982#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
3983#: apt_preferences.5.xml:279
2a52e8c5 3984msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3985"The rule for those expressions is that they can occur anywhere where a "
3986"string can occur. Thus, the following pin assigns the priority 990 to all "
44477002 3987"packages from a release starting with &ubuntu-codename;."
2a52e8c5
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3988msgstr ""
3989
7d76ea1d
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3990#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
3991#: apt_preferences.5.xml:285
3992#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3993msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3994"Package: *\n"
44477002 3995"Pin: release n=&ubuntu-codename;*\n"
7d76ea1d 3996"Pin-Priority: 990\n"
2a52e8c5
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3997msgstr ""
3998
7d76ea1d
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3999#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4000#: apt_preferences.5.xml:291
2a52e8c5 4001msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4002"If a regular expression occurs in a <literal>Package</literal> field, the "
4003"behavior is the same as if this regular expression were replaced with a list "
4004"of all package names it matches. It is undecided whether this will change in "
44477002 4005"the future; thus you should always list wild-card pins first, so later "
7d76ea1d 4006"specific pins override it. The pattern \"<literal>*</literal>\" in a "
44477002 4007"Package field is not considered a &glob; expression in itself."
2a52e8c5
DK
4008msgstr ""
4009
7d76ea1d
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4010#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
4011#: apt_preferences.5.xml:307
4012msgid "How APT Interprets Priorities"
2a52e8c5
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4013msgstr ""
4014
7d76ea1d
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4015#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4016#: apt_preferences.5.xml:310
2a52e8c5 4017msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4018"Priorities (P) assigned in the APT preferences file must be positive or "
4019"negative integers. They are interpreted as follows (roughly speaking):"
2a52e8c5
DK
4020msgstr ""
4021
7d76ea1d
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4022#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4023#: apt_preferences.5.xml:315
5e594b30 4024msgid "P &gt;= 1000"
2a52e8c5
DK
4025msgstr ""
4026
7d76ea1d
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4027#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4028#: apt_preferences.5.xml:316
2a52e8c5 4029msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4030"causes a version to be installed even if this constitutes a downgrade of the "
4031"package"
2a52e8c5
DK
4032msgstr ""
4033
7d76ea1d
DK
4034#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4035#: apt_preferences.5.xml:320
5e594b30 4036msgid "990 &lt;= P &lt; 1000"
2a52e8c5
DK
4037msgstr ""
4038
7d76ea1d
DK
4039#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4040#: apt_preferences.5.xml:321
2a52e8c5 4041msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4042"causes a version to be installed even if it does not come from the target "
4043"release, unless the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4044msgstr ""
4045
7d76ea1d
DK
4046#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4047#: apt_preferences.5.xml:326
5e594b30 4048msgid "500 &lt;= P &lt; 990"
2a52e8c5
DK
4049msgstr ""
4050
7d76ea1d
DK
4051#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4052#: apt_preferences.5.xml:327
2a52e8c5 4053msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4054"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4055"belonging to the target release or the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4056msgstr ""
4057
7d76ea1d
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4058#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4059#: apt_preferences.5.xml:332
5e594b30 4060msgid "100 &lt;= P &lt; 500"
2a52e8c5
DK
4061msgstr ""
4062
7d76ea1d
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4063#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4064#: apt_preferences.5.xml:333
2a52e8c5 4065msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4066"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4067"belonging to some other distribution or the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4068msgstr ""
4069
7d76ea1d
DK
4070#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4071#: apt_preferences.5.xml:338
5e594b30 4072msgid "0 &lt; P &lt; 100"
3e9c4f70
DK
4073msgstr ""
4074
7d76ea1d
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4075#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4076#: apt_preferences.5.xml:339
3e9c4f70 4077msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4078"causes a version to be installed only if there is no installed version of "
4079"the package"
3e9c4f70
DK
4080msgstr ""
4081
7d76ea1d
DK
4082#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4083#: apt_preferences.5.xml:343
4084msgid "P &lt; 0"
3e9c4f70
DK
4085msgstr ""
4086
7d76ea1d
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4087#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4088#: apt_preferences.5.xml:344
4089msgid "prevents the version from being installed"
3e9c4f70
DK
4090msgstr ""
4091
7d76ea1d
DK
4092#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4093#: apt_preferences.5.xml:349
3e9c4f70 4094msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4095"If any specific-form records match an available package version then the "
4096"first such record determines the priority of the package version. Failing "
4097"that, if any general-form records match an available package version then "
4098"the first such record determines the priority of the package version."
3e9c4f70
DK
4099msgstr ""
4100
3e9c4f70 4101#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
7d76ea1d 4102#: apt_preferences.5.xml:355
5e312de7 4103msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4104"For example, suppose the APT preferences file contains the three records "
4105"presented earlier:"
3e9c4f70
DK
4106msgstr ""
4107
7d76ea1d
DK
4108#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
4109#: apt_preferences.5.xml:359
3e9c4f70 4110#, no-wrap
5e312de7 4111msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4112"Package: perl\n"
75d9bdba 4113"Pin: version &good-perl;*\n"
7d76ea1d
DK
4114"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
4115"\n"
4116"Package: *\n"
4117"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
4118"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
4119"\n"
4120"Package: *\n"
4121"Pin: release unstable\n"
4122"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
5e312de7
DK
4123msgstr ""
4124
3e9c4f70 4125#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
7d76ea1d
DK
4126#: apt_preferences.5.xml:372
4127msgid "Then:"
5e312de7
DK
4128msgstr ""
4129
7d76ea1d
DK
4130#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
4131#: apt_preferences.5.xml:374
5e312de7 4132msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4133"The most recent available version of the <literal>perl</literal> package "
4134"will be installed, so long as that version's version number begins with "
75d9bdba
JR
4135"\"<literal>&good-perl;</literal>\". If <emphasis>any</emphasis> "
4136"&good-perl;* version of <literal>perl</literal> is available and the "
4137"installed version is &bad-perl;*, then <literal>perl</literal> will be "
4138"downgraded."
5e312de7
DK
4139msgstr ""
4140
7d76ea1d
DK
4141#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
4142#: apt_preferences.5.xml:379
5e312de7 4143msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4144"A version of any package other than <literal>perl</literal> that is "
4145"available from the local system has priority over other versions, even "
4146"versions belonging to the target release."
2a52e8c5
DK
4147msgstr ""
4148
7d76ea1d
DK
4149#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
4150#: apt_preferences.5.xml:383
2a52e8c5 4151msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4152"A version of a package whose origin is not the local system but some other "
4153"site listed in &sources-list; and which belongs to an "
4154"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution is only installed if it is selected "
4155"for installation and no version of the package is already installed."
2a52e8c5
DK
4156msgstr ""
4157
7d76ea1d
DK
4158#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
4159#: apt_preferences.5.xml:393
4160msgid "Determination of Package Version and Distribution Properties"
2a52e8c5
DK
4161msgstr ""
4162
7d76ea1d
DK
4163#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4164#: apt_preferences.5.xml:395
2a52e8c5 4165msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4166"The locations listed in the &sources-list; file should provide "
4167"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> files to "
4168"describe the packages available at that location."
2a52e8c5
DK
4169msgstr ""
4170
7d76ea1d
DK
4171#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4172#: apt_preferences.5.xml:399
2a52e8c5 4173msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4174"The <filename>Packages</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
4175"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable>/<replaceable>component</replaceable>/<replaceable>arch</replaceable></filename>: "
4176"for example, "
4177"<filename>.../dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages</filename>. It "
4178"consists of a series of multi-line records, one for each package available "
4179"in that directory. Only two lines in each record are relevant for setting "
4180"APT priorities:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4181msgstr ""
4182
7d76ea1d
DK
4183#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4184#: apt_preferences.5.xml:407
4185msgid "the <literal>Package:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4186msgstr ""
4187
7d76ea1d
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4188#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4189#: apt_preferences.5.xml:408
4190msgid "gives the package name"
2a52e8c5
DK
4191msgstr ""
4192
7d76ea1d
DK
4193#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4194#: apt_preferences.5.xml:411 apt_preferences.5.xml:461
4195msgid "the <literal>Version:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4196msgstr ""
4197
7d76ea1d
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4198#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4199#: apt_preferences.5.xml:412
4200msgid "gives the version number for the named package"
2a52e8c5
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4201msgstr ""
4202
7d76ea1d
DK
4203#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4204#: apt_preferences.5.xml:417
5e312de7 4205msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4206"The <filename>Release</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
4207"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable></filename>: for "
4208"example, <filename>.../dists/stable/Release</filename>, or "
4209"<filename>.../dists/&stable-codename;/Release</filename>. It consists of a "
4210"single multi-line record which applies to <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the "
4211"packages in the directory tree below its parent. Unlike the "
4212"<filename>Packages</filename> file, nearly all of the lines in a "
4213"<filename>Release</filename> file are relevant for setting APT priorities:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4214msgstr ""
4215
7d76ea1d
DK
4216#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4217#: apt_preferences.5.xml:428
4218msgid "the <literal>Archive:</literal> or <literal>Suite:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4219msgstr ""
4220
7d76ea1d
DK
4221#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4222#: apt_preferences.5.xml:429
2a52e8c5 4223msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4224"names the archive to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
4225"For example, the line \"Archive: stable\" or \"Suite: stable\" specifies "
4226"that all of the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
4227"<filename>Release</filename> file are in a <literal>stable</literal> "
4228"archive. Specifying this value in the APT preferences file would require "
4229"the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4230msgstr ""
4231
7d76ea1d
DK
4232#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
4233#: apt_preferences.5.xml:439
4234#, no-wrap
4235msgid "Pin: release a=stable\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4236msgstr ""
4237
7d76ea1d
DK
4238#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4239#: apt_preferences.5.xml:445
4240msgid "the <literal>Codename:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4241msgstr ""
4242
7d76ea1d
DK
4243#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4244#: apt_preferences.5.xml:446
2a52e8c5 4245msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4246"names the codename to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
4247"For example, the line \"Codename: &testing-codename;\" specifies that all of "
4248"the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
4249"<filename>Release</filename> file belong to a version named "
4250"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal>. Specifying this value in the APT "
4251"preferences file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4252msgstr ""
4253
7d76ea1d
DK
4254#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
4255#: apt_preferences.5.xml:455
4256#, no-wrap
4257msgid "Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4258msgstr ""
4259
7d76ea1d
DK
4260#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4261#: apt_preferences.5.xml:462
2a52e8c5 4262msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4263"names the release version. For example, the packages in the tree might "
44477002
JR
4264"belong to Debian release version &stable-version;. Note that there is "
4265"normally no version number for the <literal>testing</literal> and "
7d76ea1d
DK
4266"<literal>unstable</literal> distributions because they have not been "
4267"released yet. Specifying this in the APT preferences file would require one "
4268"of the following lines."
2a52e8c5
DK
4269msgstr ""
4270
7d76ea1d
DK
4271#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
4272#: apt_preferences.5.xml:471
4273#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4274msgid ""
44477002
JR
4275"Pin: release v=&stable-version;\n"
4276"Pin: release a=stable, v=&stable-version;\n"
4277"Pin: release &stable-version;\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4278msgstr ""
4279
7d76ea1d
DK
4280#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4281#: apt_preferences.5.xml:480
4282msgid "the <literal>Component:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4283msgstr ""
4284
7d76ea1d
DK
4285#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4286#: apt_preferences.5.xml:481
2a52e8c5 4287msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4288"names the licensing component associated with the packages in the directory "
4289"tree of the <filename>Release</filename> file. For example, the line "
4290"\"Component: main\" specifies that all the packages in the directory tree "
4291"are from the <literal>main</literal> component, which entails that they are "
4292"licensed under terms listed in the Debian Free Software Guidelines. "
4293"Specifying this component in the APT preferences file would require the "
4294"line:"
2a52e8c5
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4295msgstr ""
4296
7d76ea1d
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4297#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
4298#: apt_preferences.5.xml:490
4299#, no-wrap
4300msgid "Pin: release c=main\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4301msgstr ""
4302
7d76ea1d
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4303#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4304#: apt_preferences.5.xml:496
4305msgid "the <literal>Origin:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4306msgstr ""
4307
7d76ea1d
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4308#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4309#: apt_preferences.5.xml:497
2a52e8c5 4310msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4311"names the originator of the packages in the directory tree of the "
4312"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
4313"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this origin in the APT preferences "
4314"file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4315msgstr ""
4316
7d76ea1d
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4317#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
4318#: apt_preferences.5.xml:503
4319#, no-wrap
4320msgid "Pin: release o=Debian\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4321msgstr ""
4322
7d76ea1d
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4323#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4324#: apt_preferences.5.xml:509
4325msgid "the <literal>Label:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4326msgstr ""
4327
7d76ea1d
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4328#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4329#: apt_preferences.5.xml:510
2a52e8c5 4330msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4331"names the label of the packages in the directory tree of the "
4332"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
4333"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this label in the APT preferences "
4334"file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
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4335msgstr ""
4336
7d76ea1d
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4337#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
4338#: apt_preferences.5.xml:516
4339#, no-wrap
4340msgid "Pin: release l=Debian\n"
2a52e8c5
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4341msgstr ""
4342
7d76ea1d
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4343#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4344#: apt_preferences.5.xml:523
2a52e8c5 4345msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4346"All of the <filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> "
4347"files retrieved from locations listed in the &sources-list; file are stored "
4348"in the directory <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists</filename>, or in the file "
4349"named by the variable <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> in the "
4350"<filename>apt.conf</filename> file. For example, the file "
4351"<filename>debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Release</filename> "
4352"contains the <filename>Release</filename> file retrieved from the site "
4353"<literal>debian.lcs.mit.edu</literal> for <literal>binary-i386</literal> "
4354"architecture files from the <literal>contrib</literal> component of the "
4355"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution."
2a52e8c5
DK
4356msgstr ""
4357
7d76ea1d
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4358#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
4359#: apt_preferences.5.xml:536
4360msgid "Optional Lines in an APT Preferences Record"
2a52e8c5
DK
4361msgstr ""
4362
7d76ea1d
DK
4363#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4364#: apt_preferences.5.xml:538
2a52e8c5 4365msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4366"Each record in the APT preferences file can optionally begin with one or "
4367"more lines beginning with the word <literal>Explanation:</literal>. This "
4368"provides a place for comments."
2a52e8c5
DK
4369msgstr ""
4370
7d76ea1d
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4371#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
4372#: apt_preferences.5.xml:547
4373msgid "Tracking Stable"
2a52e8c5
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4374msgstr ""
4375
7d76ea1d
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4376#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
4377#: apt_preferences.5.xml:555
4378#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4379msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4380"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated\n"
4381"Explanation: package versions other than those in the stable distro\n"
4382"Package: *\n"
4383"Pin: release a=stable\n"
4384"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
4385"\n"
4386"Package: *\n"
4387"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
4388"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
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4389msgstr ""
4390
7d76ea1d
DK
4391#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4392#: apt_preferences.5.xml:549
2a52e8c5 4393msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4394"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
4395"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
4396"<literal>stable</literal> distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
4397"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> "
4398"distributions. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4399msgstr ""
4400
7d76ea1d
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4401#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
4402#: apt_preferences.5.xml:572 apt_preferences.5.xml:618 apt_preferences.5.xml:676
4403#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4404msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4405"apt-get install <replaceable>package-name</replaceable>\n"
4406"apt-get upgrade\n"
4407"apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4408msgstr ""
4409
7d76ea1d
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4410#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4411#: apt_preferences.5.xml:567
2a52e8c5 4412msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4413"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
4414"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
4415"<literal>stable</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
4416"id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4417msgstr ""
4418
7d76ea1d
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4419#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
4420#: apt_preferences.5.xml:584
4421#, no-wrap
4422msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/testing\n"
2a52e8c5
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4423msgstr ""
4424
7d76ea1d
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4425#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4426#: apt_preferences.5.xml:578
2a52e8c5 4427msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4428"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
4429"latest version from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution; the package "
4430"will not be upgraded again unless this command is given again. <placeholder "
4431"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4432msgstr ""
4433
7d76ea1d
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4434#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
4435#: apt_preferences.5.xml:590
4436msgid "Tracking Testing or Unstable"
2a52e8c5
DK
4437msgstr ""
4438
7d76ea1d
DK
4439#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
4440#: apt_preferences.5.xml:599
4441#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4442msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4443"Package: *\n"
4444"Pin: release a=testing\n"
4445"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
4446"\n"
4447"Package: *\n"
4448"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
4449"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
4450"\n"
4451"Package: *\n"
4452"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
4453"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
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4454msgstr ""
4455
7d76ea1d
DK
4456#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4457#: apt_preferences.5.xml:592
2a52e8c5 4458msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4459"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a high priority "
4460"to package versions from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution, a "
4461"lower priority to package versions from the <literal>unstable</literal> "
4462"distribution, and a prohibitively low priority to package versions from "
4463"other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions. <placeholder "
4464"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4465msgstr ""
4466
7d76ea1d
DK
4467#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4468#: apt_preferences.5.xml:613
2a52e8c5 4469msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4470"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
4471"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
4472"<literal>testing</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
4473"id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4474msgstr ""
4475
7d76ea1d
DK
4476#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
4477#: apt_preferences.5.xml:633
4478#, no-wrap
4479msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/unstable\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4480msgstr ""
4481
7d76ea1d
DK
4482#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4483#: apt_preferences.5.xml:624
4484msgid ""
4485"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
4486"latest version from the <literal>unstable</literal> distribution. "
4487"Thereafter, <command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to "
4488"the most recent <literal>testing</literal> version if that is more recent "
4489"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
4490"<literal>unstable</literal> version if that is more recent than the "
4491"installed version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4492msgstr ""
4493
7d76ea1d
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4494#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
4495#: apt_preferences.5.xml:640
4496msgid "Tracking the evolution of a codename release"
2a52e8c5
DK
4497msgstr ""
4498
7d76ea1d
DK
4499#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
4500#: apt_preferences.5.xml:654
4501#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4502msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4503"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated package "
4504"versions\n"
4505"Explanation: other than those in the distribution codenamed with "
4506"&testing-codename; or sid\n"
4507"Package: *\n"
4508"Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
4509"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
4510"\n"
4511"Explanation: Debian unstable is always codenamed with sid\n"
4512"Package: *\n"
4513"Pin: release n=sid\n"
4514"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
4515"\n"
4516"Package: *\n"
4517"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
4518"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
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4519msgstr ""
4520
7d76ea1d
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4521#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4522#: apt_preferences.5.xml:642
2a52e8c5 4523msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4524"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
4525"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
4526"specified codename of a distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
4527"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions, "
4528"codenames and archives. Note that with this APT preference APT will follow "
4529"the migration of a release from the archive <literal>testing</literal> to "
4530"<literal>stable</literal> and later <literal>oldstable</literal>. If you "
4531"want to follow for example the progress in <literal>testing</literal> "
4532"notwithstanding the codename changes you should use the example "
4533"configurations above. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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4534msgstr ""
4535
7d76ea1d
DK
4536#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4537#: apt_preferences.5.xml:671
2a52e8c5 4538msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4539"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
4540"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest version(s) in "
4541"the release codenamed with <literal>&testing-codename;</literal>. "
4542"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4543msgstr ""
4544
7d76ea1d
DK
4545#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
4546#: apt_preferences.5.xml:691
4547#, no-wrap
4548msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/sid\n"
4549msgstr ""
4550
4551#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4552#: apt_preferences.5.xml:682
4553msgid ""
4554"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
4555"latest version from the <literal>sid</literal> distribution. Thereafter, "
4556"<command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to the most "
4557"recent <literal>&testing-codename;</literal> version if that is more recent "
4558"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
4559"<literal>sid</literal> version if that is more recent than the installed "
4560"version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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4561msgstr ""
4562
b39c1859 4563#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d
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4564#: apt_preferences.5.xml:706
4565msgid "&apt-get; &apt-cache; &apt-conf; &sources-list;"
2a52e8c5
DK
4566msgstr ""
4567
7d76ea1d
DK
4568#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
4569#: sources.list.5.xml:33
dabb215c 4570msgid "List of configured APT data sources"
2a52e8c5
DK
4571msgstr ""
4572
4573#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5723791e 4574#: sources.list.5.xml:38
b39c1859 4575msgid ""
5723791e
JR
4576"The source list <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> is designed to "
4577"support any number of active sources and a variety of source media. The file "
4578"lists one source per line, with the most preferred source listed first. The "
4579"information available from the configured sources is acquired by "
4580"<command>apt-get update</command> (or by an equivalent command from another "
4581"APT front-end)."
0fd68707
MV
4582msgstr ""
4583
4584#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5723791e 4585#: sources.list.5.xml:45
0fd68707 4586msgid ""
5723791e
JR
4587"Each line specifying a source starts with type "
4588"(e.g. <literal>deb-src</literal>) followed by options and arguments for "
4589"this type. Individual entries cannot be continued onto a following "
4590"line. Empty lines are ignored, and a <literal>#</literal> character anywhere "
4591"on a line marks the remainder of that line as a comment."
b39c1859
MV
4592msgstr ""
4593
7d76ea1d
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4594#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
4595#: sources.list.5.xml:53
4596msgid "sources.list.d"
2a52e8c5
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4597msgstr ""
4598
0fd68707 4599#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 4600#: sources.list.5.xml:54
2a52e8c5 4601msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4602"The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d</filename> directory provides a way to "
4603"add sources.list entries in separate files. The format is the same as for "
4604"the regular <filename>sources.list</filename> file. File names need to end "
4605"with <filename>.list</filename> and may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z), "
4606"digits (0-9), underscore (_), hyphen (-) and period (.) characters. "
44477002
JR
4607"Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file, unless that "
4608"file matches a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> "
5723791e 4609"configuration list - in which case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
DK
4610msgstr ""
4611
7d76ea1d
DK
4612#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
4613#: sources.list.5.xml:65
4614msgid "The deb and deb-src types"
2a52e8c5
DK
4615msgstr ""
4616
7d76ea1d
DK
4617#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4618#: sources.list.5.xml:66
2a52e8c5 4619msgid ""
5723791e
JR
4620"The <literal>deb</literal> type references a typical two-level Debian "
4621"archive, <filename>distribution/component</filename>. The "
4622"<literal>distribution</literal> is generally an archive name like "
7d76ea1d
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4623"<literal>stable</literal> or <literal>testing</literal> or a codename like "
4624"<literal>&stable-codename;</literal> or "
4625"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal> while component is one of "
5723791e
JR
4626"<literal>main</literal>, <literal>contrib</literal> or "
4627"<literal>non-free</literal>. The <literal>deb-src</literal> type references "
4628"a Debian distribution's source code in the same form as the "
7d76ea1d
DK
4629"<literal>deb</literal> type. A <literal>deb-src</literal> line is required "
4630"to fetch source indexes."
2a52e8c5
DK
4631msgstr ""
4632
7d76ea1d
DK
4633#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4634#: sources.list.5.xml:78
aec22160 4635msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4636"The format for a <filename>sources.list</filename> entry using the "
4637"<literal>deb</literal> and <literal>deb-src</literal> types is:"
aec22160
DK
4638msgstr ""
4639
7d76ea1d
DK
4640#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
4641#: sources.list.5.xml:81
2a52e8c5 4642#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 4643msgid "deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]"
2a52e8c5
DK
4644msgstr ""
4645
7d76ea1d
DK
4646#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4647#: sources.list.5.xml:83
b6c6b52f 4648msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4649"The URI for the <literal>deb</literal> type must specify the base of the "
4650"Debian distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs. "
4651"<literal>distribution</literal> can specify an exact path, in which case the "
4652"components must be omitted and <literal>distribution</literal> must end with "
5723791e
JR
4653"a slash (<literal>/</literal>). This is useful for the case when only a "
4654"particular sub-section of the archive denoted by the URI is of interest. If "
7d76ea1d
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4655"<literal>distribution</literal> does not specify an exact path, at least one "
4656"<literal>component</literal> must be present."
b6c6b52f
MV
4657msgstr ""
4658
7d76ea1d
DK
4659#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4660#: sources.list.5.xml:92
aec22160 4661msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4662"<literal>distribution</literal> may also contain a variable, "
5723791e
JR
4663"<literal>$(ARCH)</literal> which expands to the Debian architecture (such as "
4664"<literal>amd64</literal> or <literal>armel</literal>) used on the "
4665"system. This permits architecture-independent "
4666"<filename>sources.list</filename> files to be used. In general this is only "
4667"of interest when specifying an exact path, <literal>APT</literal> will "
4668"automatically generate a URI with the current architecture otherwise."
b6c6b52f
MV
4669msgstr ""
4670
7d76ea1d
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4671#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4672#: sources.list.5.xml:100
782486e8 4673msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4674"Since only one distribution can be specified per line it may be necessary to "
4675"have multiple lines for the same URI, if a subset of all available "
4676"distributions or components at that location is desired. APT will sort the "
4677"URI list after it has generated a complete set internally, and will collapse "
4678"multiple references to the same Internet host, for instance, into a single "
4679"connection, so that it does not inefficiently establish an FTP connection, "
4680"close it, do something else, and then re-establish a connection to that same "
4681"host. This feature is useful for accessing busy FTP sites with limits on the "
4682"number of simultaneous anonymous users. APT also parallelizes connections to "
4683"different hosts to more effectively deal with sites with low bandwidth."
2a52e8c5
DK
4684msgstr ""
4685
7d76ea1d
DK
4686#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4687#: sources.list.5.xml:112
b6c6b52f 4688msgid ""
5723791e 4689"<literal>options</literal> is always optional and needs to be surrounded by "
7d76ea1d
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4690"square brackets. It can consist of multiple settings in the form "
4691"<literal><replaceable>setting</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>. "
4692"Multiple settings are separated by spaces. The following settings are "
5723791e
JR
4693"supported by APT (note however that unsupported settings will be ignored "
4694"silently):"
2a52e8c5
DK
4695msgstr ""
4696
7d76ea1d
DK
4697#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
4698#: sources.list.5.xml:117
2a52e8c5 4699msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4700"<literal>arch=<replaceable>arch1</replaceable>,<replaceable>arch2</replaceable>,…</literal> "
5723791e
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4701"can be used to specify for which architectures information should be "
4702"downloaded. If this option is not set all architectures defined by the "
7d76ea1d 4703"<literal>APT::Architectures</literal> option will be downloaded."
2a52e8c5
DK
4704msgstr ""
4705
7d76ea1d
DK
4706#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
4707#: sources.list.5.xml:121
782486e8 4708msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4709"<literal>trusted=yes</literal> can be set to indicate that packages from "
4710"this source are always authenticated even if the "
4711"<filename>Release</filename> file is not signed or the signature can't be "
4712"checked. This disables parts of &apt-secure; and should therefore only be "
4713"used in a local and trusted context. <literal>trusted=no</literal> is the "
4714"opposite which handles even correctly authenticated sources as not "
4715"authenticated."
2a52e8c5
DK
4716msgstr ""
4717
7d76ea1d
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4718#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4719#: sources.list.5.xml:128
4720msgid ""
4721"It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most "
4722"preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting by "
4723"speed from fastest to slowest (CD-ROM followed by hosts on a local network, "
4724"followed by distant Internet hosts, for example)."
2a52e8c5
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4725msgstr ""
4726
7d76ea1d
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4727#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4728#: sources.list.5.xml:133
4729msgid "Some examples:"
2a52e8c5
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4730msgstr ""
4731
7d76ea1d
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4732#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
4733#: sources.list.5.xml:135
4734#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4735msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4736"deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main contrib non-free\n"
4737"deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib "
4738"non-free\n"
4739" "
2a52e8c5
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4740msgstr ""
4741
7d76ea1d
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4742#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
4743#: sources.list.5.xml:141
4744msgid "URI specification"
2a52e8c5
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4745msgstr ""
4746
7d76ea1d
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4747#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4748#: sources.list.5.xml:143
4749msgid "The currently recognized URI types are:"
2a52e8c5
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4750msgstr ""
4751
7d76ea1d
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4752#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
4753#: sources.list.5.xml:147
2a52e8c5 4754msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4755"The file scheme allows an arbitrary directory in the file system to be "
4756"considered an archive. This is useful for NFS mounts and local mirrors or "
4757"archives."
2a52e8c5
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4758msgstr ""
4759
7d76ea1d
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4760#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
4761#: sources.list.5.xml:154
2a52e8c5 4762msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4763"The cdrom scheme allows APT to use a local CD-ROM drive with media "
4764"swapping. Use the &apt-cdrom; program to create cdrom entries in the source "
4765"list."
2a52e8c5
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4766msgstr ""
4767
7d76ea1d
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4768#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
4769#: sources.list.5.xml:161
2a52e8c5 4770msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4771"The http scheme specifies an HTTP server for the archive. If an environment "
4772"variable <envar>http_proxy</envar> is set with the format "
4773"http://server:port/, the proxy server specified in <envar>http_proxy</envar> "
4774"will be used. Users of authenticated HTTP/1.1 proxies may use a string of "
4775"the format http://user:pass@server:port/. Note that this is an insecure "
4776"method of authentication."
2a52e8c5
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4777msgstr ""
4778
7d76ea1d
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4779#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
4780#: sources.list.5.xml:172
2a52e8c5 4781msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4782"The ftp scheme specifies an FTP server for the archive. APT's FTP behavior "
4783"is highly configurable; for more information see the &apt-conf; manual "
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4784"page. Please note that an FTP proxy can be specified by using the "
4785"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable. It is possible to specify an "
4786"HTTP proxy (HTTP proxy servers often understand FTP URLs) using this "
dabb215c 4787"environment variable and <emphasis>only</emphasis> this environment "
5723791e
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4788"variable. Proxies using HTTP specified in the configuration file will be "
4789"ignored."
2a52e8c5
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4790msgstr ""
4791
7d76ea1d 4792#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5723791e 4793#: sources.list.5.xml:184
2a52e8c5 4794msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4795"The copy scheme is identical to the file scheme except that packages are "
4796"copied into the cache directory instead of used directly at their location. "
5723791e
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4797"This is useful for people using removable media to copy files around with "
4798"APT."
2a52e8c5
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4799msgstr ""
4800
7d76ea1d 4801#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5723791e 4802#: sources.list.5.xml:191
2a52e8c5 4803msgid ""
5723791e
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4804"The rsh/ssh method invokes RSH/SSH to connect to a remote host and access "
4805"the files as a given user. Prior configuration of rhosts or RSA keys is "
4806"recommended. The standard <command>find</command> and <command>dd</command> "
4807"commands are used to perform the file transfers from the remote host."
2a52e8c5
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4808msgstr ""
4809
7d76ea1d
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4810#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4811#: sources.list.5.xml:198
4812msgid "adding more recognizable URI types"
2a52e8c5
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4813msgstr ""
4814
7d76ea1d
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4815#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
4816#: sources.list.5.xml:200
2a52e8c5 4817msgid ""
5723791e
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4818"APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages, "
4819"which should follow the naming scheme "
4820"<package>apt-transport-<replaceable>method</replaceable></package>. For "
4821"instance, the APT team also maintains the package "
4822"<package>apt-transport-https</package>, which provides access methods for "
4823"HTTPS URIs with features similar to the http method. Methods for using "
4824"e.g. debtorrent are also available - see &apt-transport-debtorrent;."
2a52e8c5
DK
4825msgstr ""
4826
7d76ea1d
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4827#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4828#: sources.list.5.xml:212
2a52e8c5 4829msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4830"Uses the archive stored locally (or NFS mounted) at /home/jason/debian for "
4831"stable/main, stable/contrib, and stable/non-free."
2a52e8c5
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4832msgstr ""
4833
7d76ea1d
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4834#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
4835#: sources.list.5.xml:214
4836#, no-wrap
4837msgid "deb file:/home/jason/debian stable main contrib non-free"
2a52e8c5
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4838msgstr ""
4839
7d76ea1d
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4840#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4841#: sources.list.5.xml:216
4842msgid "As above, except this uses the unstable (development) distribution."
2a52e8c5
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4843msgstr ""
4844
7d76ea1d
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4845#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
4846#: sources.list.5.xml:217
2a52e8c5 4847#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 4848msgid "deb file:/home/jason/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
2a52e8c5
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4849msgstr ""
4850
7d76ea1d
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4851#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4852#: sources.list.5.xml:219
4853msgid "Source line for the above"
2a52e8c5
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4854msgstr ""
4855
7d76ea1d
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4856#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
4857#: sources.list.5.xml:220
2a52e8c5 4858#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 4859msgid "deb-src file:/home/jason/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
b81dbe40
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4860msgstr ""
4861
7d76ea1d
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4862#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4863#: sources.list.5.xml:222
b81dbe40 4864msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4865"The first line gets package information for the architectures in "
4866"<literal>APT::Architectures</literal> while the second always retrieves "
4867"<literal>amd64</literal> and <literal>armel</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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4868msgstr ""
4869
7d76ea1d
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4870#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
4871#: sources.list.5.xml:224
4872#, no-wrap
b81dbe40 4873msgid ""
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4874"deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main\n"
4875"deb [ arch=amd64,armel ] http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main"
b81dbe40
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4876msgstr ""
4877
7d76ea1d
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4878#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4879#: sources.list.5.xml:227
2a52e8c5 4880msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4881"Uses HTTP to access the archive at archive.debian.org, and uses only the "
4882"hamm/main area."
2a52e8c5
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4883msgstr ""
4884
7d76ea1d
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4885#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
4886#: sources.list.5.xml:229
2a52e8c5 4887#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 4888msgid "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive hamm main"
2a52e8c5
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4889msgstr ""
4890
7d76ea1d
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4891#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4892#: sources.list.5.xml:231
2a52e8c5 4893msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4894"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
4895"directory, and uses only the &stable-codename;/contrib area."
2a52e8c5
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4896msgstr ""
4897
7d76ea1d
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4898#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
4899#: sources.list.5.xml:233
2a52e8c5 4900#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 4901msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; contrib"
2a52e8c5
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4902msgstr ""
4903
7d76ea1d
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4904#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4905#: sources.list.5.xml:235
2a52e8c5 4906msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4907"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
4908"directory, and uses only the unstable/contrib area. If this line appears as "
4909"well as the one in the previous example in <filename>sources.list</filename> "
4910"a single FTP session will be used for both resource lines."
2a52e8c5
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4911msgstr ""
4912
7d76ea1d
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4913#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
4914#: sources.list.5.xml:239
2a52e8c5 4915#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 4916msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable contrib"
2a52e8c5
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4917msgstr ""
4918
7d76ea1d
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4919#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
4920#: sources.list.5.xml:248
2a52e8c5 4921#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 4922msgid "deb http://ftp.tlh.debian.org/universe unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/"
782486e8
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4923msgstr ""
4924
7d76ea1d
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4925#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4926#: sources.list.5.xml:241
782486e8 4927msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4928"Uses HTTP to access the archive at ftp.tlh.debian.org, under the universe "
4929"directory, and uses only files found under "
4930"<filename>unstable/binary-i386</filename> on i386 machines, "
4931"<filename>unstable/binary-amd64</filename> on amd64, and so forth for other "
4932"supported architectures. [Note this example only illustrates how to use the "
4933"substitution variable; official debian archives are not structured like "
4934"this] <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
782486e8
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4935msgstr ""
4936
7d76ea1d
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4937#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4938#: sources.list.5.xml:253
4939msgid "&apt-cache; &apt-conf;"
782486e8
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4940msgstr ""
4941
7d76ea1d
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4942#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
4943#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:26 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:26 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:26
4944msgid "1"
782486e8
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4945msgstr ""
4946
7d76ea1d
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4947#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
4948#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:33
782486e8 4949msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4950"Utility to extract <command>debconf</command> config and templates from "
4951"Debian packages"
782486e8
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4952msgstr ""
4953
7d76ea1d
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4954#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4955#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:39
2b9b27c3 4956msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4957"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> will take one or more Debian package "
4958"files as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated "
4959"config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains "
4960"config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in the "
4961"format:"
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4962msgstr ""
4963
7d76ea1d
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4964#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4965#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:44
4966msgid "package version template-file config-script"
2a52e8c5
DK
4967msgstr ""
4968
7d76ea1d
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4969#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4970#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:45
aec22160 4971msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4972"template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory "
4973"specified by the <option>-t</option> or <option>--tempdir</option> "
4974"(<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>) directory, with "
4975"filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXX</filename> and "
4976"<filename>package.config.XXXX</filename>"
aec22160
DK
4977msgstr ""
4978
7d76ea1d
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4979#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
4980#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:58
782486e8 4981msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4982"Temporary directory in which to write extracted <command>debconf</command> "
4983"template files and config scripts. Configuration Item: "
4984"<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4985msgstr ""
4986
7d76ea1d
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4987#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
4988#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:75
2a52e8c5 4989msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4990"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> returns zero on normal operation, "
4991"decimal 100 on error."
2a52e8c5
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4992msgstr ""
4993
7d76ea1d
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4994#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
4995#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:33
4996msgid "Utility to sort package index files"
2a52e8c5
DK
4997msgstr ""
4998
7d76ea1d
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4999#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5000#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:39
2a52e8c5 5001msgid ""
14301cf3
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5002"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> will take an index file (source index or "
5003"package index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package "
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5004"name. It will also sort the internal fields of each record according to the "
5005"internal sorting rules."
2a52e8c5
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5006msgstr ""
5007
7d76ea1d
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5008#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5009#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:45
5723791e 5010msgid "All output is sent to standard output; the input must be a seekable file."
2a52e8c5
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5011msgstr ""
5012
7d76ea1d
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5013#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5014#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:54
2a52e8c5 5015msgid ""
14301cf3 5016"Use source index field ordering. Configuration Item: "
7d76ea1d 5017"<literal>APT::SortPkgs::Source</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5018msgstr ""
5019
7d76ea1d
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5020#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5021#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:68
2a52e8c5 5022msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5023"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
5024"100 on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
5025msgstr ""
5026
7d76ea1d
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5027#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
5028#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:33
5029msgid "Utility to generate index files"
2a52e8c5
DK
5030msgstr ""
5031
7d76ea1d
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5032#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5033#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:39
2a52e8c5 5034msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5035"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is the command line tool that generates "
5036"the index files that APT uses to access a distribution source. The index "
5037"files should be generated on the origin site based on the content of that "
5038"site."
2a52e8c5
DK
5039msgstr ""
5040
7d76ea1d
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5041#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5042#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:43
2a52e8c5 5043msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5044"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is a superset of the &dpkg-scanpackages; "
5045"program, incorporating its entire functionality via the "
5046"<literal>packages</literal> command. It also contains a contents file "
5047"generator, <literal>contents</literal>, and an elaborate means to 'script' "
5048"the generation process for a complete archive."
2a52e8c5
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5049msgstr ""
5050
7d76ea1d
DK
5051#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5052#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:49
2a52e8c5 5053msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5054"Internally <command>apt-ftparchive</command> can make use of binary "
5055"databases to cache the contents of a .deb file and it does not rely on any "
5056"external programs aside from &gzip;. When doing a full generate it "
5057"automatically performs file-change checks and builds the desired compressed "
5058"output files."
2a52e8c5
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5059msgstr ""
5060
7d76ea1d
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5061#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5062#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:60
2a52e8c5 5063msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5064"The packages command generates a package file from a directory tree. It "
5065"takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .deb files, "
5066"emitting a package record to stdout for each. This command is approximately "
5067"equivalent to &dpkg-scanpackages;."
2a52e8c5
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5068msgstr ""
5069
7d76ea1d
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5070#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5071#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:65 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:89
5072msgid "The option <option>--db</option> can be used to specify a binary caching DB."
2a52e8c5
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5073msgstr ""
5074
7d76ea1d
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5075#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5076#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:70
2a52e8c5 5077msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5078"The <literal>sources</literal> command generates a source index file from a "
5079"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it "
5080"for .dsc files, emitting a source record to stdout for each. This command is "
5081"approximately equivalent to &dpkg-scansources;."
2a52e8c5
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5082msgstr ""
5083
7d76ea1d
DK
5084#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5085#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:75
2a52e8c5 5086msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5087"If an override file is specified then a source override file will be looked "
5088"for with an extension of .src. The --source-override option can be used to "
5089"change the source override file that will be used."
2a52e8c5
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5090msgstr ""
5091
7d76ea1d
DK
5092#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5093#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:82
2a52e8c5 5094msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5095"The <literal>contents</literal> command generates a contents file from a "
5096"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it for "
5097".deb files, and reads the file list from each file. It then sorts and writes "
5098"to stdout the list of files matched to packages. Directories are not written "
5099"to the output. If multiple packages own the same file then each package is "
5100"separated by a comma in the output."
2a52e8c5
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5101msgstr ""
5102
7d76ea1d
DK
5103#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5104#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:94
2a52e8c5 5105msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5106"The <literal>release</literal> command generates a Release file from a "
5107"directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for uncompressed "
5108"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Sources</filename> files and "
5109"ones compressed with <command>gzip</command>, <command>bzip2</command> or "
5110"<command>lzma</command> as well as <filename>Release</filename> and "
5111"<filename>md5sum.txt</filename> files by default "
5112"(<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns</literal>). Additional "
5113"filename patterns can be added by listing them in "
5114"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns</literal>. It then writes to "
5115"stdout a <filename>Release</filename> file containing an MD5, SHA1 and "
5116"SHA256 digest for each file."
2a52e8c5
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5117msgstr ""
5118
7d76ea1d
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5119#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5120#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:104
2a52e8c5 5121msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5122"Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are taken from "
5123"the corresponding variables under "
5124"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release</literal>, "
5125"e.g. <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin</literal>. The supported "
5126"fields are: <literal>Origin</literal>, <literal>Label</literal>, "
5127"<literal>Suite</literal>, <literal>Version</literal>, "
5128"<literal>Codename</literal>, <literal>Date</literal>, "
5129"<literal>Valid-Until</literal>, <literal>Architectures</literal>, "
5130"<literal>Components</literal>, <literal>Description</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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5131msgstr ""
5132
7d76ea1d
DK
5133#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5134#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:117
2a52e8c5 5135msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5136"The <literal>generate</literal> command is designed to be runnable from a "
5137"cron script and builds indexes according to the given config file. The "
5138"config language provides a flexible means of specifying which index files "
5139"are built from which directories, as well as providing a simple means of "
5140"maintaining the required settings."
2a52e8c5
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5141msgstr ""
5142
7d76ea1d
DK
5143#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5144#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:126
aec22160 5145msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5146"The <literal>clean</literal> command tidies the databases used by the given "
5147"configuration file by removing any records that are no longer necessary."
aec22160
DK
5148msgstr ""
5149
7d76ea1d
DK
5150#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
5151#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:132
5152msgid "The Generate Configuration"
2a52e8c5
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5153msgstr ""
5154
7d76ea1d
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5155#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5156#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:134
2a52e8c5 5157msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5158"The <literal>generate</literal> command uses a configuration file to "
5159"describe the archives that are going to be generated. It follows the typical "
5160"ISC configuration format as seen in ISC tools like bind 8 and dhcpd. "
5161"&apt-conf; contains a description of the syntax. Note that the generate "
5162"configuration is parsed in sectional manner, but &apt-conf; is parsed in a "
5163"tree manner. This only effects how the scope tag is handled."
2a52e8c5
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5164msgstr ""
5165
7d76ea1d
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5166#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5167#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:142
5168msgid "The generate configuration has four separate sections, each described below."
2a52e8c5
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5169msgstr ""
5170
2a52e8c5 5171#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
7d76ea1d
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5172#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:144
5173msgid "<literal>Dir</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
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5174msgstr ""
5175
5176#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
7d76ea1d 5177#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:146
2a52e8c5 5178msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5179"The <literal>Dir</literal> section defines the standard directories needed "
5180"to locate the files required during the generation process. These "
5181"directories are prepended certain relative paths defined in later sections "
5182"to produce a complete an absolute path."
2a52e8c5
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5183msgstr ""
5184
7d76ea1d
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5185#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5186#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:153
2a52e8c5 5187msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5188"Specifies the root of the FTP archive, in a standard Debian configuration "
5189"this is the directory that contains the <filename>ls-LR</filename> and dist "
5190"nodes."
2a52e8c5
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5191msgstr ""
5192
7d76ea1d
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5193#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5194#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:160
5195msgid "Specifies the location of the override files."
2a52e8c5
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5196msgstr ""
5197
7d76ea1d
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5198#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5199#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:165
5200msgid "Specifies the location of the cache files."
2a52e8c5
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5201msgstr ""
5202
7d76ea1d
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5203#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5204#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:170
2a52e8c5 5205msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5206"Specifies the location of the file list files, if the "
5207"<literal>FileList</literal> setting is used below."
2a52e8c5
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5208msgstr ""
5209
7d76ea1d
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5210#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
5211#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:176
5212msgid "<literal>Default</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
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5213msgstr ""
5214
2a52e8c5 5215#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
7d76ea1d 5216#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:178
2a52e8c5 5217msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5218"The <literal>Default</literal> section specifies default values, and "
5219"settings that control the operation of the generator. Other sections may "
5220"override these defaults with a per-section setting."
2a52e8c5
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5221msgstr ""
5222
7d76ea1d
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5223#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5224#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:184
2a52e8c5 5225msgid ""
14301cf3 5226"Sets the default compression schemes to use for the package index files. It "
7d76ea1d
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5227"is a string that contains a space separated list of at least one of: '.' (no "
5228"compression), 'gzip' and 'bzip2'. The default for all compression schemes is "
5229"'. gzip'."
2a52e8c5
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5230msgstr ""
5231
7d76ea1d
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5232#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5233#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:192
2a52e8c5 5234msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5235"Sets the default list of file extensions that are package files. This "
5236"defaults to '.deb'."
2a52e8c5 5237msgstr ""
2a52e8c5 5238
7d76ea1d
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5239#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5240#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:198
2a52e8c5 5241msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5242"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
5243"controls the compression for the Sources files."
2a52e8c5
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5244msgstr ""
5245
7d76ea1d
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5246#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5247#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:204
2a52e8c5 5248msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5249"Sets the default list of file extensions that are source files. This "
5250"defaults to '.dsc'."
2a52e8c5
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5251msgstr ""
5252
7d76ea1d
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5253#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5254#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:210
2a52e8c5 5255msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5256"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
5257"controls the compression for the Contents files."
2a52e8c5
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5258msgstr ""
5259
7d76ea1d
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5260#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5261#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:216
2a52e8c5 5262msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5263"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
5264"controls the compression for the Translation-en master file."
2a52e8c5
DK
5265msgstr ""
5266
7d76ea1d
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5267#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5268#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:222
2a52e8c5 5269msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5270"Specifies the number of kilobytes to delink (and replace with hard links) "
5271"per run. This is used in conjunction with the per-section "
5272"<literal>External-Links</literal> setting."
2a52e8c5
DK
5273msgstr ""
5274
7d76ea1d
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5275#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5276#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:229
2a52e8c5 5277msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5278"Specifies the mode of all created index files. It defaults to 0644. All "
5279"index files are set to this mode with no regard to the umask."
2a52e8c5
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5280msgstr ""
5281
7d76ea1d
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5282#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5283#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:236 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:382
2a52e8c5 5284msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5285"Specifies whether long descriptions should be included in the "
5286"<filename>Packages</filename> file or split out into a master "
5287"<filename>Translation-en</filename> file."
2a52e8c5
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5288msgstr ""
5289
5290#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
7d76ea1d
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5291#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:242
5292msgid "<literal>TreeDefault</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
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5293msgstr ""
5294
5295#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
7d76ea1d 5296#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:244
2a52e8c5 5297msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5298"Sets defaults specific to <literal>Tree</literal> sections. All of these "
5299"variables are substitution variables and have the strings $(DIST), "
5300"$(SECTION) and $(ARCH) replaced with their respective values."
2a52e8c5
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5301msgstr ""
5302
7d76ea1d
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5303#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5304#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:251
5305msgid ""
5306"Sets the number of kilobytes of contents files that are generated each "
5307"day. The contents files are round-robined so that over several days they "
5308"will all be rebuilt."
2a52e8c5
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5309msgstr ""
5310
7d76ea1d
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5311#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5312#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:258
2a52e8c5 5313msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5314"Controls the number of days a contents file is allowed to be checked without "
5315"changing. If this limit is passed the mtime of the contents file is "
5316"updated. This case can occur if the package file is changed in such a way "
5317"that does not result in a new contents file [override edit for instance]. A "
5318"hold off is allowed in hopes that new .debs will be installed, requiring a "
5319"new file anyhow. The default is 10, the units are in days."
2a52e8c5
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5320msgstr ""
5321
7d76ea1d
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5322#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5323#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:269
2a52e8c5 5324msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5325"Sets the top of the .deb directory tree. Defaults to "
5326"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
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5327msgstr ""
5328
7d76ea1d
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5329#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5330#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:275
2a52e8c5 5331msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5332"Sets the top of the source package directory tree. Defaults to "
5333"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
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5334msgstr ""
5335
7d76ea1d
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5336#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5337#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:281
2a52e8c5 5338msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5339"Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to "
5340"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/Packages</filename>"
2a52e8c5
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5341msgstr ""
5342
7d76ea1d
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5343#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5344#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:287
2a52e8c5 5345msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5346"Sets the output Sources file. Defaults to "
5347"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/Sources</filename>"
2a52e8c5
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5348msgstr ""
5349
7d76ea1d
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5350#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5351#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:293
2a52e8c5 5352msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5353"Sets the output Translation-en master file with the long descriptions if "
5354"they should be not included in the Packages file. Defaults to "
5355"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/i18n/Translation-en</filename>"
2a52e8c5
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5356msgstr ""
5357
7d76ea1d
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5358#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5359#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:300
2a52e8c5 5360msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5361"Sets the path prefix that causes a symlink to be considered an internal link "
5362"instead of an external link. Defaults to "
5363"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5364msgstr ""
5365
7d76ea1d
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5366#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5367#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:307
2a52e8c5 5368msgid ""
7d76ea1d 5369"Sets the output Contents file. Defaults to "
3adddfa8
DK
5370"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/Contents-$(ARCH)</filename>. If this setting "
5371"causes multiple Packages files to map onto a single Contents file (as is the "
7d76ea1d
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5372"default) then <command>apt-ftparchive</command> will integrate those "
5373"package files together automatically."
2a52e8c5
DK
5374msgstr ""
5375
7d76ea1d
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5376#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5377#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:316
5378msgid "Sets header file to prepend to the contents output."
2a52e8c5
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5379msgstr ""
5380
7d76ea1d
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5381#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5382#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:321
2a52e8c5 5383msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5384"Sets the binary cache database to use for this section. Multiple sections "
5385"can share the same database."
2a52e8c5
DK
5386msgstr ""
5387
7d76ea1d
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5388#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5389#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:327
5390msgid ""
5391"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
5392"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
5393"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory."
2a52e8c5
DK
5394msgstr ""
5395
7d76ea1d
DK
5396#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5397#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:334
2a52e8c5 5398msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5399"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
5400"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
5401"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory. "
5402"This is used when processing source indexes."
2a52e8c5
DK
5403msgstr ""
5404
5405#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
7d76ea1d
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5406#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:342
5407msgid "<literal>Tree</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
5408msgstr ""
5409
7d76ea1d
DK
5410#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
5411#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:344
2a52e8c5 5412msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5413"The <literal>Tree</literal> section defines a standard Debian file tree "
5414"which consists of a base directory, then multiple sections in that base "
5415"directory and finally multiple Architectures in each section. The exact "
5416"pathing used is defined by the <literal>Directory</literal> substitution "
5417"variable."
2a52e8c5
DK
5418msgstr ""
5419
5420#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
7d76ea1d 5421#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:349
2a52e8c5 5422msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5423"The <literal>Tree</literal> section takes a scope tag which sets the "
5424"<literal>$(DIST)</literal> variable and defines the root of the tree (the "
5425"path is prefixed by <literal>ArchiveDir</literal>). Typically this is a "
5426"setting such as <filename>dists/&stable-codename;</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5427msgstr ""
5428
5429#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
7d76ea1d 5430#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:354
2a52e8c5 5431msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5432"All of the settings defined in the <literal>TreeDefault</literal> section "
5433"can be used in a <literal>Tree</literal> section as well as three new "
5434"variables."
2a52e8c5
DK
5435msgstr ""
5436
5437#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
7d76ea1d 5438#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:360
2a52e8c5 5439#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d
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5440msgid ""
5441"for i in Sections do \n"
5442" for j in Architectures do\n"
5443" Generate for DIST=scope SECTION=i ARCH=j\n"
5444" "
2a52e8c5
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5445msgstr ""
5446
5447#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
7d76ea1d 5448#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:357
2a52e8c5 5449msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5450"When processing a <literal>Tree</literal> section "
5451"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> performs an operation similar to: "
5452"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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5453msgstr ""
5454
7d76ea1d
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5455#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5456#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:368
5457msgid ""
5458"This is a space separated list of sections which appear under the "
5459"distribution; typically this is something like <literal>main contrib "
5460"non-free</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5461msgstr ""
5462
7d76ea1d
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5463#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5464#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:375
2a52e8c5 5465msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5466"This is a space separated list of all the architectures that appear under "
5467"search section. The special architecture 'source' is used to indicate that "
5468"this tree has a source archive."
2a52e8c5
DK
5469msgstr ""
5470
7d76ea1d
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5471#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5472#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:388
2a52e8c5 5473msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5474"Sets the binary override file. The override file contains section, priority "
5475"and maintainer address information."
2a52e8c5
DK
5476msgstr ""
5477
7d76ea1d
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5478#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5479#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:394
2a52e8c5 5480msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5481"Sets the source override file. The override file contains section "
5482"information."
2a52e8c5
DK
5483msgstr ""
5484
7d76ea1d
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5485#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5486#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:400 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:446
5487msgid "Sets the binary extra override file."
2a52e8c5
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5488msgstr ""
5489
7d76ea1d
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5490#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5491#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:405 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:451
5492msgid "Sets the source extra override file."
2a52e8c5
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5493msgstr ""
5494
7d76ea1d
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5495#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
5496#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:410
5497msgid "<literal>BinDirectory</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
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5498msgstr ""
5499
2a52e8c5 5500#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
7d76ea1d 5501#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:412
2a52e8c5 5502msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5503"The <literal>bindirectory</literal> section defines a binary directory tree "
5504"with no special structure. The scope tag specifies the location of the "
5505"binary directory and the settings are similar to the <literal>Tree</literal> "
5506"section with no substitution variables or "
5507"<literal>Section</literal><literal>Architecture</literal> settings."
2a52e8c5
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5508msgstr ""
5509
7d76ea1d
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5510#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5511#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:420
5512msgid "Sets the Packages file output."
2a52e8c5
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5513msgstr ""
5514
7d76ea1d
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5515#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5516#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:425
2a52e8c5 5517msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5518"Sets the Sources file output. At least one of <literal>Packages</literal> or "
5519"<literal>Sources</literal> is required."
2a52e8c5
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5520msgstr ""
5521
7d76ea1d
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5522#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5523#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:431
5524msgid "Sets the Contents file output (optional)."
2a52e8c5
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5525msgstr ""
5526
7d76ea1d
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5527#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5528#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:436
5529msgid "Sets the binary override file."
2a52e8c5
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5530msgstr ""
5531
7d76ea1d
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5532#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5533#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:441
5534msgid "Sets the source override file."
2a52e8c5
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5535msgstr ""
5536
7d76ea1d
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5537#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5538#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:456
5539msgid "Sets the cache DB."
2a52e8c5
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5540msgstr ""
5541
7d76ea1d
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5542#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5543#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:461
5544msgid "Appends a path to all the output paths."
2a52e8c5
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5545msgstr ""
5546
7d76ea1d
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5547#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5548#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:466
5549msgid "Specifies the file list file."
5550msgstr ""
5551
5552#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
5553#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:473
5554msgid "The Binary Override File"
2a52e8c5
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5555msgstr ""
5556
5557#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 5558#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:474
2a52e8c5 5559msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5560"The binary override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scanpackages;. It "
5561"contains four fields separated by spaces. The first field is the package "
5562"name, the second is the priority to force that package to, the third is the "
5563"section to force that package to and the final field is the maintainer "
5564"permutation field."
2a52e8c5
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5565msgstr ""
5566
7d76ea1d
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5567#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
5568#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:480
2a52e8c5 5569#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5570msgid "old [// oldn]* => new"
2a52e8c5
DK
5571msgstr ""
5572
7d76ea1d
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5573#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
5574#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:482
5575#, no-wrap
5576msgid "new"
2a52e8c5
DK
5577msgstr ""
5578
5579#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 5580#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:479
2a52e8c5 5581msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5582"The general form of the maintainer field is: <placeholder "
5583"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> or simply, <placeholder "
5584"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"1\"/> The first form allows a double-slash "
5585"separated list of old email addresses to be specified. If any of those are "
5586"found then new is substituted for the maintainer field. The second form "
5587"unconditionally substitutes the maintainer field."
c77d6597
MV
5588msgstr ""
5589
7d76ea1d
DK
5590#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
5591#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:490
5592msgid "The Source Override File"
c77d6597
MV
5593msgstr ""
5594
2a52e8c5 5595#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 5596#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:492
c77d6597 5597msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5598"The source override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scansources;. It "
5599"contains two fields separated by spaces. The first field is the source "
5600"package name, the second is the section to assign it."
c77d6597
MV
5601msgstr ""
5602
7d76ea1d
DK
5603#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
5604#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:497
5605msgid "The Extra Override File"
c77d6597
MV
5606msgstr ""
5607
5608#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 5609#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:499
c77d6597 5610msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5611"The extra override file allows any arbitrary tag to be added or replaced in "
5612"the output. It has three columns, the first is the package, the second is "
5613"the tag and the remainder of the line is the new value."
2a52e8c5
DK
5614msgstr ""
5615
7d76ea1d
DK
5616#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5617#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:510
5618msgid ""
5619"Generate the given checksum. These options default to on, when turned off "
5620"the generated index files will not have the checksum fields where possible. "
5621"Configuration Items: "
5622"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> and "
5623"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Index</replaceable>::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> "
5624"where <literal><replaceable>Index</replaceable></literal> can be "
5625"<literal>Packages</literal>, <literal>Sources</literal> or "
5626"<literal>Release</literal> and "
5627"<literal><replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> can be "
5628"<literal>MD5</literal>, <literal>SHA1</literal> or "
5629"<literal>SHA256</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5630msgstr ""
5631
7d76ea1d
DK
5632#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5633#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:521
2a52e8c5 5634msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5635"Use a binary caching DB. This has no effect on the generate command. "
5636"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DB</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5637msgstr ""
5638
7d76ea1d
DK
5639#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5640#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:527
5641msgid ""
5642"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
5643"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
5644"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
5645"file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5646msgstr ""
5647
7d76ea1d
DK
5648#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5649#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:535
5650msgid ""
5651"Perform Delinking. If the <literal>External-Links</literal> setting is used "
5652"then this option actually enables delinking of the files. It defaults to on "
5653"and can be turned off with <option>--no-delink</option>. Configuration "
5654"Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DeLinkAct</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5655msgstr ""
5656
7d76ea1d
DK
5657#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5658#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:543
2a52e8c5 5659msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5660"Perform contents generation. When this option is set and package indexes are "
5661"being generated with a cache DB then the file listing will also be extracted "
5662"and stored in the DB for later use. When using the generate command this "
5663"option also allows the creation of any Contents files. The default is on. "
5664"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Contents</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5665msgstr ""
5666
7d76ea1d
DK
5667#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5668#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:553
2a52e8c5 5669msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5670"Select the source override file to use with the <literal>sources</literal> "
5671"command. Configuration Item: "
5672"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::SourceOverride</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5673msgstr ""
5674
7d76ea1d
DK
5675#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5676#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:559
2a52e8c5 5677msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5678"Make the caching databases read only. Configuration Item: "
5679"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5680msgstr ""
5681
7d76ea1d
DK
5682#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5683#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:564
2a52e8c5 5684msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5685"Accept in the <literal>packages</literal> and <literal>contents</literal> "
5686"commands only package files matching <literal>*_arch.deb</literal> or "
5687"<literal>*_all.deb</literal> instead of all package files in the given "
5688"path. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Architecture</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5689msgstr ""
5690
7d76ea1d
DK
5691#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5692#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:572
2a52e8c5 5693msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5694"&apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in a cachedb. If "
5695"packages are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this "
5696"will lead to problems as the now outdated cached metadata like size and "
5697"checksums will be used. With this option enabled this will no longer happen "
5698"as it will be checked if the file was changed. Note that this option is set "
5699"to \"<literal>false</literal>\" by default as it is not recommend to upload "
5700"multiply versions/builds of a package with the same versionnumber, so in "
5701"theory nobody will have these problems and therefore all these extra checks "
5702"are useless."
2a52e8c5
DK
5703msgstr ""
5704
7d76ea1d
DK
5705#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
5706#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:584
2a52e8c5 5707msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5708"This configuration option defaults to \"<literal>true</literal>\" and should "
5709"only be set to <literal>\"false\"</literal> if the Archive generated with "
5710"&apt-ftparchive; also provides <filename>Translation</filename> files. Note "
5711"that the <filename>Translation-en</filename> master file can only be created "
5712"in the generate command."
2a52e8c5
DK
5713msgstr ""
5714
7d76ea1d
DK
5715#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><programlisting>
5716#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:602
5717#, no-wrap
5718msgid ""
5719"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> packages "
5720"<replaceable>directory</replaceable> | <command>gzip</command> > "
5721"<filename>Packages.gz</filename>\n"
43be0ac4
MV
5722msgstr ""
5723
7d76ea1d
DK
5724#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5725#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:598
43be0ac4 5726msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5727"To create a compressed Packages file for a directory containing binary "
5728"packages (.deb): <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
43be0ac4
MV
5729msgstr ""
5730
2a52e8c5 5731#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7d76ea1d 5732#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:612
2a52e8c5 5733msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5734"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
5735"100 on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
5736msgstr ""
5737
7d76ea1d
DK
5738#. type: TH
5739#: apt.8:17
2a52e8c5 5740#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5741msgid "apt"
2a52e8c5
DK
5742msgstr ""
5743
7d76ea1d
DK
5744#. type: TH
5745#: apt.8:17
5746#, no-wrap
5747msgid "16 June 1998"
2a52e8c5
DK
5748msgstr ""
5749
7d76ea1d
DK
5750#. type: TH
5751#: apt.8:17
2a52e8c5 5752#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5753msgid "Debian"
2a52e8c5
DK
5754msgstr ""
5755
7d76ea1d
DK
5756#. type: SH
5757#: apt.8:18
5758#, no-wrap
5759msgid "NAME"
2a52e8c5
DK
5760msgstr ""
5761
7d76ea1d
DK
5762#. type: Plain text
5763#: apt.8:20
5764msgid "apt - Advanced Package Tool"
5765msgstr ""
5766
5767#. type: SH
5768#: apt.8:20
2a52e8c5 5769#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5770msgid "SYNOPSIS"
2a52e8c5
DK
5771msgstr ""
5772
7d76ea1d
DK
5773#. type: Plain text
5774#: apt.8:22
5775msgid "B<apt>"
c77d6597
MV
5776msgstr ""
5777
7d76ea1d
DK
5778#. type: SH
5779#: apt.8:22
c77d6597 5780#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5781msgid "DESCRIPTION"
c77d6597
MV
5782msgstr ""
5783
7d76ea1d
DK
5784#. type: Plain text
5785#: apt.8:31
2a52e8c5 5786msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5787"APT is a management system for software packages. For normal day to day "
5788"package management there are several frontends available, such as "
5789"B<aptitude>(8) for the command line or B<synaptic>(8) for the X Window "
5790"System. Some options are only implemented in B<apt-get>(8) though."
2a52e8c5
DK
5791msgstr ""
5792
7d76ea1d
DK
5793#. type: SH
5794#: apt.8:31
2a52e8c5 5795#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5796msgid "SEE ALSO"
2a52e8c5
DK
5797msgstr ""
5798
7d76ea1d
DK
5799#. type: Plain text
5800#: apt.8:38
2a52e8c5 5801msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5802"B<apt-cache>(8), B<apt-get>(8), B<apt.conf>(5), B<sources.list>(5), "
5803"B<apt_preferences>(5), B<apt-secure>(8)"
2a52e8c5
DK
5804msgstr ""
5805
7d76ea1d
DK
5806#. type: SH
5807#: apt.8:38
2a52e8c5 5808#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5809msgid "DIAGNOSTICS"
2a52e8c5
DK
5810msgstr ""
5811
7d76ea1d
DK
5812#. type: Plain text
5813#: apt.8:40
5814msgid "apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
5815msgstr ""
5816
7d76ea1d
DK
5817#. type: SH
5818#: apt.8:40
2a52e8c5 5819#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5820msgid "BUGS"
2a52e8c5
DK
5821msgstr ""
5822
7d76ea1d
DK
5823#. type: Plain text
5824#: apt.8:42
5825msgid "This manpage isn't even started."
2a52e8c5
DK
5826msgstr ""
5827
7d76ea1d
DK
5828#. type: Plain text
5829#: apt.8:51
2a52e8c5 5830msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5831"See E<lt>http://bugs.debian.org/aptE<gt>. If you wish to report a bug in "
5832"B<apt>, please see I</usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt> or the "
5833"B<reportbug>(1) command."
2a52e8c5
DK
5834msgstr ""
5835
7d76ea1d
DK
5836#. type: SH
5837#: apt.8:51
5838#, no-wrap
5839msgid "AUTHOR"
5840msgstr ""
5841
5842#. type: Plain text
5843#: apt.8:52
5844msgid "apt was written by the APT team E<lt>apt@packages.debian.orgE<gt>."
2a52e8c5 5845msgstr ""
43be0ac4
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5846
5847#. type: <title></title>
5848#: guide.sgml:4
5849msgid "APT User's Guide"
5850msgstr ""
5851
5852#. type: <author></author>
5853#: guide.sgml:6 offline.sgml:6
5854msgid "<name>Jason Gunthorpe </name><email>jgg@debian.org</email>"
5855msgstr ""
5856
5857#. type: <version></version>
5858#: guide.sgml:7
5859msgid "$Id: guide.sgml,v 1.7 2003/04/26 23:26:13 doogie Exp $"
5860msgstr ""
5861
5862#. type: <abstract></abstract>
5863#: guide.sgml:11
5864msgid ""
5865"This document provides an overview of how to use the the APT package "
5866"manager."
5867msgstr ""
5868
5869#. type: <copyrightsummary></copyrightsummary>
5870#: guide.sgml:15
5871msgid "Copyright &copy; Jason Gunthorpe, 1998."
5872msgstr ""
5873
5874#. type: <p></p>
5875#: guide.sgml:21 offline.sgml:22
5876msgid ""
5877"\"APT\" and this document are free software; you can redistribute them "
5878"and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as "
5879"published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, "
5880"or (at your option) any later version."
5881msgstr ""
5882
5883#. type: <p></p>
5884#: guide.sgml:24 offline.sgml:25
5885msgid ""
b176de3a 5886"For more details, on Debian systems, see the file "
43be0ac4
MV
5887"/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full license."
5888msgstr ""
5889
5890#. type: <heading></heading>
5891#: guide.sgml:32
5892msgid "General"
5893msgstr ""
5894
5895#. type: <p></p>
5896#: guide.sgml:38
5897msgid ""
5898"The APT package currently contains two sections, the APT "
5899"<prgn>dselect</prgn> method and the <prgn>apt-get</prgn> command line user "
5900"interface. Both provide a way to install and remove packages as well as "
5901"download new packages from the Internet."
5902msgstr ""
5903
5904#. type: <heading></heading>
5905#: guide.sgml:39
5906msgid "Anatomy of the Package System"
5907msgstr ""
5908
5909#. type: <p></p>
5910#: guide.sgml:44
5911msgid ""
5912"The Debian packaging system has a large amount of information associated "
5913"with each package to help assure that it integrates cleanly and easily into "
5914"the system. The most prominent of its features is the dependency system."
5915msgstr ""
5916
5917#. type: <p></p>
5918#: guide.sgml:52
5919msgid ""
5920"The dependency system allows individual programs to make use of shared "
5921"elements in the system such as libraries. It simplifies placing infrequently "
5922"used portions of a program in separate packages to reduce the number of "
5923"things the average user is required to install. Also, it allows for choices "
5924"in mail transport agents, X servers and so on."
5925msgstr ""
5926
5927#. type: <p></p>
5928#: guide.sgml:57
5929msgid ""
5930"The first step to understanding the dependency system is to grasp the "
5931"concept of a simple dependency. The meaning of a simple dependency is that a "
5932"package requires another package to be installed at the same time to work "
5933"properly."
5934msgstr ""
5935
5936#. type: <p></p>
5937#: guide.sgml:63
5938msgid ""
5939"For instance, mailcrypt is an emacs extension that aids in encrypting email "
b39c1859 5940"with GPG. Without GPGP installed mailcrypt is useless, so mailcrypt has a "
43be0ac4
MV
5941"simple dependency on GPG. Also, because it is an emacs extension it has a "
5942"simple dependency on emacs, without emacs it is completely useless."
5943msgstr ""
5944
5945#. type: <p></p>
5946#: guide.sgml:73
5947msgid ""
5948"The other important dependency to understand is a conflicting dependency. It "
5949"means that a package, when installed with another package, will not work and "
5950"may possibly be extremely harmful to the system. As an example consider a "
5951"mail transport agent such as sendmail, exim or qmail. It is not possible to "
5952"have two mail transport agents installed because both need to listen to the "
5953"network to receive mail. Attempting to install two will seriously damage the "
5954"system so all mail transport agents have a conflicting dependency with all "
5955"other mail transport agents."
5956msgstr ""
5957
5958#. type: <p></p>
5959#: guide.sgml:83
5960msgid ""
5961"As an added complication there is the possibility for a package to pretend "
5962"to be another package. Consider that exim and sendmail for many intents are "
5963"identical, they both deliver mail and understand a common interface. Hence, "
5964"the package system has a way for them to declare that they are both "
5965"mail-transport-agents. So, exim and sendmail both declare that they provide "
5966"a mail-transport-agent and other packages that need a mail transport agent "
5967"depend on mail-transport-agent. This can add a great deal of confusion when "
5968"trying to manually fix packages."
5969msgstr ""
5970
5971#. type: <p></p>
5972#: guide.sgml:88
5973msgid ""
5974"At any given time a single dependency may be met by packages that are "
5975"already installed or it may not be. APT attempts to help resolve dependency "
5976"issues by providing a number of automatic algorithms that help in selecting "
5977"packages for installation."
5978msgstr ""
5979
9aa80d52
DK
5980#. type: <heading></heading>
5981#: guide.sgml:96
5982msgid "apt-get"
5983msgstr ""
5984
43be0ac4
MV
5985#. type: <p></p>
5986#: guide.sgml:102
5987msgid ""
5988"<prgn>apt-get</prgn> provides a simple way to install packages from the "
5989"command line. Unlike <prgn>dpkg</prgn>, <prgn>apt-get</prgn> does not "
5990"understand .deb files, it works with the package's proper name and can only "
5991"install .deb archives from a <em>Source</em>."
5992msgstr ""
5993
5994#. type: <p></p>
5995#: guide.sgml:109
5996msgid ""
5997"The first <footnote><p>If you are using an http proxy server you must set "
5998"the http_proxy environment variable first, see "
5999"sources.list(5)</p></footnote> thing that should be done before using "
6000"<prgn>apt-get</prgn> is to fetch the package lists from the <em>Sources</em> "
6001"so that it knows what packages are available. This is done with <tt>apt-get "
6002"update</tt>. For instance,"
6003msgstr ""
6004
6005#. type: <example></example>
6006#: guide.sgml:116
6007#, no-wrap
6008msgid ""
6009"# apt-get update\n"
6010"Get http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/binary-i386/ Packages\n"
6011"Get http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
6012"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
6013"Building Dependency Tree... Done"
6014msgstr ""
6015
6016#. type: <p><taglist>
6017#: guide.sgml:120
6018msgid "Once updated there are several commands that can be used:"
6019msgstr ""
6020
2b9b27c3
DK
6021#. type: <tag></tag>
6022#: guide.sgml:121
6023msgid "upgrade"
6024msgstr ""
6025
43be0ac4
MV
6026#. type: <p></p>
6027#: guide.sgml:131
6028msgid ""
6029"Upgrade will attempt to gently upgrade the whole system. Upgrade will never "
6030"install a new package or remove an existing package, nor will it ever "
6031"upgrade a package that might cause some other package to break. This can be "
6032"used daily to relatively safely upgrade the system. Upgrade will list all of "
6033"the packages that it could not upgrade, this usually means that they depend "
6034"on new packages or conflict with some other package. <prgn>dselect</prgn> or "
6035"<tt>apt-get install</tt> can be used to force these packages to install."
6036msgstr ""
6037
2b9b27c3
DK
6038#. type: <tag></tag>
6039#: guide.sgml:131
6040msgid "install"
6041msgstr ""
6042
43be0ac4
MV
6043#. type: <p></p>
6044#: guide.sgml:140
6045msgid ""
6046"Install is used to install packages by name. The package is automatically "
6047"fetched and installed. This can be useful if you already know the name of "
6048"the package to install and do not want to go into a GUI to select it. Any "
6049"number of packages may be passed to install, they will all be "
6050"fetched. Install automatically attempts to resolve dependency problems with "
6051"the listed packages and will print a summary and ask for confirmation if "
6052"anything other than its arguments are changed."
6053msgstr ""
6054
2b9b27c3
DK
6055#. type: <tag></tag>
6056#: guide.sgml:140
6057msgid "dist-upgrade"
6058msgstr ""
6059
43be0ac4
MV
6060#. type: <p></p>
6061#: guide.sgml:149
6062msgid ""
6063"Dist-upgrade is a complete upgrader designed to simplify upgrading between "
6064"releases of Debian. It uses a sophisticated algorithm to determine the best "
6065"set of packages to install, upgrade and remove to get as much of the system "
6066"to the newest release. In some situations it may be desired to use "
6067"dist-upgrade rather than spend the time manually resolving dependencies in "
6068"<prgn>dselect</prgn>. Once dist-upgrade has completed then "
6069"<prgn>dselect</prgn> can be used to install any packages that may have been "
6070"left out."
6071msgstr ""
6072
6073#. type: <p></p>
6074#: guide.sgml:152
6075msgid ""
6076"It is important to closely look at what dist-upgrade is going to do, its "
6077"decisions may sometimes be quite surprising."
6078msgstr ""
6079
6080#. type: <p></p>
6081#: guide.sgml:163
6082msgid ""
6083"<prgn>apt-get</prgn> has several command line options that are detailed in "
6084"its man page, <manref section=\"8\" name=\"apt-get\">. The most useful "
6085"option is <tt>-d</tt> which does not install the fetched files. If the "
6086"system has to download a large number of package it would be undesired to "
6087"start installing them in case something goes wrong. When <tt>-d</tt> is used "
6088"the downloaded archives can be installed by simply running the command that "
6089"caused them to be downloaded again without <tt>-d</tt>."
6090msgstr ""
6091
6092#. type: <heading></heading>
6093#: guide.sgml:168
6094msgid "DSelect"
6095msgstr ""
6096
6097#. type: <p></p>
6098#: guide.sgml:173
6099msgid ""
6100"The APT <prgn>dselect</prgn> method provides the complete APT system with "
6101"the <prgn>dselect</prgn> package selection GUI. <prgn>dselect</prgn> is used "
6102"to select the packages to be installed or removed and APT actually installs "
6103"them."
6104msgstr ""
6105
6106#. type: <p></p>
6107#: guide.sgml:184
6108msgid ""
b39c1859
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6109"To enable the APT method you need to select [A]ccess in <prgn>dselect</prgn> "
6110"and then choose the APT method. You will be prompted for a set of "
6111"<em>Sources</em> which are places to fetch archives from. These can be "
25838be6 6112"remote Internet sites, local Debian mirrors or CD-ROMs. Each source can "
b39c1859 6113"provide a fragment of the total Debian archive, APT will automatically "
6f33340f
JR
6114"combine them to form a complete set of packages. If you have a CD-ROM then "
6115"it is a good idea to specify it first and then specify a mirror so that you "
43be0ac4 6116"have access to the latest bug fixes. APT will automatically use packages on "
25838be6 6117"your CD-ROM before downloading from the Internet."
43be0ac4
MV
6118msgstr ""
6119
6120#. type: <example></example>
6121#: guide.sgml:198
6122#, no-wrap
6123msgid ""
6124" Set up a list of distribution source locations\n"
6125"\t \n"
6126" Please give the base URL of the debian distribution.\n"
6127" The access schemes I know about are: http file\n"
6128"\t \n"
6129" For example:\n"
6130" file:/mnt/debian,\n"
6131" ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian,\n"
6132" http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian,\n"
6133" \n"
6134" \n"
6135" URL [http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian]:"
6136msgstr ""
6137
6138#. type: <p></p>
6139#: guide.sgml:205
6140msgid ""
6141"The <em>Sources</em> setup starts by asking for the base of the Debian "
6142"archive, defaulting to a HTTP mirror. Next it asks for the distribution to "
6143"get."
6144msgstr ""
6145
6146#. type: <example></example>
6147#: guide.sgml:212
6148#, no-wrap
6149msgid ""
6150" Please give the distribution tag to get or a path to the\n"
6151" package file ending in a /. The distribution\n"
6152" tags are typically something like: stable unstable testing non-US\n"
6153" \n"
6154" Distribution [stable]:"
6155msgstr ""
6156
6157#. type: <p></p>
6158#: guide.sgml:222
6159msgid ""
6160"The distribution refers to the Debian version in the archive, "
6161"<em>stable</em> refers to the latest released version and <em>unstable</em> "
6162"refers to the developmental version. <em>non-US</em> is only available on "
6163"some mirrors and refers to packages that contain encryption technology or "
6164"other things that cannot be exported from the United States. Importing these "
6165"packages into the US is legal however."
6166msgstr ""
6167
6168#. type: <example></example>
6169#: guide.sgml:228
6170#, no-wrap
6171msgid ""
6172" Please give the components to get\n"
6173" The components are typically something like: main contrib non-free\n"
6174" \n"
6175" Components [main contrib non-free]:"
6176msgstr ""
6177
6178#. type: <p></p>
6179#: guide.sgml:236
6180msgid ""
6181"The components list refers to the list of sub distributions to fetch. The "
6182"distribution is split up based on software licenses, main being DFSG free "
6183"packages while contrib and non-free contain things that have various "
6184"restrictions placed on their use and distribution."
6185msgstr ""
6186
6187#. type: <p></p>
6188#: guide.sgml:240
6189msgid ""
6190"Any number of sources can be added, the setup script will continue to prompt "
6191"until you have specified all that you want."
6192msgstr ""
6193
6194#. type: <p></p>
6195#: guide.sgml:247
6196msgid ""
6197"Before starting to use <prgn>dselect</prgn> it is necessary to update the "
b39c1859 6198"available list by selecting [U]pdate from the menu. This is a superset of "
43be0ac4
MV
6199"<tt>apt-get update</tt> that makes the fetched information available to "
6200"<prgn>dselect</prgn>. [U]pdate must be performed even if <tt>apt-get "
6201"update</tt> has been run before."
6202msgstr ""
6203
6204#. type: <p></p>
6205#: guide.sgml:253
6206msgid ""
6207"You can then go on and make your selections using [S]elect and then perform "
6208"the installation using [I]nstall. When using the APT method the [C]onfig and "
6209"[R]emove commands have no meaning, the [I]nstall command performs both of "
6210"them together."
6211msgstr ""
6212
6213#. type: <p></p>
6214#: guide.sgml:258
6215msgid ""
6216"By default APT will automatically remove the package (.deb) files once they "
6217"have been successfully installed. To change this behavior place "
6218"<tt>Dselect::clean \"prompt\";</tt> in /etc/apt/apt.conf."
6219msgstr ""
6220
6221#. type: <heading></heading>
6222#: guide.sgml:264
6223msgid "The Interface"
6224msgstr ""
6225
6226#. type: <p></p>
6227#: guide.sgml:278
6228msgid ""
6229"Both that APT <prgn>dselect</prgn> method and <prgn>apt-get</prgn> share the "
6230"same interface. It is a simple system that generally tells you what it will "
6231"do and then goes and does it. <footnote><p>The <prgn>dselect</prgn> method "
6232"actually is a set of wrapper scripts to <prgn>apt-get</prgn>. The method "
6233"actually provides more functionality than is present in <prgn>apt-get</prgn> "
6234"alone.</p></footnote> After printing out a summary of what will happen APT "
6235"then will print out some informative status messages so that you can "
6236"estimate how far along it is and how much is left to do."
6237msgstr ""
6238
6239#. type: <heading></heading>
6240#: guide.sgml:280
6241msgid "Startup"
6242msgstr ""
6243
6244#. type: <p></p>
6245#: guide.sgml:284
6246msgid ""
6247"Before all operations except update, APT performs a number of actions to "
6248"prepare its internal state. It also does some checks of the system's "
6249"state. At any time these operations can be performed by running <tt>apt-get "
6250"check</tt>."
6251msgstr ""
6252
6253#. type: <example></example>
6254#: guide.sgml:289
6255#, no-wrap
6256msgid ""
6257"# apt-get check\n"
6258"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
6259"Building Dependency Tree... Done"
6260msgstr ""
6261
6262#. type: <p></p>
6263#: guide.sgml:297
6264msgid ""
6265"The first thing it does is read all the package files into memory. APT uses "
6266"a caching scheme so this operation will be faster the second time it is "
6267"run. If some of the package files are not found then they will be ignored "
6268"and a warning will be printed when apt-get exits."
6269msgstr ""
6270
6271#. type: <p></p>
6272#: guide.sgml:303
6273msgid ""
6274"The final operation performs a detailed analysis of the system's "
6275"dependencies. It checks every dependency of every installed or unpacked "
6276"package and considers if it is OK. Should this find a problem then a report "
6277"will be printed out and <prgn>apt-get</prgn> will refuse to run."
6278msgstr ""
6279
6280#. type: <example></example>
6281#: guide.sgml:320
6282#, no-wrap
6283msgid ""
6284"# apt-get check\n"
6285"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
6286"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
6287"You might want to run apt-get -f install' to correct these.\n"
6288"Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:\n"
6289" 9fonts: Depends: xlib6g but it is not installed\n"
6290" uucp: Depends: mailx but it is not installed\n"
6291" blast: Depends: xlib6g (>= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
6292" adduser: Depends: perl-base but it is not installed\n"
6293" aumix: Depends: libgpmg1 but it is not installed\n"
6294" debiandoc-sgml: Depends: sgml-base but it is not installed\n"
6295" bash-builtins: Depends: bash (>= 2.01) but 2.0-3 is installed\n"
6296" cthugha: Depends: svgalibg1 but it is not installed\n"
6297" Depends: xlib6g (>= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
6298" libreadlineg2: Conflicts:libreadline2 (<< 2.1-2.1)"
6299msgstr ""
6300
6301#. type: <p></p>
6302#: guide.sgml:329
6303msgid ""
6304"In this example the system has many problems, including a serious problem "
6305"with libreadlineg2. For each package that has unmet dependencies a line is "
6306"printed out indicating the package with the problem and the dependencies "
6307"that are unmet. A short explanation of why the package has a dependency "
6308"problem is also included."
6309msgstr ""
6310
6311#. type: <p></p>
6312#: guide.sgml:337
6313msgid ""
6314"There are two ways a system can get into a broken state like this. The first "
6315"is caused by <prgn>dpkg</prgn> missing some subtle relationships between "
6316"packages when performing upgrades. <footnote><p>APT however considers all "
6317"known dependencies and attempts to prevent broken "
6318"packages</p></footnote>. The second is if a package installation fails "
6319"during an operation. In this situation a package may have been unpacked "
6320"without its dependents being installed."
6321msgstr ""
6322
6323#. type: <p></p>
6324#: guide.sgml:345
6325msgid ""
6326"The second situation is much less serious than the first because APT places "
6327"certain constraints on the order that packages are installed. In both cases "
6328"supplying the <tt>-f</tt> option to <prgn>apt-get</prgn> will cause APT to "
6329"deduce a possible solution to the problem and then continue on. The APT "
6330"<prgn>dselect</prgn> method always supplies the <tt>-f</tt> option to allow "
6331"for easy continuation of failed maintainer scripts."
6332msgstr ""
6333
6334#. type: <p></p>
6335#: guide.sgml:351
6336msgid ""
6337"However, if the <tt>-f</tt> option is used to correct a seriously broken "
6338"system caused by the first case then it is possible that it will either fail "
6339"immediately or the installation sequence will fail. In either case it is "
6340"necessary to manually use dpkg (possibly with forcing options) to correct "
6341"the situation enough to allow APT to proceed."
6342msgstr ""
6343
6344#. type: <heading></heading>
6345#: guide.sgml:356
6346msgid "The Status Report"
6347msgstr ""
6348
6349#. type: <p></p>
6350#: guide.sgml:363
6351msgid ""
6352"Before proceeding <prgn>apt-get</prgn> will present a report on what will "
6353"happen. Generally the report reflects the type of operation being performed "
6354"but there are several common elements. In all cases the lists reflect the "
6355"final state of things, taking into account the <tt>-f</tt> option and any "
6356"other relevant activities to the command being executed."
6357msgstr ""
6358
6359#. type: <heading></heading>
6360#: guide.sgml:364
6361msgid "The Extra Package list"
6362msgstr ""
6363
6364#. type: <example></example>
6365#: guide.sgml:372
6366#, no-wrap
6367msgid ""
6368"The following extra packages will be installed:\n"
6369" libdbd-mysql-perl xlib6 zlib1 xzx libreadline2 libdbd-msql-perl\n"
6370" mailpgp xdpkg fileutils pinepgp zlib1g xlib6g perl-base\n"
6371" bin86 libgdbm1 libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 bcc xbuffy\n"
6372" squake pgp-i python-base debmake ldso perl libreadlineg2\n"
6373" ssh"
6374msgstr ""
6375
6376#. type: <p></p>
6377#: guide.sgml:379
6378msgid ""
6379"The Extra Package list shows all of the packages that will be installed or "
6380"upgraded in excess of the ones mentioned on the command line. It is only "
6381"generated for an <tt>install</tt> command. The listed packages are often the "
6382"result of an Auto Install."
6383msgstr ""
6384
6385#. type: <heading></heading>
6386#: guide.sgml:382
6387msgid "The Packages to Remove"
6388msgstr ""
6389
6390#. type: <example></example>
6391#: guide.sgml:389
6392#, no-wrap
6393msgid ""
6394"The following packages will be REMOVED:\n"
6395" xlib6-dev xpat2 tk40-dev xkeycaps xbattle xonix\n"
6396" xdaliclock tk40 tk41 xforms0.86 ghostview xloadimage xcolorsel\n"
6397" xadmin xboard perl-debug tkined xtetris libreadline2-dev perl-suid\n"
6398" nas xpilot xfig"
6399msgstr ""
6400
6401#. type: <p></p>
6402#: guide.sgml:399
6403msgid ""
6404"The Packages to Remove list shows all of the packages that will be removed "
6405"from the system. It can be shown for any of the operations and should be "
6406"given a careful inspection to ensure nothing important is to be taken "
6407"off. The <tt>-f</tt> option is especially good at generating packages to "
6408"remove so extreme care should be used in that case. The list may contain "
6409"packages that are going to be removed because they are only partially "
6410"installed, possibly due to an aborted installation."
6411msgstr ""
6412
6413#. type: <heading></heading>
6414#: guide.sgml:402
6415msgid "The New Packages list"
6416msgstr ""
6417
6418#. type: <example></example>
6419#: guide.sgml:406
6420#, no-wrap
6421msgid ""
6422"The following NEW packages will installed:\n"
6423" zlib1g xlib6g perl-base libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 pgp-i python-base"
6424msgstr ""
6425
6426#. type: <p></p>
6427#: guide.sgml:411
6428msgid ""
6429"The New Packages list is simply a reminder of what will happen. The packages "
6430"listed are not presently installed in the system but will be when APT is "
6431"done."
6432msgstr ""
6433
6434#. type: <heading></heading>
6435#: guide.sgml:414
6436msgid "The Kept Back list"
6437msgstr ""
6438
6439#. type: <example></example>
6440#: guide.sgml:419
6441#, no-wrap
6442msgid ""
6443"The following packages have been kept back\n"
6444" compface man-db tetex-base msql libpaper svgalib1\n"
6445" gs snmp arena lynx xpat2 groff xscreensaver"
6446msgstr ""
6447
6448#. type: <p></p>
6449#: guide.sgml:428
6450msgid ""
6451"Whenever the whole system is being upgraded there is the possibility that "
6452"new versions of packages cannot be installed because they require new things "
6453"or conflict with already installed things. In this case the package will "
6454"appear in the Kept Back list. The best way to convince packages listed there "
6455"to install is with <tt>apt-get install</tt> or by using <prgn>dselect</prgn> "
6456"to resolve their problems."
6457msgstr ""
6458
6459#. type: <heading></heading>
6460#: guide.sgml:431
6461msgid "Held Packages warning"
6462msgstr ""
6463
6464#. type: <example></example>
6465#: guide.sgml:435
6466#, no-wrap
6467msgid ""
6468"The following held packages will be changed:\n"
6469" cvs"
6470msgstr ""
6471
6472#. type: <p></p>
6473#: guide.sgml:441
6474msgid ""
6475"Sometimes you can ask APT to install a package that is on hold, in such a "
6476"case it prints out a warning that the held package is going to be "
6477"changed. This should only happen during dist-upgrade or install."
6478msgstr ""
6479
6480#. type: <heading></heading>
6481#: guide.sgml:444
6482msgid "Final summary"
6483msgstr ""
6484
6485#. type: <p></p>
6486#: guide.sgml:447
6487msgid "Finally, APT will print out a summary of all the changes that will occur."
6488msgstr ""
6489
6490#. type: <example></example>
6491#: guide.sgml:452
6492#, no-wrap
6493msgid ""
6494"206 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 23 to remove and 51 not "
6495"upgraded.\n"
6496"12 packages not fully installed or removed.\n"
6497"Need to get 65.7M/66.7M of archives. After unpacking 26.5M will be used."
6498msgstr ""
6499
6500#. type: <p></p>
6501#: guide.sgml:470
6502msgid ""
6503"The first line of the summary simply is a reduced version of all of the "
6504"lists and includes the number of upgrades - that is packages already "
6505"installed that have new versions available. The second line indicates the "
6506"number of poorly configured packages, possibly the result of an aborted "
6507"installation. The final line shows the space requirements that the "
6508"installation needs. The first pair of numbers refer to the size of the "
6509"archive files. The first number indicates the number of bytes that must be "
6510"fetched from remote locations and the second indicates the total size of all "
6511"the archives required. The next number indicates the size difference between "
6512"the presently installed packages and the newly installed packages. It is "
6513"roughly equivalent to the space required in /usr after everything is "
6514"done. If a large number of packages are being removed then the value may "
6515"indicate the amount of space that will be freed."
6516msgstr ""
6517
6518#. type: <p></p>
6519#: guide.sgml:473
6520msgid ""
6521"Some other reports can be generated by using the -u option to show packages "
6522"to upgrade, they are similar to the previous examples."
6523msgstr ""
6524
6525#. type: <heading></heading>
6526#: guide.sgml:477
6527msgid "The Status Display"
6528msgstr ""
6529
6530#. type: <p></p>
6531#: guide.sgml:481
6532msgid ""
6533"During the download of archives and package files APT prints out a series of "
6534"status messages."
6535msgstr ""
6536
6537#. type: <example></example>
6538#: guide.sgml:490
6539#, no-wrap
6540msgid ""
6541"# apt-get update\n"
6542"Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US/ Packages\n"
6543"Get:2 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
6544"Hit http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/main Packages\n"
6545"Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/binary-i386/ "
6546"Packages\n"
6547"Get:5 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/non-free Packages\n"
6548"11% [5 testing/non-free `Waiting for file' 0/32.1k 0%] 2203b/s 1m52s"
6549msgstr ""
6550
6551#. type: <p></p>
6552#: guide.sgml:500
6553msgid ""
6554"The lines starting with <em>Get</em> are printed out when APT begins to "
6555"fetch a file while the last line indicates the progress of the download. The "
6556"first percent value on the progress line indicates the total percent done of "
6557"all files. Unfortunately since the size of the Package files is unknown "
6558"<tt>apt-get update</tt> estimates the percent done which causes some "
6559"inaccuracies."
6560msgstr ""
6561
6562#. type: <p></p>
6563#: guide.sgml:509
6564msgid ""
6565"The next section of the status line is repeated once for each download "
6566"thread and indicates the operation being performed and some useful "
6567"information about what is happening. Sometimes this section will simply read "
6568"<em>Forking</em> which means the OS is loading the download module. The "
6569"first word after the [ is the fetch number as shown on the history "
6570"lines. The next word is the short form name of the object being "
6571"downloaded. For archives it will contain the name of the package that is "
6572"being fetched."
6573msgstr ""
6574
6575#. type: <p></p>
6576#: guide.sgml:524
6577msgid ""
6578"Inside of the single quote is an informative string indicating the progress "
6579"of the negotiation phase of the download. Typically it progresses from "
6580"<em>Connecting</em> to <em>Waiting for file</em> to <em>Downloading</em> or "
6581"<em>Resuming</em>. The final value is the number of bytes downloaded from "
6582"the remote site. Once the download begins this is represented as "
6583"<tt>102/10.2k</tt> indicating that 102 bytes have been fetched and 10.2 "
6584"kilobytes is expected. The total size is always shown in 4 figure notation "
6585"to preserve space. After the size display is a percent meter for the file "
6586"itself. The second last element is the instantaneous average speed. This "
6587"values is updated every 5 seconds and reflects the rate of data transfer for "
6588"that period. Finally is shown the estimated transfer time. This is updated "
6589"regularly and reflects the time to complete everything at the shown transfer "
6590"rate."
6591msgstr ""
6592
6593#. type: <p></p>
6594#: guide.sgml:530
6595msgid ""
6596"The status display updates every half second to provide a constant feedback "
6597"on the download progress while the Get lines scroll back whenever a new file "
6598"is started. Since the status display is constantly updated it is unsuitable "
6599"for logging to a file, use the <tt>-q</tt> option to remove the status "
6600"display."
6601msgstr ""
6602
6603#. type: <heading></heading>
6604#: guide.sgml:535
6605msgid "Dpkg"
6606msgstr ""
6607
6608#. type: <p></p>
6609#: guide.sgml:542
6610msgid ""
6611"APT uses <prgn>dpkg</prgn> for installing the archives and will switch over "
6612"to the <prgn>dpkg</prgn> interface once downloading is "
6613"completed. <prgn>dpkg</prgn> will also ask a number of questions as it "
6614"processes the packages and the packages themselves may also ask several "
6615"questions. Before each question there is usually a description of what it is "
6616"asking and the questions are too varied to discuss completely here."
6617msgstr ""
6618
6619#. type: <title></title>
6620#: offline.sgml:4
6621msgid "Using APT Offline"
6622msgstr ""
6623
6624#. type: <version></version>
6625#: offline.sgml:7
6626msgid "$Id: offline.sgml,v 1.8 2003/02/12 15:06:41 doogie Exp $"
6627msgstr ""
6628
6629#. type: <abstract></abstract>
6630#: offline.sgml:12
6631msgid ""
6632"This document describes how to use APT in a non-networked environment, "
6633"specifically a 'sneaker-net' approach for performing upgrades."
6634msgstr ""
6635
6636#. type: <copyrightsummary></copyrightsummary>
6637#: offline.sgml:16
6638msgid "Copyright &copy; Jason Gunthorpe, 1999."
6639msgstr ""
6640
6641#. type: <heading></heading>
6642#: offline.sgml:32
6643msgid "Introduction"
6644msgstr ""
6645
6646#. type: <heading></heading>
6647#: offline.sgml:34 offline.sgml:65 offline.sgml:180
6648msgid "Overview"
6649msgstr ""
6650
6651#. type: <p></p>
6652#: offline.sgml:40
6653msgid ""
6654"Normally APT requires direct access to a Debian archive, either from a local "
6655"media or through a network. Another common complaint is that a Debian "
6656"machine is on a slow link, such as a modem and another machine has a very "
6657"fast connection but they are physically distant."
6658msgstr ""
6659
6660#. type: <p></p>
6661#: offline.sgml:51
6662msgid ""
6663"The solution to this is to use large removable media such as a Zip disc or a "
6664"SuperDisk disc. These discs are not large enough to store the entire Debian "
6665"archive but can easily fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea is "
6666"to use APT to generate a list of packages that are required and then fetch "
6667"them onto the disc using another machine with good connectivity. It is even "
6668"possible to use another Debian machine with APT or to use a completely "
6669"different OS and a download tool like wget. Let <em>remote host</em> mean "
6670"the machine downloading the packages, and <em>target host</em> the one with "
6671"bad or no connection."
6672msgstr ""
6673
6674#. type: <p></p>
6675#: offline.sgml:57
6676msgid ""
6677"This is achieved by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The "
b39c1859 6678"essential premise to tell APT to look on a disc for it's archive files. Note "
43be0ac4
MV
6679"that the disc should be formated with a filesystem that can handle long file "
6680"names such as ext2, fat32 or vfat."
6681msgstr ""
6682
6683#. type: <heading></heading>
6684#: offline.sgml:63
6685msgid "Using APT on both machines"
6686msgstr ""
6687
6688#. type: <p><example>
6689#: offline.sgml:71
6690msgid ""
6691"APT being available on both machines gives the simplest configuration. The "
6692"basic idea is to place a copy of the status file on the disc and use the "
6693"remote machine to fetch the latest package files and decide which packages "
6694"to download. The disk directory structure should look like:"
6695msgstr ""
6696
6697#. type: <example></example>
6698#: offline.sgml:80
6699#, no-wrap
6700msgid ""
6701" /disc/\n"
6702" archives/\n"
6703" partial/\n"
6704" lists/\n"
6705" partial/\n"
6706" status\n"
6707" sources.list\n"
6708" apt.conf"
6709msgstr ""
6710
6711#. type: <heading></heading>
6712#: offline.sgml:88
6713msgid "The configuration file"
6714msgstr ""
6715
6716#. type: <p></p>
6717#: offline.sgml:96
6718msgid ""
6719"The configuration file should tell APT to store its files on the disc and to "
6720"use the configuration files on the disc as well. The sources.list should "
6721"contain the proper sites that you wish to use from the remote machine, and "
6722"the status file should be a copy of <em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> from the "
6723"<em>target host</em>. Please note, if you are using a local archive you must "
6724"use copy URIs, the syntax is identical to file URIs."
6725msgstr ""
6726
6727#. type: <p><example>
6728#: offline.sgml:100
6729msgid ""
6730"<em>apt.conf</em> must contain the necessary information to make APT use the "
6731"disc:"
6732msgstr ""
6733
6734#. type: <example></example>
6735#: offline.sgml:124
6736#, no-wrap
6737msgid ""
6738" APT\n"
6739" {\n"
6740" /* This is not necessary if the two machines are the same arch, it "
6741"tells\n"
6742" the remote APT what architecture the target machine is */\n"
6743" Architecture \"i386\";\n"
6744" \n"
6745" Get::Download-Only \"true\";\n"
6746" };\n"
6747" \n"
6748" Dir\n"
6749" {\n"
6750" /* Use the disc for state information and redirect the status file from\n"
6751" the /var/lib/dpkg default */\n"
6752" State \"/disc/\";\n"
6753" State::status \"status\";\n"
6754"\n"
6755" // Binary caches will be stored locally\n"
6756" Cache::archives \"/disc/archives/\";\n"
6757" Cache \"/tmp/\";\n"
6758" \n"
6759" // Location of the source list.\n"
6760" Etc \"/disc/\";\n"
6761" };"
6762msgstr ""
6763
6764#. type: </example></p>
6765#: offline.sgml:129
6766msgid ""
6767"More details can be seen by examining the apt.conf man page and the sample "
6768"configuration file in <em>/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf</em>."
6769msgstr ""
6770
6771#. type: <p><example>
6772#: offline.sgml:136
6773msgid ""
6774"On the target machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy "
6775"<em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> to it. You will also need to create the "
6776"directories outlined in the Overview, <em>archives/partial/</em> and "
b39c1859 6777"<em>lists/partial/</em>. Then take the disc to the remote machine and "
43be0ac4
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6778"configure the sources.list. On the remote machine execute the following:"
6779msgstr ""
6780
6781#. type: <example></example>
6782#: offline.sgml:142
6783#, no-wrap
6784msgid ""
6785" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
6786" # apt-get update\n"
6787" [ APT fetches the package files ]\n"
6788" # apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
6789" [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade the target machine ]"
6790msgstr ""
6791
6792#. type: </example></p>
6793#: offline.sgml:149
6794msgid ""
b39c1859 6795"The dist-upgrade command can be replaced with any other standard APT "
43be0ac4 6796"commands, particularly dselect-upgrade. You can even use an APT front end "
b39c1859 6797"such as <em>dselect</em>. However this presents a problem in communicating "
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6798"your selections back to the local computer."
6799msgstr ""
6800
6801#. type: <p><example>
6802#: offline.sgml:153
6803msgid ""
6804"Now the disc contains all of the index files and archives needed to upgrade "
6805"the target machine. Take the disc back and run:"
6806msgstr ""
6807
6808#. type: <example></example>
6809#: offline.sgml:159
6810#, no-wrap
6811msgid ""
6812" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
6813" # apt-get check\n"
6814" [ APT generates a local copy of the cache files ]\n"
6815" # apt-get --no-d -o dir::state::status=/var/lib/dpkg/status dist-upgrade\n"
6816" [ Or any other APT command ]"
6817msgstr ""
6818
6819#. type: <p></p>
6820#: offline.sgml:165
6821msgid ""
6822"It is necessary for proper function to re-specify the status file to be the "
6823"local one. This is very important!"
6824msgstr ""
6825
6826#. type: <p></p>
6827#: offline.sgml:172
6828msgid ""
6829"If you are using dselect you can do the very risky operation of copying "
6830"disc/status to /var/lib/dpkg/status so that any selections you made on the "
6831"remote machine are updated. I highly recommend that people only make "
6832"selections on the local machine - but this may not always be possible. DO "
6833"NOT copy the status file if dpkg or APT have been run in the mean time!!"
6834msgstr ""
6835
6836#. type: <heading></heading>
6837#: offline.sgml:178
6838msgid "Using APT and wget"
6839msgstr ""
6840
6841#. type: <p></p>
6842#: offline.sgml:185
6843msgid ""
6844"<em>wget</em> is a popular and portable download tool that can run on nearly "
6845"any machine. Unlike the method above this requires that the Debian machine "
6846"already has a list of available packages."
6847msgstr ""
6848
6849#. type: <p></p>
6850#: offline.sgml:190
6851msgid ""
6852"The basic idea is to create a disc that has only the archive files "
6853"downloaded from the remote site. This is done by using the --print-uris "
6854"option to apt-get and then preparing a wget script to actually fetch the "
6855"packages."
6856msgstr ""
6857
6858#. type: <heading></heading>
6859#: offline.sgml:196
6860msgid "Operation"
6861msgstr ""
6862
6863#. type: <p><example>
6864#: offline.sgml:200
6865msgid ""
6866"Unlike the previous technique no special configuration files are "
6867"required. We merely use the standard APT commands to generate the file list."
6868msgstr ""
6869
6870#. type: <example></example>
6871#: offline.sgml:205
6872#, no-wrap
6873msgid ""
6874" # apt-get dist-upgrade \n"
6875" [ Press no when prompted, make sure you are happy with the actions ]\n"
6876" # apt-get -qq --print-uris dist-upgrade > uris\n"
6877" # awk '{print \"wget -O \" $2 \" \" $1}' < uris > /disc/wget-script"
6878msgstr ""
6879
6880#. type: </example></p>
6881#: offline.sgml:210
6882msgid ""
6883"Any command other than dist-upgrade could be used here, including "
6884"dselect-upgrade."
6885msgstr ""
6886
6887#. type: <p></p>
6888#: offline.sgml:216
6889msgid ""
6890"The /disc/wget-script file will now contain a list of wget commands to "
6891"execute in order to fetch the necessary archives. This script should be run "
6892"with the current directory as the disc's mount point so as to save the "
6893"output on the disc."
6894msgstr ""
6895
6896#. type: <p><example>
6897#: offline.sgml:219
6898msgid "The remote machine would do something like"
6899msgstr ""
6900
6901#. type: <example></example>
6902#: offline.sgml:223
6903#, no-wrap
6904msgid ""
6905" # cd /disc\n"
6906" # sh -x ./wget-script\n"
6907" [ wait.. ]"
6908msgstr ""
6909
6910#. type: </example><example>
6911#: offline.sgml:228
6912msgid ""
6913"Once the archives are downloaded and the disc returned to the Debian machine "
6914"installation can proceed using,"
6915msgstr ""
6916
6917#. type: <example></example>
6918#: offline.sgml:230
6919#, no-wrap
6920msgid " # apt-get -o dir::cache::archives=\"/disc/\" dist-upgrade"
6921msgstr ""
6922
6923#. type: </example></p>
6924#: offline.sgml:234
6925msgid "Which will use the already fetched archives on the disc."
6926msgstr ""