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12f7536a 1# Translation of apt manpages and documentation to LANGUAGE
aec22160 2# This file is distributed under the same license as the apt-doc package.
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3# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
4#
5#, fuzzy
6msgid ""
7msgstr ""
3ac050d1 8"Project-Id-Version: apt-doc 1.1.6\n"
f8b830ab 9"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>\n"
3ac050d1 10"POT-Creation-Date: 2015-12-24 17:02+0100\n"
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11"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
12"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
13"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
0c1a7101 14"Language: \n"
2a52e8c5 15"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
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16"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
17"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
2a52e8c5 18
2a52e8c5 19#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 20#: apt.ent:1
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21#, no-wrap
22msgid ""
23"<!ENTITY apt-author.team \"\n"
24" <author>\n"
25" <othername>APT team</othername>\n"
bcf91c1b 26" <contrib></contrib>\n"
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27" </author>\n"
28"\">\n"
29msgstr ""
30
31#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 32#: apt.ent:1
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33#, no-wrap
34msgid ""
35"<!ENTITY apt-qapage \"\n"
36"\t<para>\n"
37"\t\t<ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>\n"
38"\t</para>\n"
39"\">\n"
40msgstr ""
41
42#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 43#: apt.ent:1
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44#, no-wrap
45msgid ""
46"<!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->\n"
47"<!ENTITY manbugs \"\n"
48" <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>\n"
0c1a7101 49" <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.\n"
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50" If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see\n"
51" <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the\n"
52" &reportbug; command.\n"
53" </para>\n"
54" </refsect1>\n"
55"\">\n"
56msgstr ""
57
58#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 59#: apt.ent:1
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60#, no-wrap
61msgid ""
62"<!-- Boiler plate Author section -->\n"
63"<!ENTITY manauthor \"\n"
64" <refsect1><title>Author</title>\n"
65" <para>APT was written by the APT team "
66"<email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.\n"
67" </para>\n"
68" </refsect1>\n"
69"\">\n"
70msgstr ""
71
72#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 73#: apt.ent:1
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74#, no-wrap
75msgid ""
76"<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to\n"
77" put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->\n"
78"<!ENTITY apt-commonoptions \"\n"
79" <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>\n"
80" <term><option>--help</option></term>\n"
81" <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.\n"
82" </para>\n"
83" </listitem>\n"
84" </varlistentry>\n"
85msgstr ""
86
87#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 88#: apt.ent:1
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89#, no-wrap
90msgid ""
91" <varlistentry>\n"
92" <term><option>-v</option></term>\n"
93" <term><option>--version</option></term>\n"
94" <listitem><para>Show the program version.\n"
95" </para>\n"
96" </listitem>\n"
97" </varlistentry>\n"
98msgstr ""
99
100#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 101#: apt.ent:1
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102#, no-wrap
103msgid ""
104" <varlistentry>\n"
105" <term><option>-c</option></term>\n"
106" <term><option>--config-file</option></term>\n"
107" <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to "
108"use. \n"
109" The program will read the default configuration file and then this \n"
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110" configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before "
111"the\n"
112" default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the "
113"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>\n"
114" environment variable. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.\n"
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115" </para>\n"
116" </listitem>\n"
117" </varlistentry>\n"
118msgstr ""
119
120#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 121#: apt.ent:1
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122#, no-wrap
123msgid ""
124" <varlistentry>\n"
125" <term><option>-o</option></term>\n"
126" <term><option>--option</option></term>\n"
127" <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an "
128"arbitrary\n"
129" configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o "
130"Foo::Bar=bar</option>.\n"
131" <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used "
132"multiple\n"
133" times to set different options.\n"
134" </para>\n"
135" </listitem>\n"
136" </varlistentry>\n"
137"\">\n"
138msgstr ""
139
140#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 141#: apt.ent:1
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142#, no-wrap
143msgid ""
144"<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to\n"
145" put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->\n"
146"<!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb \"\n"
147" <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, "
148"the\n"
149" descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean\n"
150" options you can override the config file by using something like \n"
151" <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>\n"
152" or several other variations.\n"
153" </para>\n"
154"\">\n"
155msgstr ""
156
bcf91c1b 157#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 158#: apt.ent:1
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159#, no-wrap
160msgid ""
161"<!ENTITY file-aptconf \"\n"
162" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>\n"
163" <listitem><para>APT configuration file.\n"
164" Configuration Item: "
165"<literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
166" </varlistentry>\n"
167msgstr ""
168
169#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 170#: apt.ent:1
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171#, no-wrap
172msgid ""
173" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>\n"
174" <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.\n"
175" Configuration Item: "
176"<literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
177" </varlistentry>\n"
178"\">\n"
179msgstr ""
180
181#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 182#: apt.ent:1
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183#, no-wrap
184msgid ""
185"<!ENTITY file-cachearchives \"\n"
186" <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>\n"
187" <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.\n"
188" Configuration Item: "
189"<literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
190" </varlistentry>\n"
191msgstr ""
192
193#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 194#: apt.ent:1
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195#, no-wrap
196msgid ""
197" "
198"<varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>\n"
199" <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.\n"
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200" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> "
201"(<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly "
aec22160 202"appended)</para></listitem>\n"
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203" </varlistentry>\n"
204"\">\n"
205msgstr ""
206
207#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 208#: apt.ent:1
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209#, no-wrap
210msgid ""
211"<!ENTITY file-preferences \"\n"
212" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>\n"
213" <listitem><para>Version preferences file.\n"
214" This is where you would specify &quot;pinning&quot;,\n"
215" i.e. a preference to get certain packages\n"
216" from a separate source\n"
217" or from a different version of a distribution.\n"
218" Configuration Item: "
219"<literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
220" </varlistentry>\n"
221msgstr ""
222
223#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 224#: apt.ent:1
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225#, no-wrap
226msgid ""
227" "
228"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename></term>\n"
229" <listitem><para>File fragments for the version preferences.\n"
230" Configuration Item: "
231"<literal>Dir::Etc::PreferencesParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
232" </varlistentry>\n"
233"\">\n"
234msgstr ""
235
236#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 237#: apt.ent:1
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238#, no-wrap
239msgid ""
240"<!ENTITY file-sourceslist \"\n"
241" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>\n"
242" <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.\n"
243" Configuration Item: "
244"<literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
245" </varlistentry>\n"
246msgstr ""
247
248#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 249#: apt.ent:1
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250#, no-wrap
251msgid ""
252" "
253"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename></term>\n"
254" <listitem><para>File fragments for locations to fetch packages from.\n"
255" Configuration Item: "
256"<literal>Dir::Etc::SourceParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
257" </varlistentry>\n"
258"\">\n"
259msgstr ""
260
261#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 262#: apt.ent:1
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263#, no-wrap
264msgid ""
265"<!ENTITY file-statelists \"\n"
266" <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>\n"
267" <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package "
268"resource specified in\n"
269" &sources-list;\n"
270" Configuration Item: "
271"<literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
272" </varlistentry>\n"
273msgstr ""
274
275#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 276#: apt.ent:1
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277#, no-wrap
278msgid ""
279" "
280"<varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>\n"
281" <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.\n"
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282" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> "
283"(<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly "
aec22160 284"appended)</para></listitem>\n"
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285" </varlistentry>\n"
286"\">\n"
287msgstr ""
288
b39c1859 289#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 290#: apt.ent:1
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291#, no-wrap
292msgid ""
293"<!ENTITY file-trustedgpg \"\n"
294" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg</filename></term>\n"
295" <listitem><para>Keyring of local trusted keys, new keys will be added "
296"here.\n"
297" Configuration Item: "
298"<literal>Dir::Etc::Trusted</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
299" </varlistentry>\n"
300msgstr ""
301
302#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 303#: apt.ent:1
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304#, no-wrap
305msgid ""
306" "
307"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/</filename></term>\n"
308" <listitem><para>File fragments for the trusted keys, additional "
309"keyrings can\n"
310" be stored here (by other packages or the administrator).\n"
311" Configuration Item "
312"<literal>Dir::Etc::TrustedParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
313" </varlistentry>\n"
314"\">\n"
315msgstr ""
316
317#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 318#: apt.ent:1
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319#, no-wrap
320msgid ""
321"<!ENTITY file-extended_states \"\n"
322" "
323"<varlistentry><term><filename>/var/lib/apt/extended_states</filename></term>\n"
324" <listitem><para>Status list of auto-installed packages.\n"
325" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::extended_states</literal>.\n"
326" </para></listitem>\n"
327" </varlistentry>\n"
328"\">\n"
329msgstr ""
330
331#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 332#: apt.ent:1
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333#, no-wrap
334msgid ""
335"<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is the section header for the following paragraphs - "
336"comparable\n"
337" to the other headers like NAME and DESCRIPTION and should therefore be "
338"uppercase. -->\n"
339"<!ENTITY translation-title \"TRANSLATION\">\n"
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340msgstr ""
341
342#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 343#: apt.ent:1
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344#, no-wrap
345msgid ""
346"<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is a placeholder. You should write here who has "
d8b3cbb6 347"contributed\n"
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348" to the translation in the past, who is responsible now and maybe "
349"further information\n"
350" specially related to your translation. -->\n"
351"<!ENTITY translation-holder \"\n"
352" The english translation was done by John Doe "
353"<email>john@doe.org</email> in 2009,\n"
354" 2010 and Daniela Acme <email>daniela@acme.us</email> in 2010 together "
355"with the\n"
356" Debian Dummy l10n Team "
357"<email>debian-l10n-dummy@lists.debian.org</email>.\n"
358"\">\n"
359msgstr ""
360
361#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 362#: apt.ent:1
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363#, no-wrap
364msgid ""
365"<!-- TRANSLATOR: As a translation is allowed to have 20% of "
366"untranslated/fuzzy strings\n"
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367" in a shipped manpage newer/modified paragraphs will maybe appear in "
368"english in\n"
369" the generated manpage. This sentence is therefore here to tell the "
370"reader that this\n"
371" is not a mistake by the translator - obviously the target is that at "
372"least for stable\n"
373" releases this sentence is not needed. :) -->\n"
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374"<!ENTITY translation-english \"\n"
375" Note that this translated document may contain untranslated parts.\n"
376" This is done on purpose, to avoid losing content when the\n"
377" translation is lagging behind the original content.\n"
378"\">\n"
379msgstr ""
380
c77d6597 381#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 382#: apt.ent:1
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383msgid ""
384"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -o=config_string "
385"e.g. -o=Debug::pkgProblemResolver=1 --> <!ENTITY synopsis-config-string "
386"\"config_string\">"
387msgstr ""
388
389#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 390#: apt.ent:1
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391msgid ""
392"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -c=config_file e.g. -c=./apt.conf --> <!ENTITY "
393"synopsis-config-file \"config_file\">"
394msgstr ""
395
396#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 397#: apt.ent:1
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398msgid ""
399"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -t=target_release or pkg/target_release "
400"e.g. -t=squeeze apt/experimental --> <!ENTITY synopsis-target-release "
401"\"target_release\">"
402msgstr ""
403
404#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 405#: apt.ent:1
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406msgid ""
407"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -a=architecture e.g. -a=armel --> <!ENTITY "
408"synopsis-architecture \"architecture\">"
409msgstr ""
410
411#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 412#: apt.ent:1
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413msgid ""
414"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-get install pkg e.g. apt-get install awesome "
415"--> <!ENTITY synopsis-pkg \"pkg\">"
416msgstr ""
417
418#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 419#: apt.ent:1
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420msgid ""
421"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in pkg=pkg_version_number e.g. apt=0.8.15 --> "
422"<!ENTITY synopsis-pkg-ver-number \"pkg_version_number\">"
423msgstr ""
424
425#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 426#: apt.ent:1
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427msgid ""
428"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache pkgnames prefix e.g. apt-cache "
429"pkgnames apt --> <!ENTITY synopsis-prefix \"prefix\">"
430msgstr ""
431
432#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 433#: apt.ent:1
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434msgid ""
435"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache search regex e.g. apt-cache search "
436"awesome --> <!ENTITY synopsis-regex \"regex\">"
437msgstr ""
438
439#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 440#: apt.ent:1
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441msgid ""
442"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cdrom -d=cdrom_mount_point e.g. apt-cdrom "
443"-d=/media/cdrom --> <!ENTITY synopsis-cdrom-mount \"cdrom_mount_point\">"
444msgstr ""
445
446#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 447#: apt.ent:1
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448msgid ""
449"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates -t=temporary_directory "
450"e.g. apt-extracttemplates -t=/tmp --> <!ENTITY synopsis-tmp-directory "
451"\"temporary_directory\">"
452msgstr ""
453
454#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 455#: apt.ent:1
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456msgid ""
457"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates filename --> <!ENTITY "
458"synopsis-filename \"filename\">"
459msgstr ""
460
c086ac18 461#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 462#: apt.ent:1
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463msgid ""
464"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
465"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-path \"path\">"
466msgstr ""
467
c77d6597 468#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 469#: apt.ent:1
c77d6597 470msgid ""
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471"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
472"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-override "
473"\"override-file\">"
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474msgstr ""
475
476#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 477#: apt.ent:1
c77d6597 478msgid ""
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479"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
480"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-pathprefix "
481"\"pathprefix\">"
482msgstr ""
483
484#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 485#: apt.ent:1
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486msgid ""
487"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
488"generate section --> <!ENTITY synopsis-section \"section\">"
489msgstr ""
490
491#. type: Plain text
04f27fae 492#: apt.ent:1
c086ac18 493msgid ""
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494"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-key export keyid e.g. apt-key export "
495"473041FA --> <!ENTITY synopsis-keyid \"keyid\">"
496msgstr ""
497
2a52e8c5 498#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
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499#: apt.8.xml:1 apt-get.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-key.8.xml:1
500#: apt-mark.8.xml:1 apt-secure.8.xml:1 apt-cdrom.8.xml:1 apt-config.8.xml:1
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501msgid "8"
502msgstr ""
503
bcf91c1b 504#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><refmiscinfo>
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505#: apt.8.xml:1 apt-get.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-key.8.xml:1
506#: apt-mark.8.xml:1 apt-secure.8.xml:1 apt-cdrom.8.xml:1 apt-config.8.xml:1
507#: apt.conf.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1 sources.list.5.xml:1
508#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
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509msgid "APT"
510msgstr ""
511
2a52e8c5 512#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 513#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 514msgid "command-line interface"
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515msgstr ""
516
2a52e8c5 517#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
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518#: apt.8.xml:1 apt-get.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-key.8.xml:1
519#: apt-mark.8.xml:1 apt-secure.8.xml:1 apt-cdrom.8.xml:1 apt-config.8.xml:1
520#: apt.conf.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1 sources.list.5.xml:1
521#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
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522msgid "Description"
523msgstr ""
524
93ae7f7f 525#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 526#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 527msgid ""
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528"<command>apt</command> provides a high-level commandline interface for the "
529"package management system. It is intended as an end user interface and "
530"enables some options better suited for interactive usage by default compared "
531"to more specialized APT tools like &apt-get; and &apt-cache;."
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532msgstr ""
533
cbbee23e 534#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 535#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 536msgid ""
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537"Much like <command>apt</command> itself, its manpage is intended as an end "
538"user interface and as such only mentions the most used commands and options "
539"partly to not duplicate information in multiple places and partly to avoid "
89497574 540"overwhelming readers with a cornucopia of options and details."
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541msgstr ""
542
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543#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
544#: apt.8.xml:1 apt.8.xml:1 apt.8.xml:1 apt.8.xml:1 apt.8.xml:1
545msgid "(&apt-get;)"
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546msgstr ""
547
548#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 549#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 550msgid ""
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551"<option>update</option> is used to download package information from all "
552"configured sources. Other commands operate on this data to e.g. perform "
553"package upgrades or search in and display details about all packages "
554"available for installation."
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555msgstr ""
556
557#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 558#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 559msgid ""
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560"<option>upgrade</option> is used to install available upgrades of all "
561"packages currently installed on the system from the sources configured via "
562"&sources-list;. New packages will be installed if required to statisfy "
563"dependencies, but existing packages will never be removed. If an upgrade for "
564"a package requires the remove of an installed package the upgrade for this "
565"package isn't performed."
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566msgstr ""
567
568#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
cbbee23e 569#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 570msgid ""
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571"<literal>full-upgrade</literal> performs the function of upgrade but will "
572"remove currently installed packages if this is needed to upgrade the system "
573"as a whole."
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574msgstr ""
575
576#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
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577#: apt.8.xml:1 apt.8.xml:1
578msgid ","
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579msgstr ""
580
93ae7f7f 581#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
cbbee23e 582#: apt.8.xml:1
864fe99c 583msgid ""
cbbee23e 584"Performs the requested action on one or more packages specified via &regex;, "
051029f8 585"&glob; or exact match. The requested action can be overridden for specific "
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586"packages by append a plus (+) to the package name to install this package or "
587"a minus (-) to remove it."
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588msgstr ""
589
590#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 591#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 592msgid ""
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593"A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by "
594"following the package name with an equals (=) and the version of the package "
595"to select. Alternatively the version from a specific release can be selected "
596"by following the package name with a forward slash (/) and codename "
597"(&stable-codename;, &testing-codename;, sid …) or suite name (stable, "
598"testing, unstable). This will also select versions from this release for "
599"dependencies of this package if needed to satisfy the request."
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600msgstr ""
601
602#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 603#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 604msgid ""
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605"Removing a package removes all packaged data, but leaves usually small "
606"(modified) user configuration files behind, in case the remove was an "
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607"accident. Just issuing an installation request for the accidentally removed "
608"package will restore its function as before in that case. On the other hand "
609"you can get rid of these leftovers by calling <command>purge</command> even "
610"on already removed packages. Note that this does not affect any data or "
611"configuration stored in your home directory."
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612msgstr ""
613
614#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 615#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 616msgid ""
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617"<literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were "
618"automatically installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are "
619"now no longer needed as dependencies changed or the package(s) needing them "
620"were removed in the meantime."
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621msgstr ""
622
623#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 624#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 625msgid ""
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626"You should check that the list does not include applications you have grown "
627"to like even though they were once installed just as a dependency of another "
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628"package. You can mark such a package as manually installed by using "
629"&apt-mark;. Packages which you have installed explicitly via "
051029f8 630"<command>install</command> are also never proposed for automatic removal."
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631msgstr ""
632
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633#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
634#: apt.8.xml:1 apt.8.xml:1
635msgid "(&apt-cache;)"
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636msgstr ""
637
cbbee23e 638#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 639#: apt.8.xml:1
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640msgid ""
641"<option>search</option> can be used to search for the given &regex; term(s) "
051029f8 642"in the list of available packages and display matches. This can e.g. be "
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643"useful if you are looking for packages having a specific feature. If you "
644"are looking for a package including a specific file try &apt-file;."
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645msgstr ""
646
cbbee23e 647#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 648#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 649msgid ""
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650"Show information about the given package(s) including its dependencies, "
651"installation and download size, sources the package is available from, the "
051029f8 652"description of the packages content and much more. It can e.g. be helpful to "
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653"look at this information before allowing &apt; to remove a package or while "
654"searching for new packages to install."
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655msgstr ""
656
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657#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
658#: apt.8.xml:1 apt.8.xml:1
659msgid "(work-in-progress)"
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660msgstr ""
661
cbbee23e 662#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 663#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 664msgid ""
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665"<option>list</option> is somewhat similar to <command>dpkg-query "
666"--list</command> in that it can display a list of packages satisfying "
667"certain criteria. It supports &glob; patterns for matching package names as "
668"well as options to list installed (<option>--installed</option>), "
669"upgradeable (<option>--upgradeable</option>) or all available "
670"(<option>--all-versions</option>) versions."
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671msgstr ""
672
cbbee23e 673#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 674#: apt.8.xml:1
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675msgid ""
676"<literal>edit-sources</literal> lets you edit your &sources-list; files in "
677"your preferred texteditor while also providing basic sanity checks."
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678msgstr ""
679
cbbee23e 680#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 681#: apt.8.xml:1
051029f8 682msgid "Script Usage and Differences from Other APT Tools"
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683msgstr ""
684
cbbee23e 685#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 686#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 687msgid ""
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688"The &apt; commandline is designed as an end-user tool and it may change "
689"behavior between versions. While it tries not to break backward "
690"compatibility this is not guaranteed either if a change seems beneficial for "
cbbee23e 691"interactive use."
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692msgstr ""
693
cbbee23e 694#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 695#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 696msgid ""
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697"All features of &apt; are available in dedicated APT tools like &apt-get; "
698"and &apt-cache; as well. &apt; just changes the default value of some "
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699"options (see &apt-conf; and specifically the Binary scope). So you should "
700"prefer using these commands (potentially with some additional options "
701"enabled) in your scripts as they keep backward compatibility as much as "
702"possible."
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703msgstr ""
704
705#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
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706#: apt.8.xml:1 apt-get.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-key.8.xml:1
707#: apt-mark.8.xml:1 apt-secure.8.xml:1 apt-cdrom.8.xml:1 apt-config.8.xml:1
708#: apt.conf.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1 sources.list.5.xml:1
709#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
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710msgid "See Also"
711msgstr ""
712
713#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 714#: apt.8.xml:1
93ae7f7f 715msgid ""
6dbf3380 716"&apt-get;, &apt-cache;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, The APT "
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717"User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto."
718msgstr ""
719
720#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
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721#: apt.8.xml:1 apt-get.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-mark.8.xml:1
722#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1 apt-config.8.xml:1 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
723#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
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724msgid "Diagnostics"
725msgstr ""
726
727#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 728#: apt.8.xml:1
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729msgid ""
730"<command>apt</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on "
731"error."
732msgstr ""
733
734#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 735#: apt-get.8.xml:1
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736msgid "APT package handling utility -- command-line interface"
737msgstr ""
738
2a52e8c5 739#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 740#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 741msgid ""
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742"<command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, "
743"and may be considered the user's \"back-end\" to other tools using the APT "
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744"library. Several \"front-end\" interfaces exist, such as &aptitude;, "
745"&synaptic; and &wajig;."
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746msgstr ""
747
748#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
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749#: apt-get.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cdrom.8.xml:1 apt-config.8.xml:1
750#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
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751msgid ""
752"Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, "
753"one of the commands below must be present."
754msgstr ""
755
2a52e8c5 756#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 757#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 758msgid ""
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759"<literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files "
760"from their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the "
761"location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. For "
762"example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and scans the "
763"<filename>Packages.gz</filename> files, so that information about new and "
764"updated packages is available. An <literal>update</literal> should always be "
765"performed before an <literal>upgrade</literal> or "
766"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal>. Please be aware that the overall progress "
767"meter will be incorrect as the size of the package files cannot be known in "
768"advance."
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769msgstr ""
770
771#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 772#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 773msgid ""
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774"<literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all "
775"packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in "
776"<filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed "
777"with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no "
778"circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not "
779"already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently "
780"installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install "
781"status of another package will be left at their current version. An "
782"<literal>update</literal> must be performed first so that "
783"<command>apt-get</command> knows that new versions of packages are "
784"available."
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785msgstr ""
786
2a52e8c5 787#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 788#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 789msgid ""
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790"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of "
791"<literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies "
792"with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a \"smart\" "
793"conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most "
794"important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The "
795"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> command may therefore remove some packages. "
796"The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of "
797"locations from which to retrieve desired package files. See also "
798"&apt-preferences; for a mechanism for overriding the general settings for "
799"individual packages."
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800msgstr ""
801
802#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 803#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 804msgid ""
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805"<literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> is used in conjunction with the "
806"traditional Debian packaging front-end, "
807"&dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> follows the changes made by "
808"&dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal> field of available packages, and "
809"performs the actions necessary to realize that state (for instance, the "
810"removal of old and the installation of new packages)."
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811msgstr ""
812
2a52e8c5 813#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 814#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 815msgid ""
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816"<literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more packages desired for "
817"installation or upgrading. Each package is a package name, not a fully "
818"qualified filename (for instance, in a Debian system, "
819"<package>apt-utils</package> would be the argument provided, not "
820"<filename>apt-utils_&apt-product-version;_amd64.deb</filename>). All "
821"packages required by the package(s) specified for installation will also be "
822"retrieved and installed. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> "
823"file is used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is appended to the "
824"package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be "
825"removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate "
826"a package to install. These latter features may be used to override "
827"decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system."
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828msgstr ""
829
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830#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
831#: apt-get.8.xml:1
832msgid ""
833"A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by "
834"following the package name with an equals and the version of the package to "
835"select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for "
836"install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by following "
837"the package name with a slash and the version of the distribution or the "
838"Archive name (stable, testing, unstable)."
839msgstr ""
840
7d76ea1d 841#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 842#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 843msgid ""
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844"Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must be "
845"used with care."
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846msgstr ""
847
7d76ea1d 848#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 849#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 850msgid ""
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851"This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or more "
852"already-installed packages without upgrading every package you have on your "
853"system. Unlike the \"upgrade\" target, which installs the newest version of "
854"all currently installed packages, \"install\" will install the newest "
855"version of only the package(s) specified. Simply provide the name of the "
856"package(s) you wish to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and "
857"its dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and installed."
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858msgstr ""
859
7d76ea1d 860#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 861#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 862msgid ""
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863"Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to create an alternative "
864"installation policy for individual packages."
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865msgstr ""
866
7d76ea1d 867#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 868#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 869msgid ""
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870"If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one "
871"of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression, and "
872"it is applied to all package names in the database. Any matches are then "
873"installed (or removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' "
874"matches 'how-lo' and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular "
875"expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular "
876"expression."
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877msgstr ""
878
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879#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
880#: apt-get.8.xml:1
881msgid ""
882"<literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except "
883"that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package "
884"leaves its configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to "
885"the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be "
886"installed instead of removed."
887msgstr ""
888
7d76ea1d 889#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 890#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 891msgid ""
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892"<literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except "
893"that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted "
894"too)."
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895msgstr ""
896
2a52e8c5 897#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 898#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 899msgid ""
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900"<literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source "
901"packages. APT will examine the available packages to decide which source "
902"package to fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory "
903"the newest available version of that source package while respecting the "
904"default release, set with the option "
905"<literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>, the <option>-t</option> option or "
906"per package with the <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible."
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907msgstr ""
908
2a52e8c5 909#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 910#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 911msgid ""
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912"Source packages are tracked separately from binary packages via "
913"<literal>deb-src</literal> lines in the &sources-list; file. This means that "
914"you will need to add such a line for each repository you want to get sources "
915"from; otherwise you will probably get either the wrong (too old/too new) "
916"source versions or none at all."
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917msgstr ""
918
2a52e8c5 919#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 920#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 921msgid ""
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922"If the <option>--compile</option> option is specified then the package will "
923"be compiled to a binary .deb using <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> for "
924"the architecture as defined by the <command>--host-architecture</command> "
925"option. If <option>--download-only</option> is specified then the source "
926"package will not be unpacked."
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927msgstr ""
928
2a52e8c5 929#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 930#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 931msgid ""
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932"A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name "
933"with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism used "
934"for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source package "
935"name and version, implicitly enabling the "
936"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option."
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937msgstr ""
938
2a52e8c5 939#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 940#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 941msgid ""
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942"Note that source packages are not installed and tracked in the "
943"<command>dpkg</command> database like binary packages; they are simply "
944"downloaded to the current directory, like source tarballs."
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945msgstr ""
946
947#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 948#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 949msgid ""
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950"<literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an "
951"attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default "
952"the dependencies are satisfied to build the package natively. If desired a "
953"host-architecture can be specified with the "
954"<option>--host-architecture</option> option instead."
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955msgstr ""
956
957#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 958#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 959msgid ""
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960"<literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache "
961"and checks for broken dependencies."
2a52e8c5
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962msgstr ""
963
2a52e8c5 964#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 965#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 966msgid ""
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967"<literal>download</literal> will download the given binary package into the "
968"current directory."
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969msgstr ""
970
2a52e8c5 971#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 972#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 973msgid ""
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974"<literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved "
975"package files. It removes everything but the lock file from "
976"<filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and "
1c937475 977"<filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>."
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978msgstr ""
979
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980#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
981#: apt-get.8.xml:1 apt-get.8.xml:1
982msgid "(and the"
983msgstr ""
984
985#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
986#: apt-get.8.xml:1 apt-get.8.xml:1
987msgid "alias since 1.1)"
988msgstr ""
989
2a52e8c5 990#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 991#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 992msgid ""
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993"Like <literal>clean</literal>, <literal>autoclean</literal> clears out the "
994"local repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only "
995"removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely "
996"useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without it "
997"growing out of control. The configuration option "
998"<literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from "
999"being erased if it is set to off."
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1000msgstr ""
1001
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1002#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1003#: apt-get.8.xml:1
1004msgid ""
1005"<literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were "
1006"automatically installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are "
1007"now no longer needed."
1008msgstr ""
1009
63fc5550 1010#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1011#: apt-get.8.xml:1
63fc5550 1012msgid ""
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1013"<literal>changelog</literal> tries to download the changelog of a package "
1014"and displays it through <command>sensible-pager</command>. By default it "
1015"displays the changelog for the version that is installed. However, you can "
1016"specify the same options as for the <option>install</option> command."
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1017msgstr ""
1018
2a52e8c5 1019#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1020#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1021msgid ""
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1022"Displays by default a deb822 formatted listing of information about all data "
1023"files (aka index targets) <command>apt-get update</command> would "
1024"download. Supports a <option>--format</option> option to modify the output "
1025"format as well as accepts lines of the default output to filter the records "
1026"by. The command is mainly used as an interface for external tools working "
1027"with APT to get information as well as filenames for downloaded files so "
1028"they can use them as well instead of downloading them again on their "
1029"own. Detailed documentation is omitted here and can instead be found in the "
1030"source tree in "
1031"<literal><filename>doc/acquire-additional-files.txt</filename></literal>."
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1032msgstr ""
1033
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1034#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
1035#: apt-get.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-config.8.xml:1
1036#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
1037msgid "options"
1038msgstr ""
1039
2a52e8c5 1040#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1041#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1042msgid ""
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1043"Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing. "
1044"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>."
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1045msgstr ""
1046
2a52e8c5 1047#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1048#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1049msgid ""
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1050"Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing. Configuration "
1051"Item: <literal>APT::Install-Suggests</literal>."
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1052msgstr ""
1053
2a52e8c5 1054#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1055#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1056msgid ""
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1057"Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed. "
1058"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>."
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1059msgstr ""
1060
1061#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1062#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1063msgid ""
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1064"Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place. This "
1065"option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages to permit APT "
1066"to deduce a likely solution. If packages are specified, these have to "
1067"completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when "
1068"running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package "
1069"dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's dependency "
1070"structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention (which usually "
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1071"means using <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of the "
1072"offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> "
1073"may produce an error in some situations. Configuration Item: "
1074"<literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>."
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1075msgstr ""
1076
2a52e8c5 1077#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1078#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1079msgid ""
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1080"Ignore missing packages; if packages cannot be retrieved or fail the "
1081"integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back those "
1082"packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with "
1083"<option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is "
1084"selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the command "
1085"line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently held back. "
1086"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Missing</literal>."
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1087msgstr ""
1088
2a52e8c5 1089#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1090#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1091msgid ""
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1092"Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with "
1093"<option>--ignore-missing</option> to force APT to use only the .debs it has "
1094"already downloaded. Configuration Item: "
1095"<literal>APT::Get::Download</literal>."
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1096msgstr ""
1097
2a52e8c5 1098#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1099#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1100msgid ""
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1101"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
1102"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
1103"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
1104"file. Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>; you should never "
1105"use -qq without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT "
1106"may decide to do something you did not expect. Configuration Item: "
1107"<literal>quiet</literal>."
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1108msgstr ""
1109
2a52e8c5 1110#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1111#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1112msgid ""
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1113"No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur based on the "
1114"current system state but do not actually change the system. Locking will be "
1115"disabled (<option>Debug::NoLocking</option>) so the system state could "
1116"change while <command>apt-get</command> is running. Simulations can also be "
1117"executed by non-root users which might not have read access to all apt "
1118"configuration distorting the simulation. A notice expressing this warning "
1119"is also shown by default for non-root users "
1120"(<option>APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note</option>). Configuration Item: "
7d76ea1d 1121"<literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>."
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1122msgstr ""
1123
2a52e8c5 1124#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1125#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1126msgid ""
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1127"Simulated runs print out a series of lines, each representing a "
1128"<command>dpkg</command> operation: configure (<literal>Conf</literal>), "
1129"remove (<literal>Remv</literal>) or unpack "
1130"(<literal>Inst</literal>). Square brackets indicate broken packages, and "
1131"empty square brackets indicate breaks that are of no consequence (rare)."
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1132msgstr ""
1133
b6c6b52f 1134#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1135#: apt-get.8.xml:1
b6c6b52f 1136msgid ""
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1137"Automatic yes to prompts; assume \"yes\" as answer to all prompts and run "
1138"non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held "
1139"package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an "
1140"essential package occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort. "
1141"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>."
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1142msgstr ""
1143
2a52e8c5 1144#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1145#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1146msgid ""
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1147"Automatic \"no\" to all prompts. Configuration Item: "
1148"<literal>APT::Get::Assume-No</literal>."
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1149msgstr ""
1150
2a52e8c5 1151#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1152#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1153msgid ""
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1154"Show upgraded packages; print out a list of all packages that are to be "
1155"upgraded. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>."
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1156msgstr ""
1157
2a52e8c5 1158#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1159#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1160msgid ""
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1161"Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages. Configuration Item: "
1162"<literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>."
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1163msgstr ""
1164
2a52e8c5 1165#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1166#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1167msgid ""
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1168"This option controls the architecture packages are built for by "
1169"<command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies "
1170"are satisfied. By default is it not set which means that the host "
1171"architecture is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by "
1172"<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>). Configuration Item: "
7ffbb475 1173"<literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>."
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1174msgstr ""
1175
2a52e8c5 1176#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1177#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1178msgid ""
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1179"This option controls the activated build profiles for which a source package "
1180"is built by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how build "
1181"dependencies are satisfied. By default no build profile is active. More "
1182"than one build profile can be activated at a time by concatenating them with "
1183"a comma. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Build-Profiles</literal>."
1184msgstr ""
1185
1186#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1187#: apt-get.8.xml:1
7ffbb475 1188msgid ""
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1189"Compile source packages after downloading them. Configuration Item: "
1190"<literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>."
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1191msgstr ""
1192
2a52e8c5 1193#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1194#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1195msgid ""
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1196"Ignore package holds; this causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a "
1197"hold placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with "
1198"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired "
1199"holds. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>."
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1200msgstr ""
1201
2a52e8c5 1202#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1203#: apt-get.8.xml:1
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1204msgid ""
1205"Allow installing new packages when used in conjunction with "
1206"<literal>upgrade</literal>. This is useful if the update of a installed "
1207"package requires new dependencies to be installed. Instead of holding the "
1208"package back <literal>upgrade</literal> will upgrade the package and install "
1209"the new dependencies. Note that <literal>upgrade</literal> with this option "
1210"will never remove packages, only allow adding new ones. Configuration Item: "
1211"<literal>APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New</literal>."
1212msgstr ""
1213
1214#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1215#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1216msgid ""
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1217"Do not upgrade packages; when used in conjunction with "
1218"<literal>install</literal>, <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent "
1219"packages on the command line from being upgraded if they are already "
1220"installed. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>."
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1221msgstr ""
1222
2a52e8c5 1223#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1224#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1225msgid ""
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1226"Do not install new packages; when used in conjunction with "
1227"<literal>install</literal>, <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will install "
1228"upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests to install "
1229"new packages. Configuration Item: "
1230"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>."
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1231msgstr ""
1232
7d76ea1d 1233#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1234#: apt-get.8.xml:1
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1235msgid ""
1236"This is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue without prompting "
1237"if it is doing downgrades. It should not be used except in very special "
1238"situations. Using it can potentially destroy your system! Configuration "
1239"Item: <literal>APT::Get::allow-downgrades</literal>. Introduced in APT 1.1."
1240msgstr ""
1241
1242#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1243#: apt-get.8.xml:1
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1244msgid ""
1245"Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue "
1246"without prompting if it is removing essentials. It should not be used except "
1247"in very special situations. Using it can potentially destroy your system! "
1248"Configuration Item: "
1249"<literal>APT::Get::allow-remove-essential</literal>. Introduced in APT 1.1."
1250msgstr ""
1251
1252#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1253#: apt-get.8.xml:1
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1254msgid ""
1255"Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue "
1256"without prompting if it is changing held packages. It should not be used "
1257"except in very special situations. Using it can potentially destroy your "
1258"system! Configuration Item: "
1259"<literal>APT::Get::allow-change-held-packages</literal>. Introduced in APT "
1260"1.1."
1261msgstr ""
1262
1263#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1264#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1265msgid ""
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1266"Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue "
1267"without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It should "
1268"not be used except in very special situations. Using "
1269"<literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system! "
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1270"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>. This is "
1271"deprecated and replaced by <option>--allow-downgrades</option>, "
1272"<option>--allow-remove-essential</option>, "
1273"<option>--allow-change-held-packages</option> in 1.1."
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1274msgstr ""
1275
7d76ea1d 1276#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1277#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1278msgid ""
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1279"Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each URI "
1280"will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected MD5 "
1281"hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match the file "
1282"name on the remote site! This also works with the <literal>source</literal> "
1283"and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the "
1284"<literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it "
1285"is up to the user to decompress any compressed files. Configuration Item: "
1286"<literal>APT::Get::Print-URIs</literal>."
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1287msgstr ""
1288
7d76ea1d 1289#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1290#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1291msgid ""
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1292"Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed. An asterisk "
1293"(\"*\") will be displayed next to packages which are scheduled to be "
1294"purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent to the "
1295"<option>purge</option> command. Configuration Item: "
1296"<literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>."
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1297msgstr ""
1298
aec22160 1299#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1300#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1301msgid ""
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1302"Re-install packages that are already installed and at the newest version. "
1303"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>."
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1304msgstr ""
1305
aec22160 1306#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1307#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1308msgid ""
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1309"This option is on by default; use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to "
1310"turn it off. When it is on, <command>apt-get</command> will automatically "
1311"manage the contents of <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that "
1312"obsolete files are erased. The only reason to turn it off is if you "
1313"frequently change your sources list. Configuration Item: "
1314"<literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>."
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1315msgstr ""
1316
aec22160 1317#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1318#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1319msgid ""
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1320"This option controls the default input to the policy engine; it creates a "
1321"default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. This "
1322"overrides the general settings in "
1323"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>. Specifically pinned packages are "
1324"not affected by the value of this option. In short, this option lets you "
1325"have simple control over which distribution packages will be retrieved "
1326"from. Some common examples might be <option>-t '2.1*'</option>, <option>-t "
1327"unstable</option> or <option>-t sid</option>. Configuration Item: "
1328"<literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>; see also the &apt-preferences; "
1329"manual page."
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1330msgstr ""
1331
7d76ea1d 1332#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1333#: apt-get.8.xml:1
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1334msgid ""
1335"Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered "
1336"related to <option>--assume-yes</option>; where "
1337"<option>--assume-yes</option> will answer yes to any prompt, "
1338"<option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no. Configuration Item: "
1339"<literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>."
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1340msgstr ""
1341
2a52e8c5 1342#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1343#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1344msgid ""
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1345"If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without "
1346"prompting. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>."
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1347msgstr ""
1348
2a52e8c5 1349#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1350#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1351msgid ""
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1352"If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or "
1353"<literal>remove</literal>, then this option acts like running the "
1354"<literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing unused dependency "
1355"packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>."
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1356msgstr ""
1357
2a52e8c5 1358#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1359#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1360msgid ""
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1361"Only has meaning for the <literal>source</literal> and "
1362"<literal>build-dep</literal> commands. Indicates that the given source "
1363"names are not to be mapped through the binary table. This means that if "
1364"this option is specified, these commands will only accept source package "
1365"names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names and looking "
1366"up the corresponding source package. Configuration Item: "
1367"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>."
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1368msgstr ""
1369
2a52e8c5 1370#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1371#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1372msgid ""
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1373"Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive. Configuration "
1374"Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, "
1375"<literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and "
1376"<literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>."
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1377msgstr ""
1378
2a52e8c5 1379#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1380#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1381msgid ""
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1382"Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies. Configuration Item: "
1383"<literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1384msgstr ""
1385
2a52e8c5 1386#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1387#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1388msgid ""
7d76ea1d 1389"Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it. This "
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1390"can be useful while working with local repositories, but is a huge security "
1391"risk if data authenticity isn't ensured in another way by the user itself. "
1392"The usage of the <option>Trusted</option> option for &sources-list; entries "
1393"should usually be preferred over this global override. Configuration Item: "
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1394"<literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>."
1395msgstr ""
1396
ce34af08 1397#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1398#: apt-get.8.xml:1
ce34af08 1399msgid ""
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1400"Forbid the update command to acquire unverifiable data from configured "
1401"sources. Apt will fail at the update command for repositories without valid "
1402"cryptographically signatures. Configuration Item: "
1403"<literal>Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories</literal>."
1404msgstr ""
1405
1406#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1407#: apt-get.8.xml:1
5b1e4e86 1408msgid ""
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1409"Show user friendly progress information in the terminal window when packages "
1410"are installed, upgraded or removed. For a machine parsable version of this "
1411"data see README.progress-reporting in the apt doc directory. Configuration "
506ab3c7 1412"Item: <literal>Dpkg::Progress</literal> and "
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1413"<literal>Dpkg::Progress-Fancy</literal>."
1414msgstr ""
1415
7d76ea1d 1416#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae
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1417#: apt-get.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-key.8.xml:1 apt-mark.8.xml:1
1418#: apt.conf.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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1419msgid "Files"
1420msgstr ""
1421
2a52e8c5 1422#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1423#: apt-get.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1424msgid ""
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1425"&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, "
1426"&apt-secure;, The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the "
1427"APT Howto."
7d76ea1d
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1428msgstr ""
1429
2a52e8c5 1430#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1431#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1432msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1433"<command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on "
1434"error."
2a52e8c5
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1435msgstr ""
1436
2a52e8c5 1437#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 1438#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1439msgid "query the APT cache"
2a52e8c5
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1440msgstr ""
1441
2a52e8c5 1442#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1443#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1444msgid ""
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1445"<command>apt-cache</command> performs a variety of operations on APT's "
1446"package cache. <command>apt-cache</command> does not manipulate the state of "
1447"the system but does provide operations to search and generate interesting "
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1448"output from the package metadata. The metadata is acquired and updated via "
1449"the 'update' command of e.g. <command>apt-get</command>, so that it can be "
1450"outdated if the last update is too long ago, but in exchange "
1451"<command>apt-cache</command> works independently of the availability of the "
1452"configured sources (e.g. offline)."
2a52e8c5
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1453msgstr ""
1454
2a52e8c5 1455#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1456#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1457msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1458"<literal>gencaches</literal> creates APT's package cache. This is done "
1459"implicitly by all commands needing this cache if it is missing or outdated."
2a52e8c5
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1460msgstr ""
1461
7d76ea1d 1462#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
04f27fae
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1463#: apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1
1464#: apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1465msgid "&synopsis-pkg;"
2a52e8c5
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1466msgstr ""
1467
1468#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1469#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1470msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1471"<literal>showpkg</literal> displays information about the packages listed on "
1472"the command line. Remaining arguments are package names. The available "
1473"versions and reverse dependencies of each package listed are listed, as well "
1474"as forward dependencies for each version. Forward (normal) dependencies are "
1475"those packages upon which the package in question depends; reverse "
1476"dependencies are those packages that depend upon the package in "
1477"question. Thus, forward dependencies must be satisfied for a package, but "
1478"reverse dependencies need not be. For instance, <command>apt-cache showpkg "
1479"libreadline2</command> would produce output similar to the following:"
2a52e8c5
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1480msgstr ""
1481
7d76ea1d 1482#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
04f27fae 1483#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1484#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 1485msgid ""
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1486"Package: libreadline2\n"
1487"Versions: 2.1-12(/var/state/apt/lists/foo_Packages),\n"
1488"Reverse Depends: \n"
1489" libreadlineg2,libreadline2\n"
1490" libreadline2-altdev,libreadline2\n"
1491"Dependencies:\n"
1492"2.1-12 - libc5 (2 5.4.0-0) ncurses3.0 (0 (null))\n"
1493"Provides:\n"
1494"2.1-12 - \n"
1495"Reverse Provides: \n"
2a52e8c5
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1496msgstr ""
1497
1498#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1499#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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1500msgid ""
1501"Thus it may be seen that libreadline2, version 2.1-12, depends on libc5 and "
1502"ncurses3.0 which must be installed for libreadline2 to work. In turn, "
1503"libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev depend on libreadline2. If "
1504"libreadline2 is installed, libc5 and ncurses3.0 (and ldso) must also be "
1505"installed; libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev do not have to be "
1506"installed. For the specific meaning of the remainder of the output it is "
1507"best to consult the apt source code."
2a52e8c5
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1508msgstr ""
1509
aa2218b2 1510#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1511#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
aa2218b2 1512msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1513"<literal>stats</literal> displays some statistics about the cache. No "
1514"further arguments are expected. Statistics reported are:"
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1515msgstr ""
1516
7d76ea1d 1517#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1518#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
aa2218b2 1519msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1520"<literal>Total package names</literal> is the number of package names found "
1521"in the cache."
aa2218b2
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1522msgstr ""
1523
7d76ea1d 1524#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1525#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
aa2218b2 1526msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1527"<literal>Normal packages</literal> is the number of regular, ordinary "
1528"package names; these are packages that bear a one-to-one correspondence "
1529"between their names and the names used by other packages for them in "
1530"dependencies. The majority of packages fall into this category."
2a52e8c5
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1531msgstr ""
1532
7d76ea1d 1533#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1534#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1535msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1536"<literal>Pure virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
1537"exist only as a virtual package name; that is, packages only \"provide\" the "
1538"virtual package name, and no package actually uses the name. For instance, "
1539"\"mail-transport-agent\" in the Debian system is a pure virtual package; "
1540"several packages provide \"mail-transport-agent\", but there is no package "
1541"named \"mail-transport-agent\"."
2a52e8c5
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1542msgstr ""
1543
7d76ea1d 1544#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1545#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1546msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1547"<literal>Single virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages with "
1548"only one package providing a particular virtual package. For example, in the "
1549"Debian system, \"X11-text-viewer\" is a virtual package, but only one "
1550"package, xless, provides \"X11-text-viewer\"."
2a52e8c5
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1551msgstr ""
1552
7d76ea1d 1553#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1554#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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1555msgid ""
1556"<literal>Mixed virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
1557"either provide a particular virtual package or have the virtual package name "
1558"as the package name. For instance, in the Debian system, \"debconf\" is both "
1559"an actual package, and provided by the debconf-tiny package."
2a52e8c5
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1560msgstr ""
1561
7d76ea1d 1562#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1563#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1564msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1565"<literal>Missing</literal> is the number of package names that were "
1566"referenced in a dependency but were not provided by any package. Missing "
1567"packages may be an evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a "
1568"package (real or virtual) has been dropped from the distribution. Usually "
1569"they are referenced from Conflicts or Breaks statements."
2a52e8c5
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1570msgstr ""
1571
7d76ea1d 1572#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1573#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1574msgid ""
7d76ea1d 1575"<literal>Total distinct</literal> versions is the number of package versions "
864fe99c 1576"found in the cache. If more than one distribution is being accessed (for "
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1577"instance, \"stable\" and \"unstable\"), this value can be considerably "
1578"larger than the number of total package names."
2a52e8c5
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1579msgstr ""
1580
7d76ea1d 1581#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1582#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1583msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1584"<literal>Total dependencies</literal> is the number of dependency "
1585"relationships claimed by all of the packages in the cache."
2a52e8c5
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1586msgstr ""
1587
2a52e8c5 1588#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1589#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1590msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1591"<literal>showsrc</literal> displays all the source package records that "
1592"match the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all "
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1593"records that declare the name to be a binary package. Use "
1594"<option>--only-source</option> to display only source package names."
2a52e8c5
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1595msgstr ""
1596
2a52e8c5 1597#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1598#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1599msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1600"<literal>dump</literal> shows a short listing of every package in the "
1601"cache. It is primarily for debugging."
2a52e8c5
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1602msgstr ""
1603
7d76ea1d 1604#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1605#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1606msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1607"<literal>dumpavail</literal> prints out an available list to stdout. This is "
1608"suitable for use with &dpkg; and is used by the &dselect; method."
2a52e8c5
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1609msgstr ""
1610
7d76ea1d 1611#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1612#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1613msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1614"<literal>unmet</literal> displays a summary of all unmet dependencies in the "
1615"package cache."
2a52e8c5
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1616msgstr ""
1617
7d76ea1d 1618#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1619#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1620msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1621"<literal>show</literal> performs a function similar to <command>dpkg "
1622"--print-avail</command>; it displays the package records for the named "
1623"packages."
2a52e8c5
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1624msgstr ""
1625
7d76ea1d 1626#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
04f27fae 1627#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1628msgid "&synopsis-regex;"
2a52e8c5
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1629msgstr ""
1630
2a52e8c5 1631#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1632#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1633msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1634"<literal>search</literal> performs a full text search on all available "
1635"package lists for the POSIX regex pattern given, see &regex;. It searches "
1636"the package names and the descriptions for an occurrence of the regular "
1637"expression and prints out the package name and the short description, "
1638"including virtual package names. If <option>--full</option> is given then "
1639"output identical to <literal>show</literal> is produced for each matched "
1640"package, and if <option>--names-only</option> is given then the long "
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1641"description is not searched, only the package name and provided packages "
1642"are."
2a52e8c5
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1643msgstr ""
1644
1645#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1646#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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1647msgid ""
1648"Separate arguments can be used to specify multiple search patterns that are "
1649"and'ed together."
2a52e8c5
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1650msgstr ""
1651
2a52e8c5 1652#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1653#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1654msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1655"<literal>depends</literal> shows a listing of each dependency a package has "
1656"and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency."
2a52e8c5
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1657msgstr ""
1658
1659#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1660#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1661msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1662"<literal>rdepends</literal> shows a listing of each reverse dependency a "
1663"package has."
2a52e8c5
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1664msgstr ""
1665
7d76ea1d 1666#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 1667#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1668msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-prefix;</replaceable></optional>"
2a52e8c5
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1669msgstr ""
1670
2a52e8c5 1671#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1672#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1673msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1674"This command prints the name of each package APT knows. The optional "
1675"argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable "
1676"for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated "
1677"extremely quickly. This command is best used with the "
1678"<option>--generate</option> option."
2a52e8c5
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1679msgstr ""
1680
2a52e8c5 1681#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1682#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1683msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1684"Note that a package which APT knows of is not necessarily available to "
1685"download, installable or installed, e.g. virtual packages are also listed in "
1686"the generated list."
2a52e8c5
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1687msgstr ""
1688
1689#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1690#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1691msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1692"<literal>dotty</literal> takes a list of packages on the command line and "
1693"generates output suitable for use by dotty from the <ulink "
1694"url=\"http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/\">GraphViz</ulink> "
1695"package. The result will be a set of nodes and edges representing the "
1696"relationships between the packages. By default the given packages will trace "
1697"out all dependent packages; this can produce a very large graph. To limit "
1698"the output to only the packages listed on the command line, set the "
1699"<literal>APT::Cache::GivenOnly</literal> option."
2a52e8c5
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1700msgstr ""
1701
2a52e8c5 1702#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1703#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1704msgid ""
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1705"The resulting nodes will have several shapes; normal packages are boxes, "
1706"pure virtual packages are triangles, mixed virtual packages are diamonds, "
1707"missing packages are hexagons. Orange boxes mean recursion was stopped (leaf "
1708"packages), blue lines are pre-depends, green lines are conflicts."
2a52e8c5
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1709msgstr ""
1710
2a52e8c5 1711#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1712#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1713msgid "Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages."
2a52e8c5
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1714msgstr ""
1715
7d76ea1d 1716#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1717#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1718msgid ""
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1719"The same as <literal>dotty</literal>, only for xvcg from the <ulink "
1720"url=\"http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html\">VCG "
1721"tool</ulink>."
2a52e8c5
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1722msgstr ""
1723
7d76ea1d 1724#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 1725#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1726msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</optional>"
2a52e8c5
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1727msgstr ""
1728
7d76ea1d 1729#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1730#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1731msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1732"<literal>policy</literal> is meant to help debug issues relating to the "
1733"preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the priorities of each "
1734"source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information about the priority "
1735"selection of the named package."
2a52e8c5
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1736msgstr ""
1737
7d76ea1d 1738#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1739#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1740msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1741"<literal>apt-cache</literal>'s <literal>madison</literal> command attempts "
1742"to mimic the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian "
1743"archive management tool, <literal>madison</literal>. It displays available "
1744"versions of a package in a tabular format. Unlike the original "
1745"<literal>madison</literal>, it can only display information for the "
1746"architecture for which APT has retrieved package lists "
1747"(<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>)."
2a52e8c5
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1748msgstr ""
1749
7d76ea1d 1750#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1751#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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1752msgid ""
1753"Select the file to store the package cache. The package cache is the primary "
1754"cache used by all operations. Configuration Item: "
1755"<literal>Dir::Cache::pkgcache</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1756msgstr ""
1757
7d76ea1d 1758#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1759#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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1760msgid ""
1761"Select the file to store the source cache. The source is used only by "
1762"<literal>gencaches</literal> and it stores a parsed version of the package "
1763"information from remote sources. When building the package cache the source "
1764"cache is used to avoid reparsing all of the package files. Configuration "
1765"Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1766msgstr ""
1767
7d76ea1d 1768#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1769#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1770msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1771"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
1772"More q's will produce more quietness up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
1773"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quietness level, overriding the "
1774"configuration file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1775msgstr ""
1776
7d76ea1d 1777#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1778#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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1779msgid ""
1780"Print only important dependencies; for use with <literal>unmet</literal> and "
1781"<literal>depends</literal>. Causes only Depends and Pre-Depends relations to "
1782"be printed. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Important</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1783msgstr ""
1784
7d76ea1d 1785#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1786#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1787msgid ""
864fe99c 1788"Per default the <command>depends</command> and <command>rdepends</command> "
7d76ea1d
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1789"print all dependencies. This can be tweaked with these flags which will omit "
1790"the specified dependency type. Configuration Item: "
1791"<literal>APT::Cache::Show<replaceable>DependencyType</replaceable></literal> "
1792"e.g. <literal>APT::Cache::ShowRecommends</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1793msgstr ""
1794
7d76ea1d 1795#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1796#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
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1797msgid ""
1798"Per default <command>depends</command> and <command>rdepends</command> print "
1799"only dependencies explicitly expressed in the metadata. With this flag it "
1800"will also show dependencies implicitely added based on the encountered "
1801"data. A <literal>Conflicts: foo</literal> e.g. expresses implicitely that "
1802"this package also conflicts with the package foo from any other "
1803"architecture. Configuration Item: "
1804"<literal>APT::Cache::ShowImplicit</literal>."
1805msgstr ""
1806
1807#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1808#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1809msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1810"Print full package records when searching. Configuration Item: "
1811"<literal>APT::Cache::ShowFull</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1812msgstr ""
1813
7d76ea1d 1814#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1815#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1816msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1817"Print full records for all available versions. This is the default; to turn "
1818"it off, use <option>--no-all-versions</option>. If "
1819"<option>--no-all-versions</option> is specified, only the candidate version "
1820"will be displayed (the one which would be selected for installation). This "
1821"option is only applicable to the <literal>show</literal> command. "
1822"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::AllVersions</literal>."
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1823msgstr ""
1824
7d76ea1d 1825#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1826#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1827msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1828"Perform automatic package cache regeneration, rather than use the cache as "
1829"it is. This is the default; to turn it off, use "
1830"<option>--no-generate</option>. Configuration Item: "
1831"<literal>APT::Cache::Generate</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1832msgstr ""
1833
7d76ea1d 1834#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1835#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1836msgid ""
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1837"Only search on the package and provided package names, not the long "
1838"descriptions. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::NamesOnly</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1839msgstr ""
1840
7d76ea1d 1841#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1842#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1843msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1844"Make <literal>pkgnames</literal> print all names, including virtual packages "
1845"and missing dependencies. Configuration Item: "
1846"<literal>APT::Cache::AllNames</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1847msgstr ""
1848
7d76ea1d 1849#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1850#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1851msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1852"Make <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> recursive so "
1853"that all packages mentioned are printed once. Configuration Item: "
1854"<literal>APT::Cache::RecurseDepends</literal>."
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1855msgstr ""
1856
7d76ea1d 1857#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1858#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
b81dbe40 1859msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1860"Limit the output of <literal>depends</literal> and "
1861"<literal>rdepends</literal> to packages which are currently installed. "
1862"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Installed</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1863msgstr ""
1864
7d76ea1d 1865#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1866#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1867msgid "&apt-conf;, &sources-list;, &apt-get;"
2a52e8c5
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1868msgstr ""
1869
7d76ea1d 1870#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1871#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
b81dbe40 1872msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1873"<command>apt-cache</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
1874"on error."
b81dbe40
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1875msgstr ""
1876
7d76ea1d 1877#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 1878#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1879msgid "APT key management utility"
2a52e8c5
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1880msgstr ""
1881
7d76ea1d 1882#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1883#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1884msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1885"<command>apt-key</command> is used to manage the list of keys used by apt to "
1886"authenticate packages. Packages which have been authenticated using these "
1887"keys will be considered trusted."
2a52e8c5
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1888msgstr ""
1889
7d76ea1d 1890#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 1891#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1892msgid "Commands"
2a52e8c5
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1893msgstr ""
1894
7d76ea1d 1895#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1896#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1897msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1898"Add a new key to the list of trusted keys. The key is read from the "
1899"filename given with the parameter &synopsis-param-filename; or if the "
1900"filename is <literal>-</literal> from standard input."
2a52e8c5
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1901msgstr ""
1902
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1903#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1904#: apt-key.8.xml:1
1905msgid ""
1906"It is critical that keys added manually via <command>apt-key</command> are "
1907"verified to belong to the owner of the repositories they claim to be for "
1908"otherwise the &apt-secure; infrastructure is completely undermined."
1909msgstr ""
1910
7d76ea1d 1911#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1912#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1913msgid "Remove a key from the list of trusted keys."
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1914msgstr ""
1915
7d76ea1d 1916#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1917#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1918msgid "Output the key &synopsis-param-keyid; to standard output."
2a52e8c5
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1919msgstr ""
1920
7d76ea1d 1921#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1922#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1923msgid "Output all trusted keys to standard output."
2a52e8c5
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1924msgstr ""
1925
7d76ea1d 1926#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1927#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1928msgid "List trusted keys."
2a52e8c5
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1929msgstr ""
1930
7d76ea1d 1931#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1932#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1933msgid "List fingerprints of trusted keys."
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1934msgstr ""
1935
7d76ea1d 1936#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1937#: apt-key.8.xml:1
b81dbe40 1938msgid ""
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1939"Pass advanced options to gpg. With <command>adv --recv-key</command> you can "
1940"e.g. download key from keyservers directly into the the trusted set of "
1941"keys. Note that there are <emphasis>no</emphasis> checks performed, so it is "
1942"easy to completely undermine the &apt-secure; infrastructure if used without "
1943"care."
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1944msgstr ""
1945
7d76ea1d 1946#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1947#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1948msgid ""
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1949"Update the local keyring with the archive keyring and remove from the local "
1950"keyring the archive keys which are no longer valid. The archive keyring is "
1951"shipped in the <literal>archive-keyring</literal> package of your "
ce34af08 1952"distribution, e.g. the &keyring-package; package in &keyring-distro;."
2a52e8c5
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1953msgstr ""
1954
7d76ea1d 1955#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1956#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1957msgid ""
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1958"Perform an update working similarly to the <command>update</command> command "
1959"above, but get the archive keyring from a URI instead and validate it "
1960"against a master key. This requires an installed &wget; and an APT build "
1961"configured to have a server to fetch from and a master keyring to validate. "
1962"APT in Debian does not support this command, relying on "
1963"<command>update</command> instead, but Ubuntu's APT does."
2a52e8c5
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1964msgstr ""
1965
7d76ea1d 1966#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
cbbee23e 1967#: apt-key.8.xml:1 apt-mark.8.xml:1 apt-mark.8.xml:1 apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1968msgid "Options"
2a52e8c5
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1969msgstr ""
1970
7d76ea1d 1971#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1972#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1973msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1974"Note that options need to be defined before the commands described in the "
1975"previous section."
2a52e8c5
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1976msgstr ""
1977
7d76ea1d 1978#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1979#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1980msgid ""
6072cbe1 1981"With this option it is possible to specify a particular keyring file the "
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1982"command should operate on. The default is that a command is executed on the "
1983"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> file as well as on all parts in the "
1984"<filename>trusted.gpg.d</filename> directory, though "
1985"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> is the primary keyring which means that "
1986"e.g. new keys are added to this one."
2a52e8c5
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1987msgstr ""
1988
7d76ea1d 1989#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 1990#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1991msgid "<filename>/etc/apt/trustdb.gpg</filename>"
2a52e8c5
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1992msgstr ""
1993
7d76ea1d 1994#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1995#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1996msgid "Local trust database of archive keys."
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1997msgstr ""
1998
7d76ea1d 1999#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 2000#: apt-key.8.xml:1
694ef56e 2001msgid "&keyring-filename;"
2a52e8c5
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2002msgstr ""
2003
7d76ea1d 2004#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2005#: apt-key.8.xml:1
694ef56e 2006msgid "Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive trusted keys."
2a52e8c5
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2007msgstr ""
2008
7d76ea1d 2009#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 2010#: apt-key.8.xml:1
694ef56e 2011msgid "&keyring-removed-filename;"
2a52e8c5
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2012msgstr ""
2013
7d76ea1d 2014#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2015#: apt-key.8.xml:1
694ef56e 2016msgid "Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive removed trusted keys."
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2017msgstr ""
2018
7d76ea1d 2019#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2020#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2021msgid "&apt-get;, &apt-secure;"
2a52e8c5
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2022msgstr ""
2023
7d76ea1d 2024#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 2025#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
cbbee23e 2026msgid "show, set and unset various settings for a package"
2a52e8c5
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2027msgstr ""
2028
7d76ea1d 2029#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2030#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2031msgid ""
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2032"<command>apt-mark</command> can be used as a unified front-end to set "
2033"various settings for a package, such as marking a package as being "
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2034"automatically/manually installed or changing <command>dpkg</command> "
2035"selections such as hold, install, deinstall and purge which are respected "
2036"e.g. by <command>apt-get dselect-upgrade</command> or "
2037"<command>aptitude</command>."
2038msgstr ""
2039
2040#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
2041#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
051029f8 2042msgid "Automatically and Manually Installed Packages"
2a52e8c5
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2043msgstr ""
2044
7d76ea1d 2045#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2046#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2047msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2048"When you request that a package is installed, and as a result other packages "
2049"are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the dependencies are marked as "
051029f8
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2050"being automatically installed, while the package you installed explicitly is "
2051"marked as manually installed. Once an automatically installed package is no "
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2052"longer depended on by any manually installed package it is considered no "
2053"longer needed and e.g. <command>apt-get</command> or "
2054"<command>aptitude</command> will at least suggest removing them."
2a52e8c5
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2055msgstr ""
2056
7d76ea1d 2057#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2058#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2059msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2060"<literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a package as being automatically "
2061"installed, which will cause the package to be removed when no more manually "
2062"installed packages depend on this package."
2a52e8c5
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2063msgstr ""
2064
7d76ea1d 2065#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2066#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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2067msgid ""
2068"<literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a package as being manually "
2069"installed, which will prevent the package from being automatically removed "
2070"if no other packages depend on it."
2a52e8c5
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2071msgstr ""
2072
7d76ea1d 2073#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2074#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2075msgid ""
cbbee23e
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2076"<literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a list of automatically "
2077"installed packages with each package on a new line. All automatically "
2078"installed packages will be listed if no package is given. If packages are "
2079"given only those which are automatically installed will be shown."
2a52e8c5
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2080msgstr ""
2081
7d76ea1d 2082#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2083#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2084msgid ""
cbbee23e
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2085"<literal>showmanual</literal> can be used in the same way as "
2086"<literal>showauto</literal> except that it will print a list of manually "
2087"installed packages instead."
2088msgstr ""
2089
2090#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2091#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2092msgid ""
2093"Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the parameter "
2094"&synopsis-param-filename; instead of from the default location, which is "
2095"<filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined by the "
2096"Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>."
2097msgstr ""
2098
2099#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
2100#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
051029f8 2101msgid "Prevent Changes for a Package"
2a52e8c5
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2102msgstr ""
2103
7d76ea1d 2104#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2105#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2106msgid ""
cbbee23e
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2107"<literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a package as held back, which will "
2108"prevent the package from being automatically installed, upgraded or removed."
2a52e8c5
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2109msgstr ""
2110
7d76ea1d 2111#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2112#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2113msgid ""
cbbee23e
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2114"<literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a previously set hold on a "
2115"package to allow all actions again."
2a52e8c5
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2116msgstr ""
2117
7d76ea1d 2118#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2119#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2120msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2121"<literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list of packages on hold in "
2122"the same way as for the other show commands."
2a52e8c5
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2123msgstr ""
2124
cbbee23e
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2125#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
2126#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
051029f8 2127msgid "Schedule Packages for Install, Remove and Purge"
cbbee23e
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2128msgstr ""
2129
2130#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2131#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2132msgid ""
add81166 2133"Some front-ends like <command>apt-get dselect-upgrade</command> can be used "
051029f8
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2134"to apply previously scheduled changes to the install state of packages. Such "
2135"changes can be scheduled with the <option>install</option>, "
cbbee23e
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2136"<option>remove</option> (also known as <option>deinstall</option>) and "
2137"<option>purge</option> commands. Packages with a specific selection can be "
2138"displayed with <option>showinstall</option>, <option>showremove</option> and "
2139"<option>showpurge</option> respectively. More information about these so "
2140"called dpkg selections can be found in &dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
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2141msgstr ""
2142
7d76ea1d 2143#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2144#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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2145msgid ""
2146"<command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on "
2147"error."
2a52e8c5
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2148msgstr ""
2149
7d76ea1d 2150#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 2151#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2152msgid "Archive authentication support for APT"
2a52e8c5
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2153msgstr ""
2154
7d76ea1d 2155#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2156#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2157msgid ""
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2158"Starting with version 0.6, <command>APT</command> contains code that does "
2159"signature checking of the Release file for all repositories. This ensures "
2160"that data like packages in the archive can't be modified by people who have "
2161"no access to the Release file signing key."
2a52e8c5
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2162msgstr ""
2163
7d76ea1d 2164#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2165#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2166msgid ""
051029f8
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2167"If an archive has an unsigned Release file or no Release file at all current "
2168"APT versions will raise a warning in <command>update</command> operations "
2169"and front-ends like <command>apt-get</command> will require explicit "
2170"confirmation if an installation request includes a package from such an "
2171"unauthenticated archive."
2a52e8c5
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2172msgstr ""
2173
2a52e8c5 2174#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2175#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2176msgid ""
cbbee23e
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2177"In the future APT will refuse to work with unauthenticated repositories by "
2178"default until support for them is removed entirely. Users have the option to "
2179"opt-in to this behavior already by setting the configuration option "
2180"<option>Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories</option> to "
2181"<literal>false</literal>."
2182msgstr ""
2183
2184#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2185#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2186msgid ""
add81166 2187"Note: All APT-based package management front-ends like &apt-get;, &aptitude; "
cbbee23e
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2188"and &synaptic; support this authentication feature, so this manpage uses "
2189"<literal>APT</literal> to refer to them all for simplicity only."
2a52e8c5
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2190msgstr ""
2191
2192#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2193#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
051029f8 2194msgid "Trusted Repositories"
2a52e8c5
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2195msgstr ""
2196
2197#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2198#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2199msgid ""
cbbee23e 2200"The chain of trust from an APT archive to the end user is made up of several "
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2201"steps. <command>apt-secure</command> is the last step in this chain; "
2202"trusting an archive does not mean that you trust its packages not to contain "
2203"malicious code, but means that you trust the archive maintainer. It's the "
2204"archive maintainer's responsibility to ensure that the archive's integrity "
2205"is preserved."
2a52e8c5
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2206msgstr ""
2207
2208#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2209#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2210msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2211"apt-secure does not review signatures at a package level. If you require "
2212"tools to do this you should look at <command>debsig-verify</command> and "
2213"<command>debsign</command> (provided in the debsig-verify and devscripts "
2214"packages respectively)."
2a52e8c5
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2215msgstr ""
2216
7d76ea1d 2217#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2218#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2219msgid ""
051029f8 2220"The chain of trust in Debian starts (e.g.) when a maintainer uploads a new "
cbbee23e
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2221"package or a new version of a package to the Debian archive. In order to "
2222"become effective, this upload needs to be signed by a key contained in one "
051029f8 2223"of the Debian package maintainer keyrings (available in the debian-keyring "
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2224"package). Maintainers' keys are signed by other maintainers following "
2225"pre-established procedures to ensure the identity of the key holder. Similar "
2226"procedures exist in all Debian-based distributions."
2a52e8c5
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2227msgstr ""
2228
2229#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2230#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2231msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2232"Once the uploaded package is verified and included in the archive, the "
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2233"maintainer signature is stripped off, and checksums of the package are "
2234"computed and put in the Packages file. The checksums of all of the Packages "
2235"files are then computed and put into the Release file. The Release file is "
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2236"then signed by the archive key for this &keyring-distro; release, and "
2237"distributed alongside the packages and the Packages files on "
2238"&keyring-distro; mirrors. The keys are in the &keyring-distro; archive "
2239"keyring available in the &keyring-package; package."
2a52e8c5
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2240msgstr ""
2241
7d76ea1d 2242#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2243#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2244msgid ""
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2245"End users can check the signature of the Release file, extract a checksum of "
2246"a package from it and compare it with the checksum of the package they "
2247"downloaded by hand - or rely on APT doing this automatically."
2a52e8c5
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2248msgstr ""
2249
2250#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2251#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2252msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2253"Notice that this is distinct from checking signatures on a per package "
2254"basis. It is designed to prevent two possible attacks:"
2a52e8c5
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2255msgstr ""
2256
7d76ea1d 2257#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2258#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2259msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2260"<literal>Network \"man in the middle\" attacks</literal>. Without signature "
75d9bdba
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2261"checking, malicious agents can introduce themselves into the package "
2262"download process and provide malicious software either by controlling a "
2263"network element (router, switch, etc.) or by redirecting traffic to a rogue "
2264"server (through ARP or DNS spoofing attacks)."
2a52e8c5
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2265msgstr ""
2266
7d76ea1d 2267#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2268#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2269msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2270"<literal>Mirror network compromise</literal>. Without signature checking, a "
2271"malicious agent can compromise a mirror host and modify the files in it to "
2272"propagate malicious software to all users downloading packages from that "
2273"host."
2a52e8c5
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2274msgstr ""
2275
7d76ea1d 2276#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2277#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2278msgid ""
cbbee23e
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2279"However, it does not defend against a compromise of the master server itself "
2280"(which signs the packages) or against a compromise of the key used to sign "
2281"the Release files. In any case, this mechanism can complement a per-package "
2282"signature."
2a52e8c5
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2283msgstr ""
2284
7d76ea1d 2285#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2286#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
051029f8 2287msgid "User Configuration"
2a52e8c5
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2288msgstr ""
2289
7d76ea1d 2290#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2291#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2292msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2293"<command>apt-key</command> is the program that manages the list of keys used "
cbbee23e
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2294"by APT to trust repositories. It can be used to add or remove keys as well "
2295"as list the trusted keys. Limiting which key(s) are able to sign which "
2296"archive is possible via the <option>Signed-By</option> in &sources-list;."
2297msgstr ""
2298
2299#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2300#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2301msgid ""
d04e44ac 2302"Note that a default installation already contains all keys to securely "
cbbee23e
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2303"acquire packages from the default repositories, so fiddling with "
2304"<command>apt-key</command> is only needed if third-party repositories are "
2305"added."
2a52e8c5
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2306msgstr ""
2307
7d76ea1d 2308#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2309#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2310msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2311"In order to add a new key you need to first download it (you should make "
2312"sure you are using a trusted communication channel when retrieving it), add "
2313"it with <command>apt-key</command> and then run <command>apt-get "
2314"update</command> so that apt can download and verify the "
2315"<filename>InRelease</filename> or <filename>Release.gpg</filename> files "
2316"from the archives you have configured."
2a52e8c5
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2317msgstr ""
2318
7d76ea1d 2319#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2320#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
051029f8 2321msgid "Archive Configuration"
7d76ea1d
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2322msgstr ""
2323
2324#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2325#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2326msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2327"If you want to provide archive signatures in an archive under your "
2328"maintenance you have to:"
2a52e8c5
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2329msgstr ""
2330
7d76ea1d 2331#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2332#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
43be0ac4 2333msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2334"<emphasis>Create a toplevel Release file</emphasis>, if it does not exist "
2335"already. You can do this by running <command>apt-ftparchive "
2336"release</command> (provided in apt-utils)."
0fd68707
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2337msgstr ""
2338
7d76ea1d 2339#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2340#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
0fd68707 2341msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2342"<emphasis>Sign it</emphasis>. You can do this by running <command>gpg "
2343"--clearsign -o InRelease Release</command> and <command>gpg -abs -o "
2344"Release.gpg Release</command>."
b39c1859
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2345msgstr ""
2346
7d76ea1d 2347#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2348#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
b39c1859 2349msgid ""
051029f8 2350"<emphasis>Publish the key fingerprint</emphasis>, so that your users will "
7d76ea1d 2351"know what key they need to import in order to authenticate the files in the "
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2352"archive. It is best to ship your key in its own keyring package like "
2353"&keyring-distro; does with &keyring-package; to be able to distribute "
2354"updates and key transitions automatically later."
2355msgstr ""
2356
2357#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
2358#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2359msgid ""
2360"<emphasis>Provide instructions on how to add your archive and "
d04e44ac 2361"key</emphasis>. If your users can't acquire your key securely the chain of "
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2362"trust described above is broken. How you can help users add your key "
2363"depends on your archive and target audience ranging from having your keyring "
2364"package included in another archive users already have configured (like the "
051029f8 2365"default repositories of their distribution) to leveraging the web of trust."
43be0ac4
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2366msgstr ""
2367
7d76ea1d 2368#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2369#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2370msgid ""
75d9bdba
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2371"Whenever the contents of the archive change (new packages are added or "
2372"removed) the archive maintainer has to follow the first two steps outlined "
2373"above."
2a52e8c5
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2374msgstr ""
2375
7d76ea1d 2376#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2377#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2378msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2379"&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-ftparchive;, "
480c2414 2380"&debsign;, &debsig-verify;, &gpg;"
2a52e8c5
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2381msgstr ""
2382
2383#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2384#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2385msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2386"For more background information you might want to review the <ulink "
cbbee23e 2387"url=\"https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch7\">Debian "
051029f8
DK
2388"Security Infrastructure</ulink> chapter of the Securing Debian Manual (also "
2389"available in the harden-doc package) and the <ulink "
7d76ea1d
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2390"url=\"http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/strong_distro.html\" >Strong "
2391"Distribution HOWTO</ulink> by V. Alex Brennen."
2392msgstr ""
2393
2394#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2395#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2396msgid "Manpage Authors"
2a52e8c5
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2397msgstr ""
2398
2399#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2400#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2401msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2402"This man-page is based on the work of Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Isaac "
2403"Jones, Colin Walters, Florian Weimer and Michael Vogt."
2a52e8c5
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2404msgstr ""
2405
2a52e8c5 2406#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 2407#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2408msgid "APT CD-ROM management utility"
2a52e8c5
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2409msgstr ""
2410
2a52e8c5 2411#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2412#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2413msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2414"<command>apt-cdrom</command> is used to add a new CD-ROM to APT's list of "
2415"available sources. <command>apt-cdrom</command> takes care of determining "
2416"the structure of the disc as well as correcting for several possible "
2417"mis-burns and verifying the index files."
2a52e8c5
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2418msgstr ""
2419
7d76ea1d 2420#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2421#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2422msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2423"It is necessary to use <command>apt-cdrom</command> to add CDs to the APT "
2424"system; it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disc in a multi-CD set "
2425"must be inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns."
2a52e8c5
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2426msgstr ""
2427
2a52e8c5 2428#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2429#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2430msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2431"<literal>add</literal> is used to add a new disc to the source list. It will "
2432"unmount the CD-ROM device, prompt for a disc to be inserted and then proceed "
2433"to scan it and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper "
2434"<filename>.disk</filename> directory you will be prompted for a descriptive "
2435"title."
2a52e8c5
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2436msgstr ""
2437
2a52e8c5 2438#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2439#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2440msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2441"APT uses a CD-ROM ID to track which disc is currently in the drive and "
2442"maintains a database of these IDs in "
2443"<filename>&statedir;/cdroms.list</filename>"
2a52e8c5
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2444msgstr ""
2445
2a52e8c5 2446#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2447#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2448msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2449"A debugging tool to report the identity of the current disc as well as the "
2450"stored file name"
2a52e8c5
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2451msgstr ""
2452
2a52e8c5 2453#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2454#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
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2455msgid ""
2456"Do not try to auto-detect the CD-ROM path. Usually combined with the "
2457"<option>--cdrom</option> option. Configuration Item: "
2458"<literal>Acquire::cdrom::AutoDetect</literal>."
2459msgstr ""
2460
2461#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2462#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2463msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2464"Mount point; specify the location to mount the CD-ROM. This mount point must "
2465"be listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and properly configured. "
2466"Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::cdrom::mount</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2467msgstr ""
2468
2469#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2470#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2471msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2472"Rename a disc; change the label of a disc or override the disc's given "
2473"label. This option will cause <command>apt-cdrom</command> to prompt for a "
2474"new label. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Rename</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2475msgstr ""
2476
2477#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2478#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2479msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2480"No mounting; prevent <command>apt-cdrom</command> from mounting and "
2481"unmounting the mount point. Configuration Item: "
2482"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoMount</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2483msgstr ""
2484
2485#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2486#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2487msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2488"Fast Copy; Assume the package files are valid and do not check every "
2489"package. This option should be used only if <command>apt-cdrom</command> has "
2490"been run on this disc before and did not detect any errors. Configuration "
2491"Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Fast</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2492msgstr ""
2493
2494#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2495#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2496msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2497"Thorough Package Scan; This option may be needed with some old Debian "
2498"1.1/1.2 discs that have Package files in strange places. It takes much "
2499"longer to scan the CD but will pick them all up."
2a52e8c5
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2500msgstr ""
2501
2502#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2503#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2504msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2505"No Changes; Do not change the &sources-list; file and do not write index "
2506"files. Everything is still checked however. Configuration Item: "
2507"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoAct</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2508msgstr ""
2509
7d76ea1d 2510#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2511#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2512msgid "&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;"
2a52e8c5
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2513msgstr ""
2514
7d76ea1d 2515#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2516#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2517msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2518"<command>apt-cdrom</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
2519"on error."
2a52e8c5
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2520msgstr ""
2521
7d76ea1d 2522#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 2523#: apt-config.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2524msgid "APT Configuration Query program"
2a52e8c5
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2525msgstr ""
2526
7d76ea1d 2527#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2528#: apt-config.8.xml:1
bcf91c1b 2529msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2530"<command>apt-config</command> is an internal program used by various "
2531"portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses "
2532"the main configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> in a "
2533"manner that is easy to use for scripted applications."
bcf91c1b
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2534msgstr ""
2535
2536#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2537#: apt-config.8.xml:1
bcf91c1b 2538msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2539"shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell "
2540"script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell variable and "
2541"the second the configuration value to query. As output it lists shell "
2542"assignment commands for each value present. In a shell script it should be "
2543"used as follows:"
bcf91c1b
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2544msgstr ""
2545
7d76ea1d 2546#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
04f27fae 2547#: apt-config.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2548#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 2549msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2550"OPTS=\"-f\"\n"
2551"RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::options`\n"
2552"eval $RES\n"
2a52e8c5
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2553msgstr ""
2554
2555#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2556#: apt-config.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2557msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2558"This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value of "
2559"MyApp::options with a default of <option>-f</option>."
2a52e8c5
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2560msgstr ""
2561
2a52e8c5 2562#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2563#: apt-config.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2564msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2565"The configuration item may be postfixed with a /[fdbi]. f returns file "
2566"names, d returns directories, b returns true or false and i returns an "
2567"integer. Each of the returns is normalized and verified internally."
2a52e8c5
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2568msgstr ""
2569
2a52e8c5 2570#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2571#: apt-config.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2572msgid "Just show the contents of the configuration space."
2a52e8c5
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2573msgstr ""
2574
2575#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2576#: apt-config.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2577msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2578"Include options which have an empty value. This is the default, so use "
2579"--no-empty to remove them from the output."
30549c0c
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2580msgstr ""
2581
7d76ea1d 2582#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
04f27fae 2583#: apt-config.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2584msgid "&percnt;f &#x0022;&percnt;v&#x0022;;&percnt;n"
2a52e8c5
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2585msgstr ""
2586
2a52e8c5 2587#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2588#: apt-config.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2589msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2590"Defines the output of each config option. &percnt;t will be replaced with "
2591"its individual name, &percnt;f with its full hierarchical name and &percnt;v "
2592"with its value. Use uppercase letters and special characters in the value "
2593"will be encoded to ensure that it can e.g. be safely used in a quoted-string "
2594"as defined by RFC822. Additionally &percnt;n will be replaced by a newline, "
2595"and &percnt;N by a tab. A &percnt; can be printed by using &percnt;&percnt;."
2a52e8c5
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2596msgstr ""
2597
7d76ea1d 2598#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae
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2599#: apt-config.8.xml:1 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1
2600#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2601msgid "&apt-conf;"
2a52e8c5
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2602msgstr ""
2603
7d76ea1d 2604#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2605#: apt-config.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2606msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2607"<command>apt-config</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
2608"on error."
30549c0c
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2609msgstr ""
2610
7d76ea1d 2611#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><contrib>
04f27fae 2612#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2613msgid "Initial documentation of Debug::*."
2a52e8c5
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2614msgstr ""
2615
7d76ea1d 2616#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><email>
04f27fae 2617#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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2618msgid "dburrows@debian.org"
2619msgstr ""
2620
2621#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
04f27fae 2622#: apt.conf.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1 sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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2623msgid "5"
2624msgstr ""
2625
2626#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 2627#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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2628msgid "Configuration file for APT"
2629msgstr ""
2630
2631#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2632#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
30549c0c 2633msgid ""
5723791e
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2634"<filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> is the main configuration file shared "
2635"by all the tools in the APT suite of tools, though it is by no means the "
2636"only place options can be set. The suite also shares a common command line "
2637"parser to provide a uniform environment."
30549c0c
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2638msgstr ""
2639
7d76ea1d 2640#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><para>
04f27fae 2641#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2642msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2643"When an APT tool starts up it will read the configuration files in the "
2644"following order:"
2a52e8c5
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2645msgstr ""
2646
7d76ea1d 2647#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2648#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2649msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2650"the file specified by the <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar> environment variable (if "
2651"any)"
2a52e8c5
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2652msgstr ""
2653
7d76ea1d 2654#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2655#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2656msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2657"all files in <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal> in alphanumeric ascending "
2658"order which have either no or \"<literal>conf</literal>\" as filename "
2659"extension and which only contain alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) "
2660"and period (.) characters. Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has "
44477002 2661"ignored a file, unless that file matches a pattern in the "
5723791e 2662"<literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> configuration list - in which "
7d76ea1d 2663"case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
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2664msgstr ""
2665
7d76ea1d 2666#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2667#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2668msgid "the main configuration file specified by <literal>Dir::Etc::main</literal>"
2a52e8c5
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2669msgstr ""
2670
cbbee23e
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2671#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
2672#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2673msgid ""
2674"all options set in the binary specific configuration subtree are moved into "
2675"the root of the tree."
2676msgstr ""
2677
7d76ea1d 2678#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2679#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2680msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2681"the command line options are applied to override the configuration "
2682"directives or to load even more configuration files."
2a52e8c5
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2683msgstr ""
2684
7d76ea1d 2685#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2686#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2687msgid "Syntax"
2a52e8c5
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2688msgstr ""
2689
7d76ea1d 2690#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2691#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2692msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2693"The configuration file is organized in a tree with options organized into "
2694"functional groups. Option specification is given with a double colon "
5723791e 2695"notation; for instance <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> is an option "
7d76ea1d
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2696"within the APT tool group, for the Get tool. Options do not inherit from "
2697"their parent groups."
2a52e8c5
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2698msgstr ""
2699
7d76ea1d 2700#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2701#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2702msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2703"Syntactically the configuration language is modeled after what the ISC tools "
2704"such as bind and dhcp use. Lines starting with <literal>//</literal> are "
2705"treated as comments (ignored), as well as all text between "
2706"<literal>/*</literal> and <literal>*/</literal>, just like C/C++ comments. "
5723791e
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2707"Each line is of the form <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes \"true\";</literal>. "
2708"The quotation marks and trailing semicolon are required. The value must be "
2709"on one line, and there is no kind of string concatenation. Values must not "
2710"include backslashes or extra quotation marks. Option names are made up of "
2711"alphanumeric characters and the characters \"/-:._+\". A new scope can be "
2712"opened with curly braces, like this:"
2a52e8c5
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2713msgstr ""
2714
7d76ea1d 2715#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
04f27fae 2716#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2717#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 2718msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2719"APT {\n"
2720" Get {\n"
2721" Assume-Yes \"true\";\n"
2722" Fix-Broken \"true\";\n"
2723" };\n"
2724"};\n"
2a52e8c5
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2725msgstr ""
2726
7d76ea1d 2727#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2728#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2729msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2730"with newlines placed to make it more readable. Lists can be created by "
2731"opening a scope and including a single string enclosed in quotes followed by "
5723791e 2732"a semicolon. Multiple entries can be included, separated by a semicolon."
2a52e8c5
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2733msgstr ""
2734
7d76ea1d 2735#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
04f27fae 2736#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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2737#, no-wrap
2738msgid "DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {\"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt\";};\n"
c77d6597
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2739msgstr ""
2740
7d76ea1d 2741#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2742#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
c77d6597 2743msgid ""
00612a8c
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2744"In general the sample configuration file &configureindex; is a good guide "
2745"for how it should look."
c77d6597
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2746msgstr ""
2747
7d76ea1d 2748#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2749#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2750msgid ""
5723791e
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2751"Case is not significant in names of configuration items, so in the previous "
2752"example you could use <literal>dpkg::pre-install-pkgs</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2753msgstr ""
2754
7d76ea1d 2755#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2756#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2757msgid ""
5723791e
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2758"Names for the configuration items are optional if a list is defined as can "
2759"be seen in the <literal>DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs</literal> example above. If "
2760"you don't specify a name a new entry will simply add a new option to the "
2761"list. If you specify a name you can override the option in the same way as "
2762"any other option by reassigning a new value to the option."
2a52e8c5
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2763msgstr ""
2764
7d76ea1d 2765#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2766#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
c77d6597 2767msgid ""
5723791e
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2768"Two special commands are defined: <literal>#include</literal> (which is "
2769"deprecated and not supported by alternative implementations) and "
2770"<literal>#clear</literal>. <literal>#include</literal> will include the "
2771"given file, unless the filename ends in a slash, in which case the whole "
2772"directory is included. <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a part of "
2773"the configuration tree. The specified element and all its descendants are "
7d76ea1d 2774"erased. (Note that these lines also need to end with a semicolon.)"
c77d6597
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2775msgstr ""
2776
7d76ea1d 2777#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2778#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2779msgid ""
5723791e
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2780"The <literal>#clear</literal> command is the only way to delete a list or a "
2781"complete scope. Reopening a scope (or using the syntax described below with "
2782"an appended <literal>::</literal>) will <emphasis>not</emphasis> override "
2783"previously written entries. Options can only be overridden by addressing a "
2784"new value to them - lists and scopes can't be overridden, only cleared."
2a52e8c5
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2785msgstr ""
2786
7d76ea1d 2787#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2788#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2789msgid ""
5723791e 2790"All of the APT tools take an -o option which allows an arbitrary "
7d76ea1d
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2791"configuration directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a "
2792"full option name (<literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> for instance) "
2793"followed by an equals sign then the new value of the option. To append a new "
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2794"element to a list, add a trailing <literal>::</literal> to the name of the "
2795"list. (As you might suspect, the scope syntax can't be used on the command "
2796"line.)"
2a52e8c5
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2797msgstr ""
2798
7d76ea1d 2799#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2800#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
5723791e
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2801msgid ""
2802"Note that appending items to a list using <literal>::</literal> only works "
2803"for one item per line, and that you should not use it in combination with "
2804"the scope syntax (which adds <literal>::</literal> implicitly). Using both "
2805"syntaxes together will trigger a bug which some users unfortunately depend "
2806"on: an option with the unusual name \"<literal>::</literal>\" which acts "
2807"like every other option with a name. This introduces many problems; for one "
2808"thing, users who write multiple lines in this <emphasis>wrong</emphasis> "
2809"syntax in the hope of appending to a list will achieve the opposite, as only "
2810"the last assignment for this option \"<literal>::</literal>\" will be "
2811"used. Future versions of APT will raise errors and stop working if they "
2812"encounter this misuse, so please correct such statements now while APT "
2813"doesn't explicitly complain about them."
a7307a87
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2814msgstr ""
2815
7d76ea1d 2816#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2817#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2818msgid "The APT Group"
2a52e8c5
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2819msgstr ""
2820
7d76ea1d 2821#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2822#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2823msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2824"This group of options controls general APT behavior as well as holding the "
2825"options for all of the tools."
2a52e8c5
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2826msgstr ""
2827
2a52e8c5 2828#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2829#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2830msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2831"System Architecture; sets the architecture to use when fetching files and "
2832"parsing package lists. The internal default is the architecture apt was "
2833"compiled for."
a7307a87
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2834msgstr ""
2835
a7307a87 2836#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2837#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
a7307a87 2838msgid ""
5723791e
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2839"All Architectures the system supports. For instance, CPUs implementing the "
2840"<literal>amd64</literal> (also called <literal>x86-64</literal>) "
2841"instruction set are also able to execute binaries compiled for the "
2842"<literal>i386</literal> (<literal>x86</literal>) instruction set. This list "
2843"is used when fetching files and parsing package lists. The initial default "
2844"is always the system's native architecture "
2845"(<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>), and foreign architectures are added "
2846"to the default list when they are registered via <command>dpkg "
2847"--add-architecture</command>."
2a52e8c5
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2848msgstr ""
2849
2a52e8c5 2850#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2851#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7ffbb475
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2852msgid ""
2853"List of all build profiles enabled for build-dependency resolution, without "
2854"the \"<literal>profile.</literal>\" namespace prefix. By default this list "
2855"is empty. The <envar>DEB_BUILD_PROFILES</envar> as used by "
2856"&dpkg-buildpackage; overrides the list notation."
2857msgstr ""
2858
2859#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2860#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2861msgid ""
5723791e 2862"Default release to install packages from if more than one version is "
7d76ea1d
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2863"available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: "
2864"'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', '&stable-codename;', '&testing-codename;', "
2865"'4.0', '5.0*'. See also &apt-preferences;."
2a52e8c5
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2866msgstr ""
2867
2a52e8c5 2868#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2869#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2870msgid ""
5723791e 2871"Ignore held packages; this global option causes the problem resolver to "
7d76ea1d 2872"ignore held packages in its decision making."
2a52e8c5
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2873msgstr ""
2874
2a52e8c5 2875#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2876#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2877msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2878"Defaults to on. When turned on the autoclean feature will remove any "
2879"packages which can no longer be downloaded from the cache. If turned off "
2880"then packages that are locally installed are also excluded from cleaning - "
2881"but note that APT provides no direct means to reinstall them."
2a52e8c5
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2882msgstr ""
2883
2a52e8c5 2884#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2885#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2886msgid ""
5723791e
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2887"Defaults to on, which will cause APT to install essential and important "
2888"packages as soon as possible in an install/upgrade operation, in order to "
2889"limit the effect of a failing &dpkg; call. If this option is disabled, APT "
2890"treats an important package in the same way as an extra package: between the "
2891"unpacking of the package A and its configuration there can be many other "
2892"unpack or configuration calls for other unrelated packages B, C etc. If "
2893"these cause the &dpkg; call to fail (e.g. because package B's maintainer "
2894"scripts generate an error), this results in a system state in which package "
2895"A is unpacked but unconfigured - so any package depending on A is now no "
2896"longer guaranteed to work, as its dependency on A is no longer satisfied."
2a52e8c5
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2897msgstr ""
2898
2a52e8c5 2899#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2900#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2901msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2902"The immediate configuration marker is also applied in the potentially "
2903"problematic case of circular dependencies, since a dependency with the "
2904"immediate flag is equivalent to a Pre-Dependency. In theory this allows APT "
2905"to recognise a situation in which it is unable to perform immediate "
2906"configuration, abort, and suggest to the user that the option should be "
2907"temporarily deactivated in order to allow the operation to proceed. Note "
2908"the use of the word \"theory\" here; in the real world this problem has "
2909"rarely been encountered, in non-stable distribution versions, and was caused "
2910"by wrong dependencies of the package in question or by a system in an "
2911"already broken state; so you should not blindly disable this option, as the "
2912"scenario mentioned above is not the only problem it can help to prevent in "
2913"the first place."
2a52e8c5
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2914msgstr ""
2915
2a52e8c5 2916#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2917#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2918msgid ""
5723791e
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2919"Before a big operation like <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> is run with this "
2920"option disabled you should try to explicitly <literal>install</literal> the "
2921"package APT is unable to configure immediately; but please make sure you "
2922"also report your problem to your distribution and to the APT team with the "
2923"buglink below, so they can work on improving or correcting the upgrade "
2924"process."
2a52e8c5
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2925msgstr ""
2926
2a52e8c5 2927#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2928#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2929msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2930"Never enable this option unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis> know what "
2931"you are doing. It permits APT to temporarily remove an essential package to "
2932"break a Conflicts/Conflicts or Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop between two "
2933"essential packages. <emphasis>Such a loop should never exist and is a grave "
2934"bug</emphasis>. This option will work if the essential packages are not "
2935"<command>tar</command>, <command>gzip</command>, <command>libc</command>, "
2936"<command>dpkg</command>, <command>dash</command> or anything that those "
2937"packages depend on."
2a52e8c5
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2938msgstr ""
2939
2a52e8c5 2940#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2941#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2942msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2943"APT uses since version 0.7.26 a resizable memory mapped cache file to store "
5723791e
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2944"the available information. <literal>Cache-Start</literal> acts as a hint of "
2945"the size the cache will grow to, and is therefore the amount of memory APT "
7d76ea1d 2946"will request at startup. The default value is 20971520 bytes (~20 MB). Note "
5723791e 2947"that this amount of space needs to be available for APT; otherwise it will "
7d76ea1d
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2948"likely fail ungracefully, so for memory restricted devices this value should "
2949"be lowered while on systems with a lot of configured sources it should be "
2950"increased. <literal>Cache-Grow</literal> defines in bytes with the default "
5723791e
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2951"of 1048576 (~1 MB) how much the cache size will be increased in the event "
2952"the space defined by <literal>Cache-Start</literal> is not enough. This "
7d76ea1d
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2953"value will be applied again and again until either the cache is big enough "
2954"to store all information or the size of the cache reaches the "
2955"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal>. The default of "
2956"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal> is 0 which stands for no limit. If "
5723791e
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2957"<literal>Cache-Grow</literal> is set to 0 the automatic growth of the cache "
2958"is disabled."
2a52e8c5
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2959msgstr ""
2960
2a52e8c5 2961#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2962#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
5723791e 2963msgid "Defines which packages are considered essential build dependencies."
2a52e8c5
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2964msgstr ""
2965
2a52e8c5 2966#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2967#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2968msgid ""
5723791e 2969"The Get subsection controls the &apt-get; tool; please see its documentation "
7d76ea1d 2970"for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
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2971msgstr ""
2972
2a52e8c5 2973#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2974#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2975msgid ""
5723791e 2976"The Cache subsection controls the &apt-cache; tool; please see its "
7d76ea1d 2977"documentation for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
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2978msgstr ""
2979
2a52e8c5 2980#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2981#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2982msgid ""
5723791e 2983"The CDROM subsection controls the &apt-cdrom; tool; please see its "
7d76ea1d 2984"documentation for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
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2985msgstr ""
2986
7d76ea1d 2987#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2988#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2989msgid "The Acquire Group"
2a52e8c5
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2990msgstr ""
2991
2992#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2993#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2994msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2995"The <literal>Acquire</literal> group of options controls the download of "
5723791e
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2996"packages as well as the various \"acquire methods\" responsible for the "
2997"download itself (see also &sources-list;)."
2a52e8c5
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2998msgstr ""
2999
5723791e 3000#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3001#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3002msgid ""
5723791e
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3003"Security related option defaulting to true, as giving a Release file's "
3004"validation an expiration date prevents replay attacks over a long timescale, "
3005"and can also for example help users to identify mirrors that are no longer "
3006"updated - but the feature depends on the correctness of the clock on the "
3007"user system. Archive maintainers are encouraged to create Release files with "
3008"the <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header, but if they don't or a stricter "
3009"value is desired the <literal>Max-ValidTime</literal> option below can be "
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3010"used. The <option>Check-Valid-Until</option> option of &sources-list; "
3011"entries should be preferred to disable the check selectively instead of "
3012"using this global override."
2a52e8c5
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3013msgstr ""
3014
5723791e 3015#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3016#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3017msgid ""
5723791e
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3018"Maximum time (in seconds) after its creation (as indicated by the "
3019"<literal>Date</literal> header) that the <filename>Release</filename> file "
3020"should be considered valid. If the Release file itself includes a "
3021"<literal>Valid-Until</literal> header the earlier date of the two is used as "
3022"the expiration date. The default value is <literal>0</literal> which stands "
3023"for \"valid forever\". Archive specific settings can be made by appending "
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3024"the label of the archive to the option name. Preferably, the same can be "
3025"achieved for specific &sources-list; entries by using the "
3026"<option>Valid-Until-Max</option> option there."
2a52e8c5
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3027msgstr ""
3028
5723791e 3029#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3030#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3031msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3032"Minimum time (in seconds) after its creation (as indicated by the "
3033"<literal>Date</literal> header) that the <filename>Release</filename> file "
3034"should be considered valid. Use this if you need to use a seldom updated "
3035"(local) mirror of a more frequently updated archive with a "
3036"<literal>Valid-Until</literal> header instead of completely disabling the "
3037"expiration date checking. Archive specific settings can and should be used "
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MV
3038"by appending the label of the archive to the option name. Preferably, the "
3039"same can be achieved for specific &sources-list; entries by using the "
3040"<option>Valid-Until-Min</option> option there."
2a52e8c5
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3041msgstr ""
3042
2a52e8c5 3043#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3044#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3045msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3046"Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for indexes (like "
3047"<filename>Packages</filename> files) instead of downloading whole ones. True "
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3048"by default. Preferably, this can be set for specific &sources-list; entries "
3049"or index files by using the <option>PDiffs</option> option there."
2a52e8c5
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3050msgstr ""
3051
2a52e8c5 3052#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3053#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3054msgid ""
5723791e
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3055"Two sub-options to limit the use of PDiffs are also available: "
3056"<literal>FileLimit</literal> can be used to specify a maximum number of "
3057"PDiff files should be downloaded to update a "
3058"file. <literal>SizeLimit</literal> on the other hand is the maximum "
3059"percentage of the size of all patches compared to the size of the targeted "
3060"file. If one of these limits is exceeded the complete file is downloaded "
3061"instead of the patches."
2a52e8c5
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3062msgstr ""
3063
2a52e8c5 3064#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae
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3065#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
3066msgid ""
3067"Try to download indexes via an URI constructed from a hashsum of the "
3068"expected file rather than downloaded via a well-known stable filename. True "
3069"by default, but automatically disabled if the source indicates no support "
3070"for it. Usage can be forced with the special value \"force\". Preferably, "
3071"this can be set for specific &sources-list; entries or index files by using "
3072"the <option>By-Hash</option> option there."
3073msgstr ""
3074
3075#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
3076#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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3077msgid ""
3078"Queuing mode; <literal>Queue-Mode</literal> can be one of "
3079"<literal>host</literal> or <literal>access</literal> which determines how "
3080"APT parallelizes outgoing connections. <literal>host</literal> means that "
3081"one connection per target host will be opened, <literal>access</literal> "
3082"means that one connection per URI type will be opened."
2a52e8c5
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3083msgstr ""
3084
2a52e8c5 3085#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3086#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3087msgid ""
3088"Number of retries to perform. If this is non-zero APT will retry failed "
3089"files the given number of times."
2a52e8c5
DK
3090msgstr ""
3091
2a52e8c5 3092#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3093#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3094msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3095"Use symlinks for source archives. If set to true then source archives will "
3096"be symlinked when possible instead of copying. True is the default."
2a52e8c5
DK
3097msgstr ""
3098
2a52e8c5 3099#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3100#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3101msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3102"<literal>http::Proxy</literal> sets the default proxy to use for HTTP "
3103"URIs. It is in the standard form of "
3104"<literal>http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per host proxies "
3105"can also be specified by using the form "
7d76ea1d
DK
3106"<literal>http::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
3107"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
3108"settings is specified, <envar>http_proxy</envar> environment variable will "
3109"be used."
2a52e8c5
DK
3110msgstr ""
3111
2a52e8c5 3112#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3113#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3114msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3115"Three settings are provided for cache control with HTTP/1.1 compliant proxy "
5723791e
JR
3116"caches. <literal>No-Cache</literal> tells the proxy not to use its cached "
3117"response under any circumstances. <literal>Max-Age</literal> sets the "
3118"allowed maximum age (in seconds) of an index file in the cache of the "
3119"proxy. <literal>No-Store</literal> specifies that the proxy should not "
3120"store the requested archive files in its cache, which can be used to prevent "
3121"the proxy from polluting its cache with (big) .deb files."
2a52e8c5
DK
3122msgstr ""
3123
3124#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3125#: apt.conf.5.xml:1 apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3126msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3127"The option <literal>timeout</literal> sets the timeout timer used by the "
5723791e 3128"method; this value applies to the connection as well as the data timeout."
2a52e8c5
DK
3129msgstr ""
3130
782486e8 3131#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3132#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
782486e8 3133msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3134"The setting <literal>Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth</literal> can be used to "
5723791e
JR
3135"enable HTTP pipelining (RFC 2616 section 8.1.2.2) which can be beneficial "
3136"e.g. on high-latency connections. It specifies how many requests are sent in "
5b1e4e86
MV
3137"a pipeline. APT tries to detect and workaround misbehaving webservers and "
3138"proxies at runtime, but if you know that yours does not conform to the "
3139"HTTP/1.1 specification pipelining can be disabled by setting the value to "
3140"0. It is enabled by default with the value 10."
782486e8
MV
3141msgstr ""
3142
5723791e 3143#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3144#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
b39c1859 3145msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3146"<literal>Acquire::http::AllowRedirect</literal> controls whether APT will "
3147"follow redirects, which is enabled by default."
b39c1859
MV
3148msgstr ""
3149
2a52e8c5 3150#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3151#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
b39c1859 3152msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3153"The used bandwidth can be limited with "
3154"<literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal> which accepts integer values in "
ce34af08
MV
3155"kilobytes per second. The default value is 0 which deactivates the limit and "
3156"tries to use all available bandwidth. Note that this option implicitly "
3157"disables downloading from multiple servers at the same time."
b39c1859
MV
3158msgstr ""
3159
5723791e 3160#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3161#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3162msgid ""
3163"<literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different "
3164"User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for "
3165"clients only if the client uses a known identifier."
2a52e8c5
DK
3166msgstr ""
3167
3168#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3169#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3170msgid ""
ce34af08
MV
3171"<literal>Acquire::http::Proxy-Auto-Detect</literal> can be used to specify "
3172"an external command to discover the http proxy to use. Apt expects the "
3173"command to output the proxy on stdout in the style "
3174"<literal>http://proxy:port/</literal>. This will override the generic "
3175"<literal>Acquire::http::Proxy</literal> but not any specific host proxy "
3176"configuration set via <literal>Acquire::http::Proxy::$HOST</literal>. See "
3177"the &squid-deb-proxy-client; package for an example implementation that uses "
3178"avahi. This option takes precedence over the legacy option name "
3179"<literal>ProxyAutoDetect</literal>."
3180msgstr ""
3181
3182#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3183#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
ce34af08 3184msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3185"The <literal>Cache-control</literal>, <literal>Timeout</literal>, "
3186"<literal>AllowRedirect</literal>, <literal>Dl-Limit</literal> and "
3187"<literal>proxy</literal> options work for HTTPS URIs in the same way as for "
3188"the <literal>http</literal> method, and default to the same values if they "
3189"are not explicitly set. The <literal>Pipeline-Depth</literal> option is not "
3190"yet supported."
2a52e8c5
DK
3191msgstr ""
3192
5723791e 3193#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3194#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3195msgid ""
3196"<literal>CaInfo</literal> suboption specifies place of file that holds info "
5723791e 3197"about trusted certificates. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::CaInfo</literal> is the "
7d76ea1d 3198"corresponding per-host option. <literal>Verify-Peer</literal> boolean "
5723791e
JR
3199"suboption determines whether or not the server's host certificate should be "
3200"verified against trusted certificates. "
3201"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Peer</literal> is the corresponding per-host "
3202"option. <literal>Verify-Host</literal> boolean suboption determines whether "
3203"or not the server's hostname should be verified. "
3204"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Host</literal> is the corresponding per-host "
7d76ea1d 3205"option. <literal>SslCert</literal> determines what certificate to use for "
5723791e 3206"client authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslCert</literal> is the "
7d76ea1d
DK
3207"corresponding per-host option. <literal>SslKey</literal> determines what "
3208"private key to use for client "
5723791e 3209"authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslKey</literal> is the corresponding "
7d76ea1d 3210"per-host option. <literal>SslForceVersion</literal> overrides default SSL "
5723791e
JR
3211"version to use. It can contain either of the strings "
3212"'<literal>TLSv1</literal>' or '<literal>SSLv3</literal>'. "
3213"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslForceVersion</literal> is the corresponding "
3214"per-host option."
2a52e8c5
DK
3215msgstr ""
3216
3217#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3218#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3219msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3220"<literal>ftp::Proxy</literal> sets the default proxy to use for FTP URIs. "
3221"It is in the standard form of "
3222"<literal>ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per host proxies can "
3223"also be specified by using the form "
7d76ea1d
DK
3224"<literal>ftp::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
3225"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
3226"settings is specified, <envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable will be "
5723791e 3227"used. To use an FTP proxy you will have to set the "
7d76ea1d
DK
3228"<literal>ftp::ProxyLogin</literal> script in the configuration file. This "
3229"entry specifies the commands to send to tell the proxy server what to "
3230"connect to. Please see &configureindex; for an example of how to do "
5723791e
JR
3231"this. The substitution variables representing the corresponding URI "
3232"component are <literal>$(PROXY_USER)</literal>, "
3233"<literal>$(PROXY_PASS)</literal>, <literal>$(SITE_USER)</literal>, "
3234"<literal>$(SITE_PASS)</literal>, <literal>$(SITE)</literal> and "
3235"<literal>$(SITE_PORT)</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3236msgstr ""
3237
5723791e 3238#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3239#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3240msgid ""
3241"Several settings are provided to control passive mode. Generally it is safe "
5723791e
JR
3242"to leave passive mode on; it works in nearly every environment. However, "
3243"some situations require that passive mode be disabled and port mode FTP used "
3244"instead. This can be done globally or for connections that go through a "
3245"proxy or for a specific host (see the sample config file for examples)."
2a52e8c5
DK
3246msgstr ""
3247
3248#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3249#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3250msgid ""
3251"It is possible to proxy FTP over HTTP by setting the "
5723791e 3252"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable to an HTTP URL - see the "
7d76ea1d
DK
3253"discussion of the http method above for syntax. You cannot set this in the "
3254"configuration file and it is not recommended to use FTP over HTTP due to its "
3255"low efficiency."
2a52e8c5
DK
3256msgstr ""
3257
5723791e 3258#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3259#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3260msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3261"The setting <literal>ForceExtended</literal> controls the use of RFC2428 "
3262"<literal>EPSV</literal> and <literal>EPRT</literal> commands. The default is "
3263"false, which means these commands are only used if the control connection is "
3264"IPv6. Setting this to true forces their use even on IPv4 connections. Note "
3265"that most FTP servers do not support RFC2428."
2a52e8c5
DK
3266msgstr ""
3267
5723791e 3268#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 3269#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3270#, no-wrap
3271msgid "/cdrom/::Mount \"foo\";"
2a52e8c5
DK
3272msgstr ""
3273
5723791e 3274#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3275#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3276msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3277"For URIs using the <literal>cdrom</literal> method, the only configurable "
3278"option is the mount point, <literal>cdrom::Mount</literal>, which must be "
3279"the mount point for the CD-ROM (or DVD, or whatever) drive as specified in "
3280"<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. It is possible to provide alternate mount "
3281"and unmount commands if your mount point cannot be listed in the fstab. The "
7d76ea1d 3282"syntax is to put <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> within the "
5723791e
JR
3283"<literal>cdrom</literal> block. It is important to have the trailing slash. "
3284"Unmount commands can be specified using UMount."
2a52e8c5
DK
3285msgstr ""
3286
5723791e 3287#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3288#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3289msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3290"For GPGV URIs the only configurable option is "
3291"<literal>gpgv::Options</literal>, which passes additional parameters to "
3292"gpgv."
2a52e8c5
DK
3293msgstr ""
3294
5723791e 3295#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
04f27fae 3296#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3297#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3298msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3299"Acquire::CompressionTypes::<replaceable>FileExtension</replaceable> "
3300"\"<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable>\";"
2a52e8c5
DK
3301msgstr ""
3302
2a52e8c5 3303#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3304#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3305msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3306"List of compression types which are understood by the acquire methods. "
3307"Files like <filename>Packages</filename> can be available in various "
5723791e 3308"compression formats. By default the acquire methods can decompress "
7d76ea1d 3309"<command>bzip2</command>, <command>lzma</command> and "
5723791e 3310"<command>gzip</command> compressed files; with this setting more formats can "
7d76ea1d
DK
3311"be added on the fly or the used method can be changed. The syntax for this "
3312"is: <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"0\"/>"
3313msgstr ""
3314
5723791e 3315#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
04f27fae 3316#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3317#, no-wrap
3318msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order:: \"gz\";"
3319msgstr ""
3320
5723791e 3321#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
04f27fae 3322#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3323#, no-wrap
3324msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order { \"lzma\"; \"gz\"; };"
2a52e8c5
DK
3325msgstr ""
3326
bcf91c1b 3327#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3328#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 3329msgid ""
5723791e 3330"Also, the <literal>Order</literal> subgroup can be used to define in which "
7d76ea1d
DK
3331"order the acquire system will try to download the compressed files. The "
3332"acquire system will try the first and proceed with the next compression type "
5723791e
JR
3333"in this list on error, so to prefer one over the other type simply add the "
3334"preferred type first - default types not already added will be implicitly "
3335"appended to the end of the list, so e.g. <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" "
7d76ea1d
DK
3336"id=\"0\"/> can be used to prefer <command>gzip</command> compressed files "
3337"over <command>bzip2</command> and <command>lzma</command>. If "
3338"<command>lzma</command> should be preferred over <command>gzip</command> and "
5723791e 3339"<command>bzip2</command> the configure setting should look like this: "
7d76ea1d 3340"<placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"1\"/> It is not needed to add "
5723791e
JR
3341"<literal>bz2</literal> to the list explicitly as it will be added "
3342"automatically."
7d76ea1d
DK
3343msgstr ""
3344
5723791e 3345#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 3346#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3347#, no-wrap
3348msgid "Dir::Bin::bzip2 \"/bin/bzip2\";"
bcf91c1b
DK
3349msgstr ""
3350
782486e8 3351#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3352#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
782486e8 3353msgid ""
5723791e 3354"Note that the "
7d76ea1d 3355"<literal>Dir::Bin::<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable></literal> will be "
5723791e
JR
3356"checked at run time. If this option has been set, the method will only be "
3357"used if this file exists; e.g. for the <literal>bzip2</literal> method (the "
3358"inbuilt) setting is: <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> Note "
3359"also that list entries specified on the command line will be added at the "
3360"end of the list specified in the configuration files, but before the default "
3361"entries. To prefer a type in this case over the ones specified in the "
3362"configuration files you can set the option direct - not in list style. This "
3363"will not override the defined list; it will only prefix the list with this "
3364"type."
2a52e8c5
DK
3365msgstr ""
3366
2a52e8c5 3367#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3368#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3369msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3370"The special type <literal>uncompressed</literal> can be used to give "
3371"uncompressed files a preference, but note that most archives don't provide "
3372"uncompressed files so this is mostly only useable for local mirrors."
2a52e8c5
DK
3373msgstr ""
3374
782486e8 3375#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3376#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
782486e8 3377msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3378"When downloading <literal>gzip</literal> compressed indexes (Packages, "
3379"Sources, or Translations), keep them gzip compressed locally instead of "
3380"unpacking them. This saves quite a lot of disk space at the expense of more "
3381"CPU requirements when building the local package caches. False by default."
2a52e8c5
DK
3382msgstr ""
3383
2a52e8c5 3384#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3385#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
782486e8 3386msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3387"The Languages subsection controls which <filename>Translation</filename> "
3388"files are downloaded and in which order APT tries to display the "
5723791e
JR
3389"description-translations. APT will try to display the first available "
3390"description in the language which is listed first. Languages can be defined "
3391"with their short or long language codes. Note that not all archives provide "
3392"<filename>Translation</filename> files for every language - the long "
3393"language codes are especially rare."
2a52e8c5
DK
3394msgstr ""
3395
5723791e 3396#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 3397#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3398#, no-wrap
3399msgid "Acquire::Languages { \"environment\"; \"de\"; \"en\"; \"none\"; \"fr\"; };"
2a52e8c5
DK
3400msgstr ""
3401
2a52e8c5 3402#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3403#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
782486e8 3404msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3405"The default list includes \"environment\" and "
5723791e
JR
3406"\"en\". \"<literal>environment</literal>\" has a special meaning here: it "
3407"will be replaced at runtime with the language codes extracted from the "
7d76ea1d
DK
3408"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> environment variable. It will also ensure "
3409"that these codes are not included twice in the list. If "
3410"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> is set to \"C\" only the "
3411"<filename>Translation-en</filename> file (if available) will be used. To "
5723791e 3412"force APT to use no Translation file use the setting "
7d76ea1d 3413"<literal>Acquire::Languages=none</literal>. \"<literal>none</literal>\" is "
5723791e
JR
3414"another special meaning code which will stop the search for a suitable "
3415"<filename>Translation</filename> file. This tells APT to download these "
3416"translations too, without actually using them unless the environment "
3417"specifies the languages. So the following example configuration will result "
3418"in the order \"en, de\" in an English locale or \"de, en\" in a German "
3419"one. Note that \"fr\" is downloaded, but not used unless APT is used in a "
3420"French locale (where the order would be \"fr, de, en\"). <placeholder "
3421"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
bcf91c1b
DK
3422msgstr ""
3423
5723791e 3424#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3425#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3426msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3427"Note: To prevent problems resulting from APT being executed in different "
3428"environments (e.g. by different users or by other programs) all Translation "
3429"files which are found in <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists/</filename> will be "
3430"added to the end of the list (after an implicit "
3431"\"<literal>none</literal>\")."
2a52e8c5
DK
3432msgstr ""
3433
c1b21367 3434#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3435#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
c1b21367
MV
3436msgid "When downloading, force to use only the IPv4 protocol."
3437msgstr ""
3438
3439#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3440#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
c1b21367
MV
3441msgid "When downloading, force to use only the IPv6 protocol."
3442msgstr ""
3443
5b1e4e86 3444#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3445#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
5b1e4e86
MV
3446msgid ""
3447"The maximum file size of Release/Release.gpg/InRelease files. The default "
3448"is 10MB."
3449msgstr ""
3450
3451#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3452#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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3453msgid ""
3454"This option controls if apt will use the DNS SRV server record as specified "
3455"in RFC 2782 to select an alternative server to connect to. The default is "
3456"\"true\"."
3457msgstr ""
3458
3459#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3460#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
5b1e4e86
MV
3461msgid ""
3462"Allow the update operation to load data files from a repository without a "
3463"trusted signature. If enabled this option no data files will be loaded and "
3464"the update operation fails with a error for this source. The default is "
3465"false for backward compatibility. This will be changed in the future."
3466msgstr ""
3467
3468#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3469#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
5b1e4e86
MV
3470msgid ""
3471"Allow that a repository that was previously gpg signed to become unsigned "
3472"durign a update operation. When there is no valid signature of a perviously "
3473"trusted repository apt will refuse the update. This option can be used to "
3474"override this protection. You almost certainly never want to enable "
3475"this. The default is false. Note that apt will still consider packages from "
3476"this source untrusted and warn about them if you try to install them."
3477msgstr ""
3478
864fe99c 3479#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 3480#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
3481msgid "scope"
3482msgstr ""
3483
3484#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3485#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
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3486msgid ""
3487"Acquiring changelogs can only be done if an URI is known from where to get "
3488"them. Preferable the Release file indicates this in a 'Changelogs' "
3489"field. If this isn't available the Label/Origin field of the Release file is "
3490"used to check if a "
3491"<literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Label::<replaceable>LABEL</replaceable></literal> "
3492"or "
3493"<literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::<replaceable>ORIGIN</replaceable></literal> "
3494"option exists and if so this value is taken. The value in the Release file "
3495"can be overridden with "
3496"<literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Override::Label::<replaceable>LABEL</replaceable></literal> "
3497"or "
3498"<literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Override::Origin::<replaceable>ORIGIN</replaceable></literal>. "
3499"The value should be a normal URI to a text file, expect that package "
3500"specific data is replaced with the placeholder "
430481e7 3501"<literal>@CHANGEPATH@</literal>. The value for it is: 1. if the package is "
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3502"from a component (e.g. <literal>main</literal>) this is the first part "
3503"otherwise it is omitted, 2. the first letter of source package name, expect "
3504"if the source package name starts with '<literal>lib</literal>' in which "
3505"case it will be the first four letters. 3. The complete source package "
3506"name. 4. the complete name again and 5. the source version. The first (if "
3507"present), second, third and fourth part are separated by a slash "
3508"('<literal>/</literal>') and between the fourth and fifth part is an "
3509"underscore ('<literal>_</literal>'). The special value "
3510"'<literal>no</literal>' is available for this option indicating that this "
3511"source can't be used to acquire changelog files from. Another source will be "
3512"tried if available in this case."
3513msgstr ""
3514
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3515#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
3516#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
3517msgid "Binary specific configuration"
3518msgstr ""
3519
3520#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
3521#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
3522msgid ""
3523"Especially with the introduction of the <command>apt</command> binary it can "
3524"be useful to set certain options only for a specific binary as even options "
3525"which look like they would effect only a certain binary like "
3526"<option>APT::Get::Show-Versions</option> effect <command>apt-get</command> "
3527"as well as <command>apt</command>."
3528msgstr ""
3529
3530#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
3531#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
3532msgid ""
3533"Setting an option for a specific binary only can be achieved by setting the "
3534"option inside the "
3535"<option>Binary::<replaceable>specific-binary</replaceable></option> "
3536"scope. Setting the option <option>APT::Get::Show-Versions</option> for the "
3537"<command>apt</command> only can e.g. by done by setting "
3538"<option>Binary::apt::APT::Get::Show-Versions</option> instead."
3539msgstr ""
3540
3541#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
3542#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
3543msgid ""
3544"Note that as seen in the DESCRIPTION section further above you can't set "
3545"binary-specific options on the commandline itself nor in configuration files "
3546"loaded via the commandline."
3547msgstr ""
3548
7d76ea1d 3549#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 3550#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3551msgid "Directories"
2a52e8c5
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3552msgstr ""
3553
3554#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3555#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3556msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3557"The <literal>Dir::State</literal> section has directories that pertain to "
3558"local state information. <literal>lists</literal> is the directory to place "
3559"downloaded package lists in and <literal>status</literal> is the name of the "
5723791e 3560"&dpkg; status file. <literal>preferences</literal> is the name of the APT "
7d76ea1d 3561"<filename>preferences</filename> file. <literal>Dir::State</literal> "
5723791e 3562"contains the default directory to prefix on all sub-items if they do not "
7d76ea1d 3563"start with <filename>/</filename> or <filename>./</filename>."
2a52e8c5
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3564msgstr ""
3565
3566#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3567#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3568msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3569"<literal>Dir::Cache</literal> contains locations pertaining to local cache "
3570"information, such as the two package caches <literal>srcpkgcache</literal> "
3571"and <literal>pkgcache</literal> as well as the location to place downloaded "
3572"archives, <literal>Dir::Cache::archives</literal>. Generation of caches can "
1e7ec0d8
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3573"be turned off by setting <literal>pkgcache</literal> or "
3574"<literal>srcpkgcache</literal> to <literal>\"\"</literal>. This will slow "
5723791e 3575"down startup but save disk space. It is probably preferable to turn off the "
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3576"pkgcache rather than the srcpkgcache. Like <literal>Dir::State</literal> "
3577"the default directory is contained in <literal>Dir::Cache</literal>"
2a52e8c5
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3578msgstr ""
3579
2a52e8c5 3580#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3581#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3582msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3583"<literal>Dir::Etc</literal> contains the location of configuration files, "
3584"<literal>sourcelist</literal> gives the location of the sourcelist and "
3585"<literal>main</literal> is the default configuration file (setting has no "
3586"effect, unless it is done from the config file specified by "
3587"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>)."
2a52e8c5
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3588msgstr ""
3589
3590#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3591#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3592msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3593"The <literal>Dir::Parts</literal> setting reads in all the config fragments "
3594"in lexical order from the directory specified. After this is done then the "
3595"main config file is loaded."
2a52e8c5
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3596msgstr ""
3597
3598#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3599#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3600msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3601"Binary programs are pointed to by "
3602"<literal>Dir::Bin</literal>. <literal>Dir::Bin::Methods</literal> specifies "
3603"the location of the method handlers and <literal>gzip</literal>, "
3604"<literal>bzip2</literal>, <literal>lzma</literal>, <literal>dpkg</literal>, "
3605"<literal>apt-get</literal> <literal>dpkg-source</literal> "
3606"<literal>dpkg-buildpackage</literal> and <literal>apt-cache</literal> "
3607"specify the location of the respective programs."
2a52e8c5
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3608msgstr ""
3609
3610#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3611#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3612msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3613"The configuration item <literal>RootDir</literal> has a special meaning. If "
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3614"set, all paths will be relative to <literal>RootDir</literal>, "
3615"<emphasis>even paths that are specified absolutely</emphasis>. So, for "
3616"instance, if <literal>RootDir</literal> is set to "
3617"<filename>/tmp/staging</filename> and <literal>Dir::State::status</literal> "
3618"is set to <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>, then the status file "
3619"will be looked up in <filename>/tmp/staging/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>. "
3620"If you want to prefix only relative paths, set <literal>Dir</literal> "
3621"instead."
2a52e8c5
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3622msgstr ""
3623
3624#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3625#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3626msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3627"The <literal>Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> list can be used to specify "
3628"which files APT should silently ignore while parsing the files in the "
3629"fragment directories. Per default a file which end with "
3630"<literal>.disabled</literal>, <literal>~</literal>, <literal>.bak</literal> "
3631"or <literal>.dpkg-[a-z]+</literal> is silently ignored. As seen in the last "
3632"default value these patterns can use regular expression syntax."
2a52e8c5
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3633msgstr ""
3634
7d76ea1d 3635#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 3636#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3637msgid "APT in DSelect"
2a52e8c5
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3638msgstr ""
3639
3640#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3641#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3642msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3643"When APT is used as a &dselect; method several configuration directives "
5723791e 3644"control the default behavior. These are in the <literal>DSelect</literal> "
7d76ea1d 3645"section."
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3646msgstr ""
3647
7d76ea1d 3648#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3649#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3650msgid ""
5723791e
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3651"Cache Clean mode; this value may be one of <literal>always</literal>, "
3652"<literal>prompt</literal>, <literal>auto</literal>, "
3653"<literal>pre-auto</literal> and <literal>never</literal>. "
3654"<literal>always</literal> and <literal>prompt</literal> will remove all "
3655"packages from the cache after upgrading, <literal>prompt</literal> (the "
3656"default) does so conditionally. <literal>auto</literal> removes only those "
3657"packages which are no longer downloadable (replaced with a new version for "
3658"instance). <literal>pre-auto</literal> performs this action before "
3659"downloading new packages."
2a52e8c5
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3660msgstr ""
3661
7d76ea1d 3662#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3663#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3664msgid ""
5723791e
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3665"The contents of this variable are passed to &apt-get; as command line "
3666"options when it is run for the install phase."
2a52e8c5
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3667msgstr ""
3668
7d76ea1d 3669#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3670#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3671msgid ""
5723791e
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3672"The contents of this variable are passed to &apt-get; as command line "
3673"options when it is run for the update phase."
2a52e8c5
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3674msgstr ""
3675
7d76ea1d 3676#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3677#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3678msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3679"If true the [U]pdate operation in &dselect; will always prompt to continue. "
3680"The default is to prompt only on error."
2a52e8c5
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3681msgstr ""
3682
3683#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 3684#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
5723791e 3685msgid "How APT calls &dpkg;"
2a52e8c5
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3686msgstr ""
3687
3688#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3689#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3690msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3691"Several configuration directives control how APT invokes &dpkg;. These are "
3692"in the <literal>DPkg</literal> section."
2a52e8c5
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3693msgstr ""
3694
7d76ea1d 3695#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3696#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3697msgid ""
5723791e 3698"This is a list of options to pass to &dpkg;. The options must be specified "
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3699"using the list notation and each list item is passed as a single argument to "
3700"&dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
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3701msgstr ""
3702
7d76ea1d 3703#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3704#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3705msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3706"This is a list of shell commands to run before/after invoking &dpkg;. Like "
3707"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
5723791e 3708"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>; should any "
7d76ea1d 3709"fail APT will abort."
2a52e8c5
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3710msgstr ""
3711
7d76ea1d 3712#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3713#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3714msgid ""
5723791e 3715"This is a list of shell commands to run before invoking &dpkg;. Like "
7d76ea1d 3716"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
5723791e
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3717"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>; should any "
3718"fail APT will abort. APT will pass the filenames of all .deb files it is "
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3719"going to install to the commands, one per line on the requested file "
3720"descriptor, defaulting to standard input."
2a52e8c5
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3721msgstr ""
3722
7d76ea1d 3723#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3724#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3725msgid ""
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3726"Version 2 of this protocol sends more information through the requested file "
3727"descriptor: a line with the text <literal>VERSION 2</literal>, the APT "
3728"configuration space, and a list of package actions with filename and version "
3729"information."
ce34af08
MV
3730msgstr ""
3731
3732#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3733#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
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3734msgid ""
3735"Each configuration directive line has the form "
3736"<literal>key=value</literal>. Special characters (equal signs, newlines, "
3737"nonprintable characters, quotation marks, and percent signs in "
3738"<literal>key</literal> and newlines, nonprintable characters, and percent "
3739"signs in <literal>value</literal>) are %-encoded. Lists are represented by "
3740"multiple <literal>key::=value</literal> lines with the same key. The "
3741"configuration section ends with a blank line."
3742msgstr ""
3743
3744#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3745#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
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3746msgid ""
3747"Package action lines consist of five fields in Version 2: old version, "
3748"direction of version change (&lt; for upgrades, &gt; for downgrades, = for "
3749"no change), new version, action. The version fields are \"-\" for no version "
3750"at all (for example when installing a package for the first time; no version "
3751"is treated as earlier than any real version, so that is an upgrade, "
3752"indicated as <literal>- &lt; 1.23.4</literal>). The action field is "
3753"\"**CONFIGURE**\" if the package is being configured, \"**REMOVE**\" if it "
3754"is being removed, or the filename of a .deb file if it is being unpacked."
3755msgstr ""
3756
3757#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3758#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
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3759msgid ""
3760"In Version 3 after each version field follows the architecture of this "
3761"version, which is \"-\" if there is no version, and a field showing the "
3762"MultiArch type \"same\", foreign\", \"allowed\" or \"none\". Note that "
3763"\"none\" is an incorrect typename which is just kept to remain compatible, "
3764"it should be read as \"no\" and users are encouraged to support both."
3765msgstr ""
3766
3767#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3768#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
ce34af08
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3769msgid ""
3770"The version of the protocol to be used for the command "
3771"<literal><replaceable>cmd</replaceable></literal> can be chosen by setting "
3772"<literal>DPkg::Tools::options::<replaceable>cmd</replaceable>::Version</literal> "
3773"accordingly, the default being version 1. If APT isn't supporting the "
3774"requested version it will send the information in the highest version it has "
3775"support for instead."
3776msgstr ""
3777
3778#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3779#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
ce34af08
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3780msgid ""
3781"The file descriptor to be used to send the information can be requested with "
3782"<literal>DPkg::Tools::options::<replaceable>cmd</replaceable>::InfoFD</literal> "
3783"which defaults to <literal>0</literal> for standard input and is available "
3784"since version 0.9.11. Support for the option can be detected by looking for "
3785"the environment variable <envar>APT_HOOK_INFO_FD</envar> which contains the "
3786"number of the used file descriptor as a confirmation."
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3787msgstr ""
3788
7d76ea1d 3789#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3790#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3791msgid ""
5723791e 3792"APT chdirs to this directory before invoking &dpkg;, the default is "
7d76ea1d 3793"<filename>/</filename>."
2a52e8c5
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3794msgstr ""
3795
7d76ea1d 3796#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3797#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3798msgid ""
5723791e 3799"These options are passed to &dpkg-buildpackage; when compiling packages; the "
7d76ea1d 3800"default is to disable signing and produce all binaries."
2a52e8c5
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3801msgstr ""
3802
7d76ea1d 3803#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 3804#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3805msgid "dpkg trigger usage (and related options)"
2a52e8c5
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3806msgstr ""
3807
7d76ea1d 3808#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 3809#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3810msgid ""
5723791e
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3811"APT can call &dpkg; in such a way as to let it make aggressive use of "
3812"triggers over multiple calls of &dpkg;. Without further options &dpkg; will "
3813"use triggers once each time it runs. Activating these options can therefore "
3814"decrease the time needed to perform the install or upgrade. Note that it is "
3815"intended to activate these options per default in the future, but as it "
3816"drastically changes the way APT calls &dpkg; it needs a lot more testing. "
3817"<emphasis>These options are therefore currently experimental and should not "
3818"be used in production environments.</emphasis> It also breaks progress "
3819"reporting such that all front-ends will currently stay around half (or more) "
3820"of the time in the 100% state while it actually configures all packages."
2a52e8c5
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3821msgstr ""
3822
7d76ea1d 3823#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 3824#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3825#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3826msgid ""
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3827"DPkg::NoTriggers \"true\";\n"
3828"PackageManager::Configure \"smart\";\n"
3829"DPkg::ConfigurePending \"true\";\n"
3830"DPkg::TriggersPending \"true\";"
2a52e8c5
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3831msgstr ""
3832
7d76ea1d 3833#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 3834#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3835msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3836"Note that it is not guaranteed that APT will support these options or that "
3837"these options will not cause (big) trouble in the future. If you have "
3838"understand the current risks and problems with these options, but are brave "
5723791e 3839"enough to help testing them, create a new configuration file and test a "
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3840"combination of options. Please report any bugs, problems and improvements "
3841"you encounter and make sure to note which options you have used in your "
5723791e 3842"reports. Asking &dpkg; for help could also be useful for debugging proposes, "
7d76ea1d
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3843"see e.g. <command>dpkg --audit</command>. A defensive option combination "
3844"would be <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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3845msgstr ""
3846
7d76ea1d 3847#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3848#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3849msgid ""
5723791e 3850"Add the no triggers flag to all &dpkg; calls (except the ConfigurePending "
7d76ea1d 3851"call). See &dpkg; if you are interested in what this actually means. In "
5723791e
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3852"short: &dpkg; will not run the triggers when this flag is present unless it "
3853"is explicitly called to do so in an extra call. Note that this option "
3854"exists (undocumented) also in older APT versions with a slightly different "
3855"meaning: Previously these option only append --no-triggers to the configure "
3856"calls to &dpkg; - now APT will also add this flag to the unpack and remove "
3857"calls."
2a52e8c5
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3858msgstr ""
3859
7d76ea1d 3860#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3861#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3862msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3863"Valid values are \"<literal>all</literal>\", \"<literal>smart</literal>\" "
5723791e
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3864"and \"<literal>no</literal>\". The default value is "
3865"\"<literal>all</literal>\", which causes APT to configure all packages. The "
3866"\"<literal>smart</literal>\" way is to configure only packages which need to "
3867"be configured before another package can be unpacked (Pre-Depends), and let "
3868"the rest be configured by &dpkg; with a call generated by the "
3869"ConfigurePending option (see below). On the other hand, "
3870"\"<literal>no</literal>\" will not configure anything, and totally relies on "
3871"&dpkg; for configuration (which at the moment will fail if a Pre-Depends is "
3872"encountered). Setting this option to any value other than "
3873"<literal>all</literal> will implicitly also activate the next option by "
3874"default, as otherwise the system could end in an unconfigured and "
3875"potentially unbootable state."
2a52e8c5
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3876msgstr ""
3877
7d76ea1d 3878#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3879#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3880msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3881"If this option is set APT will call <command>dpkg --configure "
3882"--pending</command> to let &dpkg; handle all required configurations and "
3883"triggers. This option is activated automatically per default if the previous "
3884"option is not set to <literal>all</literal>, but deactivating it could be "
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3885"useful if you want to run APT multiple times in a row - e.g. in an "
3886"installer. In these sceneries you could deactivate this option in all but "
3887"the last run."
2a52e8c5
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3888msgstr ""
3889
7d76ea1d 3890#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3891#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3892msgid ""
5723791e
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3893"Useful for the <literal>smart</literal> configuration as a package which has "
3894"pending triggers is not considered as <literal>installed</literal>, and "
3895"&dpkg; treats them as <literal>unpacked</literal> currently which is a "
3896"showstopper for Pre-Dependencies (see debbugs #526774). Note that this will "
3897"process all triggers, not only the triggers needed to configure this "
3898"package."
2a52e8c5
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3899msgstr ""
3900
7d76ea1d 3901#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 3902#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3903#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3904msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3905"OrderList::Score {\n"
3906"\tDelete 500;\n"
3907"\tEssential 200;\n"
3908"\tImmediate 10;\n"
3909"\tPreDepends 50;\n"
3910"};"
2a52e8c5
DK
3911msgstr ""
3912
7d76ea1d 3913#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3914#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3915msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3916"Essential packages (and their dependencies) should be configured immediately "
3917"after unpacking. It is a good idea to do this quite early in the upgrade "
3918"process as these configure calls also currently require "
7d76ea1d 3919"<literal>DPkg::TriggersPending</literal> which will run quite a few triggers "
5723791e
JR
3920"(which may not be needed). Essentials get per default a high score but the "
3921"immediate flag is relatively low (a package which has a Pre-Depends is rated "
3922"higher). These option and the others in the same group can be used to "
3923"change the scoring. The following example shows the settings with their "
7d76ea1d 3924"default values. <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
3925msgstr ""
3926
7d76ea1d 3927#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 3928#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3929msgid "Periodic and Archives options"
89fd753d
MV
3930msgstr ""
3931
7d76ea1d 3932#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3933#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3934msgid ""
3935"<literal>APT::Periodic</literal> and <literal>APT::Archives</literal> groups "
5723791e
JR
3936"of options configure behavior of apt periodic updates, which is done by the "
3937"<literal>/etc/cron.daily/apt</literal> script. See the top of this script "
3938"for the brief documentation of these options."
2a52e8c5
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3939msgstr ""
3940
7d76ea1d 3941#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 3942#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3943msgid "Debug options"
2a52e8c5
DK
3944msgstr ""
3945
3946#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3947#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3948msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3949"Enabling options in the <literal>Debug::</literal> section will cause "
3950"debugging information to be sent to the standard error stream of the program "
3951"utilizing the <literal>apt</literal> libraries, or enable special program "
3952"modes that are primarily useful for debugging the behavior of "
3953"<literal>apt</literal>. Most of these options are not interesting to a "
3954"normal user, but a few may be:"
b39c1859
MV
3955msgstr ""
3956
7d76ea1d 3957#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3958#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
b39c1859 3959msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3960"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> enables output about the "
3961"decisions made by <literal>dist-upgrade, upgrade, install, remove, "
3962"purge</literal>."
b39c1859
MV
3963msgstr ""
3964
7d76ea1d 3965#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3966#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
b39c1859 3967msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3968"<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal> disables all file locking. This can be "
3969"used to run some operations (for instance, <literal>apt-get -s "
3970"install</literal>) as a non-root user."
b39c1859
MV
3971msgstr ""
3972
7d76ea1d 3973#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3974#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
b39c1859 3975msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3976"<literal>Debug::pkgDPkgPM</literal> prints out the actual command line each "
3977"time that <literal>apt</literal> invokes &dpkg;."
b39c1859
MV
3978msgstr ""
3979
7d76ea1d
DK
3980#. TODO: provide a
3981#. motivating example, except I haven't a clue why you'd want
3982#. to do this.
3983#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3984#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
b39c1859 3985msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3986"<literal>Debug::IdentCdrom</literal> disables the inclusion of statfs data "
3987"in CD-ROM IDs."
2a52e8c5
DK
3988msgstr ""
3989
3990#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3991#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3992msgid "A full list of debugging options to apt follows."
2a52e8c5
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3993msgstr ""
3994
7d76ea1d 3995#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3996#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3997msgid "Print information related to accessing <literal>cdrom://</literal> sources."
2a52e8c5
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3998msgstr ""
3999
7d76ea1d 4000#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4001#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4002msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using FTP."
2a52e8c5
DK
4003msgstr ""
4004
7d76ea1d 4005#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4006#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4007msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTP."
2a52e8c5
DK
4008msgstr ""
4009
7d76ea1d 4010#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4011#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4012msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTPS."
2a52e8c5
DK
4013msgstr ""
4014
7d76ea1d 4015#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4016#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4017msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4018"Print information related to verifying cryptographic signatures using "
4019"<literal>gpg</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
4020msgstr ""
4021
7d76ea1d 4022#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4023#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4024msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4025"Output information about the process of accessing collections of packages "
4026"stored on CD-ROMs."
2a52e8c5
DK
4027msgstr ""
4028
7d76ea1d 4029#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4030#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4031msgid "Describes the process of resolving build-dependencies in &apt-get;."
63fc5550
DK
4032msgstr ""
4033
7d76ea1d 4034#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4035#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
63fc5550 4036msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4037"Output each cryptographic hash that is generated by the "
4038"<literal>apt</literal> libraries."
2a52e8c5
DK
4039msgstr ""
4040
7d76ea1d 4041#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4042#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
63fc5550 4043msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4044"Do not include information from <literal>statfs</literal>, namely the number "
4045"of used and free blocks on the CD-ROM filesystem, when generating an ID for "
4046"a CD-ROM."
63fc5550
DK
4047msgstr ""
4048
7d76ea1d 4049#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4050#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4051msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4052"Disable all file locking. For instance, this will allow two instances of "
4053"<quote><literal>apt-get update</literal></quote> to run at the same time."
63fc5550
DK
4054msgstr ""
4055
7d76ea1d 4056#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4057#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4058msgid "Log when items are added to or removed from the global download queue."
2a52e8c5
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4059msgstr ""
4060
7d76ea1d 4061#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4062#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
63fc5550 4063msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4064"Output status messages and errors related to verifying checksums and "
4065"cryptographic signatures of downloaded files."
2a52e8c5
DK
4066msgstr ""
4067
7d76ea1d 4068#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4069#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4070msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4071"Output information about downloading and applying package index list diffs, "
4072"and errors relating to package index list diffs."
2a52e8c5
DK
4073msgstr ""
4074
2a52e8c5 4075#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4076#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4077msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4078"Output information related to patching apt package lists when downloading "
4079"index diffs instead of full indices."
2a52e8c5
DK
4080msgstr ""
4081
c77d6597 4082#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4083#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4084msgid "Log all interactions with the sub-processes that actually perform downloads."
c77d6597
MV
4085msgstr ""
4086
2a52e8c5 4087#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4088#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4089msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4090"Log events related to the automatically-installed status of packages and to "
4091"the removal of unused packages."
2a52e8c5
DK
4092msgstr ""
4093
2a52e8c5 4094#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4095#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4096msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4097"Generate debug messages describing which packages are being automatically "
4098"installed to resolve dependencies. This corresponds to the initial "
4099"auto-install pass performed in, e.g., <literal>apt-get install</literal>, "
4100"and not to the full <literal>apt</literal> dependency resolver; see "
4101"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> for that."
2a52e8c5
DK
4102msgstr ""
4103
2a52e8c5 4104#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4105#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4106msgid ""
5723791e 4107"Generate debug messages describing which packages are marked as "
7d76ea1d
DK
4108"keep/install/remove while the ProblemResolver does his work. Each addition "
4109"or deletion may trigger additional actions; they are shown indented two "
5723791e 4110"additional spaces under the original entry. The format for each line is "
7d76ea1d
DK
4111"<literal>MarkKeep</literal>, <literal>MarkDelete</literal> or "
4112"<literal>MarkInstall</literal> followed by <literal>package-name &lt;a.b.c "
4113"-&gt; d.e.f | x.y.z&gt; (section)</literal> where <literal>a.b.c</literal> "
4114"is the current version of the package, <literal>d.e.f</literal> is the "
4115"version considered for installation and <literal>x.y.z</literal> is a newer "
4116"version, but not considered for installation (because of a low pin "
4117"score). The later two can be omitted if there is none or if it is the same "
5723791e 4118"as the installed version. <literal>section</literal> is the name of the "
7d76ea1d 4119"section the package appears in."
2a52e8c5
DK
4120msgstr ""
4121
2a52e8c5 4122#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4123#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4124msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4125"When invoking &dpkg;, output the precise command line with which it is being "
4126"invoked, with arguments separated by a single space character."
2a52e8c5
DK
4127msgstr ""
4128
2a52e8c5 4129#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4130#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4131msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4132"Output all the data received from &dpkg; on the status file descriptor and "
4133"any errors encountered while parsing it."
2a52e8c5
DK
4134msgstr ""
4135
2a52e8c5 4136#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4137#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4138msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4139"Generate a trace of the algorithm that decides the order in which "
4140"<literal>apt</literal> should pass packages to &dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
4141msgstr ""
4142
2a52e8c5 4143#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4144#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4145msgid "Output status messages tracing the steps performed when invoking &dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
4146msgstr ""
4147
2a52e8c5 4148#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4149#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4150msgid "Output the priority of each package list on startup."
2a52e8c5
DK
4151msgstr ""
4152
2a52e8c5 4153#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4154#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4155msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4156"Trace the execution of the dependency resolver (this applies only to what "
4157"happens when a complex dependency problem is encountered)."
2a52e8c5
DK
4158msgstr ""
4159
2a52e8c5 4160#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4161#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4162msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4163"Display a list of all installed packages with their calculated score used by "
4164"the pkgProblemResolver. The description of the package is the same as "
4165"described in <literal>Debug::pkgDepCache::Marker</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4166msgstr ""
4167
2a52e8c5 4168#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4169#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4170msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4171"Print information about the vendors read from "
4172"<filename>/etc/apt/vendors.list</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
4173msgstr ""
4174
93ae7f7f 4175#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4176#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
93ae7f7f
MV
4177msgid ""
4178"Display the external commands that are called by apt hooks. This includes "
4179"e.g. the config options <literal>DPkg::{Pre,Post}-Invoke</literal> or "
4180"<literal>APT::Update::{Pre,Post}-Invoke</literal>."
4181msgstr ""
4182
2a52e8c5 4183#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae
MV
4184#: apt.conf.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1 sources.list.5.xml:1
4185#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4186msgid "Examples"
2a52e8c5
DK
4187msgstr ""
4188
aec22160 4189#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4190#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
aec22160 4191msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4192"&configureindex; is a configuration file showing example values for all "
4193"possible options."
aec22160
DK
4194msgstr ""
4195
7d76ea1d
DK
4196#. ? reading apt.conf
4197#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4198#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4199msgid "&apt-cache;, &apt-config;, &apt-preferences;."
b6c6b52f
MV
4200msgstr ""
4201
7d76ea1d 4202#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 4203#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4204msgid "Preference control file for APT"
c77d6597
MV
4205msgstr ""
4206
aec22160 4207#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4208#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
b6c6b52f 4209msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4210"The APT preferences file <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> and the "
4211"fragment files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename> folder "
4212"can be used to control which versions of packages will be selected for "
4213"installation."
b6c6b52f
MV
4214msgstr ""
4215
7d76ea1d 4216#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4217#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4218msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4219"Several versions of a package may be available for installation when the "
4220"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one distribution (for "
4221"example, <literal>stable</literal> and <literal>testing</literal>). APT "
4222"assigns a priority to each version that is available. Subject to dependency "
4223"constraints, <command>apt-get</command> selects the version with the highest "
44477002
JR
4224"priority for installation. The APT preferences override the priorities that "
4225"APT assigns to package versions by default, thus giving the user control "
4226"over which one is selected for installation."
2a52e8c5
DK
4227msgstr ""
4228
7d76ea1d 4229#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4230#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
b39c1859 4231msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4232"Several instances of the same version of a package may be available when the "
4233"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one source. In this "
4234"case <command>apt-get</command> downloads the instance listed earliest in "
44477002
JR
4235"the &sources-list; file. The APT preferences do not affect the choice of "
4236"instance, only the choice of version."
b39c1859
MV
4237msgstr ""
4238
7d76ea1d 4239#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4240#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4241msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4242"Preferences are a strong power in the hands of a system administrator but "
4243"they can become also their biggest nightmare if used without care! APT will "
44477002
JR
4244"not question the preferences, so wrong settings can lead to uninstallable "
4245"packages or wrong decisions while upgrading packages. Even more problems "
4246"will arise if multiple distribution releases are mixed without a good "
4247"understanding of the following paragraphs. Packages included in a specific "
4248"release aren't tested in (and therefore don't always work as expected in) "
4249"older or newer releases, or together with other packages from different "
4250"releases. You have been warned."
2a52e8c5
DK
4251msgstr ""
4252
7d76ea1d 4253#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4254#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4255msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4256"Note that the files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d</filename> "
4257"directory are parsed in alphanumeric ascending order and need to obey the "
4258"following naming convention: The files have either no or "
4259"\"<literal>pref</literal>\" as filename extension and only contain "
4260"alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) and period (.) characters. "
44477002
JR
4261"Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file, unless that "
4262"file matches a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> "
5723791e 4263"configuration list - in which case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
DK
4264msgstr ""
4265
7d76ea1d 4266#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 4267#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4268msgid "APT's Default Priority Assignments"
2a52e8c5
DK
4269msgstr ""
4270
7d76ea1d 4271#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 4272#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4273#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4274msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4275"<command>apt-get install -t testing "
4276"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command>\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4277msgstr ""
4278
7d76ea1d 4279#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 4280#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
4281#, no-wrap
4282msgid "APT::Default-Release \"stable\";\n"
4283msgstr ""
2a52e8c5 4284
7d76ea1d 4285#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4286#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4287msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4288"If there is no preferences file or if there is no entry in the file that "
4289"applies to a particular version then the priority assigned to that version "
4290"is the priority of the distribution to which that version belongs. It is "
4291"possible to single out a distribution, \"the target release\", which "
4292"receives a higher priority than other distributions do by default. The "
4293"target release can be set on the <command>apt-get</command> command line or "
4294"in the APT configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename>. Note "
4295"that this has precedence over any general priority you set in the "
4296"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> file described later, but not over "
4297"specifically pinned packages. For example, <placeholder "
4298"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/> <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
4299"id=\"1\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4300msgstr ""
4301
7d76ea1d 4302#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4303#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4304msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4305"If the target release has been specified then APT uses the following "
4306"algorithm to set the priorities of the versions of a package. Assign:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4307msgstr ""
4308
7d76ea1d 4309#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4310#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4311msgid "priority 1"
c086ac18
DK
4312msgstr ""
4313
7d76ea1d 4314#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4315#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
63fc5550 4316msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4317"to the versions coming from archives which in their "
4318"<filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" but "
44477002 4319"<emphasis>not</emphasis> as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the Debian "
7d76ea1d 4320"<literal>experimental</literal> archive."
63fc5550
DK
4321msgstr ""
4322
7d76ea1d 4323#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4324#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4325msgid "priority 100"
bf5c3fe8
MV
4326msgstr ""
4327
7d76ea1d 4328#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4329#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4330msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4331"to the version that is already installed (if any) and to the versions coming "
4332"from archives which in their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked "
44477002 4333"as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" and \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the Debian "
7d76ea1d 4334"backports archive since <literal>squeeze-backports</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
4335msgstr ""
4336
7d76ea1d 4337#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4338#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4339msgid "priority 500"
2a52e8c5
DK
4340msgstr ""
4341
7d76ea1d 4342#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4343#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
864fe99c 4344msgid "to the versions that do not belong to the target release."
2a52e8c5
DK
4345msgstr ""
4346
7d76ea1d 4347#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4348#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4349msgid "priority 990"
c086ac18
DK
4350msgstr ""
4351
7d76ea1d 4352#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4353#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
4354msgid "to the versions that belong to the target release."
4355msgstr ""
4356
4357#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4358#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
4359msgid ""
4360"The highest of those priorities whose description matches the version is "
4361"assigned to the version."
63fc5550
DK
4362msgstr ""
4363
7d76ea1d 4364#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4365#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4366msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4367"If the target release has not been specified then APT simply assigns "
4368"priority 100 to all installed package versions and priority 500 to all "
4369"uninstalled package versions, except versions coming from archives which in "
4370"their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" "
4371"- these versions get the priority 1 or priority 100 if it is additionally "
4372"marked as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4373msgstr ""
4374
7d76ea1d 4375#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4376#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4377msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4378"APT then applies the following rules, listed in order of precedence, to "
4379"determine which version of a package to install."
2a52e8c5
DK
4380msgstr ""
4381
7d76ea1d 4382#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4383#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4384msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4385"Never downgrade unless the priority of an available version exceeds 1000. "
4386"(\"Downgrading\" is installing a less recent version of a package in place "
4387"of a more recent version. Note that none of APT's default priorities "
4388"exceeds 1000; such high priorities can only be set in the preferences file. "
4389"Note also that downgrading a package can be risky.)"
2a52e8c5
DK
4390msgstr ""
4391
7d76ea1d 4392#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4393#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4394msgid "Install the highest priority version."
2a52e8c5
DK
4395msgstr ""
4396
7d76ea1d 4397#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4398#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4399msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4400"If two or more versions have the same priority, install the most recent one "
4401"(that is, the one with the higher version number)."
2a52e8c5
DK
4402msgstr ""
4403
7d76ea1d 4404#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4405#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4406msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4407"If two or more versions have the same priority and version number but either "
4408"the packages differ in some of their metadata or the "
4409"<literal>--reinstall</literal> option is given, install the uninstalled one."
2a52e8c5
DK
4410msgstr ""
4411
7d76ea1d 4412#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4413#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4414msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4415"In a typical situation, the installed version of a package (priority 100) "
4416"is not as recent as one of the versions available from the sources listed in "
4417"the &sources-list; file (priority 500 or 990). Then the package will be "
4418"upgraded when <command>apt-get install "
4419"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
4420"upgrade</command> is executed."
bcf91c1b
DK
4421msgstr ""
4422
7d76ea1d 4423#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4424#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4425msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4426"More rarely, the installed version of a package is <emphasis>more</emphasis> "
4427"recent than any of the other available versions. The package will not be "
4428"downgraded when <command>apt-get install "
4429"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
4430"upgrade</command> is executed."
bcf91c1b
DK
4431msgstr ""
4432
7d76ea1d 4433#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4434#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4435msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4436"Sometimes the installed version of a package is more recent than the version "
4437"belonging to the target release, but not as recent as a version belonging to "
4438"some other distribution. Such a package will indeed be upgraded when "
4439"<command>apt-get install <replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> "
4440"or <command>apt-get upgrade</command> is executed, because at least "
4441"<emphasis>one</emphasis> of the available versions has a higher priority "
4442"than the installed version."
bcf91c1b
DK
4443msgstr ""
4444
7d76ea1d 4445#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 4446#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4447msgid "The Effect of APT Preferences"
bcf91c1b
DK
4448msgstr ""
4449
7d76ea1d 4450#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4451#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4452msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4453"The APT preferences file allows the system administrator to control the "
4454"assignment of priorities. The file consists of one or more multi-line "
4455"records separated by blank lines. Records can have one of two forms, a "
4456"specific form and a general form."
bcf91c1b
DK
4457msgstr ""
4458
7d76ea1d 4459#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4460#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4461msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4462"The specific form assigns a priority (a \"Pin-Priority\") to one or more "
44477002
JR
4463"specified packages with a specified version or version range. For example, "
4464"the following record assigns a high priority to all versions of the "
7d76ea1d 4465"<filename>perl</filename> package whose version number begins with "
75d9bdba
JR
4466"\"<literal>&good-perl;</literal>\". Multiple packages can be separated by "
4467"spaces."
bcf91c1b
DK
4468msgstr ""
4469
7d76ea1d 4470#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4471#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4472#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d
DK
4473msgid ""
4474"Package: perl\n"
75d9bdba 4475"Pin: version &good-perl;*\n"
7d76ea1d 4476"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
bcf91c1b
DK
4477msgstr ""
4478
7d76ea1d 4479#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4480#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4481msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4482"The general form assigns a priority to all of the package versions in a "
4483"given distribution (that is, to all the versions of packages that are listed "
4484"in a certain <filename>Release</filename> file) or to all of the package "
4485"versions coming from a particular Internet site, as identified by the site's "
4486"fully qualified domain name."
bcf91c1b
DK
4487msgstr ""
4488
7d76ea1d 4489#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4490#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4491msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4492"This general-form entry in the APT preferences file applies only to groups "
4493"of packages. For example, the following record assigns a high priority to "
4494"all package versions available from the local site."
bcf91c1b
DK
4495msgstr ""
4496
7d76ea1d 4497#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4498#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4499#, no-wrap
de2c243c 4500msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4501"Package: *\n"
4502"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
4503"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
de2c243c 4504msgstr ""
4505
7d76ea1d 4506#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4507#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bf5c3fe8 4508msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4509"A note of caution: the keyword used here is \"<literal>origin</literal>\" "
4510"which can be used to match a hostname. The following record will assign a "
4511"high priority to all versions available from the server identified by the "
4512"hostname \"ftp.de.debian.org\""
bf5c3fe8
MV
4513msgstr ""
4514
7d76ea1d 4515#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4516#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bf5c3fe8 4517#, no-wrap
bcf91c1b 4518msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4519"Package: *\n"
4520"Pin: origin \"ftp.de.debian.org\"\n"
4521"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
bf5c3fe8
MV
4522msgstr ""
4523
7d76ea1d 4524#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4525#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bf5c3fe8 4526msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4527"This should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be confused with the Origin of a "
4528"distribution as specified in a <filename>Release</filename> file. What "
4529"follows the \"Origin:\" tag in a <filename>Release</filename> file is not an "
4530"Internet address but an author or vendor name, such as \"Debian\" or "
4531"\"Ximian\"."
bf5c3fe8
MV
4532msgstr ""
4533
7d76ea1d 4534#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4535#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
c086ac18 4536msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4537"The following record assigns a low priority to all package versions "
4538"belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "
4539"\"<literal>unstable</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4540msgstr ""
4541
7d76ea1d 4542#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4543#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bf5c3fe8 4544#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4545msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4546"Package: *\n"
4547"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
4548"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4549msgstr ""
4550
7d76ea1d 4551#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4552#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4553msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4554"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
4555"belonging to any distribution whose Codename is "
4556"\"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4557msgstr ""
4558
7d76ea1d 4559#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4560#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4561#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4562msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4563"Package: *\n"
4564"Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
4565"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4566msgstr ""
4567
7d76ea1d 4568#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4569#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4570msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4571"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
4572"belonging to any release whose Archive name is \"<literal>stable</literal>\" "
44477002 4573"and whose release Version number is \"<literal>&stable-version;</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4574msgstr ""
4575
7d76ea1d 4576#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4577#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4578#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4579msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4580"Package: *\n"
44477002 4581"Pin: release a=stable, v=&stable-version;\n"
7d76ea1d 4582"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4583msgstr ""
4584
864fe99c 4585#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4586#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
4587msgid ""
4588"The effect of the comma operator is similar to an \"and\" in logic: All "
4589"conditions must be satisfied for the pin to match. There is one exception: "
4590"For any type of condition (such as two \"a\" conditions), only the last such "
4591"condition is checked."
4592msgstr ""
4593
4594#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 4595#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
44477002 4596msgid "Regular expressions and &glob; syntax"
2a52e8c5
DK
4597msgstr ""
4598
7d76ea1d 4599#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4600#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
b6c6b52f 4601msgid ""
44477002
JR
4602"APT also supports pinning by &glob; expressions, and regular expressions "
4603"surrounded by slashes. For example, the following example assigns the "
4604"priority 500 to all packages from experimental where the name starts with "
4605"gnome (as a &glob;-like expression) or contains the word kde (as a POSIX "
4606"extended regular expression surrounded by slashes)."
b6c6b52f
MV
4607msgstr ""
4608
7d76ea1d 4609#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
04f27fae 4610#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4611#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4612msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4613"Package: gnome* /kde/\n"
14c50b58 4614"Pin: release a=experimental\n"
7d76ea1d 4615"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4616msgstr ""
4617
7d76ea1d 4618#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4619#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4620msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4621"The rule for those expressions is that they can occur anywhere where a "
4622"string can occur. Thus, the following pin assigns the priority 990 to all "
44477002 4623"packages from a release starting with &ubuntu-codename;."
2a52e8c5
DK
4624msgstr ""
4625
7d76ea1d 4626#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
04f27fae 4627#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4628#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4629msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4630"Package: *\n"
44477002 4631"Pin: release n=&ubuntu-codename;*\n"
7d76ea1d 4632"Pin-Priority: 990\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4633msgstr ""
4634
7d76ea1d 4635#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4636#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4637msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4638"If a regular expression occurs in a <literal>Package</literal> field, the "
4639"behavior is the same as if this regular expression were replaced with a list "
4640"of all package names it matches. It is undecided whether this will change in "
44477002 4641"the future; thus you should always list wild-card pins first, so later "
7d76ea1d 4642"specific pins override it. The pattern \"<literal>*</literal>\" in a "
44477002 4643"Package field is not considered a &glob; expression in itself."
2a52e8c5
DK
4644msgstr ""
4645
7d76ea1d 4646#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 4647#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4648msgid "How APT Interprets Priorities"
2a52e8c5
DK
4649msgstr ""
4650
7d76ea1d 4651#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4652#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4653msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4654"Priorities (P) assigned in the APT preferences file must be positive or "
4655"negative integers. They are interpreted as follows (roughly speaking):"
2a52e8c5
DK
4656msgstr ""
4657
7d76ea1d 4658#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4659#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e594b30 4660msgid "P &gt;= 1000"
2a52e8c5
DK
4661msgstr ""
4662
7d76ea1d 4663#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4664#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4665msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4666"causes a version to be installed even if this constitutes a downgrade of the "
4667"package"
2a52e8c5
DK
4668msgstr ""
4669
7d76ea1d 4670#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4671#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e594b30 4672msgid "990 &lt;= P &lt; 1000"
2a52e8c5
DK
4673msgstr ""
4674
7d76ea1d 4675#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4676#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4677msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4678"causes a version to be installed even if it does not come from the target "
4679"release, unless the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4680msgstr ""
4681
7d76ea1d 4682#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4683#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e594b30 4684msgid "500 &lt;= P &lt; 990"
2a52e8c5
DK
4685msgstr ""
4686
7d76ea1d 4687#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4688#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4689msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4690"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4691"belonging to the target release or the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4692msgstr ""
4693
7d76ea1d 4694#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4695#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e594b30 4696msgid "100 &lt;= P &lt; 500"
2a52e8c5
DK
4697msgstr ""
4698
7d76ea1d 4699#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4700#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4701msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4702"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4703"belonging to some other distribution or the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4704msgstr ""
4705
7d76ea1d 4706#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4707#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e594b30 4708msgid "0 &lt; P &lt; 100"
3e9c4f70
DK
4709msgstr ""
4710
7d76ea1d 4711#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4712#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
3e9c4f70 4713msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4714"causes a version to be installed only if there is no installed version of "
4715"the package"
3e9c4f70
DK
4716msgstr ""
4717
7d76ea1d 4718#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4719#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4720msgid "P &lt; 0"
3e9c4f70
DK
4721msgstr ""
4722
7d76ea1d 4723#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4724#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4725msgid "prevents the version from being installed"
3e9c4f70
DK
4726msgstr ""
4727
864fe99c 4728#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4729#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
4730msgid "P = 0"
4731msgstr ""
4732
4733#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4734#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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4735msgid "has undefined behaviour, do not use it."
4736msgstr ""
4737
7d76ea1d 4738#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4739#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
3e9c4f70 4740msgid ""
864fe99c
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4741"The first specific-form record matching an available package version "
4742"determines the priority of the package version. Failing that, the priority "
4743"of the package is defined as the maximum of all priorities defined by "
4744"generic-form records matching the version. Records defined using patterns "
4745"in the Pin field other than \"*\" are treated like specific-form records."
3e9c4f70
DK
4746msgstr ""
4747
3e9c4f70 4748#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4749#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e312de7 4750msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4751"For example, suppose the APT preferences file contains the three records "
4752"presented earlier:"
3e9c4f70
DK
4753msgstr ""
4754
7d76ea1d 4755#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
04f27fae 4756#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
3e9c4f70 4757#, no-wrap
5e312de7 4758msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4759"Package: perl\n"
75d9bdba 4760"Pin: version &good-perl;*\n"
7d76ea1d
DK
4761"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
4762"\n"
4763"Package: *\n"
4764"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
4765"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
4766"\n"
4767"Package: *\n"
4768"Pin: release unstable\n"
4769"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
5e312de7
DK
4770msgstr ""
4771
3e9c4f70 4772#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4773#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4774msgid "Then:"
5e312de7
DK
4775msgstr ""
4776
7d76ea1d 4777#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4778#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e312de7 4779msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4780"The most recent available version of the <literal>perl</literal> package "
4781"will be installed, so long as that version's version number begins with "
75d9bdba
JR
4782"\"<literal>&good-perl;</literal>\". If <emphasis>any</emphasis> "
4783"&good-perl;* version of <literal>perl</literal> is available and the "
4784"installed version is &bad-perl;*, then <literal>perl</literal> will be "
4785"downgraded."
5e312de7
DK
4786msgstr ""
4787
7d76ea1d 4788#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4789#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e312de7 4790msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4791"A version of any package other than <literal>perl</literal> that is "
4792"available from the local system has priority over other versions, even "
4793"versions belonging to the target release."
2a52e8c5
DK
4794msgstr ""
4795
7d76ea1d 4796#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4797#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4798msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4799"A version of a package whose origin is not the local system but some other "
4800"site listed in &sources-list; and which belongs to an "
4801"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution is only installed if it is selected "
4802"for installation and no version of the package is already installed."
2a52e8c5
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4803msgstr ""
4804
7d76ea1d 4805#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 4806#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4807msgid "Determination of Package Version and Distribution Properties"
2a52e8c5
DK
4808msgstr ""
4809
7d76ea1d 4810#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4811#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4812msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4813"The locations listed in the &sources-list; file should provide "
4814"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> files to "
4815"describe the packages available at that location."
2a52e8c5
DK
4816msgstr ""
4817
7d76ea1d 4818#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4819#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4820msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4821"The <filename>Packages</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
4822"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable>/<replaceable>component</replaceable>/<replaceable>arch</replaceable></filename>: "
4823"for example, "
4824"<filename>.../dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages</filename>. It "
4825"consists of a series of multi-line records, one for each package available "
4826"in that directory. Only two lines in each record are relevant for setting "
4827"APT priorities:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4828msgstr ""
4829
7d76ea1d 4830#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4831#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4832msgid "the <literal>Package:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4833msgstr ""
4834
7d76ea1d 4835#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4836#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4837msgid "gives the package name"
2a52e8c5
DK
4838msgstr ""
4839
7d76ea1d 4840#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4841#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4842msgid "the <literal>Version:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4843msgstr ""
4844
7d76ea1d 4845#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4846#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4847msgid "gives the version number for the named package"
2a52e8c5
DK
4848msgstr ""
4849
7d76ea1d 4850#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4851#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e312de7 4852msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4853"The <filename>Release</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
4854"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable></filename>: for "
4855"example, <filename>.../dists/stable/Release</filename>, or "
4856"<filename>.../dists/&stable-codename;/Release</filename>. It consists of a "
4857"single multi-line record which applies to <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the "
4858"packages in the directory tree below its parent. Unlike the "
4859"<filename>Packages</filename> file, nearly all of the lines in a "
4860"<filename>Release</filename> file are relevant for setting APT priorities:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4861msgstr ""
4862
7d76ea1d 4863#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4864#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4865msgid "the <literal>Archive:</literal> or <literal>Suite:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4866msgstr ""
4867
7d76ea1d 4868#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4869#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4870msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4871"names the archive to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
4872"For example, the line \"Archive: stable\" or \"Suite: stable\" specifies "
4873"that all of the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
4874"<filename>Release</filename> file are in a <literal>stable</literal> "
4875"archive. Specifying this value in the APT preferences file would require "
4876"the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4877msgstr ""
4878
7d76ea1d 4879#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4880#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
4881#, no-wrap
4882msgid "Pin: release a=stable\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4883msgstr ""
4884
7d76ea1d 4885#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4886#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4887msgid "the <literal>Codename:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4888msgstr ""
4889
7d76ea1d 4890#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4891#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4892msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4893"names the codename to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
4894"For example, the line \"Codename: &testing-codename;\" specifies that all of "
4895"the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
4896"<filename>Release</filename> file belong to a version named "
4897"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal>. Specifying this value in the APT "
4898"preferences file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4899msgstr ""
4900
7d76ea1d 4901#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4902#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
4903#, no-wrap
4904msgid "Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4905msgstr ""
4906
7d76ea1d 4907#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4908#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4909msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4910"names the release version. For example, the packages in the tree might "
44477002
JR
4911"belong to Debian release version &stable-version;. Note that there is "
4912"normally no version number for the <literal>testing</literal> and "
7d76ea1d
DK
4913"<literal>unstable</literal> distributions because they have not been "
4914"released yet. Specifying this in the APT preferences file would require one "
4915"of the following lines."
2a52e8c5
DK
4916msgstr ""
4917
7d76ea1d 4918#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4919#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4920#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4921msgid ""
44477002
JR
4922"Pin: release v=&stable-version;\n"
4923"Pin: release a=stable, v=&stable-version;\n"
4924"Pin: release &stable-version;\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4925msgstr ""
4926
7d76ea1d 4927#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4928#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4929msgid "the <literal>Component:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4930msgstr ""
4931
7d76ea1d 4932#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4933#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4934msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4935"names the licensing component associated with the packages in the directory "
4936"tree of the <filename>Release</filename> file. For example, the line "
4937"\"Component: main\" specifies that all the packages in the directory tree "
4938"are from the <literal>main</literal> component, which entails that they are "
4939"licensed under terms listed in the Debian Free Software Guidelines. "
4940"Specifying this component in the APT preferences file would require the "
4941"line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4942msgstr ""
4943
7d76ea1d 4944#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4945#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
4946#, no-wrap
4947msgid "Pin: release c=main\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4948msgstr ""
4949
7d76ea1d 4950#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4951#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4952msgid "the <literal>Origin:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4953msgstr ""
4954
7d76ea1d 4955#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4956#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4957msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4958"names the originator of the packages in the directory tree of the "
4959"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
4960"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this origin in the APT preferences "
4961"file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4962msgstr ""
4963
7d76ea1d 4964#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4965#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
4966#, no-wrap
4967msgid "Pin: release o=Debian\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4968msgstr ""
4969
7d76ea1d 4970#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4971#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4972msgid "the <literal>Label:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4973msgstr ""
4974
7d76ea1d 4975#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4976#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4977msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4978"names the label of the packages in the directory tree of the "
4979"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
4980"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this label in the APT preferences "
4981"file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4982msgstr ""
4983
7d76ea1d 4984#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4985#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
4986#, no-wrap
4987msgid "Pin: release l=Debian\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4988msgstr ""
4989
7d76ea1d 4990#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4991#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4992msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4993"All of the <filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> "
4994"files retrieved from locations listed in the &sources-list; file are stored "
4995"in the directory <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists</filename>, or in the file "
4996"named by the variable <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> in the "
4997"<filename>apt.conf</filename> file. For example, the file "
4998"<filename>debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Release</filename> "
4999"contains the <filename>Release</filename> file retrieved from the site "
5000"<literal>debian.lcs.mit.edu</literal> for <literal>binary-i386</literal> "
5001"architecture files from the <literal>contrib</literal> component of the "
5002"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution."
2a52e8c5
DK
5003msgstr ""
5004
7d76ea1d 5005#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 5006#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5007msgid "Optional Lines in an APT Preferences Record"
2a52e8c5
DK
5008msgstr ""
5009
7d76ea1d 5010#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5011#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5012msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5013"Each record in the APT preferences file can optionally begin with one or "
5014"more lines beginning with the word <literal>Explanation:</literal>. This "
5015"provides a place for comments."
2a52e8c5
DK
5016msgstr ""
5017
7d76ea1d 5018#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 5019#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5020msgid "Tracking Stable"
2a52e8c5
DK
5021msgstr ""
5022
7d76ea1d 5023#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5024#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5025#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 5026msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5027"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated\n"
5028"Explanation: package versions other than those in the stable distro\n"
5029"Package: *\n"
5030"Pin: release a=stable\n"
5031"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
5032"\n"
5033"Package: *\n"
5034"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5035"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
5036msgstr ""
5037
7d76ea1d 5038#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5039#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5040msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5041"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
5042"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
5043"<literal>stable</literal> distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
5044"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> "
5045"distributions. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5046msgstr ""
5047
7d76ea1d 5048#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5049#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5050#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 5051msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5052"apt-get install <replaceable>package-name</replaceable>\n"
5053"apt-get upgrade\n"
5054"apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
5055msgstr ""
5056
7d76ea1d 5057#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5058#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5059msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5060"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
5061"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
5062"<literal>stable</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
5063"id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5064msgstr ""
5065
7d76ea1d 5066#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5067#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
5068#, no-wrap
5069msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/testing\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
5070msgstr ""
5071
7d76ea1d 5072#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5073#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5074msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5075"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
5076"latest version from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution; the package "
5077"will not be upgraded again unless this command is given again. <placeholder "
5078"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5079msgstr ""
5080
7d76ea1d 5081#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 5082#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5083msgid "Tracking Testing or Unstable"
2a52e8c5
DK
5084msgstr ""
5085
7d76ea1d 5086#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5087#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5088#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 5089msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5090"Package: *\n"
5091"Pin: release a=testing\n"
5092"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
5093"\n"
5094"Package: *\n"
5095"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
5096"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
5097"\n"
5098"Package: *\n"
5099"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5100"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
5101msgstr ""
5102
7d76ea1d 5103#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5104#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5105msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5106"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a high priority "
5107"to package versions from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution, a "
5108"lower priority to package versions from the <literal>unstable</literal> "
5109"distribution, and a prohibitively low priority to package versions from "
5110"other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions. <placeholder "
5111"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5112msgstr ""
5113
7d76ea1d 5114#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5115#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5116msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5117"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
5118"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
5119"<literal>testing</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
5120"id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5121msgstr ""
5122
7d76ea1d 5123#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5124#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
5125#, no-wrap
5126msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/unstable\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
5127msgstr ""
5128
7d76ea1d 5129#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5130#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
5131msgid ""
5132"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
5133"latest version from the <literal>unstable</literal> distribution. "
5134"Thereafter, <command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to "
5135"the most recent <literal>testing</literal> version if that is more recent "
5136"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
5137"<literal>unstable</literal> version if that is more recent than the "
5138"installed version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5139msgstr ""
5140
7d76ea1d 5141#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 5142#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5143msgid "Tracking the evolution of a codename release"
2a52e8c5
DK
5144msgstr ""
5145
7d76ea1d 5146#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5147#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5148#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 5149msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5150"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated package "
5151"versions\n"
5152"Explanation: other than those in the distribution codenamed with "
5153"&testing-codename; or sid\n"
5154"Package: *\n"
5155"Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
5156"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
5157"\n"
5158"Explanation: Debian unstable is always codenamed with sid\n"
5159"Package: *\n"
5160"Pin: release n=sid\n"
5161"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
5162"\n"
5163"Package: *\n"
5164"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5165"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
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5166msgstr ""
5167
7d76ea1d 5168#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5169#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5170msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5171"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
5172"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
5173"specified codename of a distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
5174"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions, "
5175"codenames and archives. Note that with this APT preference APT will follow "
5176"the migration of a release from the archive <literal>testing</literal> to "
5177"<literal>stable</literal> and later <literal>oldstable</literal>. If you "
5178"want to follow for example the progress in <literal>testing</literal> "
5179"notwithstanding the codename changes you should use the example "
5180"configurations above. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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5181msgstr ""
5182
7d76ea1d 5183#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5184#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5185msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5186"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
5187"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest version(s) in "
5188"the release codenamed with <literal>&testing-codename;</literal>. "
5189"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5190msgstr ""
5191
7d76ea1d 5192#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5193#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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5194#, no-wrap
5195msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/sid\n"
5196msgstr ""
5197
5198#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5199#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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5200msgid ""
5201"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
5202"latest version from the <literal>sid</literal> distribution. Thereafter, "
5203"<command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to the most "
5204"recent <literal>&testing-codename;</literal> version if that is more recent "
5205"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
5206"<literal>sid</literal> version if that is more recent than the installed "
5207"version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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5208msgstr ""
5209
b39c1859 5210#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5211#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5212msgid "&apt-get; &apt-cache; &apt-conf; &sources-list;"
2a52e8c5
DK
5213msgstr ""
5214
7d76ea1d 5215#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 5216#: sources.list.5.xml:1
dabb215c 5217msgid "List of configured APT data sources"
2a52e8c5
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5218msgstr ""
5219
5220#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5221#: sources.list.5.xml:1
b39c1859 5222msgid ""
051029f8 5223"The source list <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> and the files "
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5224"contained in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename> are designed to "
5225"support any number of active sources and a variety of source media. The "
051029f8 5226"files list one source per line (one-line style) or contain multiline stanzas "
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5227"defining one or more sources per stanza (deb822 style), with the most "
5228"preferred source listed first (in case a single version is available from "
5229"more than one source). The information available from the configured sources "
5230"is acquired by <command>apt-get update</command> (or by an equivalent "
5231"command from another APT front-end)."
5232msgstr ""
5233
5234#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 5235#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c 5236msgid "sources.list.d"
0fd68707
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5237msgstr ""
5238
5239#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5240#: sources.list.5.xml:1
0fd68707 5241msgid ""
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5242"The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d</filename> directory provides a way to "
5243"add sources.list entries in separate files. Two different file formats are "
5244"allowed as described in the next two sections. Filenames need to have "
5245"either the extension <filename>.list</filename> or "
5246"<filename>.sources</filename> depending on the contained format. The "
5247"filenames may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z), digits (0-9), underscore "
5248"(_), hyphen (-) and period (.) characters. Otherwise APT will print a "
5249"notice that it has ignored a file, unless that file matches a pattern in the "
5250"<literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> configuration list - in which "
5251"case it will be silently ignored."
5252msgstr ""
5253
5254#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 5255#: sources.list.5.xml:1
051029f8 5256msgid "One-Line-Style Format"
864fe99c
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5257msgstr ""
5258
5259#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5260#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5261msgid ""
5262"Files in this format have the extension <filename>.list</filename>. Each "
5263"line specifying a source starts with a type "
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5264"(e.g. <literal>deb-src</literal>) followed by options and arguments for "
5265"this type. Individual entries cannot be continued onto a following "
5266"line. Empty lines are ignored, and a <literal>#</literal> character anywhere "
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5267"on a line marks the remainder of that line as a comment. Consequently an "
5268"entry can be disabled by commenting out the entire line. If options should "
5269"be provided they are separated by spaces and all of them together are "
5270"enclosed by square brackets (<literal>[]</literal>) included in the line "
5271"after the type separated from it with a space. If an option allows multiple "
5272"values these are separated from each other with a comma "
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DK
5273"(<literal>,</literal>). An option name is separated from its value(s) by an "
5274"equals sign (<literal>=</literal>). Multivalue options also have "
5275"<literal>-=</literal> and <literal>+=</literal> as separators, which instead "
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5276"of replacing the default with the given value(s) modify the default value(s) "
5277"to remove or include the given values."
5278msgstr ""
5279
5280#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5281#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5282msgid ""
5283"This is the traditional format and supported by all apt versions. Note that "
5284"not all options as described below are supported by all apt versions. Note "
051029f8 5285"also that some older applications parsing this format on their own might not "
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5286"expect to encounter options as they were uncommon before the introduction of "
5287"multi-architecture support."
b39c1859
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5288msgstr ""
5289
7d76ea1d 5290#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 5291#: sources.list.5.xml:1
051029f8 5292msgid "deb822-Style Format"
2a52e8c5
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5293msgstr ""
5294
0fd68707 5295#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5296#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5297msgid ""
5298"Files in this format have the extension <filename>.sources</filename>. The "
5299"format is similar in syntax to other files used by Debian and its "
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DK
5300"derivatives, such as the metadata files that apt will download from the "
5301"configured sources or the <filename>debian/control</filename> file in a "
5302"Debian source package. Individual entries are separated by an empty line; "
5303"additional empty lines are ignored, and a <literal>#</literal> character at "
5304"the start of the line marks the entire line as a comment. An entry can hence "
5305"be disabled by commenting out each line belonging to the stanza, but it is "
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5306"usually easier to add the field \"Enabled: no\" to the stanza to disable the "
5307"entry. Removing the field or setting it to yes reenables it. Options have "
5308"the same syntax as every other field: A fieldname separated by a colon "
5309"(<literal>:</literal>) and optionally spaces from its value(s). Note "
5310"especially that multiple values are separated by spaces, not by commas as in "
051029f8 5311"the one-line format. Multivalue fields like <literal>Architectures</literal> "
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5312"also have <literal>Architectures-Add</literal> and "
5313"<literal>Architectures-Remove</literal> to modify the default value rather "
5314"than replacing it."
5315msgstr ""
5316
5317#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5318#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5319msgid ""
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5320"This is a new format supported by apt itself since version 1.1. Previous "
5321"versions ignore such files with a notice message as described earlier. It "
051029f8
DK
5322"is intended to make this format gradually the default format, deprecating "
5323"the previously described one-line-style format, as it is easier to create, "
5324"extend and modify for humans and machines alike especially if a lot of "
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5325"sources and/or options are involved. Developers who are working with and/or "
5326"parsing apt sources are highly encouraged to add support for this format and "
5327"to contact the APT team to coordinate and share this work. Users can freely "
051029f8 5328"adopt this format already, but may encounter problems with software not "
864fe99c 5329"supporting the format yet."
2a52e8c5
DK
5330msgstr ""
5331
7d76ea1d 5332#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 5333#: sources.list.5.xml:1
051029f8 5334msgid "The deb and deb-src Types: General Format"
2a52e8c5
DK
5335msgstr ""
5336
7d76ea1d 5337#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5338#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5339msgid ""
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5340"The <literal>deb</literal> type references a typical two-level Debian "
5341"archive, <filename>distribution/component</filename>. The "
864fe99c 5342"<literal>distribution</literal> is generally a suite name like "
7d76ea1d
DK
5343"<literal>stable</literal> or <literal>testing</literal> or a codename like "
5344"<literal>&stable-codename;</literal> or "
5345"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal> while component is one of "
5723791e
JR
5346"<literal>main</literal>, <literal>contrib</literal> or "
5347"<literal>non-free</literal>. The <literal>deb-src</literal> type references "
5348"a Debian distribution's source code in the same form as the "
7d76ea1d
DK
5349"<literal>deb</literal> type. A <literal>deb-src</literal> line is required "
5350"to fetch source indexes."
2a52e8c5
DK
5351msgstr ""
5352
7d76ea1d 5353#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5354#: sources.list.5.xml:1
aec22160 5355msgid ""
051029f8 5356"The format for two one-line-style entries using the <literal>deb</literal> "
864fe99c 5357"and <literal>deb-src</literal> types is:"
aec22160
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5358msgstr ""
5359
7d76ea1d 5360#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5361#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5362#, no-wrap
864fe99c
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5363msgid ""
5364"deb [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] "
5365"[...]\n"
5366"deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] "
5367"[component2] [...]"
609bb2ea
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5368msgstr ""
5369
5370#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 5371#: sources.list.5.xml:1
609bb2ea
MV
5372#, no-wrap
5373msgid ""
b18dd45f 5374" Types: deb deb-src\n"
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5375" URIs: uri\n"
5376" Suites: suite\n"
5377" Components: [component1] [component2] [...]\n"
5378" option1: value1\n"
5379" option2: value2\n"
609bb2ea 5380" "
2a52e8c5
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5381msgstr ""
5382
7d76ea1d 5383#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5384#: sources.list.5.xml:1
609bb2ea 5385msgid ""
864fe99c
MV
5386"Alternatively the equivalent entry in deb822 style looks like this: "
5387"<placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
609bb2ea
MV
5388msgstr ""
5389
5390#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5391#: sources.list.5.xml:1
b6c6b52f 5392msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5393"The URI for the <literal>deb</literal> type must specify the base of the "
5394"Debian distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs. "
609bb2ea
MV
5395"<literal>suite</literal> can specify an exact path, in which case the "
5396"components must be omitted and <literal>suite</literal> must end with a "
5397"slash (<literal>/</literal>). This is useful for the case when only a "
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5398"particular sub-directory of the archive denoted by the URI is of interest. "
5399"If <literal>suite</literal> does not specify an exact path, at least one "
7d76ea1d 5400"<literal>component</literal> must be present."
b6c6b52f
MV
5401msgstr ""
5402
7d76ea1d 5403#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5404#: sources.list.5.xml:1
aec22160 5405msgid ""
609bb2ea 5406"<literal>suite</literal> may also contain a variable, "
5723791e
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5407"<literal>$(ARCH)</literal> which expands to the Debian architecture (such as "
5408"<literal>amd64</literal> or <literal>armel</literal>) used on the "
5409"system. This permits architecture-independent "
5410"<filename>sources.list</filename> files to be used. In general this is only "
051029f8 5411"of interest when specifying an exact path; <literal>APT</literal> will "
5723791e 5412"automatically generate a URI with the current architecture otherwise."
b6c6b52f
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5413msgstr ""
5414
7d76ea1d 5415#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5416#: sources.list.5.xml:1
782486e8 5417msgid ""
051029f8 5418"Especially in the one-line-style format since only one distribution can be "
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5419"specified per line it may be necessary to have multiple lines for the same "
5420"URI, if a subset of all available distributions or components at that "
609bb2ea
MV
5421"location is desired. APT will sort the URI list after it has generated a "
5422"complete set internally, and will collapse multiple references to the same "
5423"Internet host, for instance, into a single connection, so that it does not "
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MV
5424"inefficiently establish a connection, close it, do something else, and then "
5425"re-establish a connection to that same host. APT also parallelizes "
5426"connections to different hosts to more effectively deal with sites with low "
5427"bandwidth."
5428msgstr ""
5429
5430#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5431#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5432msgid ""
5433"It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most "
5434"preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting by "
5435"speed from fastest to slowest (CD-ROM followed by hosts on a local network, "
5436"followed by distant Internet hosts, for example)."
5437msgstr ""
5438
5439#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 5440#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5441#, no-wrap
5442msgid "&sourceslist-list-format;"
5443msgstr ""
5444
5445#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 5446#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5447#, no-wrap
5448msgid "&sourceslist-sources-format;"
2a52e8c5
DK
5449msgstr ""
5450
7d76ea1d 5451#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5452#: sources.list.5.xml:1
b6c6b52f 5453msgid ""
051029f8
DK
5454"As an example, the sources for your distribution could look like this in "
5455"one-line-style format: <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> or "
5456"like this in deb822 style format: <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" "
5457"id=\"1\"/>"
864fe99c
MV
5458msgstr ""
5459
5460#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 5461#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5462msgid "The deb and deb-src types: Options"
5463msgstr ""
5464
5465#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5466#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c 5467msgid ""
051029f8
DK
5468"Each source entry can have options specified to modify which source is "
5469"accessed and how data is acquired from it. Format, syntax and names of the "
5470"options vary between the one-line-style and deb822-style formats as "
5471"described, but they both have the same options available. For simplicity we "
5472"list the deb822 fieldname and provide the one-line name in brackets. "
5473"Remember that besides setting multivalue options explicitly, there is also "
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MV
5474"the option to modify them based on the default, but we aren't listing those "
5475"names explicitly here. Unsupported options are silently ignored by all APT "
5476"versions."
2a52e8c5
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5477msgstr ""
5478
7d76ea1d 5479#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5480#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5481msgid ""
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5482"<option>Architectures</option> (<option>arch</option>) is a multivalue "
5483"option defining for which architectures information should be downloaded. If "
5484"this option isn't set the default is all architectures as defined by the "
5485"<option>APT::Architectures</option> config option."
2a52e8c5
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5486msgstr ""
5487
7d76ea1d 5488#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5489#: sources.list.5.xml:1
ce34af08 5490msgid ""
864fe99c 5491"<option>Languages</option> (<option>lang</option>) is a multivalue option "
051029f8 5492"defining for which languages information such as translated package "
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MV
5493"descriptions should be downloaded. If this option isn't set the default is "
5494"all languages as defined by the <option>Acquire::Languages</option> config "
5495"option."
ce34af08
MV
5496msgstr ""
5497
5498#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5499#: sources.list.5.xml:1
782486e8 5500msgid ""
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5501"<option>Targets</option> (<option>target</option>) is a multivalue option "
5502"defining which download targets apt will try to acquire from this source. If "
5503"not specified, the default set is defined by the "
051029f8 5504"<option>Acquire::IndexTargets</option> configuration scope. Additionally, "
bf33c3bd
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5505"specific targets can be enabled or disabled by using the identifier as field "
5506"name instead of using this multivalue option."
2a52e8c5
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5507msgstr ""
5508
e49dd9d3 5509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5510#: sources.list.5.xml:1
e49dd9d3
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5511msgid ""
5512"<option>PDiffs</option> (<option>pdiffs</option>) is a yes/no value which "
5513"controls if APT should try to use PDiffs to update old indexes instead of "
5514"downloading the new indexes entirely. The value of this option is ignored if "
5515"the repository doesn't announce the availability of PDiffs. Defaults to the "
5516"value of the option with the same name for a specific index file defined in "
051029f8 5517"the <option>Acquire::IndexTargets</option> scope, which itself defaults to "
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5518"the value of configuration option <option>Acquire::PDiffs</option> which "
5519"defaults to <literal>yes</literal>."
5520msgstr ""
5521
04f27fae
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5522#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
5523#: sources.list.5.xml:1
5524msgid ""
5525"<option>By-Hash</option> (<option>by-hash</option>) can have the value "
051029f8
DK
5526"<literal>yes</literal>, <literal>no</literal> or <literal>force</literal> "
5527"and controls if APT should try to acquire indexes via a URI constructed from "
5528"a hashsum of the expected file instead of using the well-known stable "
5529"filename of the index. Using this can avoid hashsum mismatches, but requires "
5530"a supporting mirror. A <literal>yes</literal> or <literal>no</literal> value "
5531"activates/disables the use of this feature if this source indicates support "
5532"for it, while <literal>force</literal> will enable the feature regardless of "
5533"what the source indicates. Defaults to the value of the option of the same "
5534"name for a specific index file defined in the "
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MV
5535"<option>Acquire::IndexTargets</option> scope, which itself defaults to the "
5536"value of configuration option <option>Acquire::By-Hash</option> which "
5537"defaults to <literal>yes</literal>."
5538msgstr ""
5539
7d76ea1d 5540#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5541#: sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5542msgid ""
051029f8 5543"Furthermore, there are options which if set affect <emphasis>all</emphasis> "
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5544"sources with the same URI and Suite, so they have to be set on all such "
5545"entries and can not be varied between different components. APT will try to "
5546"detect and error out on such anomalies."
2a52e8c5
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5547msgstr ""
5548
864fe99c 5549#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
cbbee23e
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5550#: sources.list.5.xml:1
5551msgid ""
5552"<option>Trusted</option> (<option>trusted</option>) is a tri-state value "
5553"which defaults to APT deciding if a source is considered trusted or if "
5554"warnings should be raised before e.g. packages are installed from this "
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5555"source. This option can be used to override that decision. The value "
5556"<literal>yes</literal> tells APT always to consider this source as trusted, "
5557"even if it doesn't pass authentication checks. It disables parts of "
5558"&apt-secure;, and should therefore only be used in a local and trusted "
5559"context (if at all) as otherwise security is breached. The value "
5560"<literal>no</literal> does the opposite, causing the source to be handled as "
5561"untrusted even if the authentication checks passed successfully. The default "
5562"value can't be set explicitly."
cbbee23e
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5563msgstr ""
5564
5565#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5566#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5567msgid ""
5568"<option>Signed-By</option> (<option>signed-by</option>) is either an "
5569"absolute path to a keyring file (has to be accessible and readable for the "
5570"<literal>_apt</literal> user, so ensure everyone has read-permissions on the "
051029f8 5571"file) or a fingerprint of a key either in the "
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MV
5572"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> keyring or in one of the keyrings in the "
5573"<filename>trusted.gpg.d/</filename> directory (see <command>apt-key "
051029f8
DK
5574"fingerprint</command>). If the option is set, only the key(s) in this "
5575"keyring or only the key with this fingerprint is used for the &apt-secure; "
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5576"verification of this repository. Otherwise all keys in the trusted keyrings "
5577"are considered valid signers for this repository."
2a52e8c5
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5578msgstr ""
5579
864fe99c 5580#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5581#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5582msgid ""
864fe99c
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5583"<option>Check-Valid-Until</option> (<option>check-valid-until</option>) is "
5584"a yes/no value which controls if APT should try to detect replay attacks. A "
051029f8
DK
5585"repository creator can declare a time until which the data provided in the "
5586"repository should be considered valid, and if this time is reached, but no "
5587"new data is provided, the data is considered expired and an error is "
5588"raised. Besides increasing security, as a malicious attacker can't send old "
5589"data forever to prevent a user from upgrading to a new version, this also "
5590"helps users identify mirrors which are no longer updated. However, some "
5591"repositories such as historic archives are not updated any more by design, "
5592"so this check can be disabled by setting this option to "
5593"<literal>no</literal>. Defaults to the value of configuration option "
864fe99c
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5594"<option>Acquire::Check-Valid-Until</option> which itself defaults to "
5595"<literal>yes</literal>."
5596msgstr ""
5597
5598#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5599#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c 5600msgid ""
e49dd9d3 5601"<option>Valid-Until-Min</option> (<option>valid-until-min</option>) and "
864fe99c
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5602"<option>Valid-Until-Max</option> (<option>valid-until-max</option>) can be "
5603"used to raise or lower the time period in seconds in which the data from "
5604"this repository is considered valid. -Max can be especially useful if the "
5605"repository provides no Valid-Until field on its Release file to set your own "
bf33c3bd 5606"value, while -Min can be used to increase the valid time on seldom updated "
864fe99c
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5607"(local) mirrors of a more frequently updated but less accessible archive "
5608"(which is in the sources.list as well) instead of disabling the check "
5609"entirely. Default to the value of the configuration options "
5610"<option>Acquire::Min-ValidTime</option> and "
5611"<option>Acquire::Max-ValidTime</option> which are both unset by default."
2a52e8c5
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5612msgstr ""
5613
7d76ea1d 5614#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 5615#: sources.list.5.xml:1
051029f8 5616msgid "URI Specification"
2a52e8c5
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5617msgstr ""
5618
7d76ea1d 5619#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5620#: sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5621msgid "The currently recognized URI types are:"
2a52e8c5
DK
5622msgstr ""
5623
7d76ea1d 5624#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5625#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5626msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5627"The file scheme allows an arbitrary directory in the file system to be "
5628"considered an archive. This is useful for NFS mounts and local mirrors or "
5629"archives."
2a52e8c5
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5630msgstr ""
5631
7d76ea1d 5632#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5633#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5634msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5635"The cdrom scheme allows APT to use a local CD-ROM drive with media "
5636"swapping. Use the &apt-cdrom; program to create cdrom entries in the source "
5637"list."
2a52e8c5
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5638msgstr ""
5639
7d76ea1d 5640#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5641#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5642msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5643"The http scheme specifies an HTTP server for the archive. If an environment "
5644"variable <envar>http_proxy</envar> is set with the format "
5645"http://server:port/, the proxy server specified in <envar>http_proxy</envar> "
5646"will be used. Users of authenticated HTTP/1.1 proxies may use a string of "
5647"the format http://user:pass@server:port/. Note that this is an insecure "
5648"method of authentication."
2a52e8c5
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5649msgstr ""
5650
7d76ea1d 5651#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5652#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5653msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5654"The ftp scheme specifies an FTP server for the archive. APT's FTP behavior "
5655"is highly configurable; for more information see the &apt-conf; manual "
5723791e
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5656"page. Please note that an FTP proxy can be specified by using the "
5657"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable. It is possible to specify an "
5658"HTTP proxy (HTTP proxy servers often understand FTP URLs) using this "
dabb215c 5659"environment variable and <emphasis>only</emphasis> this environment "
5723791e
JR
5660"variable. Proxies using HTTP specified in the configuration file will be "
5661"ignored."
2a52e8c5
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5662msgstr ""
5663
7d76ea1d 5664#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5665#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5666msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5667"The copy scheme is identical to the file scheme except that packages are "
5668"copied into the cache directory instead of used directly at their location. "
5723791e
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5669"This is useful for people using removable media to copy files around with "
5670"APT."
2a52e8c5
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5671msgstr ""
5672
7d76ea1d 5673#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5674#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5675msgid ""
5723791e
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5676"The rsh/ssh method invokes RSH/SSH to connect to a remote host and access "
5677"the files as a given user. Prior configuration of rhosts or RSA keys is "
5678"recommended. The standard <command>find</command> and <command>dd</command> "
5679"commands are used to perform the file transfers from the remote host."
2a52e8c5
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5680msgstr ""
5681
7d76ea1d 5682#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 5683#: sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5684msgid "adding more recognizable URI types"
2a52e8c5
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5685msgstr ""
5686
7d76ea1d 5687#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5688#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5689msgid ""
5723791e
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5690"APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages, "
5691"which should follow the naming scheme "
5692"<package>apt-transport-<replaceable>method</replaceable></package>. For "
5693"instance, the APT team also maintains the package "
5694"<package>apt-transport-https</package>, which provides access methods for "
5695"HTTPS URIs with features similar to the http method. Methods for using "
5696"e.g. debtorrent are also available - see &apt-transport-debtorrent;."
2a52e8c5
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5697msgstr ""
5698
7d76ea1d 5699#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5700#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5701msgid ""
864fe99c 5702"Uses the archive stored locally (or NFS mounted) at /home/apt/debian for "
7d76ea1d 5703"stable/main, stable/contrib, and stable/non-free."
2a52e8c5
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5704msgstr ""
5705
7d76ea1d 5706#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5707#: sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5708#, no-wrap
864fe99c
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5709msgid "deb file:/home/apt/debian stable main contrib non-free"
5710msgstr ""
5711
5712#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5713#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5714#, no-wrap
5715msgid ""
5716"Types: deb\n"
5717"URIs: file:/home/apt/debian\n"
5718"Suites: stable\n"
5719"Components: main contrib non-free"
2a52e8c5
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5720msgstr ""
5721
7d76ea1d 5722#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5723#: sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5724msgid "As above, except this uses the unstable (development) distribution."
2a52e8c5
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5725msgstr ""
5726
7d76ea1d 5727#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5728#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5729#, no-wrap
864fe99c
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5730msgid "deb file:/home/apt/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
5731msgstr ""
5732
5733#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5734#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5735#, no-wrap
5736msgid ""
5737"Types: deb\n"
5738"URIs: file:/home/apt/debian\n"
5739"Suites: unstable\n"
5740"Components: main contrib non-free"
2a52e8c5
DK
5741msgstr ""
5742
7d76ea1d 5743#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5744#: sources.list.5.xml:1
051029f8 5745msgid "Sources specification for the above."
2a52e8c5
DK
5746msgstr ""
5747
7d76ea1d 5748#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5749#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5750#, no-wrap
5751msgid "deb-src file:/home/apt/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
5752msgstr ""
5753
5754#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5755#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5756#, no-wrap
864fe99c
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5757msgid ""
5758"Types: deb-src\n"
5759"URIs: file:/home/apt/debian\n"
5760"Suites: unstable\n"
5761"Components: main contrib non-free"
b81dbe40
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5762msgstr ""
5763
7d76ea1d 5764#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5765#: sources.list.5.xml:1
b81dbe40 5766msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5767"The first line gets package information for the architectures in "
5768"<literal>APT::Architectures</literal> while the second always retrieves "
5769"<literal>amd64</literal> and <literal>armel</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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5770msgstr ""
5771
7d76ea1d 5772#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5773#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5774#, no-wrap
5775msgid ""
5776"deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main\n"
5777"deb [ arch=amd64,armel ] http://httpredir.debian.org/debian "
5778"&stable-codename; main"
5779msgstr ""
5780
5781#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5782#: sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5783#, no-wrap
b81dbe40 5784msgid ""
864fe99c
MV
5785"Types: deb\n"
5786"URIs: http://httpredir.debian.org/debian\n"
5787"Suites: &stable-codename;\n"
5788"Components: main\n"
5789"\n"
5790"Types: deb\n"
5791"URIs: http://httpredir.debian.org/debian\n"
5792"Suites: &stable-codename;\n"
5793"Components: main\n"
5794"Architectures: amd64 armel\n"
b81dbe40
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5795msgstr ""
5796
7d76ea1d 5797#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5798#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5799msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5800"Uses HTTP to access the archive at archive.debian.org, and uses only the "
5801"hamm/main area."
2a52e8c5
DK
5802msgstr ""
5803
7d76ea1d 5804#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5805#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5806#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5807msgid "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive hamm main"
2a52e8c5
DK
5808msgstr ""
5809
864fe99c 5810#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5811#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5812#, no-wrap
5813msgid ""
5814"Types: deb\n"
5815"URIs: http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive\n"
5816"Suites: hamm\n"
5817"Components: main"
5818msgstr ""
5819
7d76ea1d 5820#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5821#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5822msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5823"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
5824"directory, and uses only the &stable-codename;/contrib area."
2a52e8c5
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5825msgstr ""
5826
7d76ea1d 5827#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5828#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5829#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5830msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; contrib"
2a52e8c5
DK
5831msgstr ""
5832
864fe99c 5833#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5834#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5835#, no-wrap
5836msgid ""
5837"Types: deb\n"
5838"URIs: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian\n"
5839"Suites: &stable-codename;\n"
5840"Components: contrib"
5841msgstr ""
5842
7d76ea1d 5843#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5844#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5845msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5846"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
5847"directory, and uses only the unstable/contrib area. If this line appears as "
5848"well as the one in the previous example in <filename>sources.list</filename> "
5849"a single FTP session will be used for both resource lines."
2a52e8c5
DK
5850msgstr ""
5851
7d76ea1d 5852#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5853#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5854#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5855msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable contrib"
2a52e8c5
DK
5856msgstr ""
5857
864fe99c 5858#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5859#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5860#, no-wrap
5861msgid ""
5862"Types: deb\n"
5863"URIs: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian\n"
5864"Suites: unstable\n"
5865"Components: contrib"
5866msgstr ""
5867
7d76ea1d 5868#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 5869#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5870#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5871msgid "deb http://ftp.tlh.debian.org/universe unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/"
782486e8
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5872msgstr ""
5873
864fe99c 5874#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 5875#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5876#, no-wrap
5877msgid ""
5878"Types: deb\n"
5879"URIs: http://ftp.tlh.debian.org/universe\n"
5880"Suites: unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/"
5881msgstr ""
5882
7d76ea1d 5883#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5884#: sources.list.5.xml:1
782486e8 5885msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5886"Uses HTTP to access the archive at ftp.tlh.debian.org, under the universe "
5887"directory, and uses only files found under "
5888"<filename>unstable/binary-i386</filename> on i386 machines, "
5889"<filename>unstable/binary-amd64</filename> on amd64, and so forth for other "
5890"supported architectures. [Note this example only illustrates how to use the "
5891"substitution variable; official debian archives are not structured like "
864fe99c
MV
5892"this] <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> <placeholder "
5893"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"1\"/>"
5894msgstr ""
5895
5896#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5897#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5898msgid ""
5899"Uses HTTP to get binary packages as well as sources from the stable, testing "
5900"and unstable suites and the components main and contrib."
5901msgstr ""
5902
5903#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5904#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5905#, no-wrap
5906msgid ""
5907"deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stable main contrib\n"
5908"deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stable main contrib\n"
5909"deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing main contrib\n"
5910"deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing main contrib\n"
5911"deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib\n"
5912"deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib"
5913msgstr ""
5914
5915#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5916#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5917#, no-wrap
5918msgid ""
5919"Types: deb deb-src\n"
5920"URIs: http://httpredir.debian.org/debian\n"
5921"Suites: stable testing unstable\n"
5922"Components: main contrib\n"
782486e8
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5923msgstr ""
5924
7d76ea1d 5925#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5926#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c 5927msgid "&apt-get;, &apt-conf;"
782486e8
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5928msgstr ""
5929
7d76ea1d 5930#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
04f27fae 5931#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5932msgid "1"
782486e8
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5933msgstr ""
5934
7d76ea1d 5935#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 5936#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
782486e8 5937msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5938"Utility to extract <command>debconf</command> config and templates from "
5939"Debian packages"
782486e8
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5940msgstr ""
5941
7d76ea1d 5942#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5943#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
2b9b27c3 5944msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5945"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> will take one or more Debian package "
5946"files as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated "
5947"config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains "
5948"config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in the "
5949"format:"
782486e8
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5950msgstr ""
5951
7d76ea1d 5952#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5953#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5954msgid "package version template-file config-script"
2a52e8c5
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5955msgstr ""
5956
7d76ea1d 5957#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5958#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
aec22160 5959msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5960"template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory "
5961"specified by the <option>-t</option> or <option>--tempdir</option> "
5962"(<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>) directory, with "
93ae7f7f
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5963"filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXXXX</filename> and "
5964"<filename>package.config.XXXXXX</filename>"
aec22160
DK
5965msgstr ""
5966
7d76ea1d 5967#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5968#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
782486e8 5969msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5970"Temporary directory in which to write extracted <command>debconf</command> "
5971"template files and config scripts. Configuration Item: "
5972"<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5973msgstr ""
5974
7d76ea1d 5975#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5976#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5977msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5978"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> returns zero on normal operation, "
5979"decimal 100 on error."
2a52e8c5
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5980msgstr ""
5981
7d76ea1d 5982#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 5983#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5984msgid "Utility to sort package index files"
2a52e8c5
DK
5985msgstr ""
5986
7d76ea1d 5987#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5988#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5989msgid ""
14301cf3
JR
5990"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> will take an index file (source index or "
5991"package index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package "
7d76ea1d
DK
5992"name. It will also sort the internal fields of each record according to the "
5993"internal sorting rules."
2a52e8c5
DK
5994msgstr ""
5995
7d76ea1d 5996#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5997#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1
5723791e 5998msgid "All output is sent to standard output; the input must be a seekable file."
2a52e8c5
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5999msgstr ""
6000
7d76ea1d 6001#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6002#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6003msgid ""
14301cf3 6004"Use source index field ordering. Configuration Item: "
7d76ea1d 6005"<literal>APT::SortPkgs::Source</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6006msgstr ""
6007
7d76ea1d 6008#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6009#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6010msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6011"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
6012"100 on error."
2a52e8c5
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6013msgstr ""
6014
7d76ea1d 6015#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 6016#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6017msgid "Utility to generate index files"
2a52e8c5
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6018msgstr ""
6019
7d76ea1d 6020#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6021#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6022msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6023"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is the command line tool that generates "
6024"the index files that APT uses to access a distribution source. The index "
6025"files should be generated on the origin site based on the content of that "
6026"site."
2a52e8c5
DK
6027msgstr ""
6028
7d76ea1d 6029#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6030#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6031msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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6032"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is a superset of the &dpkg-scanpackages; "
6033"program, incorporating its entire functionality via the "
6034"<literal>packages</literal> command. It also contains a contents file "
6035"generator, <literal>contents</literal>, and an elaborate means to 'script' "
6036"the generation process for a complete archive."
2a52e8c5
DK
6037msgstr ""
6038
7d76ea1d 6039#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6040#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6041msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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6042"Internally <command>apt-ftparchive</command> can make use of binary "
6043"databases to cache the contents of a .deb file and it does not rely on any "
6044"external programs aside from &gzip;. When doing a full generate it "
6045"automatically performs file-change checks and builds the desired compressed "
6046"output files."
2a52e8c5
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6047msgstr ""
6048
7d76ea1d 6049#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6050#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6051msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6052"The packages command generates a package file from a directory tree. It "
6053"takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .deb files, "
6054"emitting a package record to stdout for each. This command is approximately "
6055"equivalent to &dpkg-scanpackages;."
2a52e8c5
DK
6056msgstr ""
6057
7d76ea1d 6058#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6059#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6060msgid "The option <option>--db</option> can be used to specify a binary caching DB."
2a52e8c5
DK
6061msgstr ""
6062
7d76ea1d 6063#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6064#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6065msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6066"The <literal>sources</literal> command generates a source index file from a "
6067"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it "
6068"for .dsc files, emitting a source record to stdout for each. This command is "
6069"approximately equivalent to &dpkg-scansources;."
2a52e8c5
DK
6070msgstr ""
6071
7d76ea1d 6072#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6073#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6074msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6075"If an override file is specified then a source override file will be looked "
6076"for with an extension of .src. The --source-override option can be used to "
6077"change the source override file that will be used."
2a52e8c5
DK
6078msgstr ""
6079
7d76ea1d 6080#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6081#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6082msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6083"The <literal>contents</literal> command generates a contents file from a "
6084"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it for "
6085".deb files, and reads the file list from each file. It then sorts and writes "
6086"to stdout the list of files matched to packages. Directories are not written "
6087"to the output. If multiple packages own the same file then each package is "
6088"separated by a comma in the output."
2a52e8c5
DK
6089msgstr ""
6090
7d76ea1d 6091#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6092#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6093msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6094"The <literal>release</literal> command generates a Release file from a "
6095"directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for uncompressed "
6096"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Sources</filename> files and "
6097"ones compressed with <command>gzip</command>, <command>bzip2</command> or "
6098"<command>lzma</command> as well as <filename>Release</filename> and "
6099"<filename>md5sum.txt</filename> files by default "
6100"(<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns</literal>). Additional "
6101"filename patterns can be added by listing them in "
6102"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns</literal>. It then writes to "
04f27fae
MV
6103"stdout a <filename>Release</filename> file containing (by default) an MD5, "
6104"SHA1, SHA256 and SHA512 digest for each file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6105msgstr ""
6106
7d76ea1d 6107#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6108#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6109msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6110"Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are taken from "
6111"the corresponding variables under "
6112"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release</literal>, "
6113"e.g. <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin</literal>. The supported "
6114"fields are: <literal>Origin</literal>, <literal>Label</literal>, "
6115"<literal>Suite</literal>, <literal>Version</literal>, "
6116"<literal>Codename</literal>, <literal>Date</literal>, "
6117"<literal>Valid-Until</literal>, <literal>Architectures</literal>, "
6118"<literal>Components</literal>, <literal>Description</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6119msgstr ""
6120
7d76ea1d 6121#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6122#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6123msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6124"The <literal>generate</literal> command is designed to be runnable from a "
6125"cron script and builds indexes according to the given config file. The "
6126"config language provides a flexible means of specifying which index files "
6127"are built from which directories, as well as providing a simple means of "
6128"maintaining the required settings."
2a52e8c5
DK
6129msgstr ""
6130
7d76ea1d 6131#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6132#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
aec22160 6133msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6134"The <literal>clean</literal> command tidies the databases used by the given "
6135"configuration file by removing any records that are no longer necessary."
aec22160
DK
6136msgstr ""
6137
7d76ea1d 6138#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 6139#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6140msgid "The Generate Configuration"
2a52e8c5
DK
6141msgstr ""
6142
7d76ea1d 6143#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6144#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6145msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6146"The <literal>generate</literal> command uses a configuration file to "
6147"describe the archives that are going to be generated. It follows the typical "
6148"ISC configuration format as seen in ISC tools like bind 8 and dhcpd. "
6149"&apt-conf; contains a description of the syntax. Note that the generate "
6150"configuration is parsed in sectional manner, but &apt-conf; is parsed in a "
6151"tree manner. This only effects how the scope tag is handled."
2a52e8c5
DK
6152msgstr ""
6153
7d76ea1d 6154#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6155#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6156msgid "The generate configuration has four separate sections, each described below."
2a52e8c5
DK
6157msgstr ""
6158
2a52e8c5 6159#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 6160#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6161msgid "<literal>Dir</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6162msgstr ""
6163
6164#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6165#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6166msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6167"The <literal>Dir</literal> section defines the standard directories needed "
6168"to locate the files required during the generation process. These "
6169"directories are prepended certain relative paths defined in later sections "
6170"to produce a complete an absolute path."
2a52e8c5
DK
6171msgstr ""
6172
7d76ea1d 6173#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6174#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6175msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6176"Specifies the root of the FTP archive, in a standard Debian configuration "
6177"this is the directory that contains the <filename>ls-LR</filename> and dist "
6178"nodes."
2a52e8c5
DK
6179msgstr ""
6180
7d76ea1d 6181#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6182#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6183msgid "Specifies the location of the override files."
2a52e8c5
DK
6184msgstr ""
6185
7d76ea1d 6186#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6187#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6188msgid "Specifies the location of the cache files."
2a52e8c5
DK
6189msgstr ""
6190
7d76ea1d 6191#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6192#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6193msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6194"Specifies the location of the file list files, if the "
6195"<literal>FileList</literal> setting is used below."
2a52e8c5
DK
6196msgstr ""
6197
7d76ea1d 6198#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 6199#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6200msgid "<literal>Default</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6201msgstr ""
6202
2a52e8c5 6203#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6204#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6205msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6206"The <literal>Default</literal> section specifies default values, and "
6207"settings that control the operation of the generator. Other sections may "
6208"override these defaults with a per-section setting."
2a52e8c5
DK
6209msgstr ""
6210
7d76ea1d 6211#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6212#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6213msgid ""
14301cf3 6214"Sets the default compression schemes to use for the package index files. It "
7d76ea1d
DK
6215"is a string that contains a space separated list of at least one of: '.' (no "
6216"compression), 'gzip' and 'bzip2'. The default for all compression schemes is "
6217"'. gzip'."
2a52e8c5
DK
6218msgstr ""
6219
7d76ea1d 6220#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6221#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6222msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6223"Sets the default list of file extensions that are package files. This "
6224"defaults to '.deb'."
2a52e8c5 6225msgstr ""
2a52e8c5 6226
7d76ea1d 6227#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6228#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6229msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6230"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
6231"controls the compression for the Sources files."
2a52e8c5
DK
6232msgstr ""
6233
7d76ea1d 6234#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6235#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6236msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6237"Sets the default list of file extensions that are source files. This "
6238"defaults to '.dsc'."
2a52e8c5
DK
6239msgstr ""
6240
7d76ea1d 6241#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6242#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6243msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6244"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
6245"controls the compression for the Contents files."
2a52e8c5
DK
6246msgstr ""
6247
7d76ea1d 6248#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6249#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6250msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6251"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
6252"controls the compression for the Translation-en master file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6253msgstr ""
6254
7d76ea1d 6255#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6256#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6257msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6258"Specifies the number of kilobytes to delink (and replace with hard links) "
6259"per run. This is used in conjunction with the per-section "
6260"<literal>External-Links</literal> setting."
2a52e8c5
DK
6261msgstr ""
6262
7d76ea1d 6263#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6264#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6265msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6266"Specifies the mode of all created index files. It defaults to 0644. All "
6267"index files are set to this mode with no regard to the umask."
2a52e8c5
DK
6268msgstr ""
6269
7d76ea1d 6270#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6271#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6272msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6273"Specifies whether long descriptions should be included in the "
6274"<filename>Packages</filename> file or split out into a master "
6275"<filename>Translation-en</filename> file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6276msgstr ""
6277
6278#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 6279#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6280msgid "<literal>TreeDefault</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6281msgstr ""
6282
6283#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6284#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6285msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6286"Sets defaults specific to <literal>Tree</literal> sections. All of these "
6287"variables are substitution variables and have the strings $(DIST), "
6288"$(SECTION) and $(ARCH) replaced with their respective values."
2a52e8c5
DK
6289msgstr ""
6290
7d76ea1d 6291#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6292#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6293msgid ""
6294"Sets the number of kilobytes of contents files that are generated each "
6295"day. The contents files are round-robined so that over several days they "
6296"will all be rebuilt."
2a52e8c5
DK
6297msgstr ""
6298
7d76ea1d 6299#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6300#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6301msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6302"Controls the number of days a contents file is allowed to be checked without "
6303"changing. If this limit is passed the mtime of the contents file is "
6304"updated. This case can occur if the package file is changed in such a way "
6305"that does not result in a new contents file [override edit for instance]. A "
6306"hold off is allowed in hopes that new .debs will be installed, requiring a "
6307"new file anyhow. The default is 10, the units are in days."
2a52e8c5
DK
6308msgstr ""
6309
7d76ea1d 6310#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6311#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6312msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6313"Sets the top of the .deb directory tree. Defaults to "
6314"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6315msgstr ""
6316
7d76ea1d 6317#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6318#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6319msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6320"Sets the top of the source package directory tree. Defaults to "
6321"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6322msgstr ""
6323
7d76ea1d 6324#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6325#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6326msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6327"Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to "
6328"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/Packages</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6329msgstr ""
6330
7d76ea1d 6331#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6332#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6333msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6334"Sets the output Sources file. Defaults to "
6335"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/Sources</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6336msgstr ""
6337
7d76ea1d 6338#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6339#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6340msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6341"Sets the output Translation-en master file with the long descriptions if "
6342"they should be not included in the Packages file. Defaults to "
6343"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/i18n/Translation-en</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6344msgstr ""
6345
7d76ea1d 6346#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6347#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6348msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6349"Sets the path prefix that causes a symlink to be considered an internal link "
6350"instead of an external link. Defaults to "
6351"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6352msgstr ""
6353
7d76ea1d 6354#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6355#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6356msgid ""
7d76ea1d 6357"Sets the output Contents file. Defaults to "
3adddfa8
DK
6358"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/Contents-$(ARCH)</filename>. If this setting "
6359"causes multiple Packages files to map onto a single Contents file (as is the "
7d76ea1d
DK
6360"default) then <command>apt-ftparchive</command> will integrate those "
6361"package files together automatically."
2a52e8c5
DK
6362msgstr ""
6363
7d76ea1d 6364#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6365#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6366msgid "Sets header file to prepend to the contents output."
2a52e8c5
DK
6367msgstr ""
6368
7d76ea1d 6369#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6370#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6371msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6372"Sets the binary cache database to use for this section. Multiple sections "
6373"can share the same database."
2a52e8c5
DK
6374msgstr ""
6375
7d76ea1d 6376#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6377#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6378msgid ""
6379"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
6380"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
6381"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory."
2a52e8c5
DK
6382msgstr ""
6383
7d76ea1d 6384#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6385#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6386msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6387"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
6388"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
6389"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory. "
6390"This is used when processing source indexes."
2a52e8c5
DK
6391msgstr ""
6392
6393#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 6394#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6395msgid "<literal>Tree</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6396msgstr ""
6397
7d76ea1d 6398#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6399#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6400msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6401"The <literal>Tree</literal> section defines a standard Debian file tree "
6402"which consists of a base directory, then multiple sections in that base "
6403"directory and finally multiple Architectures in each section. The exact "
6404"pathing used is defined by the <literal>Directory</literal> substitution "
6405"variable."
2a52e8c5
DK
6406msgstr ""
6407
6408#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6409#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6410msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6411"The <literal>Tree</literal> section takes a scope tag which sets the "
6412"<literal>$(DIST)</literal> variable and defines the root of the tree (the "
6413"path is prefixed by <literal>ArchiveDir</literal>). Typically this is a "
6414"setting such as <filename>dists/&stable-codename;</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6415msgstr ""
6416
6417#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6418#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6419msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6420"All of the settings defined in the <literal>TreeDefault</literal> section "
6421"can be used in a <literal>Tree</literal> section as well as three new "
6422"variables."
2a52e8c5
DK
6423msgstr ""
6424
6425#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 6426#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6427#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d
DK
6428msgid ""
6429"for i in Sections do \n"
6430" for j in Architectures do\n"
6431" Generate for DIST=scope SECTION=i ARCH=j\n"
6432" "
2a52e8c5
DK
6433msgstr ""
6434
6435#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6436#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6437msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6438"When processing a <literal>Tree</literal> section "
6439"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> performs an operation similar to: "
6440"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6441msgstr ""
6442
7d76ea1d 6443#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6444#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6445msgid ""
6446"This is a space separated list of sections which appear under the "
6447"distribution; typically this is something like <literal>main contrib "
6448"non-free</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6449msgstr ""
6450
7d76ea1d 6451#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6452#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6453msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6454"This is a space separated list of all the architectures that appear under "
6455"search section. The special architecture 'source' is used to indicate that "
051029f8
DK
6456"this tree has a source archive. The architecture 'all' signals that "
6457"architecture specific files like <filename>Packages</filename> should not "
6458"include information about architecture <literal>all</literal> packages in "
6459"all files as they will be available in a dedicated file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6460msgstr ""
6461
7d76ea1d 6462#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6463#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6464msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6465"Sets the binary override file. The override file contains section, priority "
6466"and maintainer address information."
2a52e8c5
DK
6467msgstr ""
6468
7d76ea1d 6469#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6470#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6471msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6472"Sets the source override file. The override file contains section "
6473"information."
2a52e8c5
DK
6474msgstr ""
6475
7d76ea1d 6476#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6477#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6478msgid "Sets the binary extra override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6479msgstr ""
6480
7d76ea1d 6481#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6482#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6483msgid "Sets the source extra override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6484msgstr ""
6485
7d76ea1d 6486#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 6487#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6488msgid "<literal>BinDirectory</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6489msgstr ""
6490
2a52e8c5 6491#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6492#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6493msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6494"The <literal>bindirectory</literal> section defines a binary directory tree "
6495"with no special structure. The scope tag specifies the location of the "
6496"binary directory and the settings are similar to the <literal>Tree</literal> "
6497"section with no substitution variables or "
6498"<literal>Section</literal><literal>Architecture</literal> settings."
2a52e8c5
DK
6499msgstr ""
6500
7d76ea1d 6501#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6502#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6503msgid "Sets the Packages file output."
2a52e8c5
DK
6504msgstr ""
6505
7d76ea1d 6506#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6507#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6508msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6509"Sets the Sources file output. At least one of <literal>Packages</literal> or "
6510"<literal>Sources</literal> is required."
2a52e8c5
DK
6511msgstr ""
6512
7d76ea1d 6513#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6514#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6515msgid "Sets the Contents file output (optional)."
2a52e8c5
DK
6516msgstr ""
6517
7d76ea1d 6518#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6519#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6520msgid "Sets the binary override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6521msgstr ""
6522
7d76ea1d 6523#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6524#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6525msgid "Sets the source override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6526msgstr ""
6527
7d76ea1d 6528#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6529#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6530msgid "Sets the cache DB."
2a52e8c5
DK
6531msgstr ""
6532
7d76ea1d 6533#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6534#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6535msgid "Appends a path to all the output paths."
2a52e8c5
DK
6536msgstr ""
6537
7d76ea1d 6538#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6539#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6540msgid "Specifies the file list file."
6541msgstr ""
6542
6543#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 6544#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6545msgid "The Binary Override File"
2a52e8c5
DK
6546msgstr ""
6547
6548#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6549#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6550msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6551"The binary override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scanpackages;. It "
6552"contains four fields separated by spaces. The first field is the package "
6553"name, the second is the priority to force that package to, the third is the "
6554"section to force that package to and the final field is the maintainer "
6555"permutation field."
2a52e8c5
DK
6556msgstr ""
6557
7d76ea1d 6558#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 6559#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6560#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 6561msgid "old [// oldn]* => new"
2a52e8c5
DK
6562msgstr ""
6563
7d76ea1d 6564#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 6565#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6566#, no-wrap
6567msgid "new"
2a52e8c5
DK
6568msgstr ""
6569
6570#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6571#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6572msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6573"The general form of the maintainer field is: <placeholder "
6574"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> or simply, <placeholder "
6575"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"1\"/> The first form allows a double-slash "
6576"separated list of old email addresses to be specified. If any of those are "
6577"found then new is substituted for the maintainer field. The second form "
6578"unconditionally substitutes the maintainer field."
c77d6597
MV
6579msgstr ""
6580
7d76ea1d 6581#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 6582#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6583msgid "The Source Override File"
c77d6597
MV
6584msgstr ""
6585
2a52e8c5 6586#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6587#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
c77d6597 6588msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6589"The source override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scansources;. It "
6590"contains two fields separated by spaces. The first field is the source "
6591"package name, the second is the section to assign it."
c77d6597
MV
6592msgstr ""
6593
7d76ea1d 6594#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 6595#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6596msgid "The Extra Override File"
c77d6597
MV
6597msgstr ""
6598
6599#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6600#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
c77d6597 6601msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6602"The extra override file allows any arbitrary tag to be added or replaced in "
6603"the output. It has three columns, the first is the package, the second is "
6604"the tag and the remainder of the line is the new value."
2a52e8c5
DK
6605msgstr ""
6606
7d76ea1d 6607#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6608#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6609msgid ""
6610"Generate the given checksum. These options default to on, when turned off "
6611"the generated index files will not have the checksum fields where possible. "
6612"Configuration Items: "
6613"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> and "
6614"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Index</replaceable>::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> "
6615"where <literal><replaceable>Index</replaceable></literal> can be "
6616"<literal>Packages</literal>, <literal>Sources</literal> or "
6617"<literal>Release</literal> and "
6618"<literal><replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> can be "
04f27fae
MV
6619"<literal>MD5</literal>, <literal>SHA1</literal>, <literal>SHA256</literal> "
6620"or <literal>SHA512</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6621msgstr ""
6622
7d76ea1d 6623#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6624#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6625msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6626"Use a binary caching DB. This has no effect on the generate command. "
6627"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DB</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6628msgstr ""
6629
7d76ea1d 6630#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6631#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6632msgid ""
6633"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
6634"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
6635"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
6636"file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6637msgstr ""
6638
7d76ea1d 6639#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6640#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6641msgid ""
6642"Perform Delinking. If the <literal>External-Links</literal> setting is used "
6643"then this option actually enables delinking of the files. It defaults to on "
6644"and can be turned off with <option>--no-delink</option>. Configuration "
6645"Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DeLinkAct</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6646msgstr ""
6647
7d76ea1d 6648#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6649#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6650msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6651"Perform contents generation. When this option is set and package indexes are "
6652"being generated with a cache DB then the file listing will also be extracted "
6653"and stored in the DB for later use. When using the generate command this "
6654"option also allows the creation of any Contents files. The default is on. "
6655"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Contents</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6656msgstr ""
6657
7d76ea1d 6658#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6659#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6660msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6661"Select the source override file to use with the <literal>sources</literal> "
6662"command. Configuration Item: "
6663"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::SourceOverride</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6664msgstr ""
6665
7d76ea1d 6666#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6667#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6668msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6669"Make the caching databases read only. Configuration Item: "
6670"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6671msgstr ""
6672
7d76ea1d 6673#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6674#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6675msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6676"Accept in the <literal>packages</literal> and <literal>contents</literal> "
6677"commands only package files matching <literal>*_arch.deb</literal> or "
6678"<literal>*_all.deb</literal> instead of all package files in the given "
6679"path. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Architecture</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6680msgstr ""
6681
7d76ea1d 6682#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6683#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6684msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6685"&apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in a cachedb. If "
6686"packages are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this "
6687"will lead to problems as the now outdated cached metadata like size and "
6688"checksums will be used. With this option enabled this will no longer happen "
6689"as it will be checked if the file was changed. Note that this option is set "
6690"to \"<literal>false</literal>\" by default as it is not recommend to upload "
6691"multiply versions/builds of a package with the same versionnumber, so in "
6692"theory nobody will have these problems and therefore all these extra checks "
6693"are useless."
2a52e8c5
DK
6694msgstr ""
6695
7d76ea1d 6696#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6697#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6698msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6699"This configuration option defaults to \"<literal>true</literal>\" and should "
6700"only be set to <literal>\"false\"</literal> if the Archive generated with "
6701"&apt-ftparchive; also provides <filename>Translation</filename> files. Note "
6702"that the <filename>Translation-en</filename> master file can only be created "
6703"in the generate command."
2a52e8c5
DK
6704msgstr ""
6705
7d76ea1d 6706#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 6707#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6708#, no-wrap
6709msgid ""
6710"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> packages "
6711"<replaceable>directory</replaceable> | <command>gzip</command> > "
6712"<filename>Packages.gz</filename>\n"
43be0ac4
MV
6713msgstr ""
6714
7d76ea1d 6715#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6716#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
43be0ac4 6717msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6718"To create a compressed Packages file for a directory containing binary "
6719"packages (.deb): <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
43be0ac4
MV
6720msgstr ""
6721
2a52e8c5 6722#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6723#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6724msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6725"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
6726"100 on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
6727msgstr ""
6728
521dd27d 6729#. type: Attribute 'lang' of: <book>
04f27fae 6730#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
521dd27d
GJ
6731msgid "en"
6732msgstr ""
6733
6734#. type: Content of: <book><title>
04f27fae 6735#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6736msgid "APT User's Guide"
6737msgstr ""
6738
521dd27d 6739#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><authorgroup><author><personname>
04f27fae 6740#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
521dd27d
GJ
6741msgid "Jason Gunthorpe"
6742msgstr ""
6743
6744#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><authorgroup><author><email>
04f27fae 6745#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
521dd27d 6746msgid "jgg@debian.org"
43be0ac4
MV
6747msgstr ""
6748
521dd27d 6749#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><releaseinfo>
04f27fae 6750#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
521dd27d 6751msgid "Version &apt-product-version;"
43be0ac4
MV
6752msgstr ""
6753
521dd27d 6754#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><abstract><para>
04f27fae 6755#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6756msgid ""
6757"This document provides an overview of how to use the the APT package "
6758"manager."
6759msgstr ""
6760
521dd27d 6761#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo>
04f27fae 6762#: guide.dbk:1
521dd27d 6763msgid "<copyright><year>1998</year><holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>"
43be0ac4
MV
6764msgstr ""
6765
521dd27d 6766#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><legalnotice><title>
04f27fae 6767#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
521dd27d
GJ
6768msgid "License Notice"
6769msgstr ""
6770
6771#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><legalnotice><para>
04f27fae 6772#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6773msgid ""
6774"\"APT\" and this document are free software; you can redistribute them "
6775"and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as "
6776"published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, "
6777"or (at your option) any later version."
6778msgstr ""
6779
521dd27d 6780#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><legalnotice><para>
04f27fae 6781#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4 6782msgid ""
b176de3a 6783"For more details, on Debian systems, see the file "
43be0ac4
MV
6784"/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full license."
6785msgstr ""
6786
521dd27d 6787#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 6788#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6789msgid "General"
6790msgstr ""
6791
521dd27d 6792#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 6793#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6794msgid ""
6795"The APT package currently contains two sections, the APT "
521dd27d
GJ
6796"<command>dselect</command> method and the <command>apt-get</command> command "
6797"line user interface. Both provide a way to install and remove packages as "
6798"well as download new packages from the Internet."
43be0ac4
MV
6799msgstr ""
6800
521dd27d 6801#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 6802#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6803msgid "Anatomy of the Package System"
6804msgstr ""
6805
521dd27d 6806#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6807#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6808msgid ""
6809"The Debian packaging system has a large amount of information associated "
6810"with each package to help assure that it integrates cleanly and easily into "
6811"the system. The most prominent of its features is the dependency system."
6812msgstr ""
6813
521dd27d 6814#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6815#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6816msgid ""
6817"The dependency system allows individual programs to make use of shared "
6818"elements in the system such as libraries. It simplifies placing infrequently "
6819"used portions of a program in separate packages to reduce the number of "
6820"things the average user is required to install. Also, it allows for choices "
6821"in mail transport agents, X servers and so on."
6822msgstr ""
6823
521dd27d 6824#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6825#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6826msgid ""
6827"The first step to understanding the dependency system is to grasp the "
6828"concept of a simple dependency. The meaning of a simple dependency is that a "
6829"package requires another package to be installed at the same time to work "
6830"properly."
6831msgstr ""
6832
521dd27d 6833#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6834#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6835msgid ""
6836"For instance, mailcrypt is an emacs extension that aids in encrypting email "
b39c1859 6837"with GPG. Without GPGP installed mailcrypt is useless, so mailcrypt has a "
43be0ac4
MV
6838"simple dependency on GPG. Also, because it is an emacs extension it has a "
6839"simple dependency on emacs, without emacs it is completely useless."
6840msgstr ""
6841
521dd27d 6842#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6843#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6844msgid ""
6845"The other important dependency to understand is a conflicting dependency. It "
6846"means that a package, when installed with another package, will not work and "
6847"may possibly be extremely harmful to the system. As an example consider a "
6848"mail transport agent such as sendmail, exim or qmail. It is not possible to "
6849"have two mail transport agents installed because both need to listen to the "
6850"network to receive mail. Attempting to install two will seriously damage the "
6851"system so all mail transport agents have a conflicting dependency with all "
6852"other mail transport agents."
6853msgstr ""
6854
521dd27d 6855#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6856#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6857msgid ""
6858"As an added complication there is the possibility for a package to pretend "
6859"to be another package. Consider that exim and sendmail for many intents are "
6860"identical, they both deliver mail and understand a common interface. Hence, "
6861"the package system has a way for them to declare that they are both "
6862"mail-transport-agents. So, exim and sendmail both declare that they provide "
6863"a mail-transport-agent and other packages that need a mail transport agent "
6864"depend on mail-transport-agent. This can add a great deal of confusion when "
6865"trying to manually fix packages."
6866msgstr ""
6867
521dd27d 6868#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6869#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6870msgid ""
6871"At any given time a single dependency may be met by packages that are "
6872"already installed or it may not be. APT attempts to help resolve dependency "
6873"issues by providing a number of automatic algorithms that help in selecting "
6874"packages for installation."
6875msgstr ""
6876
521dd27d 6877#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 6878#: guide.dbk:1
9aa80d52
DK
6879msgid "apt-get"
6880msgstr ""
6881
521dd27d 6882#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 6883#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 6884msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
6885"<command>apt-get</command> provides a simple way to install packages from "
6886"the command line. Unlike <command>dpkg</command>, <command>apt-get</command> "
6887"does not understand .deb files, it works with the package's proper name and "
6888"can only install .deb archives from a <emphasis>Source</emphasis>."
43be0ac4
MV
6889msgstr ""
6890
521dd27d 6891#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para><footnote><para>
04f27fae 6892#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 6893msgid ""
521dd27d
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6894"If you are using an http proxy server you must set the http_proxy "
6895"environment variable first, see sources.list(5)"
43be0ac4
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6896msgstr ""
6897
521dd27d 6898#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 6899#: guide.dbk:1
521dd27d
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6900msgid ""
6901"The first <placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> thing that should be "
6902"done before using <command>apt-get</command> is to fetch the package lists "
6903"from the <emphasis>Sources</emphasis> so that it knows what packages are "
6904"available. This is done with <literal>apt-get update</literal>. For "
6905"instance,"
6906msgstr ""
6907
6908#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><screen>
04f27fae 6909#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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6910#, no-wrap
6911msgid ""
6912"# apt-get update\n"
6913"Get http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/binary-i386/ Packages\n"
6914"Get http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
6915"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
521dd27d 6916"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
43be0ac4
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6917msgstr ""
6918
521dd27d 6919#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 6920#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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6921msgid "Once updated there are several commands that can be used:"
6922msgstr ""
6923
521dd27d 6924#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 6925#: guide.dbk:1
2b9b27c3
DK
6926msgid "upgrade"
6927msgstr ""
6928
521dd27d 6929#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6930#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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6931msgid ""
6932"Upgrade will attempt to gently upgrade the whole system. Upgrade will never "
6933"install a new package or remove an existing package, nor will it ever "
6934"upgrade a package that might cause some other package to break. This can be "
6935"used daily to relatively safely upgrade the system. Upgrade will list all of "
6936"the packages that it could not upgrade, this usually means that they depend "
521dd27d
GJ
6937"on new packages or conflict with some other "
6938"package. <command>dselect</command> or <literal>apt-get install</literal> "
6939"can be used to force these packages to install."
43be0ac4
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6940msgstr ""
6941
521dd27d 6942#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 6943#: guide.dbk:1
2b9b27c3
DK
6944msgid "install"
6945msgstr ""
6946
521dd27d 6947#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6948#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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6949msgid ""
6950"Install is used to install packages by name. The package is automatically "
6951"fetched and installed. This can be useful if you already know the name of "
6952"the package to install and do not want to go into a GUI to select it. Any "
6953"number of packages may be passed to install, they will all be "
6954"fetched. Install automatically attempts to resolve dependency problems with "
6955"the listed packages and will print a summary and ask for confirmation if "
6956"anything other than its arguments are changed."
6957msgstr ""
6958
521dd27d 6959#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 6960#: guide.dbk:1
2b9b27c3
DK
6961msgid "dist-upgrade"
6962msgstr ""
6963
521dd27d 6964#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6965#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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6966msgid ""
6967"Dist-upgrade is a complete upgrader designed to simplify upgrading between "
6968"releases of Debian. It uses a sophisticated algorithm to determine the best "
6969"set of packages to install, upgrade and remove to get as much of the system "
6970"to the newest release. In some situations it may be desired to use "
6971"dist-upgrade rather than spend the time manually resolving dependencies in "
521dd27d
GJ
6972"<command>dselect</command>. Once dist-upgrade has completed then "
6973"<command>dselect</command> can be used to install any packages that may have "
6974"been left out."
43be0ac4
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6975msgstr ""
6976
521dd27d 6977#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6978#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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6979msgid ""
6980"It is important to closely look at what dist-upgrade is going to do, its "
6981"decisions may sometimes be quite surprising."
6982msgstr ""
6983
521dd27d 6984#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 6985#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 6986msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
6987"<command>apt-get</command> has several command line options that are "
6988"detailed in its man page, "
6989"<citerefentry><refentrytitle>apt-get</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. "
6990"The most useful option is <literal>-d</literal> which does not install the "
6991"fetched files. If the system has to download a large number of package it "
6992"would be undesired to start installing them in case something goes "
6993"wrong. When <literal>-d</literal> is used the downloaded archives can be "
6994"installed by simply running the command that caused them to be downloaded "
6995"again without <literal>-d</literal>."
43be0ac4
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6996msgstr ""
6997
521dd27d 6998#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 6999#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7000msgid "DSelect"
7001msgstr ""
7002
521dd27d 7003#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7004#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7005msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7006"The APT <command>dselect</command> method provides the complete APT system "
7007"with the <command>dselect</command> package selection "
7008"GUI. <command>dselect</command> is used to select the packages to be "
7009"installed or removed and APT actually installs them."
43be0ac4
MV
7010msgstr ""
7011
521dd27d 7012#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7013#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7014msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7015"To enable the APT method you need to select [A]ccess in "
7016"<command>dselect</command> and then choose the APT method. You will be "
7017"prompted for a set of <emphasis>Sources</emphasis> which are places to fetch "
7018"archives from. These can be remote Internet sites, local Debian mirrors or "
7019"CD-ROMs. Each source can provide a fragment of the total Debian archive, APT "
7020"will automatically combine them to form a complete set of packages. If you "
7021"have a CD-ROM then it is a good idea to specify it first and then specify a "
7022"mirror so that you have access to the latest bug fixes. APT will "
7023"automatically use packages on your CD-ROM before downloading from the "
7024"Internet."
43be0ac4
MV
7025msgstr ""
7026
521dd27d 7027#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><screen>
04f27fae 7028#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7029#, no-wrap
7030msgid ""
7031" Set up a list of distribution source locations\n"
521dd27d 7032"\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7033" Please give the base URL of the debian distribution.\n"
7034" The access schemes I know about are: http file\n"
521dd27d 7035"\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7036" For example:\n"
7037" file:/mnt/debian,\n"
7038" ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian,\n"
7039" http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian,\n"
521dd27d
GJ
7040"\n"
7041"\n"
7042" URL [http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian]:\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7043msgstr ""
7044
521dd27d 7045#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7046#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7047msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7048"The <emphasis>Sources</emphasis> setup starts by asking for the base of the "
7049"Debian archive, defaulting to a HTTP mirror. Next it asks for the "
7050"distribution to get."
43be0ac4
MV
7051msgstr ""
7052
521dd27d 7053#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><screen>
04f27fae 7054#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7055#, no-wrap
7056msgid ""
7057" Please give the distribution tag to get or a path to the\n"
7058" package file ending in a /. The distribution\n"
7059" tags are typically something like: stable unstable testing non-US\n"
521dd27d
GJ
7060"\n"
7061" Distribution [stable]:\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7062msgstr ""
7063
521dd27d 7064#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7065#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7066msgid ""
7067"The distribution refers to the Debian version in the archive, "
521dd27d
GJ
7068"<emphasis>stable</emphasis> refers to the latest released version and "
7069"<emphasis>unstable</emphasis> refers to the developmental "
7070"version. <emphasis>non-US</emphasis> is only available on some mirrors and "
7071"refers to packages that contain encryption technology or other things that "
7072"cannot be exported from the United States. Importing these packages into the "
7073"US is legal however."
43be0ac4
MV
7074msgstr ""
7075
521dd27d 7076#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><screen>
04f27fae 7077#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7078#, no-wrap
7079msgid ""
7080" Please give the components to get\n"
7081" The components are typically something like: main contrib non-free\n"
521dd27d
GJ
7082"\n"
7083" Components [main contrib non-free]:\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7084msgstr ""
7085
521dd27d 7086#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7087#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7088msgid ""
7089"The components list refers to the list of sub distributions to fetch. The "
7090"distribution is split up based on software licenses, main being DFSG free "
7091"packages while contrib and non-free contain things that have various "
7092"restrictions placed on their use and distribution."
7093msgstr ""
7094
521dd27d 7095#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7096#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7097msgid ""
7098"Any number of sources can be added, the setup script will continue to prompt "
7099"until you have specified all that you want."
7100msgstr ""
7101
521dd27d 7102#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7103#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7104msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7105"Before starting to use <command>dselect</command> it is necessary to update "
7106"the available list by selecting [U]pdate from the menu. This is a superset "
7107"of <literal>apt-get update</literal> that makes the fetched information "
7108"available to <command>dselect</command>. [U]pdate must be performed even if "
7109"<literal>apt-get update</literal> has been run before."
43be0ac4
MV
7110msgstr ""
7111
521dd27d 7112#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7113#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7114msgid ""
7115"You can then go on and make your selections using [S]elect and then perform "
7116"the installation using [I]nstall. When using the APT method the [C]onfig and "
7117"[R]emove commands have no meaning, the [I]nstall command performs both of "
7118"them together."
7119msgstr ""
7120
521dd27d 7121#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7122#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7123msgid ""
7124"By default APT will automatically remove the package (.deb) files once they "
7125"have been successfully installed. To change this behavior place "
521dd27d 7126"<literal>Dselect::clean \"prompt\";</literal> in /etc/apt/apt.conf."
43be0ac4
MV
7127msgstr ""
7128
521dd27d 7129#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 7130#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7131msgid "The Interface"
7132msgstr ""
7133
521dd27d 7134#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para><footnote><para>
04f27fae 7135#: guide.dbk:1
521dd27d
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7136msgid ""
7137"The <command>dselect</command> method actually is a set of wrapper scripts "
7138"to <command>apt-get</command>. The method actually provides more "
7139"functionality than is present in <command>apt-get</command> alone."
7140msgstr ""
7141
7142#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7143#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7144msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7145"Both that APT <command>dselect</command> method and "
7146"<command>apt-get</command> share the same interface. It is a simple system "
7147"that generally tells you what it will do and then goes and does "
7148"it. <placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> After printing out a summary "
7149"of what will happen APT then will print out some informative status messages "
7150"so that you can estimate how far along it is and how much is left to do."
43be0ac4
MV
7151msgstr ""
7152
521dd27d 7153#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7154#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7155msgid "Startup"
7156msgstr ""
7157
521dd27d 7158#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7159#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7160msgid ""
7161"Before all operations except update, APT performs a number of actions to "
7162"prepare its internal state. It also does some checks of the system's "
521dd27d
GJ
7163"state. At any time these operations can be performed by running "
7164"<literal>apt-get check</literal>."
43be0ac4
MV
7165msgstr ""
7166
521dd27d 7167#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7168#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7169#, no-wrap
7170msgid ""
7171"# apt-get check\n"
7172"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
521dd27d 7173"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7174msgstr ""
7175
521dd27d 7176#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7177#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7178msgid ""
7179"The first thing it does is read all the package files into memory. APT uses "
7180"a caching scheme so this operation will be faster the second time it is "
7181"run. If some of the package files are not found then they will be ignored "
7182"and a warning will be printed when apt-get exits."
7183msgstr ""
7184
521dd27d 7185#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7186#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7187msgid ""
7188"The final operation performs a detailed analysis of the system's "
7189"dependencies. It checks every dependency of every installed or unpacked "
7190"package and considers if it is OK. Should this find a problem then a report "
521dd27d 7191"will be printed out and <command>apt-get</command> will refuse to run."
43be0ac4
MV
7192msgstr ""
7193
521dd27d 7194#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7195#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7196#, no-wrap
7197msgid ""
7198"# apt-get check\n"
7199"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
7200"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
7201"You might want to run apt-get -f install' to correct these.\n"
7202"Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:\n"
7203" 9fonts: Depends: xlib6g but it is not installed\n"
7204" uucp: Depends: mailx but it is not installed\n"
521dd27d 7205" blast: Depends: xlib6g (&gt;= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7206" adduser: Depends: perl-base but it is not installed\n"
7207" aumix: Depends: libgpmg1 but it is not installed\n"
7208" debiandoc-sgml: Depends: sgml-base but it is not installed\n"
521dd27d 7209" bash-builtins: Depends: bash (&gt;= 2.01) but 2.0-3 is installed\n"
43be0ac4 7210" cthugha: Depends: svgalibg1 but it is not installed\n"
521dd27d
GJ
7211" Depends: xlib6g (&gt;= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
7212" libreadlineg2: Conflicts:libreadline2 (&lt;&lt; 2.1-2.1)\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7213msgstr ""
7214
521dd27d 7215#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7216#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7217msgid ""
7218"In this example the system has many problems, including a serious problem "
7219"with libreadlineg2. For each package that has unmet dependencies a line is "
7220"printed out indicating the package with the problem and the dependencies "
7221"that are unmet. A short explanation of why the package has a dependency "
7222"problem is also included."
7223msgstr ""
7224
521dd27d 7225#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para><footnote><para>
04f27fae 7226#: guide.dbk:1
521dd27d
GJ
7227msgid ""
7228"APT however considers all known dependencies and attempts to prevent broken "
7229"packages"
7230msgstr ""
7231
7232#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7233#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7234msgid ""
7235"There are two ways a system can get into a broken state like this. The first "
521dd27d
GJ
7236"is caused by <command>dpkg</command> missing some subtle relationships "
7237"between packages when performing upgrades. <placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
7238"id=\"0\"/>. The second is if a package installation fails during an "
7239"operation. In this situation a package may have been unpacked without its "
7240"dependents being installed."
43be0ac4
MV
7241msgstr ""
7242
521dd27d 7243#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7244#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7245msgid ""
7246"The second situation is much less serious than the first because APT places "
7247"certain constraints on the order that packages are installed. In both cases "
521dd27d
GJ
7248"supplying the <literal>-f</literal> option to <command>apt-get</command> "
7249"will cause APT to deduce a possible solution to the problem and then "
7250"continue on. The APT <command>dselect</command> method always supplies the "
7251"<literal>-f</literal> option to allow for easy continuation of failed "
7252"maintainer scripts."
43be0ac4
MV
7253msgstr ""
7254
521dd27d 7255#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7256#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7257msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7258"However, if the <literal>-f</literal> option is used to correct a seriously "
7259"broken system caused by the first case then it is possible that it will "
7260"either fail immediately or the installation sequence will fail. In either "
7261"case it is necessary to manually use dpkg (possibly with forcing options) to "
7262"correct the situation enough to allow APT to proceed."
43be0ac4
MV
7263msgstr ""
7264
521dd27d 7265#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7266#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7267msgid "The Status Report"
7268msgstr ""
7269
521dd27d 7270#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7271#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7272msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7273"Before proceeding <command>apt-get</command> will present a report on what "
7274"will happen. Generally the report reflects the type of operation being "
7275"performed but there are several common elements. In all cases the lists "
7276"reflect the final state of things, taking into account the "
7277"<literal>-f</literal> option and any other relevant activities to the "
7278"command being executed."
43be0ac4
MV
7279msgstr ""
7280
521dd27d 7281#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
04f27fae 7282#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7283msgid "The Extra Package list"
7284msgstr ""
7285
521dd27d 7286#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
04f27fae 7287#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7288#, no-wrap
7289msgid ""
7290"The following extra packages will be installed:\n"
7291" libdbd-mysql-perl xlib6 zlib1 xzx libreadline2 libdbd-msql-perl\n"
7292" mailpgp xdpkg fileutils pinepgp zlib1g xlib6g perl-base\n"
7293" bin86 libgdbm1 libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 bcc xbuffy\n"
7294" squake pgp-i python-base debmake ldso perl libreadlineg2\n"
521dd27d 7295" ssh\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7296msgstr ""
7297
521dd27d 7298#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7299#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7300msgid ""
7301"The Extra Package list shows all of the packages that will be installed or "
7302"upgraded in excess of the ones mentioned on the command line. It is only "
521dd27d
GJ
7303"generated for an <literal>install</literal> command. The listed packages are "
7304"often the result of an Auto Install."
43be0ac4
MV
7305msgstr ""
7306
521dd27d 7307#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
04f27fae 7308#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7309msgid "The Packages to Remove"
7310msgstr ""
7311
521dd27d 7312#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
04f27fae 7313#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7314#, no-wrap
7315msgid ""
7316"The following packages will be REMOVED:\n"
7317" xlib6-dev xpat2 tk40-dev xkeycaps xbattle xonix\n"
7318" xdaliclock tk40 tk41 xforms0.86 ghostview xloadimage xcolorsel\n"
7319" xadmin xboard perl-debug tkined xtetris libreadline2-dev perl-suid\n"
521dd27d 7320" nas xpilot xfig\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7321msgstr ""
7322
521dd27d 7323#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7324#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7325msgid ""
7326"The Packages to Remove list shows all of the packages that will be removed "
7327"from the system. It can be shown for any of the operations and should be "
7328"given a careful inspection to ensure nothing important is to be taken "
521dd27d
GJ
7329"off. The <literal>-f</literal> option is especially good at generating "
7330"packages to remove so extreme care should be used in that case. The list may "
7331"contain packages that are going to be removed because they are only "
7332"partially installed, possibly due to an aborted installation."
43be0ac4
MV
7333msgstr ""
7334
521dd27d 7335#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
04f27fae 7336#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7337msgid "The New Packages list"
7338msgstr ""
7339
521dd27d 7340#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
04f27fae 7341#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7342#, no-wrap
7343msgid ""
7344"The following NEW packages will installed:\n"
521dd27d 7345" zlib1g xlib6g perl-base libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 pgp-i python-base\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7346msgstr ""
7347
521dd27d 7348#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7349#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7350msgid ""
7351"The New Packages list is simply a reminder of what will happen. The packages "
7352"listed are not presently installed in the system but will be when APT is "
7353"done."
7354msgstr ""
7355
521dd27d 7356#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
04f27fae 7357#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7358msgid "The Kept Back list"
7359msgstr ""
7360
521dd27d 7361#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
04f27fae 7362#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7363#, no-wrap
7364msgid ""
7365"The following packages have been kept back\n"
7366" compface man-db tetex-base msql libpaper svgalib1\n"
521dd27d 7367" gs snmp arena lynx xpat2 groff xscreensaver\n"
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7368msgstr ""
7369
521dd27d 7370#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7371#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7372msgid ""
7373"Whenever the whole system is being upgraded there is the possibility that "
7374"new versions of packages cannot be installed because they require new things "
7375"or conflict with already installed things. In this case the package will "
7376"appear in the Kept Back list. The best way to convince packages listed there "
521dd27d
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7377"to install is with <literal>apt-get install</literal> or by using "
7378"<command>dselect</command> to resolve their problems."
43be0ac4
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7379msgstr ""
7380
521dd27d 7381#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
04f27fae 7382#: guide.dbk:1
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7383msgid "Held Packages warning"
7384msgstr ""
7385
521dd27d 7386#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
04f27fae 7387#: guide.dbk:1
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7388#, no-wrap
7389msgid ""
7390"The following held packages will be changed:\n"
521dd27d 7391" cvs\n"
43be0ac4
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7392msgstr ""
7393
521dd27d 7394#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7395#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7396msgid ""
7397"Sometimes you can ask APT to install a package that is on hold, in such a "
7398"case it prints out a warning that the held package is going to be "
7399"changed. This should only happen during dist-upgrade or install."
7400msgstr ""
7401
521dd27d 7402#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
04f27fae 7403#: guide.dbk:1
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7404msgid "Final summary"
7405msgstr ""
7406
521dd27d 7407#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7408#: guide.dbk:1
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7409msgid "Finally, APT will print out a summary of all the changes that will occur."
7410msgstr ""
7411
521dd27d 7412#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
04f27fae 7413#: guide.dbk:1
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7414#, no-wrap
7415msgid ""
7416"206 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 23 to remove and 51 not "
7417"upgraded.\n"
7418"12 packages not fully installed or removed.\n"
521dd27d 7419"Need to get 65.7M/66.7M of archives. After unpacking 26.5M will be used.\n"
43be0ac4
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7420msgstr ""
7421
521dd27d 7422#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7423#: guide.dbk:1
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7424msgid ""
7425"The first line of the summary simply is a reduced version of all of the "
7426"lists and includes the number of upgrades - that is packages already "
7427"installed that have new versions available. The second line indicates the "
7428"number of poorly configured packages, possibly the result of an aborted "
7429"installation. The final line shows the space requirements that the "
7430"installation needs. The first pair of numbers refer to the size of the "
7431"archive files. The first number indicates the number of bytes that must be "
7432"fetched from remote locations and the second indicates the total size of all "
7433"the archives required. The next number indicates the size difference between "
7434"the presently installed packages and the newly installed packages. It is "
7435"roughly equivalent to the space required in /usr after everything is "
7436"done. If a large number of packages are being removed then the value may "
7437"indicate the amount of space that will be freed."
7438msgstr ""
7439
521dd27d 7440#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7441#: guide.dbk:1
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7442msgid ""
7443"Some other reports can be generated by using the -u option to show packages "
7444"to upgrade, they are similar to the previous examples."
7445msgstr ""
7446
521dd27d 7447#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7448#: guide.dbk:1
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7449msgid "The Status Display"
7450msgstr ""
7451
521dd27d 7452#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7453#: guide.dbk:1
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7454msgid ""
7455"During the download of archives and package files APT prints out a series of "
7456"status messages."
7457msgstr ""
7458
521dd27d 7459#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7460#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7461#, no-wrap
7462msgid ""
7463"# apt-get update\n"
7464"Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US/ Packages\n"
7465"Get:2 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
7466"Hit http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/main Packages\n"
7467"Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/binary-i386/ "
7468"Packages\n"
7469"Get:5 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/non-free Packages\n"
521dd27d 7470"11% [5 testing/non-free `Waiting for file' 0/32.1k 0%] 2203b/s 1m52s\n"
43be0ac4
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7471msgstr ""
7472
521dd27d 7473#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7474#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7475msgid ""
521dd27d
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7476"The lines starting with <emphasis>Get</emphasis> are printed out when APT "
7477"begins to fetch a file while the last line indicates the progress of the "
7478"download. The first percent value on the progress line indicates the total "
7479"percent done of all files. Unfortunately since the size of the Package files "
7480"is unknown <literal>apt-get update</literal> estimates the percent done "
7481"which causes some inaccuracies."
43be0ac4
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7482msgstr ""
7483
521dd27d 7484#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7485#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7486msgid ""
7487"The next section of the status line is repeated once for each download "
7488"thread and indicates the operation being performed and some useful "
7489"information about what is happening. Sometimes this section will simply read "
521dd27d
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7490"<emphasis>Forking</emphasis> which means the OS is loading the download "
7491"module. The first word after the [ is the fetch number as shown on the "
7492"history lines. The next word is the short form name of the object being "
43be0ac4
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7493"downloaded. For archives it will contain the name of the package that is "
7494"being fetched."
7495msgstr ""
7496
521dd27d 7497#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7498#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7499msgid ""
7500"Inside of the single quote is an informative string indicating the progress "
7501"of the negotiation phase of the download. Typically it progresses from "
521dd27d
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7502"<emphasis>Connecting</emphasis> to <emphasis>Waiting for file</emphasis> to "
7503"<emphasis>Downloading</emphasis> or <emphasis>Resuming</emphasis>. The final "
7504"value is the number of bytes downloaded from the remote site. Once the "
7505"download begins this is represented as <literal>102/10.2k</literal> "
7506"indicating that 102 bytes have been fetched and 10.2 kilobytes is "
7507"expected. The total size is always shown in 4 figure notation to preserve "
7508"space. After the size display is a percent meter for the file itself. The "
7509"second last element is the instantaneous average speed. This values is "
7510"updated every 5 seconds and reflects the rate of data transfer for that "
7511"period. Finally is shown the estimated transfer time. This is updated "
43be0ac4
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7512"regularly and reflects the time to complete everything at the shown transfer "
7513"rate."
7514msgstr ""
7515
521dd27d 7516#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7517#: guide.dbk:1
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7518msgid ""
7519"The status display updates every half second to provide a constant feedback "
7520"on the download progress while the Get lines scroll back whenever a new file "
7521"is started. Since the status display is constantly updated it is unsuitable "
521dd27d
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7522"for logging to a file, use the <literal>-q</literal> option to remove the "
7523"status display."
43be0ac4
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7524msgstr ""
7525
521dd27d 7526#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7527#: guide.dbk:1
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7528msgid "Dpkg"
7529msgstr ""
7530
521dd27d 7531#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7532#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7533msgid ""
521dd27d
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7534"APT uses <command>dpkg</command> for installing the archives and will switch "
7535"over to the <command>dpkg</command> interface once downloading is "
7536"completed. <command>dpkg</command> will also ask a number of questions as it "
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7537"processes the packages and the packages themselves may also ask several "
7538"questions. Before each question there is usually a description of what it is "
7539"asking and the questions are too varied to discuss completely here."
7540msgstr ""
7541
521dd27d 7542#. type: Content of: <book><title>
04f27fae 7543#: offline.dbk:1
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7544msgid "Using APT Offline"
7545msgstr ""
7546
521dd27d 7547#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><abstract><para>
04f27fae 7548#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7549msgid ""
7550"This document describes how to use APT in a non-networked environment, "
7551"specifically a 'sneaker-net' approach for performing upgrades."
7552msgstr ""
7553
521dd27d 7554#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo>
04f27fae 7555#: offline.dbk:1
521dd27d 7556msgid "<copyright><year>1999</year><holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>"
43be0ac4
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7557msgstr ""
7558
521dd27d 7559#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 7560#: offline.dbk:1
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7561msgid "Introduction"
7562msgstr ""
7563
521dd27d 7564#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7565#: offline.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7566msgid "Overview"
7567msgstr ""
7568
521dd27d 7569#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7570#: offline.dbk:1
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7571msgid ""
7572"Normally APT requires direct access to a Debian archive, either from a local "
7573"media or through a network. Another common complaint is that a Debian "
7574"machine is on a slow link, such as a modem and another machine has a very "
7575"fast connection but they are physically distant."
7576msgstr ""
7577
521dd27d 7578#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7579#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7580msgid ""
7581"The solution to this is to use large removable media such as a Zip disc or a "
7582"SuperDisk disc. These discs are not large enough to store the entire Debian "
7583"archive but can easily fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea is "
7584"to use APT to generate a list of packages that are required and then fetch "
7585"them onto the disc using another machine with good connectivity. It is even "
7586"possible to use another Debian machine with APT or to use a completely "
521dd27d
GJ
7587"different OS and a download tool like wget. Let <emphasis>remote "
7588"host</emphasis> mean the machine downloading the packages, and "
7589"<emphasis>target host</emphasis> the one with bad or no connection."
43be0ac4
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7590msgstr ""
7591
521dd27d 7592#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7593#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7594msgid ""
7595"This is achieved by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The "
b39c1859 7596"essential premise to tell APT to look on a disc for it's archive files. Note "
bf33c3bd
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7597"that the disc should be formatted with a filesystem that can handle long "
7598"file names such as ext2, fat32 or vfat."
43be0ac4
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7599msgstr ""
7600
521dd27d 7601#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 7602#: offline.dbk:1
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7603msgid "Using APT on both machines"
7604msgstr ""
7605
521dd27d 7606#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7607#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7608msgid ""
7609"APT being available on both machines gives the simplest configuration. The "
7610"basic idea is to place a copy of the status file on the disc and use the "
7611"remote machine to fetch the latest package files and decide which packages "
7612"to download. The disk directory structure should look like:"
7613msgstr ""
7614
521dd27d 7615#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7616#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7617#, no-wrap
7618msgid ""
7619" /disc/\n"
7620" archives/\n"
7621" partial/\n"
7622" lists/\n"
7623" partial/\n"
7624" status\n"
7625" sources.list\n"
521dd27d 7626" apt.conf\n"
43be0ac4
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7627msgstr ""
7628
521dd27d 7629#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7630#: offline.dbk:1
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7631msgid "The configuration file"
7632msgstr ""
7633
521dd27d 7634#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7635#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7636msgid ""
7637"The configuration file should tell APT to store its files on the disc and to "
7638"use the configuration files on the disc as well. The sources.list should "
7639"contain the proper sites that you wish to use from the remote machine, and "
521dd27d
GJ
7640"the status file should be a copy of "
7641"<emphasis>/var/lib/dpkg/status</emphasis> from the <emphasis>target "
7642"host</emphasis>. Please note, if you are using a local archive you must use "
7643"copy URIs, the syntax is identical to file URIs."
43be0ac4
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7644msgstr ""
7645
521dd27d 7646#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7647#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7648msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7649"<emphasis>apt.conf</emphasis> must contain the necessary information to make "
7650"APT use the disc:"
43be0ac4
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7651msgstr ""
7652
521dd27d 7653#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7654#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7655#, no-wrap
7656msgid ""
7657" APT\n"
7658" {\n"
7659" /* This is not necessary if the two machines are the same arch, it "
7660"tells\n"
7661" the remote APT what architecture the target machine is */\n"
7662" Architecture \"i386\";\n"
521dd27d 7663"\n"
43be0ac4
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7664" Get::Download-Only \"true\";\n"
7665" };\n"
521dd27d 7666"\n"
43be0ac4
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7667" Dir\n"
7668" {\n"
7669" /* Use the disc for state information and redirect the status file from\n"
7670" the /var/lib/dpkg default */\n"
7671" State \"/disc/\";\n"
7672" State::status \"status\";\n"
7673"\n"
7674" // Binary caches will be stored locally\n"
7675" Cache::archives \"/disc/archives/\";\n"
7676" Cache \"/tmp/\";\n"
521dd27d 7677"\n"
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7678" // Location of the source list.\n"
7679" Etc \"/disc/\";\n"
521dd27d 7680" };\n"
43be0ac4
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7681msgstr ""
7682
521dd27d 7683#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7684#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7685msgid ""
7686"More details can be seen by examining the apt.conf man page and the sample "
521dd27d
GJ
7687"configuration file in "
7688"<emphasis>/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf</emphasis>."
43be0ac4
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7689msgstr ""
7690
521dd27d 7691#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7692#: offline.dbk:1
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7693msgid ""
7694"On the target machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy "
521dd27d
GJ
7695"<emphasis>/var/lib/dpkg/status</emphasis> to it. You will also need to "
7696"create the directories outlined in the Overview, "
7697"<emphasis>archives/partial/</emphasis> and "
7698"<emphasis>lists/partial/</emphasis>. Then take the disc to the remote "
7699"machine and configure the sources.list. On the remote machine execute the "
7700"following:"
43be0ac4
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7701msgstr ""
7702
521dd27d 7703#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7704#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7705#, no-wrap
7706msgid ""
7707" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
7708" # apt-get update\n"
7709" [ APT fetches the package files ]\n"
7710" # apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
521dd27d 7711" [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade the target machine ]\n"
43be0ac4
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7712msgstr ""
7713
521dd27d 7714#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7715#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7716msgid ""
b39c1859 7717"The dist-upgrade command can be replaced with any other standard APT "
43be0ac4 7718"commands, particularly dselect-upgrade. You can even use an APT front end "
521dd27d
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7719"such as <emphasis>dselect</emphasis>. However this presents a problem in "
7720"communicating your selections back to the local computer."
43be0ac4
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7721msgstr ""
7722
521dd27d 7723#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7724#: offline.dbk:1
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7725msgid ""
7726"Now the disc contains all of the index files and archives needed to upgrade "
7727"the target machine. Take the disc back and run:"
7728msgstr ""
7729
521dd27d 7730#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7731#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7732#, no-wrap
7733msgid ""
7734" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
7735" # apt-get check\n"
7736" [ APT generates a local copy of the cache files ]\n"
7737" # apt-get --no-d -o dir::state::status=/var/lib/dpkg/status dist-upgrade\n"
521dd27d 7738" [ Or any other APT command ]\n"
43be0ac4
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7739msgstr ""
7740
521dd27d 7741#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7742#: offline.dbk:1
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7743msgid ""
7744"It is necessary for proper function to re-specify the status file to be the "
7745"local one. This is very important!"
7746msgstr ""
7747
521dd27d 7748#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7749#: offline.dbk:1
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7750msgid ""
7751"If you are using dselect you can do the very risky operation of copying "
7752"disc/status to /var/lib/dpkg/status so that any selections you made on the "
7753"remote machine are updated. I highly recommend that people only make "
7754"selections on the local machine - but this may not always be possible. DO "
7755"NOT copy the status file if dpkg or APT have been run in the mean time!!"
7756msgstr ""
7757
521dd27d 7758#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 7759#: offline.dbk:1
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7760msgid "Using APT and wget"
7761msgstr ""
7762
521dd27d 7763#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7764#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7765msgid ""
521dd27d
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7766"<emphasis>wget</emphasis> is a popular and portable download tool that can "
7767"run on nearly any machine. Unlike the method above this requires that the "
7768"Debian machine already has a list of available packages."
43be0ac4
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7769msgstr ""
7770
521dd27d 7771#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7772#: offline.dbk:1
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7773msgid ""
7774"The basic idea is to create a disc that has only the archive files "
7775"downloaded from the remote site. This is done by using the --print-uris "
7776"option to apt-get and then preparing a wget script to actually fetch the "
7777"packages."
7778msgstr ""
7779
521dd27d 7780#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7781#: offline.dbk:1
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7782msgid "Operation"
7783msgstr ""
7784
521dd27d 7785#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7786#: offline.dbk:1
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7787msgid ""
7788"Unlike the previous technique no special configuration files are "
7789"required. We merely use the standard APT commands to generate the file list."
7790msgstr ""
7791
521dd27d 7792#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7793#: offline.dbk:1
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7794#, no-wrap
7795msgid ""
521dd27d 7796" # apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
43be0ac4 7797" [ Press no when prompted, make sure you are happy with the actions ]\n"
521dd27d
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7798" # apt-get -qq --print-uris dist-upgrade &gt; uris\n"
7799" # awk '{print \"wget -O \" $2 \" \" $1}' &lt; uris &gt; /disc/wget-script\n"
43be0ac4
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7800msgstr ""
7801
521dd27d 7802#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7803#: offline.dbk:1
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7804msgid ""
7805"Any command other than dist-upgrade could be used here, including "
7806"dselect-upgrade."
7807msgstr ""
7808
521dd27d 7809#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7810#: offline.dbk:1
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7811msgid ""
7812"The /disc/wget-script file will now contain a list of wget commands to "
7813"execute in order to fetch the necessary archives. This script should be run "
7814"with the current directory as the disc's mount point so as to save the "
7815"output on the disc."
7816msgstr ""
7817
521dd27d 7818#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7819#: offline.dbk:1
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7820msgid "The remote machine would do something like"
7821msgstr ""
7822
521dd27d 7823#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7824#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7825#, no-wrap
7826msgid ""
7827" # cd /disc\n"
7828" # sh -x ./wget-script\n"
521dd27d 7829" [ wait.. ]\n"
43be0ac4
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7830msgstr ""
7831
521dd27d 7832#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7833#: offline.dbk:1
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7834msgid ""
7835"Once the archives are downloaded and the disc returned to the Debian machine "
7836"installation can proceed using,"
7837msgstr ""
7838
521dd27d 7839#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7840#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7841#, no-wrap
521dd27d 7842msgid " # apt-get -o dir::cache::archives=\"/disc/\" dist-upgrade\n"
43be0ac4
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7843msgstr ""
7844
521dd27d 7845#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7846#: offline.dbk:1
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7847msgid "Which will use the already fetched archives on the disc."
7848msgstr ""