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2<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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5<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
6%aptent;
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8<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
9%aptverbatiment;
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13<refentry>
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15 <refentryinfo>
16 &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
17 &apt-author.team;
18 &apt-email;
19 &apt-product;
dabb215c 20 <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
646c7090 21 </refentryinfo>
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23 <refmeta>
24 <refentrytitle>apt-cdrom</refentrytitle>
25 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
f0599b9c 26 <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
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27 </refmeta>
28
29 <!-- Man page title -->
30 <refnamediv>
31 <refname>apt-cdrom</refname>
25838be6 32 <refpurpose>APT CD-ROM management utility</refpurpose>
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33 </refnamediv>
34
6e8b4572 35 &synopsis-command-apt-cdrom;
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37 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
1b85f81a 38 <para><command>apt-cdrom</command> is used to add a new CD-ROM to APT's list
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39 of available sources. <command>apt-cdrom</command> takes care of
40 determining the structure of
41 the disc as well as correcting for several possible mis-burns and
42 verifying the index files.
43 </para>
44
45 <para>It is necessary to use <command>apt-cdrom</command> to add CDs to the
6f33340f 46 APT system;
bfcd7854 47 it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disc in a multi-CD set must be
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48 inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns.
49 </para>
50
51 <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is
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52 given, one of the commands below must be present.</para>
53
24f6490f 54 <variablelist>
2b9b27c3 55 <varlistentry><term><option>add</option></term>
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56 <listitem><para><literal>add</literal> is used to add a new disc to the
57 source list. It will unmount the
bfcd7854 58 CD-ROM device, prompt for a disc to be inserted and then proceed to
24f6490f 59 scan it and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper
bfcd7854 60 <filename>.disk</filename> directory you will be prompted for a descriptive
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61 title.
62 </para>
63
25838be6 64 <para>APT uses a CD-ROM ID to track which disc is currently in the drive and
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65 maintains a database of these IDs in
66 <filename>&statedir;/cdroms.list</filename>
67 </para>
68 </listitem>
69 </varlistentry>
70
2b9b27c3 71 <varlistentry><term><option>ident</option></term>
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72 <listitem><para>A debugging tool to report the identity of the current
73 disc as well as the stored file name
74 </para>
75 </listitem>
76 </varlistentry>
77 </variablelist>
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78 </refsect1>
79
80 <refsect1><title>Options</title>
81 &apt-cmdblurb;
82
83 <variablelist>
84 <varlistentry><term><option>-d</option></term><term><option>--cdrom</option></term>
834f9cd4 85 <listitem><para>Mount point; specify the location to mount the CD-ROM. This
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86 mount point must be listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and
87 properly configured.
88 Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::cdrom::mount</literal>.
89 </para>
90 </listitem>
91 </varlistentry>
92
93 <varlistentry><term><option>-r</option></term><term><option>--rename</option></term>
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94 <listitem><para>Rename a disc; change the label of a disc or override the
95 disc's given label. This option will cause <command>apt-cdrom</command> to
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96 prompt for a new label.
97 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Rename</literal>.
98 </para>
99 </listitem>
100 </varlistentry>
101
102 <varlistentry><term><option>-m</option></term><term><option>--no-mount</option></term>
103 <listitem><para>No mounting; prevent <command>apt-cdrom</command> from
104 mounting and unmounting the mount point.
105 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::NoMount</literal>.
106 </para>
107 </listitem>
108 </varlistentry>
109
110 <varlistentry><term><option>-f</option></term><term><option>--fast</option></term>
111 <listitem><para>Fast Copy; Assume the package files are valid and do not
112 check every package. This option should be used only if
113 <command>apt-cdrom</command> has been run on this disc before and did not
114 detect any errors.
115 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Fast</literal>.
116 </para>
117 </listitem>
118 </varlistentry>
119
120 <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term><term><option>--thorough</option></term>
121 <listitem><para>Thorough Package Scan; This option may be needed with some
122 old Debian 1.1/1.2 discs that have Package files in strange places. It
123 takes much longer to scan the CD but will pick them all up.
124 </para>
125 </listitem>
126 </varlistentry>
127
128 <varlistentry><term><option>-n</option></term>
129 <term><option>--just-print</option></term>
130 <term><option>--recon</option></term>
131 <term><option>--no-act</option></term>
132 <listitem><para>No Changes; Do not change the &sources-list; file and do
133 not write index files. Everything is still checked however.
134 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::NoAct</literal>.
135 </para>
136 </listitem>
137 </varlistentry>
138
139 &apt-commonoptions;
140
141 </variablelist>
142 </refsect1>
143
144 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
145 <para>&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;
146 </para>
147 </refsect1>
148
149 <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
150 <para><command>apt-cdrom</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
151 </para>
152 </refsect1>
153
154 &manbugs;
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156</refentry>
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