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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 ""
7d5234ab 8"Project-Id-Version: apt-doc 1.4~beta1\n"
f8b830ab 9"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>\n"
7d5234ab 10"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-11-25 23:46+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 "
2c30cf43 562"&sources-list;. New packages will be installed if required to satisfy "
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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>
4bdf29d3 577#: apt.8.xml:1 apt.8.xml:1 apt-key.8.xml:1
cbbee23e 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 "
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597"(&debian-stable-codename;, &debian-testing-codename;, sid …) or suite name "
598"(stable, testing, unstable). This will also select versions from this "
599"release for 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."
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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 "
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1030"file &apt-acquire-additional-files; shipped by the "
1031"<package>apt-doc</package> package."
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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"Do not show a list of all packages that are to be upgraded. Configuration "
1155"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>."
2a52e8c5
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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>."
2a52e8c5
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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 ""
5b1e4e86 1400"Forbid the update command to acquire unverifiable data from configured "
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1401"sources. APT will fail at the update command for repositories without valid "
1402"cryptographically signatures. See also &apt-secure; for details on the "
1403"concept and the implications. Configuration Item: "
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1404"<literal>Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories</literal>."
1405msgstr ""
1406
1407#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1408#: apt-get.8.xml:1
5b1e4e86 1409msgid ""
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1410"Show user friendly progress information in the terminal window when packages "
1411"are installed, upgraded or removed. For a machine parsable version of this "
1412"data see README.progress-reporting in the apt doc directory. Configuration "
2c30cf43 1413"Items: <literal>Dpkg::Progress</literal> and "
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1414"<literal>Dpkg::Progress-Fancy</literal>."
1415msgstr ""
1416
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1417#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1418#: apt-get.8.xml:1
1419msgid ""
1420"Adds the given file as a source for metadata. Can be repeated to add "
1421"multiple files. See <option>--with-source</option> description in "
1422"&apt-cache; for further details."
1423msgstr ""
1424
7d76ea1d 1425#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
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1426#: apt-get.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-key.8.xml:1 apt-mark.8.xml:1
1427#: apt.conf.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1
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1428msgid "Files"
1429msgstr ""
1430
2a52e8c5 1431#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1432#: apt-get.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1433msgid ""
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1434"&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, "
1435"&apt-secure;, The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the "
1436"APT Howto."
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1437msgstr ""
1438
2a52e8c5 1439#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1440#: apt-get.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1441msgid ""
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1442"<command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on "
1443"error."
2a52e8c5
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1444msgstr ""
1445
2a52e8c5 1446#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 1447#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1448msgid "query the APT cache"
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1449msgstr ""
1450
2a52e8c5 1451#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1452#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1453msgid ""
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1454"<command>apt-cache</command> performs a variety of operations on APT's "
1455"package cache. <command>apt-cache</command> does not manipulate the state of "
1456"the system but does provide operations to search and generate interesting "
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1457"output from the package metadata. The metadata is acquired and updated via "
1458"the 'update' command of e.g. <command>apt-get</command>, so that it can be "
1459"outdated if the last update is too long ago, but in exchange "
1460"<command>apt-cache</command> works independently of the availability of the "
1461"configured sources (e.g. offline)."
2a52e8c5
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1462msgstr ""
1463
2a52e8c5 1464#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1465#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1466msgid ""
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1467"<literal>gencaches</literal> creates APT's package cache. This is done "
1468"implicitly by all commands needing this cache if it is missing or outdated."
2a52e8c5
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1469msgstr ""
1470
7d76ea1d 1471#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
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1472#: apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1
1473#: apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1 apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1474msgid "&synopsis-pkg;"
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1475msgstr ""
1476
1477#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1478#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1479msgid ""
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1480"<literal>showpkg</literal> displays information about the packages listed on "
1481"the command line. Remaining arguments are package names. The available "
1482"versions and reverse dependencies of each package listed are listed, as well "
1483"as forward dependencies for each version. Forward (normal) dependencies are "
1484"those packages upon which the package in question depends; reverse "
1485"dependencies are those packages that depend upon the package in "
1486"question. Thus, forward dependencies must be satisfied for a package, but "
1487"reverse dependencies need not be. For instance, <command>apt-cache showpkg "
1488"libreadline2</command> would produce output similar to the following:"
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1489msgstr ""
1490
7d76ea1d 1491#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
04f27fae 1492#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1493#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 1494msgid ""
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1495"Package: libreadline2\n"
1496"Versions: 2.1-12(/var/state/apt/lists/foo_Packages),\n"
1497"Reverse Depends: \n"
1498" libreadlineg2,libreadline2\n"
1499" libreadline2-altdev,libreadline2\n"
1500"Dependencies:\n"
1501"2.1-12 - libc5 (2 5.4.0-0) ncurses3.0 (0 (null))\n"
1502"Provides:\n"
1503"2.1-12 - \n"
1504"Reverse Provides: \n"
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1505msgstr ""
1506
1507#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1508#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
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1509msgid ""
1510"Thus it may be seen that libreadline2, version 2.1-12, depends on libc5 and "
1511"ncurses3.0 which must be installed for libreadline2 to work. In turn, "
1512"libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev depend on libreadline2. If "
1513"libreadline2 is installed, libc5 and ncurses3.0 (and ldso) must also be "
1514"installed; libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev do not have to be "
1515"installed. For the specific meaning of the remainder of the output it is "
1516"best to consult the apt source code."
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1517msgstr ""
1518
aa2218b2 1519#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1520#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
aa2218b2 1521msgid ""
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1522"<literal>stats</literal> displays some statistics about the cache. No "
1523"further arguments are expected. Statistics reported are:"
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1524msgstr ""
1525
7d76ea1d 1526#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1527#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
aa2218b2 1528msgid ""
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1529"<literal>Total package names</literal> is the number of package names found "
1530"in the cache."
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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
aa2218b2 1535msgid ""
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1536"<literal>Normal packages</literal> is the number of regular, ordinary "
1537"package names; these are packages that bear a one-to-one correspondence "
1538"between their names and the names used by other packages for them in "
1539"dependencies. The majority of packages fall into this category."
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1540msgstr ""
1541
7d76ea1d 1542#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1543#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1544msgid ""
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1545"<literal>Pure virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
1546"exist only as a virtual package name; that is, packages only \"provide\" the "
1547"virtual package name, and no package actually uses the name. For instance, "
1548"\"mail-transport-agent\" in the Debian system is a pure virtual package; "
1549"several packages provide \"mail-transport-agent\", but there is no package "
1550"named \"mail-transport-agent\"."
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
2a52e8c5 1555msgid ""
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1556"<literal>Single virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages with "
1557"only one package providing a particular virtual package. For example, in the "
1558"Debian system, \"X11-text-viewer\" is a virtual package, but only one "
1559"package, xless, provides \"X11-text-viewer\"."
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
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1564msgid ""
1565"<literal>Mixed virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
1566"either provide a particular virtual package or have the virtual package name "
1567"as the package name. For instance, in the Debian system, \"debconf\" is both "
1568"an actual package, and provided by the debconf-tiny package."
2a52e8c5
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1569msgstr ""
1570
7d76ea1d 1571#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1572#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1573msgid ""
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1574"<literal>Missing</literal> is the number of package names that were "
1575"referenced in a dependency but were not provided by any package. Missing "
1576"packages may be an evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a "
1577"package (real or virtual) has been dropped from the distribution. Usually "
1578"they are referenced from Conflicts or Breaks statements."
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 1584"<literal>Total distinct</literal> versions is the number of package versions "
864fe99c 1585"found in the cache. If more than one distribution is being accessed (for "
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1586"instance, \"stable\" and \"unstable\"), this value can be considerably "
1587"larger than the number of total package names."
2a52e8c5
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1588msgstr ""
1589
7d76ea1d 1590#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1591#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1592msgid ""
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1593"<literal>Total dependencies</literal> is the number of dependency "
1594"relationships claimed by all of the packages in the cache."
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 ""
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1600"<literal>showsrc</literal> displays all the source package records that "
1601"match the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all "
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1602"records that declare the name to be a binary package. Use "
1603"<option>--only-source</option> to display only source package names."
2a52e8c5
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1604msgstr ""
1605
2a52e8c5 1606#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1607#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1608msgid ""
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1609"<literal>dump</literal> shows a short listing of every package in the "
1610"cache. It is primarily for debugging."
2a52e8c5
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1611msgstr ""
1612
7d76ea1d 1613#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1614#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1615msgid ""
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1616"<literal>dumpavail</literal> prints out an available list to stdout. This is "
1617"suitable for use with &dpkg; and is used by the &dselect; method."
2a52e8c5
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1618msgstr ""
1619
7d76ea1d 1620#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1621#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1622msgid ""
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1623"<literal>unmet</literal> displays a summary of all unmet dependencies in the "
1624"package cache."
2a52e8c5
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1625msgstr ""
1626
7d76ea1d 1627#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1628#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1629msgid ""
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1630"<literal>show</literal> performs a function similar to <command>dpkg "
1631"--print-avail</command>; it displays the package records for the named "
1632"packages."
2a52e8c5
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1633msgstr ""
1634
7d76ea1d 1635#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
04f27fae 1636#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1637msgid "&synopsis-regex;"
2a52e8c5
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1638msgstr ""
1639
2a52e8c5 1640#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1641#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1642msgid ""
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1643"<literal>search</literal> performs a full text search on all available "
1644"package lists for the POSIX regex pattern given, see &regex;. It searches "
1645"the package names and the descriptions for an occurrence of the regular "
1646"expression and prints out the package name and the short description, "
1647"including virtual package names. If <option>--full</option> is given then "
1648"output identical to <literal>show</literal> is produced for each matched "
1649"package, and if <option>--names-only</option> is given then the long "
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1650"description is not searched, only the package name and provided packages "
1651"are."
2a52e8c5
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1652msgstr ""
1653
1654#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1655#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
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1656msgid ""
1657"Separate arguments can be used to specify multiple search patterns that are "
1658"and'ed together."
2a52e8c5
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1659msgstr ""
1660
2a52e8c5 1661#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1662#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1663msgid ""
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1664"<literal>depends</literal> shows a listing of each dependency a package has "
1665"and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency."
2a52e8c5
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1666msgstr ""
1667
1668#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1669#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1670msgid ""
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1671"<literal>rdepends</literal> shows a listing of each reverse dependency a "
1672"package has."
2a52e8c5
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1673msgstr ""
1674
7d76ea1d 1675#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 1676#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1677msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-prefix;</replaceable></optional>"
2a52e8c5
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1678msgstr ""
1679
2a52e8c5 1680#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1681#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1682msgid ""
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1683"This command prints the name of each package APT knows. The optional "
1684"argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable "
1685"for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated "
1686"extremely quickly. This command is best used with the "
1687"<option>--generate</option> option."
2a52e8c5
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1688msgstr ""
1689
2a52e8c5 1690#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1691#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1692msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1693"Note that a package which APT knows of is not necessarily available to "
1694"download, installable or installed, e.g. virtual packages are also listed in "
1695"the generated list."
2a52e8c5
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1696msgstr ""
1697
1698#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1699#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1700msgid ""
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1701"<literal>dotty</literal> takes a list of packages on the command line and "
1702"generates output suitable for use by dotty from the <ulink "
1703"url=\"http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/\">GraphViz</ulink> "
1704"package. The result will be a set of nodes and edges representing the "
1705"relationships between the packages. By default the given packages will trace "
1706"out all dependent packages; this can produce a very large graph. To limit "
1707"the output to only the packages listed on the command line, set the "
1708"<literal>APT::Cache::GivenOnly</literal> option."
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
2a52e8c5 1713msgid ""
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1714"The resulting nodes will have several shapes; normal packages are boxes, "
1715"pure virtual packages are triangles, mixed virtual packages are diamonds, "
1716"missing packages are hexagons. Orange boxes mean recursion was stopped (leaf "
1717"packages), blue lines are pre-depends, green lines are conflicts."
2a52e8c5
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1718msgstr ""
1719
2a52e8c5 1720#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1721#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1722msgid "Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages."
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1723msgstr ""
1724
7d76ea1d 1725#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1726#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1727msgid ""
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1728"The same as <literal>dotty</literal>, only for xvcg from the <ulink "
1729"url=\"http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html\">VCG "
1730"tool</ulink>."
2a52e8c5
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1731msgstr ""
1732
7d76ea1d 1733#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 1734#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1735msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</optional>"
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 ""
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1741"<literal>policy</literal> is meant to help debug issues relating to the "
1742"preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the priorities of each "
1743"source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information about the priority "
1744"selection of the named package."
2a52e8c5
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1745msgstr ""
1746
7d76ea1d 1747#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1748#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1749msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1750"<literal>apt-cache</literal>'s <literal>madison</literal> command attempts "
1751"to mimic the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian "
1752"archive management tool, <literal>madison</literal>. It displays available "
1753"versions of a package in a tabular format. Unlike the original "
1754"<literal>madison</literal>, it can only display information for the "
1755"architecture for which APT has retrieved package lists "
1756"(<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>)."
2a52e8c5
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1757msgstr ""
1758
7d76ea1d 1759#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1760#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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1761msgid ""
1762"Select the file to store the package cache. The package cache is the primary "
1763"cache used by all operations. Configuration Item: "
1764"<literal>Dir::Cache::pkgcache</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1765msgstr ""
1766
7d76ea1d 1767#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1768#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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1769msgid ""
1770"Select the file to store the source cache. The source is used only by "
1771"<literal>gencaches</literal> and it stores a parsed version of the package "
1772"information from remote sources. When building the package cache the source "
1773"cache is used to avoid reparsing all of the package files. Configuration "
1774"Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache</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
2a52e8c5 1779msgid ""
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1780"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
1781"More q's will produce more quietness up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
1782"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quietness level, overriding the "
1783"configuration file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1784msgstr ""
1785
7d76ea1d 1786#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1787#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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1788msgid ""
1789"Print only important dependencies; for use with <literal>unmet</literal> and "
1790"<literal>depends</literal>. Causes only Depends and Pre-Depends relations to "
1791"be printed. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Important</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1792msgstr ""
1793
7d76ea1d 1794#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1795#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1796msgid ""
864fe99c 1797"Per default the <command>depends</command> and <command>rdepends</command> "
7d76ea1d
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1798"print all dependencies. This can be tweaked with these flags which will omit "
1799"the specified dependency type. Configuration Item: "
1800"<literal>APT::Cache::Show<replaceable>DependencyType</replaceable></literal> "
1801"e.g. <literal>APT::Cache::ShowRecommends</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1802msgstr ""
1803
7d76ea1d 1804#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1805#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
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1806msgid ""
1807"Per default <command>depends</command> and <command>rdepends</command> print "
1808"only dependencies explicitly expressed in the metadata. With this flag it "
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1809"will also show dependencies implicitly added based on the encountered data. "
1810"A <literal>Conflicts: foo</literal> e.g. expresses implicitly that this "
1811"package also conflicts with the package foo from any other architecture. "
1812"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::ShowImplicit</literal>."
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1813msgstr ""
1814
1815#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1816#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1817msgid ""
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1818"Print full package records when searching. Configuration Item: "
1819"<literal>APT::Cache::ShowFull</literal>."
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1820msgstr ""
1821
7d76ea1d 1822#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1823#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1824msgid ""
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1825"Print full records for all available versions. This is the default; to turn "
1826"it off, use <option>--no-all-versions</option>. If "
1827"<option>--no-all-versions</option> is specified, only the candidate version "
1828"will be displayed (the one which would be selected for installation). This "
1829"option is only applicable to the <literal>show</literal> command. "
1830"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::AllVersions</literal>."
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1831msgstr ""
1832
7d76ea1d 1833#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1834#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1835msgid ""
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1836"Perform automatic package cache regeneration, rather than use the cache as "
1837"it is. This is the default; to turn it off, use "
1838"<option>--no-generate</option>. Configuration Item: "
1839"<literal>APT::Cache::Generate</literal>."
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1840msgstr ""
1841
7d76ea1d 1842#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1843#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1844msgid ""
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1845"Only search on the package and provided package names, not the long "
1846"descriptions. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::NamesOnly</literal>."
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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 ""
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1852"Make <literal>pkgnames</literal> print all names, including virtual packages "
1853"and missing dependencies. Configuration Item: "
1854"<literal>APT::Cache::AllNames</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
2a52e8c5 1859msgid ""
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1860"Make <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> recursive so "
1861"that all packages mentioned are printed once. Configuration Item: "
1862"<literal>APT::Cache::RecurseDepends</literal>."
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1863msgstr ""
1864
7d76ea1d 1865#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1866#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
b81dbe40 1867msgid ""
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1868"Limit the output of <literal>depends</literal> and "
1869"<literal>rdepends</literal> to packages which are currently installed. "
1870"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Installed</literal>."
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1871msgstr ""
1872
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1873#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1874#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
1875msgid ""
1876"Adds the given file as a source for metadata. Can be repeated to add "
1877"multiple files. Supported are currently <literal>*.deb</literal>, "
1878"<literal>*.dsc</literal>, <literal>*.changes</literal>, "
1879"<literal>Sources</literal> and <literal>Packages</literal> files as well as "
1880"source package directories. Files are matched based on their name only, not "
1881"their content!"
1882msgstr ""
1883
1884#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1885#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
1886msgid ""
1887"<literal>Sources</literal> and <literal>Packages</literal> can be compressed "
1888"in any format apt supports as long as they have the correct extension. If "
1889"you need to store multiple of these files in one directory you can prefix a "
1890"name of your choice with the last character being an underscore "
1891"(\"<literal>_</literal>\"). Example: my.example_Packages.xz"
1892msgstr ""
1893
1894#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1895#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
1896msgid ""
1897"Note that these sources are treated as trusted (see &apt-secure;). "
1898"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Sources::With</literal>."
1899msgstr ""
1900
7d76ea1d 1901#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1902#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1903msgid "&apt-conf;, &sources-list;, &apt-get;"
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1904msgstr ""
1905
7d76ea1d 1906#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1907#: apt-cache.8.xml:1
b81dbe40 1908msgid ""
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1909"<command>apt-cache</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
1910"on error."
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1911msgstr ""
1912
7d76ea1d 1913#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 1914#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1915msgid "APT key management utility"
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1916msgstr ""
1917
7d76ea1d 1918#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 1919#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1920msgid ""
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1921"<command>apt-key</command> is used to manage the list of keys used by apt to "
1922"authenticate packages. Packages which have been authenticated using these "
1923"keys will be considered trusted."
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1924msgstr ""
1925
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1926#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1927#: apt-key.8.xml:1
1928msgid ""
1929"Note that if usage of <command>apt-key</command> is desired the additional "
1930"installation of the GNU Privacy Guard suite (packaged in "
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1931"<package>gnupg</package>) is required. For this reason alone the "
1932"programmatic usage (especially in package maintainerscripts!) is strongly "
1933"discouraged. Further more the output format of all commands is undefined "
1934"and can and does change whenever the underlying commands "
1935"change. <command>apt-key</command> will try to detect such usage and "
1936"generates warnings on stderr in these cases."
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1937msgstr ""
1938
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1939#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
1940#: apt-key.8.xml:1
1941msgid "Supported keyring files"
1942msgstr ""
1943
1944#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1945#: apt-key.8.xml:1
1946msgid ""
1947"apt-key supports only the binary OpenPGP format (also known as \"GPG key "
1948"public ring\") in files with the \"<literal>gpg</literal>\" extension, not "
1949"the keybox database format introduced in newer &gpg; versions as default for "
1950"keyring files. Binary keyring files intended to be used with any apt version "
1951"should therefore always be created with <command>gpg --export</command>."
1952msgstr ""
1953
1954#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
1955#: apt-key.8.xml:1
1956msgid ""
1957"Alternatively, if all systems which should be using the created keyring have "
1958"at least apt version >= 1.4 installed, you can use the ASCII armored format "
1959"with the \"<literal>asc</literal>\" extension instead which can be created "
1960"with <command>gpg --armor --export</command>."
1961msgstr ""
1962
7d76ea1d 1963#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 1964#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 1965msgid "Commands"
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1966msgstr ""
1967
7d76ea1d 1968#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1969#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 1970msgid ""
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1971"Add a new key to the list of trusted keys. The key is read from the "
1972"filename given with the parameter &synopsis-param-filename; or if the "
1973"filename is <literal>-</literal> from standard input."
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1974msgstr ""
1975
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1976#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1977#: apt-key.8.xml:1
1978msgid ""
1979"It is critical that keys added manually via <command>apt-key</command> are "
1980"verified to belong to the owner of the repositories they claim to be for "
1981"otherwise the &apt-secure; infrastructure is completely undermined."
1982msgstr ""
1983
7d76ea1d 1984#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1985#: apt-key.8.xml:1
4bdf29d3 1986msgid ""
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1987"<emphasis>Note</emphasis>: Instead of using this command a keyring should be "
1988"placed directly in the <filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/</filename> "
1989"directory with a descriptive name and either \"<literal>gpg</literal>\" or "
1990"\"<literal>asc</literal>\" as file extension."
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1991msgstr ""
1992
7d76ea1d 1993#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1994#: apt-key.8.xml:1
4bdf29d3 1995msgid "Remove a key from the list of trusted keys."
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1996msgstr ""
1997
7d76ea1d 1998#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 1999#: apt-key.8.xml:1
4bdf29d3 2000msgid "Output the key &synopsis-param-keyid; to standard output."
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2001msgstr ""
2002
7d76ea1d 2003#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2004#: apt-key.8.xml:1
4bdf29d3 2005msgid "Output all trusted keys to standard output."
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2006msgstr ""
2007
7d76ea1d 2008#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2009#: apt-key.8.xml:1
4bdf29d3 2010msgid "List trusted keys with fingerprints."
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2011msgstr ""
2012
7d76ea1d 2013#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2014#: apt-key.8.xml:1
b81dbe40 2015msgid ""
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2016"Pass advanced options to gpg. With <command>adv --recv-key</command> you can "
2017"e.g. download key from keyservers directly into the the trusted set of "
2018"keys. Note that there are <emphasis>no</emphasis> checks performed, so it is "
2019"easy to completely undermine the &apt-secure; infrastructure if used without "
2020"care."
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2021msgstr ""
2022
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2023#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2024#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2025msgid "(deprecated)"
2026msgstr ""
2027
7d76ea1d 2028#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2029#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2030msgid ""
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2031"Update the local keyring with the archive keyring and remove from the local "
2032"keyring the archive keys which are no longer valid. The archive keyring is "
2033"shipped in the <literal>archive-keyring</literal> package of your "
ce34af08 2034"distribution, e.g. the &keyring-package; package in &keyring-distro;."
2a52e8c5
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2035msgstr ""
2036
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2037#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2038#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2039msgid ""
2040"Note that a distribution does not need to and in fact should not use this "
2041"command any longer and instead ship keyring files in the "
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2042"<filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/</filename> directory directly as this "
2043"avoids a dependency on <package>gnupg</package> and it is easier to manage "
2044"keys by simply adding and removing files for maintainers and users alike."
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2045msgstr ""
2046
7d76ea1d 2047#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2048#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2049msgid ""
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2050"Perform an update working similarly to the <command>update</command> command "
2051"above, but get the archive keyring from a URI instead and validate it "
2052"against a master key. This requires an installed &wget; and an APT build "
2053"configured to have a server to fetch from and a master keyring to validate. "
2054"APT in Debian does not support this command, relying on "
2055"<command>update</command> instead, but Ubuntu's APT does."
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2056msgstr ""
2057
7d76ea1d 2058#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
cbbee23e 2059#: apt-key.8.xml:1 apt-mark.8.xml:1 apt-mark.8.xml:1 apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2060msgid "Options"
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2061msgstr ""
2062
7d76ea1d 2063#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2064#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2065msgid ""
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2066"Note that options need to be defined before the commands described in the "
2067"previous section."
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2068msgstr ""
2069
7d76ea1d 2070#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2071#: apt-key.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2072msgid ""
6072cbe1 2073"With this option it is possible to specify a particular keyring file the "
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2074"command should operate on. The default is that a command is executed on the "
2075"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> file as well as on all parts in the "
2076"<filename>trusted.gpg.d</filename> directory, though "
2077"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> is the primary keyring which means that "
2078"e.g. new keys are added to this one."
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2079msgstr ""
2080
7d76ea1d 2081#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2082#: apt-key.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2083msgid "&apt-get;, &apt-secure;"
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2084msgstr ""
2085
7d76ea1d 2086#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 2087#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
cbbee23e 2088msgid "show, set and unset various settings for a package"
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2089msgstr ""
2090
7d76ea1d 2091#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2092#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2093msgid ""
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2094"<command>apt-mark</command> can be used as a unified front-end to set "
2095"various settings for a package, such as marking a package as being "
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2096"automatically/manually installed or changing <command>dpkg</command> "
2097"selections such as hold, install, deinstall and purge which are respected "
2098"e.g. by <command>apt-get dselect-upgrade</command> or "
2099"<command>aptitude</command>."
2100msgstr ""
2101
2102#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
2103#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
051029f8 2104msgid "Automatically and Manually Installed Packages"
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2105msgstr ""
2106
7d76ea1d 2107#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2108#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2109msgid ""
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2110"When you request that a package is installed, and as a result other packages "
2111"are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the dependencies are marked as "
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2112"being automatically installed, while the package you installed explicitly is "
2113"marked as manually installed. Once an automatically installed package is no "
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2114"longer depended on by any manually installed package it is considered no "
2115"longer needed and e.g. <command>apt-get</command> or "
2116"<command>aptitude</command> will at least suggest removing them."
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2117msgstr ""
2118
7d76ea1d 2119#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2120#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2121msgid ""
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2122"<literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a package as being automatically "
2123"installed, which will cause the package to be removed when no more manually "
2124"installed packages depend on this package."
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2125msgstr ""
2126
7d76ea1d 2127#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2128#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
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2129msgid ""
2130"<literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a package as being manually "
2131"installed, which will prevent the package from being automatically removed "
2132"if no other packages depend on it."
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2133msgstr ""
2134
7d76ea1d 2135#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2136#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2137msgid ""
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2138"<literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a list of automatically "
2139"installed packages with each package on a new line. All automatically "
2140"installed packages will be listed if no package is given. If packages are "
2141"given only those which are automatically installed will be shown."
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2142msgstr ""
2143
7d76ea1d 2144#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2145#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2146msgid ""
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2147"<literal>showmanual</literal> can be used in the same way as "
2148"<literal>showauto</literal> except that it will print a list of manually "
2149"installed packages instead."
2150msgstr ""
2151
2152#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2153#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2154msgid ""
2155"Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the parameter "
2156"&synopsis-param-filename; instead of from the default location, which is "
2157"<filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined by the "
2158"Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>."
2159msgstr ""
2160
2161#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
2162#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
051029f8 2163msgid "Prevent Changes for a Package"
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2164msgstr ""
2165
7d76ea1d 2166#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2167#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2168msgid ""
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2169"<literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a package as held back, which will "
2170"prevent the package from being automatically installed, upgraded or removed."
2a52e8c5
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2171msgstr ""
2172
7d76ea1d 2173#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2174#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2175msgid ""
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2176"<literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a previously set hold on a "
2177"package to allow all actions again."
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2178msgstr ""
2179
7d76ea1d 2180#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2181#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2182msgid ""
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2183"<literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list of packages on hold in "
2184"the same way as for the other show commands."
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2185msgstr ""
2186
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2187#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
2188#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
051029f8 2189msgid "Schedule Packages for Install, Remove and Purge"
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2190msgstr ""
2191
2192#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2193#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2194msgid ""
add81166 2195"Some front-ends like <command>apt-get dselect-upgrade</command> can be used "
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2196"to apply previously scheduled changes to the install state of packages. Such "
2197"changes can be scheduled with the <option>install</option>, "
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2198"<option>remove</option> (also known as <option>deinstall</option>) and "
2199"<option>purge</option> commands. Packages with a specific selection can be "
2200"displayed with <option>showinstall</option>, <option>showremove</option> and "
2201"<option>showpurge</option> respectively. More information about these so "
2202"called dpkg selections can be found in &dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
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2203msgstr ""
2204
7d76ea1d 2205#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2206#: apt-mark.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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2207msgid ""
2208"<command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on "
2209"error."
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2210msgstr ""
2211
7d76ea1d 2212#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 2213#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2214msgid "Archive authentication support for APT"
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2215msgstr ""
2216
7d76ea1d 2217#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2218#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2219msgid ""
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2220"Starting with version 0.6, <command>APT</command> contains code that does "
2221"signature checking of the Release file for all repositories. This ensures "
2222"that data like packages in the archive can't be modified by people who have "
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2223"no access to the Release file signing key. Starting with version 1.1 "
2224"<command>APT</command> requires repositories to provide recent "
2225"authentication information for unimpeded usage of the repository."
2a52e8c5
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2226msgstr ""
2227
7d76ea1d 2228#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2229#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2230msgid ""
051029f8 2231"If an archive has an unsigned Release file or no Release file at all current "
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2232"APT versions will refuse to download data from them by default in "
2233"<command>update</command> operations and even if forced to download "
2234"front-ends like &apt-get; will require explicit confirmation if an "
2235"installation request includes a package from such an unauthenticated "
2236"archive."
2a52e8c5
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2237msgstr ""
2238
2a52e8c5 2239#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2240#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2241msgid ""
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2242"As a temporary exception &apt-get; (not &apt;!) raises warnings only if it "
2243"encounters unauthenticated archives to give a slightly longer grace period "
2244"on this backward compatibility effecting change. This exception will be "
2245"removed in future releases and you can opt-out of this grace period by "
2246"setting the configuration option "
2247"<option>Binary::apt-get::Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories</option> to "
2248"<literal>false</literal> or "
2249"<option>--no-allow-insecure-repositories</option> on the command line."
2250msgstr ""
2251
2252#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2253#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2254msgid ""
2255"You can force all APT clients to raise only warnings by setting the "
2256"configuration option <option>Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories</option> to "
2257"<literal>true</literal>. Individual repositories can also be allowed to be "
2258"insecure via the &sources-list; option "
2259"<literal>allow-insecure=yes</literal>. Note that insecure repositories are "
2260"strongly discouraged and all options to force apt to continue supporting "
2261"them will eventually be removed. Users also have the "
2262"<option>Trusted</option> option available to disable even the warnings, but "
2263"be sure to understand the implications as detailed in &sources-list;."
2264msgstr ""
2265
2266#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2267#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2268msgid ""
2c30cf43 2269"A repository which previously was authenticated but would loose this state "
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2270"in an <command>update</command> operation raises an error in all APT clients "
2271"irrespective of the option to allow or forbid usage of insecure "
2272"repositories. The error can be overcome by additionally setting "
2273"<option>Acquire::AllowDowngradeToInsecureRepositories</option> to "
2274"<literal>true</literal> or for Individual repositories with the "
2275"&sources-list; option <literal>allow-downgrade-to-insecure=yes</literal>."
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2276msgstr ""
2277
2278#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2279#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2280msgid ""
add81166 2281"Note: All APT-based package management front-ends like &apt-get;, &aptitude; "
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2282"and &synaptic; support this authentication feature, so this manpage uses "
2283"<literal>APT</literal> to refer to them all for simplicity only."
2a52e8c5
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2284msgstr ""
2285
2286#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2287#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
051029f8 2288msgid "Trusted Repositories"
2a52e8c5
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2289msgstr ""
2290
2291#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2292#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2293msgid ""
cbbee23e 2294"The chain of trust from an APT archive to the end user is made up of several "
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2295"steps. <command>apt-secure</command> is the last step in this chain; "
2296"trusting an archive does not mean that you trust its packages not to contain "
2297"malicious code, but means that you trust the archive maintainer. It's the "
2298"archive maintainer's responsibility to ensure that the archive's integrity "
2299"is preserved."
2a52e8c5
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2300msgstr ""
2301
2302#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2303#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2304msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2305"apt-secure does not review signatures at a package level. If you require "
2306"tools to do this you should look at <command>debsig-verify</command> and "
2307"<command>debsign</command> (provided in the debsig-verify and devscripts "
2308"packages respectively)."
2a52e8c5
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2309msgstr ""
2310
7d76ea1d 2311#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2312#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2313msgid ""
051029f8 2314"The chain of trust in Debian starts (e.g.) when a maintainer uploads a new "
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2315"package or a new version of a package to the Debian archive. In order to "
2316"become effective, this upload needs to be signed by a key contained in one "
051029f8 2317"of the Debian package maintainer keyrings (available in the debian-keyring "
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2318"package). Maintainers' keys are signed by other maintainers following "
2319"pre-established procedures to ensure the identity of the key holder. Similar "
2320"procedures exist in all Debian-based distributions."
2a52e8c5
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2321msgstr ""
2322
2323#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2324#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2325msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2326"Once the uploaded package is verified and included in the archive, the "
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2327"maintainer signature is stripped off, and checksums of the package are "
2328"computed and put in the Packages file. The checksums of all of the Packages "
2329"files are then computed and put into the Release file. The Release file is "
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2330"then signed by the archive key for this &keyring-distro; release, and "
2331"distributed alongside the packages and the Packages files on "
2332"&keyring-distro; mirrors. The keys are in the &keyring-distro; archive "
2333"keyring available in the &keyring-package; package."
2a52e8c5
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2334msgstr ""
2335
7d76ea1d 2336#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2337#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2338msgid ""
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2339"End users can check the signature of the Release file, extract a checksum of "
2340"a package from it and compare it with the checksum of the package they "
2341"downloaded by hand - or rely on APT doing this automatically."
2a52e8c5
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2342msgstr ""
2343
2344#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2345#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2346msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2347"Notice that this is distinct from checking signatures on a per package "
2348"basis. It is designed to prevent two possible attacks:"
2a52e8c5
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2349msgstr ""
2350
7d76ea1d 2351#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2352#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2353msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2354"<literal>Network \"man in the middle\" attacks</literal>. Without signature "
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2355"checking, malicious agents can introduce themselves into the package "
2356"download process and provide malicious software either by controlling a "
2357"network element (router, switch, etc.) or by redirecting traffic to a rogue "
2358"server (through ARP or DNS spoofing attacks)."
2a52e8c5
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2359msgstr ""
2360
7d76ea1d 2361#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2362#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2363msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2364"<literal>Mirror network compromise</literal>. Without signature checking, a "
2365"malicious agent can compromise a mirror host and modify the files in it to "
2366"propagate malicious software to all users downloading packages from that "
2367"host."
2a52e8c5
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2368msgstr ""
2369
7d76ea1d 2370#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2371#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2372msgid ""
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2373"However, it does not defend against a compromise of the master server itself "
2374"(which signs the packages) or against a compromise of the key used to sign "
2375"the Release files. In any case, this mechanism can complement a per-package "
2376"signature."
2a52e8c5
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2377msgstr ""
2378
7d76ea1d 2379#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2380#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
051029f8 2381msgid "User Configuration"
2a52e8c5
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2382msgstr ""
2383
7d76ea1d 2384#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2385#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2386msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2387"<command>apt-key</command> is the program that manages the list of keys used "
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2388"by APT to trust repositories. It can be used to add or remove keys as well "
2389"as list the trusted keys. Limiting which key(s) are able to sign which "
2390"archive is possible via the <option>Signed-By</option> in &sources-list;."
2391msgstr ""
2392
2393#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2394#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2395msgid ""
d04e44ac 2396"Note that a default installation already contains all keys to securely "
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2397"acquire packages from the default repositories, so fiddling with "
2398"<command>apt-key</command> is only needed if third-party repositories are "
2399"added."
2a52e8c5
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2400msgstr ""
2401
7d76ea1d 2402#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2403#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2404msgid ""
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2405"In order to add a new key you need to first download it (you should make "
2406"sure you are using a trusted communication channel when retrieving it), add "
2407"it with <command>apt-key</command> and then run <command>apt-get "
2408"update</command> so that apt can download and verify the "
2409"<filename>InRelease</filename> or <filename>Release.gpg</filename> files "
2410"from the archives you have configured."
2a52e8c5
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2411msgstr ""
2412
7d76ea1d 2413#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2414#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
051029f8 2415msgid "Archive Configuration"
7d76ea1d
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2416msgstr ""
2417
2418#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2419#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2420msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2421"If you want to provide archive signatures in an archive under your "
2422"maintenance you have to:"
2a52e8c5
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2423msgstr ""
2424
7d76ea1d 2425#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2426#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
43be0ac4 2427msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2428"<emphasis>Create a toplevel Release file</emphasis>, if it does not exist "
2429"already. You can do this by running <command>apt-ftparchive "
2430"release</command> (provided in apt-utils)."
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2431msgstr ""
2432
7d76ea1d 2433#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2434#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
0fd68707 2435msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2436"<emphasis>Sign it</emphasis>. You can do this by running <command>gpg "
2437"--clearsign -o InRelease Release</command> and <command>gpg -abs -o "
2438"Release.gpg Release</command>."
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2439msgstr ""
2440
7d76ea1d 2441#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2442#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
b39c1859 2443msgid ""
051029f8 2444"<emphasis>Publish the key fingerprint</emphasis>, so that your users will "
7d76ea1d 2445"know what key they need to import in order to authenticate the files in the "
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2446"archive. It is best to ship your key in its own keyring package like "
2447"&keyring-distro; does with &keyring-package; to be able to distribute "
2448"updates and key transitions automatically later."
2449msgstr ""
2450
2451#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
2452#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2453msgid ""
2454"<emphasis>Provide instructions on how to add your archive and "
d04e44ac 2455"key</emphasis>. If your users can't acquire your key securely the chain of "
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2456"trust described above is broken. How you can help users add your key "
2457"depends on your archive and target audience ranging from having your keyring "
2458"package included in another archive users already have configured (like the "
051029f8 2459"default repositories of their distribution) to leveraging the web of trust."
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2460msgstr ""
2461
7d76ea1d 2462#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2463#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2464msgid ""
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2465"Whenever the contents of the archive change (new packages are added or "
2466"removed) the archive maintainer has to follow the first two steps outlined "
2467"above."
2a52e8c5
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2468msgstr ""
2469
7d76ea1d 2470#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2471#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2472msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2473"&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-ftparchive;, "
480c2414 2474"&debsign;, &debsig-verify;, &gpg;"
2a52e8c5
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2475msgstr ""
2476
2477#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2478#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2479msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2480"For more background information you might want to review the <ulink "
cbbee23e 2481"url=\"https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch7\">Debian "
051029f8
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2482"Security Infrastructure</ulink> chapter of the Securing Debian Manual (also "
2483"available in the harden-doc package) and the <ulink "
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2484"url=\"http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/strong_distro.html\" >Strong "
2485"Distribution HOWTO</ulink> by V. Alex Brennen."
2486msgstr ""
2487
2488#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2489#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2490msgid "Manpage Authors"
2a52e8c5
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2491msgstr ""
2492
2493#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2494#: apt-secure.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2495msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2496"This man-page is based on the work of Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Isaac "
2497"Jones, Colin Walters, Florian Weimer and Michael Vogt."
2a52e8c5
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2498msgstr ""
2499
2a52e8c5 2500#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 2501#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2502msgid "APT CD-ROM management utility"
2a52e8c5
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2503msgstr ""
2504
2a52e8c5 2505#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2506#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2507msgid ""
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2508"<command>apt-cdrom</command> is used to add a new CD-ROM to APT's list of "
2509"available sources. <command>apt-cdrom</command> takes care of determining "
2510"the structure of the disc as well as correcting for several possible "
2511"mis-burns and verifying the index files."
2a52e8c5
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2512msgstr ""
2513
7d76ea1d 2514#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2515#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2516msgid ""
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2517"It is necessary to use <command>apt-cdrom</command> to add CDs to the APT "
2518"system; it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disc in a multi-CD set "
2519"must be inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns."
2a52e8c5
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2520msgstr ""
2521
2a52e8c5 2522#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2523#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2524msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2525"<literal>add</literal> is used to add a new disc to the source list. It will "
2526"unmount the CD-ROM device, prompt for a disc to be inserted and then proceed "
2527"to scan it and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper "
2528"<filename>.disk</filename> directory you will be prompted for a descriptive "
2529"title."
2a52e8c5
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2530msgstr ""
2531
2a52e8c5 2532#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2533#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2534msgid ""
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2535"APT uses a CD-ROM ID to track which disc is currently in the drive and "
2536"maintains a database of these IDs in "
2537"<filename>&statedir;/cdroms.list</filename>"
2a52e8c5
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2538msgstr ""
2539
2a52e8c5 2540#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2541#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2542msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2543"A debugging tool to report the identity of the current disc as well as the "
2544"stored file name"
2a52e8c5
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2545msgstr ""
2546
2a52e8c5 2547#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2548#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
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2549msgid ""
2550"Do not try to auto-detect the CD-ROM path. Usually combined with the "
2551"<option>--cdrom</option> option. Configuration Item: "
2552"<literal>Acquire::cdrom::AutoDetect</literal>."
2553msgstr ""
2554
2555#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2556#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2557msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2558"Mount point; specify the location to mount the CD-ROM. This mount point must "
2559"be listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and properly configured. "
2560"Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::cdrom::mount</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2561msgstr ""
2562
2563#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2564#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2565msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2566"Rename a disc; change the label of a disc or override the disc's given "
2567"label. This option will cause <command>apt-cdrom</command> to prompt for a "
2568"new label. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Rename</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2569msgstr ""
2570
2571#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2572#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2573msgid ""
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2574"No mounting; prevent <command>apt-cdrom</command> from mounting and "
2575"unmounting the mount point. Configuration Item: "
2576"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoMount</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2577msgstr ""
2578
2579#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2580#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2581msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2582"Fast Copy; Assume the package files are valid and do not check every "
2583"package. This option should be used only if <command>apt-cdrom</command> has "
2584"been run on this disc before and did not detect any errors. Configuration "
2585"Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Fast</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2586msgstr ""
2587
2588#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2589#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2590msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2591"Thorough Package Scan; This option may be needed with some old Debian "
2592"1.1/1.2 discs that have Package files in strange places. It takes much "
2593"longer to scan the CD but will pick them all up."
2a52e8c5
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2594msgstr ""
2595
2596#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2597#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2598msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2599"No Changes; Do not change the &sources-list; file and do not write index "
2600"files. Everything is still checked however. Configuration Item: "
2601"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoAct</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2602msgstr ""
2603
7d76ea1d 2604#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2605#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2606msgid "&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;"
2a52e8c5
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2607msgstr ""
2608
7d76ea1d 2609#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2610#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2611msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2612"<command>apt-cdrom</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
2613"on error."
2a52e8c5
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2614msgstr ""
2615
7d76ea1d 2616#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 2617#: apt-config.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2618msgid "APT Configuration Query program"
2a52e8c5
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2619msgstr ""
2620
7d76ea1d 2621#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2622#: apt-config.8.xml:1
bcf91c1b 2623msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2624"<command>apt-config</command> is an internal program used by various "
2625"portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses "
2626"the main configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> in a "
2627"manner that is easy to use for scripted applications."
bcf91c1b
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2628msgstr ""
2629
2630#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2631#: apt-config.8.xml:1
bcf91c1b 2632msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2633"shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell "
2634"script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell variable and "
2635"the second the configuration value to query. As output it lists shell "
2636"assignment commands for each value present. In a shell script it should be "
2637"used as follows:"
bcf91c1b
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2638msgstr ""
2639
7d76ea1d 2640#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
04f27fae 2641#: apt-config.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2642#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 2643msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2644"OPTS=\"-f\"\n"
2645"RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::options`\n"
2646"eval $RES\n"
2a52e8c5
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2647msgstr ""
2648
2649#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2650#: apt-config.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2651msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2652"This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value of "
2653"MyApp::options with a default of <option>-f</option>."
2a52e8c5
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2654msgstr ""
2655
2a52e8c5 2656#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2657#: apt-config.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2658msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2659"The configuration item may be postfixed with a /[fdbi]. f returns file "
2660"names, d returns directories, b returns true or false and i returns an "
2661"integer. Each of the returns is normalized and verified internally."
2a52e8c5
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2662msgstr ""
2663
2a52e8c5 2664#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2665#: apt-config.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2666msgid "Just show the contents of the configuration space."
2a52e8c5
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2667msgstr ""
2668
2669#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2670#: apt-config.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2671msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2672"Include options which have an empty value. This is the default, so use "
2673"--no-empty to remove them from the output."
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2674msgstr ""
2675
7d76ea1d 2676#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
04f27fae 2677#: apt-config.8.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2678msgid "&percnt;f &#x0022;&percnt;v&#x0022;;&percnt;n"
2a52e8c5
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2679msgstr ""
2680
2a52e8c5 2681#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2682#: apt-config.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2683msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2684"Defines the output of each config option. &percnt;t will be replaced with "
2685"its individual name, &percnt;f with its full hierarchical name and &percnt;v "
2686"with its value. Use uppercase letters and special characters in the value "
2687"will be encoded to ensure that it can e.g. be safely used in a quoted-string "
2688"as defined by RFC822. Additionally &percnt;n will be replaced by a newline, "
2689"and &percnt;N by a tab. A &percnt; can be printed by using &percnt;&percnt;."
2a52e8c5
DK
2690msgstr ""
2691
7d76ea1d 2692#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae
MV
2693#: apt-config.8.xml:1 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1
2694#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2695msgid "&apt-conf;"
2a52e8c5
DK
2696msgstr ""
2697
7d76ea1d 2698#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2699#: apt-config.8.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2700msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2701"<command>apt-config</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
2702"on error."
30549c0c
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2703msgstr ""
2704
7d76ea1d 2705#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><contrib>
04f27fae 2706#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2707msgid "Initial documentation of Debug::*."
2a52e8c5
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2708msgstr ""
2709
7d76ea1d 2710#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><email>
04f27fae 2711#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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2712msgid "dburrows@debian.org"
2713msgstr ""
2714
2715#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
04f27fae 2716#: apt.conf.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1 sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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2717msgid "5"
2718msgstr ""
2719
2720#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 2721#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
2722msgid "Configuration file for APT"
2723msgstr ""
2724
2725#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2726#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
30549c0c 2727msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2728"<filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> is the main configuration file shared "
2729"by all the tools in the APT suite of tools, though it is by no means the "
2730"only place options can be set. The suite also shares a common command line "
2731"parser to provide a uniform environment."
30549c0c
MV
2732msgstr ""
2733
7d76ea1d 2734#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><para>
04f27fae 2735#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2736msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2737"When an APT tool starts up it will read the configuration files in the "
2738"following order:"
2a52e8c5
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2739msgstr ""
2740
7d76ea1d 2741#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2742#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2743msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2744"the file specified by the <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar> environment variable (if "
2745"any)"
2a52e8c5
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2746msgstr ""
2747
7d76ea1d 2748#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2749#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2750msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2751"all files in <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal> in alphanumeric ascending "
2752"order which have either no or \"<literal>conf</literal>\" as filename "
2753"extension and which only contain alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) "
2754"and period (.) characters. Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has "
44477002 2755"ignored a file, unless that file matches a pattern in the "
5723791e 2756"<literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> configuration list - in which "
7d76ea1d 2757"case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
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2758msgstr ""
2759
7d76ea1d 2760#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2761#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2762msgid "the main configuration file specified by <literal>Dir::Etc::main</literal>"
2a52e8c5
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2763msgstr ""
2764
cbbee23e
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2765#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
2766#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2767msgid ""
2768"all options set in the binary specific configuration subtree are moved into "
2769"the root of the tree."
2770msgstr ""
2771
7d76ea1d 2772#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2773#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2774msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2775"the command line options are applied to override the configuration "
2776"directives or to load even more configuration files."
2a52e8c5
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2777msgstr ""
2778
7d76ea1d 2779#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2780#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2781msgid "Syntax"
2a52e8c5
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2782msgstr ""
2783
7d76ea1d 2784#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2785#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2786msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2787"The configuration file is organized in a tree with options organized into "
2788"functional groups. Option specification is given with a double colon "
5723791e 2789"notation; for instance <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> is an option "
7d76ea1d
DK
2790"within the APT tool group, for the Get tool. Options do not inherit from "
2791"their parent groups."
2a52e8c5
DK
2792msgstr ""
2793
7d76ea1d 2794#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2795#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2796msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2797"Syntactically the configuration language is modeled after what the ISC tools "
2798"such as bind and dhcp use. Lines starting with <literal>//</literal> are "
2799"treated as comments (ignored), as well as all text between "
2800"<literal>/*</literal> and <literal>*/</literal>, just like C/C++ comments. "
5723791e
JR
2801"Each line is of the form <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes \"true\";</literal>. "
2802"The quotation marks and trailing semicolon are required. The value must be "
2803"on one line, and there is no kind of string concatenation. Values must not "
2804"include backslashes or extra quotation marks. Option names are made up of "
2805"alphanumeric characters and the characters \"/-:._+\". A new scope can be "
2806"opened with curly braces, like this:"
2a52e8c5
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2807msgstr ""
2808
7d76ea1d 2809#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
04f27fae 2810#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2811#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 2812msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2813"APT {\n"
2814" Get {\n"
2815" Assume-Yes \"true\";\n"
2816" Fix-Broken \"true\";\n"
2817" };\n"
2818"};\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
2819msgstr ""
2820
7d76ea1d 2821#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2822#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2823msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2824"with newlines placed to make it more readable. Lists can be created by "
2825"opening a scope and including a single string enclosed in quotes followed by "
5723791e 2826"a semicolon. Multiple entries can be included, separated by a semicolon."
2a52e8c5
DK
2827msgstr ""
2828
7d76ea1d 2829#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
04f27fae 2830#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
2831#, no-wrap
2832msgid "DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {\"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt\";};\n"
c77d6597
MV
2833msgstr ""
2834
7d76ea1d 2835#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2836#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
c77d6597 2837msgid ""
00612a8c
DK
2838"In general the sample configuration file &configureindex; is a good guide "
2839"for how it should look."
c77d6597
MV
2840msgstr ""
2841
7d76ea1d 2842#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2843#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2844msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2845"Case is not significant in names of configuration items, so in the previous "
2846"example you could use <literal>dpkg::pre-install-pkgs</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2847msgstr ""
2848
7d76ea1d 2849#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2850#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2851msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2852"Names for the configuration items are optional if a list is defined as can "
2853"be seen in the <literal>DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs</literal> example above. If "
2854"you don't specify a name a new entry will simply add a new option to the "
2855"list. If you specify a name you can override the option in the same way as "
2856"any other option by reassigning a new value to the option."
2a52e8c5
DK
2857msgstr ""
2858
7d76ea1d 2859#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2860#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
c77d6597 2861msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2862"Two special commands are defined: <literal>#include</literal> (which is "
2863"deprecated and not supported by alternative implementations) and "
2864"<literal>#clear</literal>. <literal>#include</literal> will include the "
2865"given file, unless the filename ends in a slash, in which case the whole "
2866"directory is included. <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a part of "
2867"the configuration tree. The specified element and all its descendants are "
7d76ea1d 2868"erased. (Note that these lines also need to end with a semicolon.)"
c77d6597
MV
2869msgstr ""
2870
7d76ea1d 2871#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2872#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2873msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2874"The <literal>#clear</literal> command is the only way to delete a list or a "
2875"complete scope. Reopening a scope (or using the syntax described below with "
2876"an appended <literal>::</literal>) will <emphasis>not</emphasis> override "
2877"previously written entries. Options can only be overridden by addressing a "
2878"new value to them - lists and scopes can't be overridden, only cleared."
2a52e8c5
DK
2879msgstr ""
2880
7d76ea1d 2881#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2882#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2883msgid ""
5723791e 2884"All of the APT tools take an -o option which allows an arbitrary "
7d76ea1d
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2885"configuration directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a "
2886"full option name (<literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> for instance) "
2887"followed by an equals sign then the new value of the option. To append a new "
5723791e
JR
2888"element to a list, add a trailing <literal>::</literal> to the name of the "
2889"list. (As you might suspect, the scope syntax can't be used on the command "
2890"line.)"
2a52e8c5
DK
2891msgstr ""
2892
7d76ea1d 2893#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2894#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
5723791e
JR
2895msgid ""
2896"Note that appending items to a list using <literal>::</literal> only works "
2897"for one item per line, and that you should not use it in combination with "
2898"the scope syntax (which adds <literal>::</literal> implicitly). Using both "
2899"syntaxes together will trigger a bug which some users unfortunately depend "
2900"on: an option with the unusual name \"<literal>::</literal>\" which acts "
2901"like every other option with a name. This introduces many problems; for one "
2902"thing, users who write multiple lines in this <emphasis>wrong</emphasis> "
2903"syntax in the hope of appending to a list will achieve the opposite, as only "
2904"the last assignment for this option \"<literal>::</literal>\" will be "
2905"used. Future versions of APT will raise errors and stop working if they "
2906"encounter this misuse, so please correct such statements now while APT "
2907"doesn't explicitly complain about them."
a7307a87
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2908msgstr ""
2909
7d76ea1d 2910#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 2911#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 2912msgid "The APT Group"
2a52e8c5
DK
2913msgstr ""
2914
7d76ea1d 2915#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 2916#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2917msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2918"This group of options controls general APT behavior as well as holding the "
2919"options for all of the tools."
2a52e8c5
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2920msgstr ""
2921
2a52e8c5 2922#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2923#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2924msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2925"System Architecture; sets the architecture to use when fetching files and "
2926"parsing package lists. The internal default is the architecture apt was "
2927"compiled for."
a7307a87
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2928msgstr ""
2929
a7307a87 2930#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2931#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
a7307a87 2932msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2933"All Architectures the system supports. For instance, CPUs implementing the "
2934"<literal>amd64</literal> (also called <literal>x86-64</literal>) "
2935"instruction set are also able to execute binaries compiled for the "
2936"<literal>i386</literal> (<literal>x86</literal>) instruction set. This list "
2937"is used when fetching files and parsing package lists. The initial default "
2938"is always the system's native architecture "
2939"(<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>), and foreign architectures are added "
2940"to the default list when they are registered via <command>dpkg "
2941"--add-architecture</command>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2942msgstr ""
2943
5ff8dd6b
JAK
2944#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2945#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2946msgid ""
2947"This scope defines which compression formats are supported, how compression "
2948"and decompression can be performed if support for this format isn't built "
2949"into apt directly and a cost-value indicating how costly it is to compress "
2950"something in this format. As an example the following configuration stanza "
2951"would allow apt to download and uncompress as well as create and store files "
2952"with the low-cost <literal>.reversed</literal> file extension which it will "
2953"pass to the command <command>rev</command> without additional commandline "
2954"parameters for compression and uncompression:"
2955msgstr ""
2956
2957#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><informalexample><programlisting>
2958#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2959#, no-wrap
2960msgid ""
2961"APT::Compressor::rev {\n"
2962"\tName \"rev\";\n"
2963"\tExtension \".reversed\";\n"
2964"\tBinary \"rev\";\n"
2965"\tCompressArg {};\n"
2966"\tUncompressArg {};\n"
2967"\tCost \"10\";\n"
2968"};\n"
2969msgstr ""
2970
2a52e8c5 2971#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2972#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7ffbb475
MV
2973msgid ""
2974"List of all build profiles enabled for build-dependency resolution, without "
2975"the \"<literal>profile.</literal>\" namespace prefix. By default this list "
2976"is empty. The <envar>DEB_BUILD_PROFILES</envar> as used by "
2977"&dpkg-buildpackage; overrides the list notation."
2978msgstr ""
2979
2980#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2981#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2982msgid ""
5723791e 2983"Default release to install packages from if more than one version is "
7d76ea1d 2984"available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: "
9feb98eb
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2985"'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', '&debian-stable-codename;', "
2986"'&debian-testing-codename;', '4.0', '5.0*'. See also &apt-preferences;."
2a52e8c5
DK
2987msgstr ""
2988
2a52e8c5 2989#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2990#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2991msgid ""
5723791e 2992"Ignore held packages; this global option causes the problem resolver to "
7d76ea1d 2993"ignore held packages in its decision making."
2a52e8c5
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2994msgstr ""
2995
2a52e8c5 2996#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 2997#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 2998msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2999"Defaults to on. When turned on the autoclean feature will remove any "
3000"packages which can no longer be downloaded from the cache. If turned off "
3001"then packages that are locally installed are also excluded from cleaning - "
3002"but note that APT provides no direct means to reinstall them."
2a52e8c5
DK
3003msgstr ""
3004
2a52e8c5 3005#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3006#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3007msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3008"Defaults to on, which will cause APT to install essential and important "
3009"packages as soon as possible in an install/upgrade operation, in order to "
3010"limit the effect of a failing &dpkg; call. If this option is disabled, APT "
3011"treats an important package in the same way as an extra package: between the "
3012"unpacking of the package A and its configuration there can be many other "
3013"unpack or configuration calls for other unrelated packages B, C etc. If "
3014"these cause the &dpkg; call to fail (e.g. because package B's maintainer "
3015"scripts generate an error), this results in a system state in which package "
3016"A is unpacked but unconfigured - so any package depending on A is now no "
3017"longer guaranteed to work, as its dependency on A is no longer satisfied."
2a52e8c5
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3018msgstr ""
3019
2a52e8c5 3020#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3021#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3022msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3023"The immediate configuration marker is also applied in the potentially "
3024"problematic case of circular dependencies, since a dependency with the "
3025"immediate flag is equivalent to a Pre-Dependency. In theory this allows APT "
3026"to recognise a situation in which it is unable to perform immediate "
3027"configuration, abort, and suggest to the user that the option should be "
3028"temporarily deactivated in order to allow the operation to proceed. Note "
3029"the use of the word \"theory\" here; in the real world this problem has "
3030"rarely been encountered, in non-stable distribution versions, and was caused "
3031"by wrong dependencies of the package in question or by a system in an "
3032"already broken state; so you should not blindly disable this option, as the "
3033"scenario mentioned above is not the only problem it can help to prevent in "
3034"the first place."
2a52e8c5
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3035msgstr ""
3036
2a52e8c5 3037#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3038#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3039msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3040"Before a big operation like <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> is run with this "
3041"option disabled you should try to explicitly <literal>install</literal> the "
3042"package APT is unable to configure immediately; but please make sure you "
3043"also report your problem to your distribution and to the APT team with the "
3044"buglink below, so they can work on improving or correcting the upgrade "
3045"process."
2a52e8c5
DK
3046msgstr ""
3047
2a52e8c5 3048#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3049#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3050msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3051"Never enable this option unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis> know what "
3052"you are doing. It permits APT to temporarily remove an essential package to "
3053"break a Conflicts/Conflicts or Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop between two "
3054"essential packages. <emphasis>Such a loop should never exist and is a grave "
3055"bug</emphasis>. This option will work if the essential packages are not "
3056"<command>tar</command>, <command>gzip</command>, <command>libc</command>, "
3057"<command>dpkg</command>, <command>dash</command> or anything that those "
3058"packages depend on."
2a52e8c5
DK
3059msgstr ""
3060
2a52e8c5 3061#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3062#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3063msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3064"APT uses since version 0.7.26 a resizable memory mapped cache file to store "
5723791e
JR
3065"the available information. <literal>Cache-Start</literal> acts as a hint of "
3066"the size the cache will grow to, and is therefore the amount of memory APT "
7d76ea1d 3067"will request at startup. The default value is 20971520 bytes (~20 MB). Note "
5723791e 3068"that this amount of space needs to be available for APT; otherwise it will "
7d76ea1d
DK
3069"likely fail ungracefully, so for memory restricted devices this value should "
3070"be lowered while on systems with a lot of configured sources it should be "
3071"increased. <literal>Cache-Grow</literal> defines in bytes with the default "
5723791e
JR
3072"of 1048576 (~1 MB) how much the cache size will be increased in the event "
3073"the space defined by <literal>Cache-Start</literal> is not enough. This "
7d76ea1d
DK
3074"value will be applied again and again until either the cache is big enough "
3075"to store all information or the size of the cache reaches the "
3076"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal>. The default of "
3077"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal> is 0 which stands for no limit. If "
5723791e
JR
3078"<literal>Cache-Grow</literal> is set to 0 the automatic growth of the cache "
3079"is disabled."
2a52e8c5
DK
3080msgstr ""
3081
2a52e8c5 3082#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3083#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
5723791e 3084msgid "Defines which packages are considered essential build dependencies."
2a52e8c5
DK
3085msgstr ""
3086
2a52e8c5 3087#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3088#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3089msgid ""
5723791e 3090"The Get subsection controls the &apt-get; tool; please see its documentation "
7d76ea1d 3091"for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
DK
3092msgstr ""
3093
2a52e8c5 3094#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3095#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3096msgid ""
5723791e 3097"The Cache subsection controls the &apt-cache; tool; please see its "
7d76ea1d 3098"documentation for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
DK
3099msgstr ""
3100
2a52e8c5 3101#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3102#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3103msgid ""
5723791e 3104"The CDROM subsection controls the &apt-cdrom; tool; please see its "
7d76ea1d 3105"documentation for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
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3106msgstr ""
3107
7d76ea1d 3108#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 3109#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3110msgid "The Acquire Group"
2a52e8c5
DK
3111msgstr ""
3112
3113#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3114#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3115msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3116"The <literal>Acquire</literal> group of options controls the download of "
5723791e
JR
3117"packages as well as the various \"acquire methods\" responsible for the "
3118"download itself (see also &sources-list;)."
2a52e8c5
DK
3119msgstr ""
3120
5723791e 3121#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3122#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3123msgid ""
5723791e
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3124"Security related option defaulting to true, as giving a Release file's "
3125"validation an expiration date prevents replay attacks over a long timescale, "
3126"and can also for example help users to identify mirrors that are no longer "
3127"updated - but the feature depends on the correctness of the clock on the "
3128"user system. Archive maintainers are encouraged to create Release files with "
3129"the <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header, but if they don't or a stricter "
3130"value is desired the <literal>Max-ValidTime</literal> option below can be "
864fe99c
MV
3131"used. The <option>Check-Valid-Until</option> option of &sources-list; "
3132"entries should be preferred to disable the check selectively instead of "
3133"using this global override."
2a52e8c5
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3134msgstr ""
3135
5723791e 3136#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3137#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3138msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3139"Maximum time (in seconds) after its creation (as indicated by the "
3140"<literal>Date</literal> header) that the <filename>Release</filename> file "
3141"should be considered valid. If the Release file itself includes a "
3142"<literal>Valid-Until</literal> header the earlier date of the two is used as "
3143"the expiration date. The default value is <literal>0</literal> which stands "
3144"for \"valid forever\". Archive specific settings can be made by appending "
864fe99c
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3145"the label of the archive to the option name. Preferably, the same can be "
3146"achieved for specific &sources-list; entries by using the "
3147"<option>Valid-Until-Max</option> option there."
2a52e8c5
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3148msgstr ""
3149
5723791e 3150#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3151#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3152msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3153"Minimum time (in seconds) after its creation (as indicated by the "
3154"<literal>Date</literal> header) that the <filename>Release</filename> file "
3155"should be considered valid. Use this if you need to use a seldom updated "
3156"(local) mirror of a more frequently updated archive with a "
3157"<literal>Valid-Until</literal> header instead of completely disabling the "
3158"expiration date checking. Archive specific settings can and should be used "
864fe99c
MV
3159"by appending the label of the archive to the option name. Preferably, the "
3160"same can be achieved for specific &sources-list; entries by using the "
3161"<option>Valid-Until-Min</option> option there."
2a52e8c5
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3162msgstr ""
3163
2a52e8c5 3164#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3165#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3166msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3167"Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for indexes (like "
3168"<filename>Packages</filename> files) instead of downloading whole ones. True "
e49dd9d3
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3169"by default. Preferably, this can be set for specific &sources-list; entries "
3170"or index files by using the <option>PDiffs</option> option there."
2a52e8c5
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3171msgstr ""
3172
2a52e8c5 3173#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3174#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3175msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3176"Two sub-options to limit the use of PDiffs are also available: "
3177"<literal>FileLimit</literal> can be used to specify a maximum number of "
3178"PDiff files should be downloaded to update a "
3179"file. <literal>SizeLimit</literal> on the other hand is the maximum "
3180"percentage of the size of all patches compared to the size of the targeted "
3181"file. If one of these limits is exceeded the complete file is downloaded "
3182"instead of the patches."
2a52e8c5
DK
3183msgstr ""
3184
2a52e8c5 3185#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae
MV
3186#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
3187msgid ""
3188"Try to download indexes via an URI constructed from a hashsum of the "
3189"expected file rather than downloaded via a well-known stable filename. True "
3190"by default, but automatically disabled if the source indicates no support "
3191"for it. Usage can be forced with the special value \"force\". Preferably, "
3192"this can be set for specific &sources-list; entries or index files by using "
3193"the <option>By-Hash</option> option there."
3194msgstr ""
3195
3196#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
3197#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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3198msgid ""
3199"Queuing mode; <literal>Queue-Mode</literal> can be one of "
3200"<literal>host</literal> or <literal>access</literal> which determines how "
3201"APT parallelizes outgoing connections. <literal>host</literal> means that "
3202"one connection per target host will be opened, <literal>access</literal> "
3203"means that one connection per URI type will be opened."
2a52e8c5
DK
3204msgstr ""
3205
2a52e8c5 3206#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3207#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3208msgid ""
3209"Number of retries to perform. If this is non-zero APT will retry failed "
3210"files the given number of times."
2a52e8c5
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3211msgstr ""
3212
2a52e8c5 3213#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3214#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3215msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3216"Use symlinks for source archives. If set to true then source archives will "
3217"be symlinked when possible instead of copying. True is the default."
2a52e8c5
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3218msgstr ""
3219
2a52e8c5 3220#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3221#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3222msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3223"<literal>http::Proxy</literal> sets the default proxy to use for HTTP "
3224"URIs. It is in the standard form of "
3225"<literal>http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per host proxies "
3226"can also be specified by using the form "
7d76ea1d
DK
3227"<literal>http::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
3228"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
3229"settings is specified, <envar>http_proxy</envar> environment variable will "
3230"be used."
2a52e8c5
DK
3231msgstr ""
3232
2a52e8c5 3233#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3234#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3235msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3236"Three settings are provided for cache control with HTTP/1.1 compliant proxy "
5723791e
JR
3237"caches. <literal>No-Cache</literal> tells the proxy not to use its cached "
3238"response under any circumstances. <literal>Max-Age</literal> sets the "
3239"allowed maximum age (in seconds) of an index file in the cache of the "
3240"proxy. <literal>No-Store</literal> specifies that the proxy should not "
3241"store the requested archive files in its cache, which can be used to prevent "
3242"the proxy from polluting its cache with (big) .deb files."
2a52e8c5
DK
3243msgstr ""
3244
3245#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3246#: apt.conf.5.xml:1 apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3247msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3248"The option <literal>timeout</literal> sets the timeout timer used by the "
5723791e 3249"method; this value applies to the connection as well as the data timeout."
2a52e8c5
DK
3250msgstr ""
3251
782486e8 3252#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3253#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
782486e8 3254msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3255"The setting <literal>Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth</literal> can be used to "
5723791e
JR
3256"enable HTTP pipelining (RFC 2616 section 8.1.2.2) which can be beneficial "
3257"e.g. on high-latency connections. It specifies how many requests are sent in "
5b1e4e86
MV
3258"a pipeline. APT tries to detect and workaround misbehaving webservers and "
3259"proxies at runtime, but if you know that yours does not conform to the "
3260"HTTP/1.1 specification pipelining can be disabled by setting the value to "
3261"0. It is enabled by default with the value 10."
782486e8
MV
3262msgstr ""
3263
5723791e 3264#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3265#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
b39c1859 3266msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3267"<literal>Acquire::http::AllowRedirect</literal> controls whether APT will "
3268"follow redirects, which is enabled by default."
b39c1859
MV
3269msgstr ""
3270
2a52e8c5 3271#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3272#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
b39c1859 3273msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3274"The used bandwidth can be limited with "
3275"<literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal> which accepts integer values in "
ce34af08
MV
3276"kilobytes per second. The default value is 0 which deactivates the limit and "
3277"tries to use all available bandwidth. Note that this option implicitly "
3278"disables downloading from multiple servers at the same time."
b39c1859
MV
3279msgstr ""
3280
5723791e 3281#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3282#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3283msgid ""
3284"<literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different "
3285"User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for "
3286"clients only if the client uses a known identifier."
2a52e8c5
DK
3287msgstr ""
3288
3289#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3290#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3291msgid ""
ce34af08 3292"<literal>Acquire::http::Proxy-Auto-Detect</literal> can be used to specify "
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3293"an external command to discover the http proxy to use. The first and only "
3294"parameter is an URI denoting the host to be contacted to allow for "
3295"host-specific configuration. APT expects the command to output the proxy on "
3296"stdout as a single line in the style <literal>http://proxy:port/</literal> "
3297"or the word <literal>DIRECT</literal> if no proxy should be used. No output "
3298"indicates that the generic proxy settings should be used. Note that "
3299"auto-detection will not be used for a host if a host-specific proxy "
3300"configuration is already set via "
3301"<literal>Acquire::http::Proxy::<replaceable>HOST</replaceable></literal>. "
3302"See the &squid-deb-proxy-client; package for an example implementation that "
3303"uses avahi. This option takes precedence over the legacy option name "
ce34af08
MV
3304"<literal>ProxyAutoDetect</literal>."
3305msgstr ""
3306
3307#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3308#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
ce34af08 3309msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3310"The <literal>Cache-control</literal>, <literal>Timeout</literal>, "
3311"<literal>AllowRedirect</literal>, <literal>Dl-Limit</literal> and "
3312"<literal>proxy</literal> options work for HTTPS URIs in the same way as for "
3313"the <literal>http</literal> method, and default to the same values if they "
3314"are not explicitly set. The <literal>Pipeline-Depth</literal> option is not "
3315"yet supported."
2a52e8c5
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3316msgstr ""
3317
5723791e 3318#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3319#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3320msgid ""
3321"<literal>CaInfo</literal> suboption specifies place of file that holds info "
5723791e 3322"about trusted certificates. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::CaInfo</literal> is the "
7d76ea1d 3323"corresponding per-host option. <literal>Verify-Peer</literal> boolean "
5723791e
JR
3324"suboption determines whether or not the server's host certificate should be "
3325"verified against trusted certificates. "
3326"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Peer</literal> is the corresponding per-host "
3327"option. <literal>Verify-Host</literal> boolean suboption determines whether "
3328"or not the server's hostname should be verified. "
3329"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Host</literal> is the corresponding per-host "
7d76ea1d 3330"option. <literal>SslCert</literal> determines what certificate to use for "
5723791e 3331"client authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslCert</literal> is the "
7d76ea1d
DK
3332"corresponding per-host option. <literal>SslKey</literal> determines what "
3333"private key to use for client "
5723791e 3334"authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslKey</literal> is the corresponding "
7d76ea1d 3335"per-host option. <literal>SslForceVersion</literal> overrides default SSL "
5723791e
JR
3336"version to use. It can contain either of the strings "
3337"'<literal>TLSv1</literal>' or '<literal>SSLv3</literal>'. "
3338"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslForceVersion</literal> is the corresponding "
3339"per-host option."
2a52e8c5
DK
3340msgstr ""
3341
3342#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3343#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3344msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3345"<literal>ftp::Proxy</literal> sets the default proxy to use for FTP URIs. "
3346"It is in the standard form of "
3347"<literal>ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per host proxies can "
3348"also be specified by using the form "
7d76ea1d
DK
3349"<literal>ftp::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
3350"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
3351"settings is specified, <envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable will be "
5723791e 3352"used. To use an FTP proxy you will have to set the "
7d76ea1d
DK
3353"<literal>ftp::ProxyLogin</literal> script in the configuration file. This "
3354"entry specifies the commands to send to tell the proxy server what to "
3355"connect to. Please see &configureindex; for an example of how to do "
5723791e
JR
3356"this. The substitution variables representing the corresponding URI "
3357"component are <literal>$(PROXY_USER)</literal>, "
3358"<literal>$(PROXY_PASS)</literal>, <literal>$(SITE_USER)</literal>, "
3359"<literal>$(SITE_PASS)</literal>, <literal>$(SITE)</literal> and "
3360"<literal>$(SITE_PORT)</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3361msgstr ""
3362
5723791e 3363#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3364#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3365msgid ""
3366"Several settings are provided to control passive mode. Generally it is safe "
5723791e
JR
3367"to leave passive mode on; it works in nearly every environment. However, "
3368"some situations require that passive mode be disabled and port mode FTP used "
3369"instead. This can be done globally or for connections that go through a "
3370"proxy or for a specific host (see the sample config file for examples)."
2a52e8c5
DK
3371msgstr ""
3372
3373#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3374#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3375msgid ""
3376"It is possible to proxy FTP over HTTP by setting the "
5723791e 3377"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable to an HTTP URL - see the "
7d76ea1d
DK
3378"discussion of the http method above for syntax. You cannot set this in the "
3379"configuration file and it is not recommended to use FTP over HTTP due to its "
3380"low efficiency."
2a52e8c5
DK
3381msgstr ""
3382
5723791e 3383#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3384#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3385msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3386"The setting <literal>ForceExtended</literal> controls the use of RFC2428 "
3387"<literal>EPSV</literal> and <literal>EPRT</literal> commands. The default is "
3388"false, which means these commands are only used if the control connection is "
3389"IPv6. Setting this to true forces their use even on IPv4 connections. Note "
3390"that most FTP servers do not support RFC2428."
2a52e8c5
DK
3391msgstr ""
3392
5723791e 3393#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 3394#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3395#, no-wrap
3396msgid "/cdrom/::Mount \"foo\";"
2a52e8c5
DK
3397msgstr ""
3398
5723791e 3399#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3400#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3401msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3402"For URIs using the <literal>cdrom</literal> method, the only configurable "
3403"option is the mount point, <literal>cdrom::Mount</literal>, which must be "
3404"the mount point for the CD-ROM (or DVD, or whatever) drive as specified in "
3405"<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. It is possible to provide alternate mount "
3406"and unmount commands if your mount point cannot be listed in the fstab. The "
7d76ea1d 3407"syntax is to put <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> within the "
5723791e
JR
3408"<literal>cdrom</literal> block. It is important to have the trailing slash. "
3409"Unmount commands can be specified using UMount."
2a52e8c5
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3410msgstr ""
3411
5723791e 3412#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3413#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3414msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3415"For GPGV URIs the only configurable option is "
3416"<literal>gpgv::Options</literal>, which passes additional parameters to "
3417"gpgv."
2a52e8c5
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3418msgstr ""
3419
5723791e 3420#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
04f27fae 3421#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3422#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3423msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3424"Acquire::CompressionTypes::<replaceable>FileExtension</replaceable> "
3425"\"<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable>\";"
2a52e8c5
DK
3426msgstr ""
3427
2a52e8c5 3428#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3429#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3430msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3431"List of compression types which are understood by the acquire methods. "
3432"Files like <filename>Packages</filename> can be available in various "
5ff8dd6b
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3433"compression formats. By default the acquire methods can decompress and "
3434"recompress many common formats like <command>xz</command> and "
3435"<command>gzip</command>; with this scope the supported formats can be "
3436"queried, modified as well as support for more formats added (see also "
3437"<option>APT::Compressor</option>). The syntax for this is: <placeholder "
3438"type=\"synopsis\" id=\"0\"/>"
7d76ea1d
DK
3439msgstr ""
3440
5723791e 3441#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
04f27fae 3442#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3443#, no-wrap
3444msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order:: \"gz\";"
3445msgstr ""
3446
5723791e 3447#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
04f27fae 3448#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3449#, no-wrap
5ff8dd6b 3450msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order { \"xz\"; \"gz\"; };"
2a52e8c5
DK
3451msgstr ""
3452
bcf91c1b 3453#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3454#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 3455msgid ""
5723791e 3456"Also, the <literal>Order</literal> subgroup can be used to define in which "
7d76ea1d
DK
3457"order the acquire system will try to download the compressed files. The "
3458"acquire system will try the first and proceed with the next compression type "
5723791e 3459"in this list on error, so to prefer one over the other type simply add the "
5ff8dd6b
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3460"preferred type first - types not already added will be implicitly appended "
3461"to the end of the list, so e.g. <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"0\"/> "
3462"can be used to prefer <command>gzip</command> compressed files over all "
3463"other compression formats. If <command>xz</command> should be preferred "
3464"over <command>gzip</command> and <command>bzip2</command> the configure "
3465"setting should look like this: <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"1\"/> It "
3466"is not needed to add <literal>bz2</literal> to the list explicitly as it "
3467"will be added automatically."
7d76ea1d
DK
3468msgstr ""
3469
5723791e 3470#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 3471#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3472#, no-wrap
3473msgid "Dir::Bin::bzip2 \"/bin/bzip2\";"
bcf91c1b
DK
3474msgstr ""
3475
782486e8 3476#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3477#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
782486e8 3478msgid ""
5723791e 3479"Note that the "
7d76ea1d 3480"<literal>Dir::Bin::<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable></literal> will be "
5ff8dd6b
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3481"checked at run time. If this option has been set and support for this format "
3482"isn't directly built into apt, the method will only be used if this file "
3483"exists; e.g. for the <literal>bzip2</literal> method (the inbuilt) setting "
3484"is: <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> Note also that list "
3485"entries specified on the command line will be added at the end of the list "
3486"specified in the configuration files, but before the default entries. To "
3487"prefer a type in this case over the ones specified in the configuration "
3488"files you can set the option direct - not in list style. This will not "
3489"override the defined list; it will only prefix the list with this type."
2a52e8c5
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3490msgstr ""
3491
2a52e8c5 3492#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3493#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3494msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3495"The special type <literal>uncompressed</literal> can be used to give "
3496"uncompressed files a preference, but note that most archives don't provide "
3497"uncompressed files so this is mostly only useable for local mirrors."
2a52e8c5
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3498msgstr ""
3499
782486e8 3500#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3501#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
782486e8 3502msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3503"When downloading <literal>gzip</literal> compressed indexes (Packages, "
3504"Sources, or Translations), keep them gzip compressed locally instead of "
3505"unpacking them. This saves quite a lot of disk space at the expense of more "
3506"CPU requirements when building the local package caches. False by default."
2a52e8c5
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3507msgstr ""
3508
2a52e8c5 3509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3510#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
782486e8 3511msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3512"The Languages subsection controls which <filename>Translation</filename> "
3513"files are downloaded and in which order APT tries to display the "
5723791e
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3514"description-translations. APT will try to display the first available "
3515"description in the language which is listed first. Languages can be defined "
3516"with their short or long language codes. Note that not all archives provide "
3517"<filename>Translation</filename> files for every language - the long "
3518"language codes are especially rare."
2a52e8c5
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3519msgstr ""
3520
5723791e 3521#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 3522#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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3523#, no-wrap
3524msgid "Acquire::Languages { \"environment\"; \"de\"; \"en\"; \"none\"; \"fr\"; };"
2a52e8c5
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3525msgstr ""
3526
2a52e8c5 3527#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3528#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
782486e8 3529msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3530"The default list includes \"environment\" and "
5723791e
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3531"\"en\". \"<literal>environment</literal>\" has a special meaning here: it "
3532"will be replaced at runtime with the language codes extracted from the "
7d76ea1d
DK
3533"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> environment variable. It will also ensure "
3534"that these codes are not included twice in the list. If "
3535"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> is set to \"C\" only the "
3536"<filename>Translation-en</filename> file (if available) will be used. To "
5723791e 3537"force APT to use no Translation file use the setting "
7d76ea1d 3538"<literal>Acquire::Languages=none</literal>. \"<literal>none</literal>\" is "
5723791e
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3539"another special meaning code which will stop the search for a suitable "
3540"<filename>Translation</filename> file. This tells APT to download these "
3541"translations too, without actually using them unless the environment "
3542"specifies the languages. So the following example configuration will result "
3543"in the order \"en, de\" in an English locale or \"de, en\" in a German "
3544"one. Note that \"fr\" is downloaded, but not used unless APT is used in a "
3545"French locale (where the order would be \"fr, de, en\"). <placeholder "
3546"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
bcf91c1b
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3547msgstr ""
3548
5723791e 3549#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3550#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3551msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3552"Note: To prevent problems resulting from APT being executed in different "
3553"environments (e.g. by different users or by other programs) all Translation "
3554"files which are found in <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists/</filename> will be "
3555"added to the end of the list (after an implicit "
3556"\"<literal>none</literal>\")."
2a52e8c5
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3557msgstr ""
3558
c1b21367 3559#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3560#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
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3561msgid "When downloading, force to use only the IPv4 protocol."
3562msgstr ""
3563
3564#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3565#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
c1b21367
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3566msgid "When downloading, force to use only the IPv6 protocol."
3567msgstr ""
3568
5b1e4e86 3569#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3570#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
5b1e4e86
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3571msgid ""
3572"The maximum file size of Release/Release.gpg/InRelease files. The default "
3573"is 10MB."
3574msgstr ""
3575
3576#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3577#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
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3578msgid ""
3579"This option controls if apt will use the DNS SRV server record as specified "
3580"in RFC 2782 to select an alternative server to connect to. The default is "
3581"\"true\"."
3582msgstr ""
3583
3584#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3585#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
5b1e4e86 3586msgid ""
14e325c7
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3587"Allow update operations to load data files from repositories without "
3588"sufficient security information. The default value is "
3589"\"<literal>false</literal>\". Concept, implications as well as alternatives "
3590"are detailed in &apt-secure;."
3591msgstr ""
3592
3593#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
3594#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
3595msgid ""
3596"Allow update operations to load data files from repositories which provide "
3597"security information, but these are deemed no longer cryptographically "
3598"strong enough. The default value is \"<literal>false</literal>\". Concept, "
3599"implications as well as alternatives are detailed in &apt-secure;."
5b1e4e86
MV
3600msgstr ""
3601
3602#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3603#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
5b1e4e86
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3604msgid ""
3605"Allow that a repository that was previously gpg signed to become unsigned "
14e325c7
JAK
3606"during an update operation. When there is no valid signature for a "
3607"previously trusted repository apt will refuse the update. This option can be "
3608"used to override this protection. You almost certainly never want to enable "
3609"this. The default is <literal>false</literal>. Concept, implications as "
3610"well as alternatives are detailed in &apt-secure;."
5b1e4e86
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3611msgstr ""
3612
864fe99c 3613#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 3614#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
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3615msgid "scope"
3616msgstr ""
3617
3618#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3619#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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3620msgid ""
3621"Acquiring changelogs can only be done if an URI is known from where to get "
3622"them. Preferable the Release file indicates this in a 'Changelogs' "
3623"field. If this isn't available the Label/Origin field of the Release file is "
3624"used to check if a "
3625"<literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Label::<replaceable>LABEL</replaceable></literal> "
3626"or "
3627"<literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::<replaceable>ORIGIN</replaceable></literal> "
3628"option exists and if so this value is taken. The value in the Release file "
3629"can be overridden with "
3630"<literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Override::Label::<replaceable>LABEL</replaceable></literal> "
3631"or "
3632"<literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Override::Origin::<replaceable>ORIGIN</replaceable></literal>. "
2ffd3535 3633"The value should be a normal URI to a text file, except that package "
864fe99c 3634"specific data is replaced with the placeholder "
430481e7 3635"<literal>@CHANGEPATH@</literal>. The value for it is: 1. if the package is "
864fe99c 3636"from a component (e.g. <literal>main</literal>) this is the first part "
2ffd3535 3637"otherwise it is omitted, 2. the first letter of source package name, except "
864fe99c
MV
3638"if the source package name starts with '<literal>lib</literal>' in which "
3639"case it will be the first four letters. 3. The complete source package "
3640"name. 4. the complete name again and 5. the source version. The first (if "
3641"present), second, third and fourth part are separated by a slash "
3642"('<literal>/</literal>') and between the fourth and fifth part is an "
3643"underscore ('<literal>_</literal>'). The special value "
3644"'<literal>no</literal>' is available for this option indicating that this "
3645"source can't be used to acquire changelog files from. Another source will be "
3646"tried if available in this case."
3647msgstr ""
3648
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3649#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
3650#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
3651msgid "Binary specific configuration"
3652msgstr ""
3653
3654#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
3655#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
3656msgid ""
3657"Especially with the introduction of the <command>apt</command> binary it can "
3658"be useful to set certain options only for a specific binary as even options "
3659"which look like they would effect only a certain binary like "
3660"<option>APT::Get::Show-Versions</option> effect <command>apt-get</command> "
3661"as well as <command>apt</command>."
3662msgstr ""
3663
3664#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
3665#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
3666msgid ""
3667"Setting an option for a specific binary only can be achieved by setting the "
3668"option inside the "
3669"<option>Binary::<replaceable>specific-binary</replaceable></option> "
3670"scope. Setting the option <option>APT::Get::Show-Versions</option> for the "
3671"<command>apt</command> only can e.g. by done by setting "
3672"<option>Binary::apt::APT::Get::Show-Versions</option> instead."
3673msgstr ""
3674
3675#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
3676#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
3677msgid ""
3678"Note that as seen in the DESCRIPTION section further above you can't set "
3679"binary-specific options on the commandline itself nor in configuration files "
3680"loaded via the commandline."
3681msgstr ""
3682
7d76ea1d 3683#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 3684#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3685msgid "Directories"
2a52e8c5
DK
3686msgstr ""
3687
3688#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3689#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3690msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3691"The <literal>Dir::State</literal> section has directories that pertain to "
3692"local state information. <literal>lists</literal> is the directory to place "
3693"downloaded package lists in and <literal>status</literal> is the name of the "
5723791e 3694"&dpkg; status file. <literal>preferences</literal> is the name of the APT "
7d76ea1d 3695"<filename>preferences</filename> file. <literal>Dir::State</literal> "
5723791e 3696"contains the default directory to prefix on all sub-items if they do not "
7d76ea1d 3697"start with <filename>/</filename> or <filename>./</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3698msgstr ""
3699
3700#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3701#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3702msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3703"<literal>Dir::Cache</literal> contains locations pertaining to local cache "
3704"information, such as the two package caches <literal>srcpkgcache</literal> "
3705"and <literal>pkgcache</literal> as well as the location to place downloaded "
3706"archives, <literal>Dir::Cache::archives</literal>. Generation of caches can "
1e7ec0d8
MV
3707"be turned off by setting <literal>pkgcache</literal> or "
3708"<literal>srcpkgcache</literal> to <literal>\"\"</literal>. This will slow "
5723791e 3709"down startup but save disk space. It is probably preferable to turn off the "
1e7ec0d8
MV
3710"pkgcache rather than the srcpkgcache. Like <literal>Dir::State</literal> "
3711"the default directory is contained in <literal>Dir::Cache</literal>"
2a52e8c5
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3712msgstr ""
3713
2a52e8c5 3714#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3715#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3716msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3717"<literal>Dir::Etc</literal> contains the location of configuration files, "
3718"<literal>sourcelist</literal> gives the location of the sourcelist and "
3719"<literal>main</literal> is the default configuration file (setting has no "
3720"effect, unless it is done from the config file specified by "
3721"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>)."
2a52e8c5
DK
3722msgstr ""
3723
3724#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3725#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3726msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3727"The <literal>Dir::Parts</literal> setting reads in all the config fragments "
3728"in lexical order from the directory specified. After this is done then the "
3729"main config file is loaded."
2a52e8c5
DK
3730msgstr ""
3731
3732#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3733#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3734msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3735"Binary programs are pointed to by "
3736"<literal>Dir::Bin</literal>. <literal>Dir::Bin::Methods</literal> specifies "
3737"the location of the method handlers and <literal>gzip</literal>, "
3738"<literal>bzip2</literal>, <literal>lzma</literal>, <literal>dpkg</literal>, "
3739"<literal>apt-get</literal> <literal>dpkg-source</literal> "
3740"<literal>dpkg-buildpackage</literal> and <literal>apt-cache</literal> "
3741"specify the location of the respective programs."
2a52e8c5
DK
3742msgstr ""
3743
3744#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3745#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3746msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3747"The configuration item <literal>RootDir</literal> has a special meaning. If "
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MV
3748"set, all paths will be relative to <literal>RootDir</literal>, "
3749"<emphasis>even paths that are specified absolutely</emphasis>. So, for "
3750"instance, if <literal>RootDir</literal> is set to "
3751"<filename>/tmp/staging</filename> and <literal>Dir::State::status</literal> "
3752"is set to <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>, then the status file "
3753"will be looked up in <filename>/tmp/staging/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>. "
3754"If you want to prefix only relative paths, set <literal>Dir</literal> "
3755"instead."
2a52e8c5
DK
3756msgstr ""
3757
3758#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3759#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3760msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3761"The <literal>Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> list can be used to specify "
3762"which files APT should silently ignore while parsing the files in the "
3763"fragment directories. Per default a file which end with "
3764"<literal>.disabled</literal>, <literal>~</literal>, <literal>.bak</literal> "
3765"or <literal>.dpkg-[a-z]+</literal> is silently ignored. As seen in the last "
3766"default value these patterns can use regular expression syntax."
2a52e8c5
DK
3767msgstr ""
3768
7d76ea1d 3769#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 3770#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3771msgid "APT in DSelect"
2a52e8c5
DK
3772msgstr ""
3773
3774#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3775#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3776msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3777"When APT is used as a &dselect; method several configuration directives "
5723791e 3778"control the default behavior. These are in the <literal>DSelect</literal> "
7d76ea1d 3779"section."
2a52e8c5
DK
3780msgstr ""
3781
7d76ea1d 3782#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3783#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3784msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3785"Cache Clean mode; this value may be one of <literal>always</literal>, "
3786"<literal>prompt</literal>, <literal>auto</literal>, "
3787"<literal>pre-auto</literal> and <literal>never</literal>. "
3788"<literal>always</literal> and <literal>prompt</literal> will remove all "
3789"packages from the cache after upgrading, <literal>prompt</literal> (the "
3790"default) does so conditionally. <literal>auto</literal> removes only those "
3791"packages which are no longer downloadable (replaced with a new version for "
3792"instance). <literal>pre-auto</literal> performs this action before "
3793"downloading new packages."
2a52e8c5
DK
3794msgstr ""
3795
7d76ea1d 3796#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3797#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3798msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3799"The contents of this variable are passed to &apt-get; as command line "
3800"options when it is run for the install phase."
2a52e8c5
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3801msgstr ""
3802
7d76ea1d 3803#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3804#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3805msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3806"The contents of this variable are passed to &apt-get; as command line "
3807"options when it is run for the update phase."
2a52e8c5
DK
3808msgstr ""
3809
7d76ea1d 3810#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3811#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3812msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3813"If true the [U]pdate operation in &dselect; will always prompt to continue. "
3814"The default is to prompt only on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
3815msgstr ""
3816
3817#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 3818#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
5723791e 3819msgid "How APT calls &dpkg;"
2a52e8c5
DK
3820msgstr ""
3821
3822#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3823#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3824msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3825"Several configuration directives control how APT invokes &dpkg;. These are "
3826"in the <literal>DPkg</literal> section."
2a52e8c5
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3827msgstr ""
3828
7d76ea1d 3829#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3830#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3831msgid ""
5723791e 3832"This is a list of options to pass to &dpkg;. The options must be specified "
7d76ea1d
DK
3833"using the list notation and each list item is passed as a single argument to "
3834"&dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
3835msgstr ""
3836
7d76ea1d 3837#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3838#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3839msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3840"This is a list of shell commands to run before/after invoking &dpkg;. Like "
3841"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
5723791e 3842"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>; should any "
7d76ea1d 3843"fail APT will abort."
2a52e8c5
DK
3844msgstr ""
3845
7d76ea1d 3846#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3847#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3848msgid ""
5723791e 3849"This is a list of shell commands to run before invoking &dpkg;. Like "
7d76ea1d 3850"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
5723791e
JR
3851"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>; should any "
3852"fail APT will abort. APT will pass the filenames of all .deb files it is "
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3853"going to install to the commands, one per line on the requested file "
3854"descriptor, defaulting to standard input."
2a52e8c5
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3855msgstr ""
3856
7d76ea1d 3857#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3858#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3859msgid ""
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3860"Version 2 of this protocol sends more information through the requested file "
3861"descriptor: a line with the text <literal>VERSION 2</literal>, the APT "
3862"configuration space, and a list of package actions with filename and version "
3863"information."
ce34af08
MV
3864msgstr ""
3865
3866#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3867#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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3868msgid ""
3869"Each configuration directive line has the form "
3870"<literal>key=value</literal>. Special characters (equal signs, newlines, "
3871"nonprintable characters, quotation marks, and percent signs in "
3872"<literal>key</literal> and newlines, nonprintable characters, and percent "
3873"signs in <literal>value</literal>) are %-encoded. Lists are represented by "
3874"multiple <literal>key::=value</literal> lines with the same key. The "
3875"configuration section ends with a blank line."
3876msgstr ""
3877
3878#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3879#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
864fe99c 3880msgid ""
2ffd3535
BT
3881"Package action lines consist of five fields in Version 2: package name "
3882"(without architecture qualification even if foreign), old version, direction "
3883"of version change (&lt; for upgrades, &gt; for downgrades, = for no change), "
3884"new version, action. The version fields are \"-\" for no version at all (for "
3885"example when installing a package for the first time; no version is treated "
3886"as earlier than any real version, so that is an upgrade, indicated as "
3887"<literal>- &lt; 1.23.4</literal>). The action field is \"**CONFIGURE**\" if "
3888"the package is being configured, \"**REMOVE**\" if it is being removed, or "
3889"the filename of a .deb file if it is being unpacked."
864fe99c
MV
3890msgstr ""
3891
3892#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3893#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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3894msgid ""
3895"In Version 3 after each version field follows the architecture of this "
3896"version, which is \"-\" if there is no version, and a field showing the "
2ffd3535 3897"MultiArch type \"same\", \"foreign\", \"allowed\" or \"none\". Note that "
864fe99c
MV
3898"\"none\" is an incorrect typename which is just kept to remain compatible, "
3899"it should be read as \"no\" and users are encouraged to support both."
3900msgstr ""
3901
3902#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3903#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
ce34af08
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3904msgid ""
3905"The version of the protocol to be used for the command "
3906"<literal><replaceable>cmd</replaceable></literal> can be chosen by setting "
3907"<literal>DPkg::Tools::options::<replaceable>cmd</replaceable>::Version</literal> "
3908"accordingly, the default being version 1. If APT isn't supporting the "
3909"requested version it will send the information in the highest version it has "
3910"support for instead."
3911msgstr ""
3912
3913#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3914#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
ce34af08
MV
3915msgid ""
3916"The file descriptor to be used to send the information can be requested with "
3917"<literal>DPkg::Tools::options::<replaceable>cmd</replaceable>::InfoFD</literal> "
3918"which defaults to <literal>0</literal> for standard input and is available "
3919"since version 0.9.11. Support for the option can be detected by looking for "
3920"the environment variable <envar>APT_HOOK_INFO_FD</envar> which contains the "
3921"number of the used file descriptor as a confirmation."
2a52e8c5
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3922msgstr ""
3923
7d76ea1d 3924#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3925#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3926msgid ""
5723791e 3927"APT chdirs to this directory before invoking &dpkg;, the default is "
7d76ea1d 3928"<filename>/</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3929msgstr ""
3930
7d76ea1d 3931#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3932#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3933msgid ""
5723791e 3934"These options are passed to &dpkg-buildpackage; when compiling packages; the "
7d76ea1d 3935"default is to disable signing and produce all binaries."
2a52e8c5
DK
3936msgstr ""
3937
f8b879c2 3938#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3939#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3940msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3941"If this option is set APT will call <command>dpkg --configure "
3942"--pending</command> to let &dpkg; handle all required configurations and "
f8b879c2 3943"triggers. This option is activated by default, but deactivating it could be "
7d76ea1d 3944"useful if you want to run APT multiple times in a row - e.g. in an "
f8b879c2
JAK
3945"installer. In this scenario you could deactivate this option in all but the "
3946"last run."
2a52e8c5
DK
3947msgstr ""
3948
7d76ea1d 3949#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 3950#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3951msgid "Periodic and Archives options"
89fd753d
MV
3952msgstr ""
3953
7d76ea1d 3954#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3955#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
3956msgid ""
3957"<literal>APT::Periodic</literal> and <literal>APT::Archives</literal> groups "
5723791e 3958"of options configure behavior of apt periodic updates, which is done by the "
4adc750a
JAK
3959"<literal>/usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily</literal> script. See the top of "
3960"this script for the brief documentation of these options."
2a52e8c5
DK
3961msgstr ""
3962
7d76ea1d 3963#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 3964#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 3965msgid "Debug options"
2a52e8c5
DK
3966msgstr ""
3967
3968#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 3969#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 3970msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3971"Enabling options in the <literal>Debug::</literal> section will cause "
3972"debugging information to be sent to the standard error stream of the program "
3973"utilizing the <literal>apt</literal> libraries, or enable special program "
3974"modes that are primarily useful for debugging the behavior of "
3975"<literal>apt</literal>. Most of these options are not interesting to a "
3976"normal user, but a few may be:"
b39c1859
MV
3977msgstr ""
3978
7d76ea1d 3979#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3980#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
b39c1859 3981msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3982"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> enables output about the "
3983"decisions made by <literal>dist-upgrade, upgrade, install, remove, "
3984"purge</literal>."
b39c1859
MV
3985msgstr ""
3986
7d76ea1d 3987#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3988#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
b39c1859 3989msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3990"<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal> disables all file locking. This can be "
3991"used to run some operations (for instance, <literal>apt-get -s "
3992"install</literal>) as a non-root user."
b39c1859
MV
3993msgstr ""
3994
7d76ea1d 3995#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 3996#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
b39c1859 3997msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3998"<literal>Debug::pkgDPkgPM</literal> prints out the actual command line each "
3999"time that <literal>apt</literal> invokes &dpkg;."
b39c1859
MV
4000msgstr ""
4001
7d76ea1d
DK
4002#. TODO: provide a
4003#. motivating example, except I haven't a clue why you'd want
4004#. to do this.
4005#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4006#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
b39c1859 4007msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4008"<literal>Debug::IdentCdrom</literal> disables the inclusion of statfs data "
4009"in CD-ROM IDs."
2a52e8c5
DK
4010msgstr ""
4011
4012#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4013#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4014msgid "A full list of debugging options to apt follows."
2a52e8c5
DK
4015msgstr ""
4016
7d76ea1d 4017#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4018#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4019msgid "Print information related to accessing <literal>cdrom://</literal> sources."
2a52e8c5
DK
4020msgstr ""
4021
7d76ea1d 4022#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4023#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4024msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using FTP."
2a52e8c5
DK
4025msgstr ""
4026
7d76ea1d 4027#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4028#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4029msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTP."
2a52e8c5
DK
4030msgstr ""
4031
7d76ea1d 4032#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4033#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4034msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTPS."
2a52e8c5
DK
4035msgstr ""
4036
7d76ea1d 4037#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4038#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4039msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4040"Print information related to verifying cryptographic signatures using "
4041"<literal>gpg</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
4042msgstr ""
4043
7d76ea1d 4044#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4045#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4046msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4047"Output information about the process of accessing collections of packages "
4048"stored on CD-ROMs."
2a52e8c5
DK
4049msgstr ""
4050
7d76ea1d 4051#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4052#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4053msgid "Describes the process of resolving build-dependencies in &apt-get;."
63fc5550
DK
4054msgstr ""
4055
7d76ea1d 4056#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4057#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
63fc5550 4058msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4059"Output each cryptographic hash that is generated by the "
4060"<literal>apt</literal> libraries."
2a52e8c5
DK
4061msgstr ""
4062
7d76ea1d 4063#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4064#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
63fc5550 4065msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4066"Do not include information from <literal>statfs</literal>, namely the number "
4067"of used and free blocks on the CD-ROM filesystem, when generating an ID for "
4068"a CD-ROM."
63fc5550
DK
4069msgstr ""
4070
7d76ea1d 4071#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4072#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4073msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4074"Disable all file locking. For instance, this will allow two instances of "
4075"<quote><literal>apt-get update</literal></quote> to run at the same time."
63fc5550
DK
4076msgstr ""
4077
7d76ea1d 4078#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4079#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4080msgid "Log when items are added to or removed from the global download queue."
2a52e8c5
DK
4081msgstr ""
4082
7d76ea1d 4083#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4084#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
63fc5550 4085msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4086"Output status messages and errors related to verifying checksums and "
4087"cryptographic signatures of downloaded files."
2a52e8c5
DK
4088msgstr ""
4089
7d76ea1d 4090#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4091#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4092msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4093"Output information about downloading and applying package index list diffs, "
4094"and errors relating to package index list diffs."
2a52e8c5
DK
4095msgstr ""
4096
2a52e8c5 4097#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4098#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4099msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4100"Output information related to patching apt package lists when downloading "
4101"index diffs instead of full indices."
2a52e8c5
DK
4102msgstr ""
4103
c77d6597 4104#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4105#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4106msgid "Log all interactions with the sub-processes that actually perform downloads."
c77d6597
MV
4107msgstr ""
4108
2a52e8c5 4109#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4110#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4111msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4112"Log events related to the automatically-installed status of packages and to "
4113"the removal of unused packages."
2a52e8c5
DK
4114msgstr ""
4115
2a52e8c5 4116#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4117#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4118msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4119"Generate debug messages describing which packages are being automatically "
4120"installed to resolve dependencies. This corresponds to the initial "
4121"auto-install pass performed in, e.g., <literal>apt-get install</literal>, "
4122"and not to the full <literal>apt</literal> dependency resolver; see "
4123"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> for that."
2a52e8c5
DK
4124msgstr ""
4125
2a52e8c5 4126#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4127#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4128msgid ""
5723791e 4129"Generate debug messages describing which packages are marked as "
7d76ea1d
DK
4130"keep/install/remove while the ProblemResolver does his work. Each addition "
4131"or deletion may trigger additional actions; they are shown indented two "
5723791e 4132"additional spaces under the original entry. The format for each line is "
7d76ea1d
DK
4133"<literal>MarkKeep</literal>, <literal>MarkDelete</literal> or "
4134"<literal>MarkInstall</literal> followed by <literal>package-name &lt;a.b.c "
4135"-&gt; d.e.f | x.y.z&gt; (section)</literal> where <literal>a.b.c</literal> "
4136"is the current version of the package, <literal>d.e.f</literal> is the "
4137"version considered for installation and <literal>x.y.z</literal> is a newer "
4138"version, but not considered for installation (because of a low pin "
4139"score). The later two can be omitted if there is none or if it is the same "
5723791e 4140"as the installed version. <literal>section</literal> is the name of the "
7d76ea1d 4141"section the package appears in."
2a52e8c5
DK
4142msgstr ""
4143
2a52e8c5 4144#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4145#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4146msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4147"When invoking &dpkg;, output the precise command line with which it is being "
4148"invoked, with arguments separated by a single space character."
2a52e8c5
DK
4149msgstr ""
4150
2a52e8c5 4151#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4152#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4153msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4154"Output all the data received from &dpkg; on the status file descriptor and "
4155"any errors encountered while parsing it."
2a52e8c5
DK
4156msgstr ""
4157
2a52e8c5 4158#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4159#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4160msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4161"Generate a trace of the algorithm that decides the order in which "
4162"<literal>apt</literal> should pass packages to &dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
4163msgstr ""
4164
2a52e8c5 4165#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4166#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4167msgid "Output status messages tracing the steps performed when invoking &dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
4168msgstr ""
4169
2a52e8c5 4170#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4171#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4172msgid "Output the priority of each package list on startup."
2a52e8c5
DK
4173msgstr ""
4174
2a52e8c5 4175#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4176#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4177msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4178"Trace the execution of the dependency resolver (this applies only to what "
4179"happens when a complex dependency problem is encountered)."
2a52e8c5
DK
4180msgstr ""
4181
2a52e8c5 4182#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4183#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4184msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4185"Display a list of all installed packages with their calculated score used by "
4186"the pkgProblemResolver. The description of the package is the same as "
4187"described in <literal>Debug::pkgDepCache::Marker</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4188msgstr ""
4189
2a52e8c5 4190#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4191#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4192msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4193"Print information about the vendors read from "
4194"<filename>/etc/apt/vendors.list</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
4195msgstr ""
4196
93ae7f7f 4197#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 4198#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
93ae7f7f
MV
4199msgid ""
4200"Display the external commands that are called by apt hooks. This includes "
4201"e.g. the config options <literal>DPkg::{Pre,Post}-Invoke</literal> or "
4202"<literal>APT::Update::{Pre,Post}-Invoke</literal>."
4203msgstr ""
4204
2a52e8c5 4205#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae
MV
4206#: apt.conf.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1 sources.list.5.xml:1
4207#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4208msgid "Examples"
2a52e8c5
DK
4209msgstr ""
4210
aec22160 4211#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4212#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
aec22160 4213msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4214"&configureindex; is a configuration file showing example values for all "
4215"possible options."
aec22160
DK
4216msgstr ""
4217
7d76ea1d
DK
4218#. ? reading apt.conf
4219#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4220#: apt.conf.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4221msgid "&apt-cache;, &apt-config;, &apt-preferences;."
b6c6b52f
MV
4222msgstr ""
4223
7d76ea1d 4224#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 4225#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4226msgid "Preference control file for APT"
c77d6597
MV
4227msgstr ""
4228
aec22160 4229#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4230#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
b6c6b52f 4231msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4232"The APT preferences file <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> and the "
4233"fragment files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename> folder "
4234"can be used to control which versions of packages will be selected for "
4235"installation."
b6c6b52f
MV
4236msgstr ""
4237
7d76ea1d 4238#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4239#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4240msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4241"Several versions of a package may be available for installation when the "
4242"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one distribution (for "
4243"example, <literal>stable</literal> and <literal>testing</literal>). APT "
4244"assigns a priority to each version that is available. Subject to dependency "
4245"constraints, <command>apt-get</command> selects the version with the highest "
44477002
JR
4246"priority for installation. The APT preferences override the priorities that "
4247"APT assigns to package versions by default, thus giving the user control "
4248"over which one is selected for installation."
2a52e8c5
DK
4249msgstr ""
4250
7d76ea1d 4251#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4252#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
b39c1859 4253msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4254"Several instances of the same version of a package may be available when the "
4255"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one source. In this "
4256"case <command>apt-get</command> downloads the instance listed earliest in "
44477002
JR
4257"the &sources-list; file. The APT preferences do not affect the choice of "
4258"instance, only the choice of version."
b39c1859
MV
4259msgstr ""
4260
7d76ea1d 4261#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4262#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4263msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4264"Preferences are a strong power in the hands of a system administrator but "
4265"they can become also their biggest nightmare if used without care! APT will "
44477002
JR
4266"not question the preferences, so wrong settings can lead to uninstallable "
4267"packages or wrong decisions while upgrading packages. Even more problems "
4268"will arise if multiple distribution releases are mixed without a good "
4269"understanding of the following paragraphs. Packages included in a specific "
4270"release aren't tested in (and therefore don't always work as expected in) "
4271"older or newer releases, or together with other packages from different "
4272"releases. You have been warned."
2a52e8c5
DK
4273msgstr ""
4274
7d76ea1d 4275#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 4276#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4277msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4278"Note that the files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d</filename> "
4279"directory are parsed in alphanumeric ascending order and need to obey the "
4280"following naming convention: The files have either no or "
4281"\"<literal>pref</literal>\" as filename extension and only contain "
4282"alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) and period (.) characters. "
44477002
JR
4283"Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file, unless that "
4284"file matches a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> "
5723791e 4285"configuration list - in which case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
DK
4286msgstr ""
4287
7d76ea1d 4288#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 4289#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4290msgid "APT's Default Priority Assignments"
2a52e8c5
DK
4291msgstr ""
4292
7d76ea1d 4293#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 4294#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4295#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4296msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4297"<command>apt-get install -t testing "
4298"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command>\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4299msgstr ""
4300
7d76ea1d 4301#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 4302#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
4303#, no-wrap
4304msgid "APT::Default-Release \"stable\";\n"
4305msgstr ""
2a52e8c5 4306
7d76ea1d 4307#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4308#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4309msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4310"If there is no preferences file or if there is no entry in the file that "
4311"applies to a particular version then the priority assigned to that version "
4312"is the priority of the distribution to which that version belongs. It is "
4313"possible to single out a distribution, \"the target release\", which "
4314"receives a higher priority than other distributions do by default. The "
4315"target release can be set on the <command>apt-get</command> command line or "
4316"in the APT configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename>. Note "
4317"that this has precedence over any general priority you set in the "
4318"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> file described later, but not over "
4319"specifically pinned packages. For example, <placeholder "
4320"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/> <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
4321"id=\"1\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4322msgstr ""
4323
7d76ea1d 4324#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4325#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4326msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4327"If the target release has been specified then APT uses the following "
4328"algorithm to set the priorities of the versions of a package. Assign:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4329msgstr ""
4330
7d76ea1d 4331#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4332#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4333msgid "priority 1"
c086ac18
DK
4334msgstr ""
4335
7d76ea1d 4336#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4337#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
63fc5550 4338msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4339"to the versions coming from archives which in their "
4340"<filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" but "
44477002 4341"<emphasis>not</emphasis> as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the Debian "
7d76ea1d 4342"<literal>experimental</literal> archive."
63fc5550
DK
4343msgstr ""
4344
7d76ea1d 4345#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4346#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4347msgid "priority 100"
bf5c3fe8
MV
4348msgstr ""
4349
7d76ea1d 4350#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4351#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4352msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4353"to the version that is already installed (if any) and to the versions coming "
4354"from archives which in their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked "
44477002 4355"as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" and \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the Debian "
7d76ea1d 4356"backports archive since <literal>squeeze-backports</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
4357msgstr ""
4358
7d76ea1d 4359#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4360#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4361msgid "priority 500"
2a52e8c5
DK
4362msgstr ""
4363
7d76ea1d 4364#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4365#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
864fe99c 4366msgid "to the versions that do not belong to the target release."
2a52e8c5
DK
4367msgstr ""
4368
7d76ea1d 4369#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4370#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4371msgid "priority 990"
c086ac18
DK
4372msgstr ""
4373
7d76ea1d 4374#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4375#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
4376msgid "to the versions that belong to the target release."
4377msgstr ""
4378
4379#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4380#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
4381msgid ""
4382"The highest of those priorities whose description matches the version is "
4383"assigned to the version."
63fc5550
DK
4384msgstr ""
4385
7d76ea1d 4386#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4387#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4388msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4389"If the target release has not been specified then APT simply assigns "
4390"priority 100 to all installed package versions and priority 500 to all "
4391"uninstalled package versions, except versions coming from archives which in "
4392"their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" "
4393"- these versions get the priority 1 or priority 100 if it is additionally "
4394"marked as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4395msgstr ""
4396
7d76ea1d 4397#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4398#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4399msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4400"APT then applies the following rules, listed in order of precedence, to "
4401"determine which version of a package to install."
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"Never downgrade unless the priority of an available version exceeds 1000. "
4408"(\"Downgrading\" is installing a less recent version of a package in place "
4409"of a more recent version. Note that none of APT's default priorities "
4410"exceeds 1000; such high priorities can only be set in the preferences file. "
4411"Note also that downgrading a package can be risky.)"
2a52e8c5
DK
4412msgstr ""
4413
7d76ea1d 4414#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4415#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4416msgid "Install the highest priority version."
2a52e8c5
DK
4417msgstr ""
4418
7d76ea1d 4419#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4420#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4421msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4422"If two or more versions have the same priority, install the most recent one "
4423"(that is, the one with the higher version number)."
2a52e8c5
DK
4424msgstr ""
4425
7d76ea1d 4426#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4427#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4428msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4429"If two or more versions have the same priority and version number but either "
4430"the packages differ in some of their metadata or the "
4431"<literal>--reinstall</literal> option is given, install the uninstalled one."
2a52e8c5
DK
4432msgstr ""
4433
7d76ea1d 4434#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4435#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4436msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4437"In a typical situation, the installed version of a package (priority 100) "
4438"is not as recent as one of the versions available from the sources listed in "
4439"the &sources-list; file (priority 500 or 990). Then the package will be "
4440"upgraded when <command>apt-get install "
4441"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
4442"upgrade</command> is executed."
bcf91c1b
DK
4443msgstr ""
4444
7d76ea1d 4445#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4446#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4447msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4448"More rarely, the installed version of a package is <emphasis>more</emphasis> "
4449"recent than any of the other available versions. The package will not be "
4450"downgraded when <command>apt-get install "
4451"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
4452"upgrade</command> is executed."
bcf91c1b
DK
4453msgstr ""
4454
7d76ea1d 4455#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4456#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4457msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4458"Sometimes the installed version of a package is more recent than the version "
4459"belonging to the target release, but not as recent as a version belonging to "
4460"some other distribution. Such a package will indeed be upgraded when "
4461"<command>apt-get install <replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> "
4462"or <command>apt-get upgrade</command> is executed, because at least "
4463"<emphasis>one</emphasis> of the available versions has a higher priority "
4464"than the installed version."
bcf91c1b
DK
4465msgstr ""
4466
7d76ea1d 4467#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 4468#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4469msgid "The Effect of APT Preferences"
bcf91c1b
DK
4470msgstr ""
4471
7d76ea1d 4472#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4473#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4474msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4475"The APT preferences file allows the system administrator to control the "
4476"assignment of priorities. The file consists of one or more multi-line "
4477"records separated by blank lines. Records can have one of two forms, a "
4478"specific form and a general form."
bcf91c1b
DK
4479msgstr ""
4480
7d76ea1d 4481#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4482#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4483msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4484"The specific form assigns a priority (a \"Pin-Priority\") to one or more "
44477002
JR
4485"specified packages with a specified version or version range. For example, "
4486"the following record assigns a high priority to all versions of the "
7d76ea1d 4487"<filename>perl</filename> package whose version number begins with "
75d9bdba
JR
4488"\"<literal>&good-perl;</literal>\". Multiple packages can be separated by "
4489"spaces."
bcf91c1b
DK
4490msgstr ""
4491
7d76ea1d 4492#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4493#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4494#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d
DK
4495msgid ""
4496"Package: perl\n"
75d9bdba 4497"Pin: version &good-perl;*\n"
7d76ea1d 4498"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
bcf91c1b
DK
4499msgstr ""
4500
7d76ea1d 4501#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4502#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4503msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4504"The general form assigns a priority to all of the package versions in a "
4505"given distribution (that is, to all the versions of packages that are listed "
4506"in a certain <filename>Release</filename> file) or to all of the package "
4507"versions coming from a particular Internet site, as identified by the site's "
4508"fully qualified domain name."
bcf91c1b
DK
4509msgstr ""
4510
7d76ea1d 4511#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4512#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4513msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4514"This general-form entry in the APT preferences file applies only to groups "
4515"of packages. For example, the following record assigns a high priority to "
4516"all package versions available from the local site."
bcf91c1b
DK
4517msgstr ""
4518
7d76ea1d 4519#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4520#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bcf91c1b 4521#, no-wrap
de2c243c 4522msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4523"Package: *\n"
4524"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
4525"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
de2c243c 4526msgstr ""
4527
7d76ea1d 4528#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4529#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bf5c3fe8 4530msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4531"A note of caution: the keyword used here is \"<literal>origin</literal>\" "
4532"which can be used to match a hostname. The following record will assign a "
4533"high priority to all versions available from the server identified by the "
4534"hostname \"ftp.de.debian.org\""
bf5c3fe8
MV
4535msgstr ""
4536
7d76ea1d 4537#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4538#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bf5c3fe8 4539#, no-wrap
bcf91c1b 4540msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4541"Package: *\n"
4542"Pin: origin \"ftp.de.debian.org\"\n"
4543"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
bf5c3fe8
MV
4544msgstr ""
4545
7d76ea1d 4546#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4547#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bf5c3fe8 4548msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4549"This should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be confused with the Origin of a "
4550"distribution as specified in a <filename>Release</filename> file. What "
4551"follows the \"Origin:\" tag in a <filename>Release</filename> file is not an "
4552"Internet address but an author or vendor name, such as \"Debian\" or "
4553"\"Ximian\"."
bf5c3fe8
MV
4554msgstr ""
4555
7d76ea1d 4556#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4557#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
c086ac18 4558msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4559"The following record assigns a low priority to all package versions "
4560"belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "
4561"\"<literal>unstable</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4562msgstr ""
4563
7d76ea1d 4564#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4565#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
bf5c3fe8 4566#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4567msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4568"Package: *\n"
4569"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
4570"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4571msgstr ""
4572
7d76ea1d 4573#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4574#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4575msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4576"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
4577"belonging to any distribution whose Codename is "
9feb98eb 4578"\"<literal>&debian-testing-codename;</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4579msgstr ""
4580
7d76ea1d 4581#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4582#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4583#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4584msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4585"Package: *\n"
9feb98eb 4586"Pin: release n=&debian-testing-codename;\n"
7d76ea1d 4587"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4588msgstr ""
4589
7d76ea1d 4590#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4591#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4592msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4593"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
4594"belonging to any release whose Archive name is \"<literal>stable</literal>\" "
9feb98eb
DK
4595"and whose release Version number is "
4596"\"<literal>&debian-stable-version;</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4597msgstr ""
4598
7d76ea1d 4599#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4600#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4601#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4602msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4603"Package: *\n"
9feb98eb 4604"Pin: release a=stable, v=&debian-stable-version;\n"
7d76ea1d 4605"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4606msgstr ""
4607
864fe99c 4608#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4609#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
4610msgid ""
4611"The effect of the comma operator is similar to an \"and\" in logic: All "
4612"conditions must be satisfied for the pin to match. There is one exception: "
4613"For any type of condition (such as two \"a\" conditions), only the last such "
4614"condition is checked."
4615msgstr ""
4616
4617#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 4618#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
44477002 4619msgid "Regular expressions and &glob; syntax"
2a52e8c5
DK
4620msgstr ""
4621
7d76ea1d 4622#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4623#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
b6c6b52f 4624msgid ""
44477002
JR
4625"APT also supports pinning by &glob; expressions, and regular expressions "
4626"surrounded by slashes. For example, the following example assigns the "
4627"priority 500 to all packages from experimental where the name starts with "
4628"gnome (as a &glob;-like expression) or contains the word kde (as a POSIX "
4629"extended regular expression surrounded by slashes)."
b6c6b52f
MV
4630msgstr ""
4631
7d76ea1d 4632#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
04f27fae 4633#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4634#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4635msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4636"Package: gnome* /kde/\n"
14c50b58 4637"Pin: release a=experimental\n"
7d76ea1d 4638"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4639msgstr ""
4640
7d76ea1d 4641#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4642#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4643msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4644"The rule for those expressions is that they can occur anywhere where a "
4645"string can occur. Thus, the following pin assigns the priority 990 to all "
44477002 4646"packages from a release starting with &ubuntu-codename;."
2a52e8c5
DK
4647msgstr ""
4648
7d76ea1d 4649#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
04f27fae 4650#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4651#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4652msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4653"Package: *\n"
44477002 4654"Pin: release n=&ubuntu-codename;*\n"
7d76ea1d 4655"Pin-Priority: 990\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4656msgstr ""
4657
7d76ea1d 4658#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4659#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4660msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4661"If a regular expression occurs in a <literal>Package</literal> field, the "
4662"behavior is the same as if this regular expression were replaced with a list "
4663"of all package names it matches. It is undecided whether this will change in "
44477002 4664"the future; thus you should always list wild-card pins first, so later "
7d76ea1d 4665"specific pins override it. The pattern \"<literal>*</literal>\" in a "
44477002 4666"Package field is not considered a &glob; expression in itself."
2a52e8c5
DK
4667msgstr ""
4668
7d76ea1d 4669#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 4670#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4671msgid "How APT Interprets Priorities"
2a52e8c5
DK
4672msgstr ""
4673
7d76ea1d 4674#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4675#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4676msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4677"Priorities (P) assigned in the APT preferences file must be positive or "
4678"negative integers. They are interpreted as follows (roughly speaking):"
2a52e8c5
DK
4679msgstr ""
4680
7d76ea1d 4681#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4682#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e594b30 4683msgid "P &gt;= 1000"
2a52e8c5
DK
4684msgstr ""
4685
7d76ea1d 4686#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4687#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4688msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4689"causes a version to be installed even if this constitutes a downgrade of the "
4690"package"
2a52e8c5
DK
4691msgstr ""
4692
7d76ea1d 4693#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4694#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e594b30 4695msgid "990 &lt;= P &lt; 1000"
2a52e8c5
DK
4696msgstr ""
4697
7d76ea1d 4698#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4699#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4700msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4701"causes a version to be installed even if it does not come from the target "
4702"release, unless the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4703msgstr ""
4704
7d76ea1d 4705#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4706#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e594b30 4707msgid "500 &lt;= P &lt; 990"
2a52e8c5
DK
4708msgstr ""
4709
7d76ea1d 4710#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4711#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4712msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4713"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4714"belonging to the target release or the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4715msgstr ""
4716
7d76ea1d 4717#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4718#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e594b30 4719msgid "100 &lt;= P &lt; 500"
2a52e8c5
DK
4720msgstr ""
4721
7d76ea1d 4722#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4723#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4724msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4725"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4726"belonging to some other distribution or the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4727msgstr ""
4728
7d76ea1d 4729#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4730#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e594b30 4731msgid "0 &lt; P &lt; 100"
3e9c4f70
DK
4732msgstr ""
4733
7d76ea1d 4734#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4735#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
3e9c4f70 4736msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4737"causes a version to be installed only if there is no installed version of "
4738"the package"
3e9c4f70
DK
4739msgstr ""
4740
7d76ea1d 4741#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4742#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4743msgid "P &lt; 0"
3e9c4f70
DK
4744msgstr ""
4745
7d76ea1d 4746#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4747#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4748msgid "prevents the version from being installed"
3e9c4f70
DK
4749msgstr ""
4750
864fe99c 4751#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4752#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
4753msgid "P = 0"
4754msgstr ""
4755
4756#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4757#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
4758msgid "has undefined behaviour, do not use it."
4759msgstr ""
4760
7d76ea1d 4761#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4762#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
3e9c4f70 4763msgid ""
864fe99c
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4764"The first specific-form record matching an available package version "
4765"determines the priority of the package version. Failing that, the priority "
4766"of the package is defined as the maximum of all priorities defined by "
4767"generic-form records matching the version. Records defined using patterns "
4768"in the Pin field other than \"*\" are treated like specific-form records."
3e9c4f70
DK
4769msgstr ""
4770
3e9c4f70 4771#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4772#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e312de7 4773msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4774"For example, suppose the APT preferences file contains the three records "
4775"presented earlier:"
3e9c4f70
DK
4776msgstr ""
4777
7d76ea1d 4778#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
04f27fae 4779#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
3e9c4f70 4780#, no-wrap
5e312de7 4781msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4782"Package: perl\n"
75d9bdba 4783"Pin: version &good-perl;*\n"
7d76ea1d
DK
4784"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
4785"\n"
4786"Package: *\n"
4787"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
4788"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
4789"\n"
4790"Package: *\n"
4791"Pin: release unstable\n"
4792"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
5e312de7
DK
4793msgstr ""
4794
3e9c4f70 4795#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4796#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4797msgid "Then:"
5e312de7
DK
4798msgstr ""
4799
7d76ea1d 4800#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4801#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e312de7 4802msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4803"The most recent available version of the <literal>perl</literal> package "
4804"will be installed, so long as that version's version number begins with "
75d9bdba
JR
4805"\"<literal>&good-perl;</literal>\". If <emphasis>any</emphasis> "
4806"&good-perl;* version of <literal>perl</literal> is available and the "
4807"installed version is &bad-perl;*, then <literal>perl</literal> will be "
4808"downgraded."
5e312de7
DK
4809msgstr ""
4810
7d76ea1d 4811#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4812#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e312de7 4813msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4814"A version of any package other than <literal>perl</literal> that is "
4815"available from the local system has priority over other versions, even "
4816"versions belonging to the target release."
2a52e8c5
DK
4817msgstr ""
4818
7d76ea1d 4819#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4820#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4821msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4822"A version of a package whose origin is not the local system but some other "
4823"site listed in &sources-list; and which belongs to an "
4824"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution is only installed if it is selected "
4825"for installation and no version of the package is already installed."
2a52e8c5
DK
4826msgstr ""
4827
7d76ea1d 4828#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 4829#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4830msgid "Determination of Package Version and Distribution Properties"
2a52e8c5
DK
4831msgstr ""
4832
7d76ea1d 4833#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4834#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4835msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4836"The locations listed in the &sources-list; file should provide "
4837"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> files to "
4838"describe the packages available at that location."
2a52e8c5
DK
4839msgstr ""
4840
7d76ea1d 4841#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4842#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4843msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4844"The <filename>Packages</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
4845"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable>/<replaceable>component</replaceable>/<replaceable>arch</replaceable></filename>: "
4846"for example, "
4847"<filename>.../dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages</filename>. It "
4848"consists of a series of multi-line records, one for each package available "
4849"in that directory. Only two lines in each record are relevant for setting "
4850"APT priorities:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4851msgstr ""
4852
7d76ea1d 4853#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4854#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4855msgid "the <literal>Package:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4856msgstr ""
4857
7d76ea1d 4858#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4859#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4860msgid "gives the package name"
2a52e8c5
DK
4861msgstr ""
4862
7d76ea1d 4863#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4864#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4865msgid "the <literal>Version:</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
7d76ea1d 4870msgid "gives the version number for the named package"
2a52e8c5
DK
4871msgstr ""
4872
7d76ea1d 4873#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 4874#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
5e312de7 4875msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4876"The <filename>Release</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
4877"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable></filename>: for "
4878"example, <filename>.../dists/stable/Release</filename>, or "
9feb98eb
DK
4879"<filename>.../dists/&debian-stable-codename;/Release</filename>. It "
4880"consists of a single multi-line record which applies to "
4881"<emphasis>all</emphasis> of the packages in the directory tree below its "
4882"parent. Unlike the <filename>Packages</filename> file, nearly all of the "
4883"lines in a <filename>Release</filename> file are relevant for setting APT "
4884"priorities:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4885msgstr ""
4886
7d76ea1d 4887#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4888#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4889msgid "the <literal>Archive:</literal> or <literal>Suite:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4890msgstr ""
4891
7d76ea1d 4892#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4893#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4894msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4895"names the archive to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
4896"For example, the line \"Archive: stable\" or \"Suite: stable\" specifies "
4897"that all of the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
4898"<filename>Release</filename> file are in a <literal>stable</literal> "
4899"archive. Specifying this value in the APT preferences file would require "
4900"the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4901msgstr ""
4902
7d76ea1d 4903#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4904#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
4905#, no-wrap
4906msgid "Pin: release a=stable\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4907msgstr ""
4908
7d76ea1d 4909#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4910#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4911msgid "the <literal>Codename:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4912msgstr ""
4913
7d76ea1d 4914#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4915#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4916msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4917"names the codename to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
9feb98eb
DK
4918"For example, the line \"Codename: &debian-testing-codename;\" specifies that "
4919"all of the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
7d76ea1d 4920"<filename>Release</filename> file belong to a version named "
9feb98eb
DK
4921"<literal>&debian-testing-codename;</literal>. Specifying this value in the "
4922"APT preferences file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4923msgstr ""
4924
7d76ea1d 4925#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4926#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4927#, no-wrap
9feb98eb 4928msgid "Pin: release n=&debian-testing-codename;\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4929msgstr ""
4930
7d76ea1d 4931#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4932#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4933msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4934"names the release version. For example, the packages in the tree might "
9feb98eb
DK
4935"belong to Debian release version &debian-stable-version;. Note that there "
4936"is normally no version number for the <literal>testing</literal> and "
7d76ea1d
DK
4937"<literal>unstable</literal> distributions because they have not been "
4938"released yet. Specifying this in the APT preferences file would require one "
4939"of the following lines."
2a52e8c5
DK
4940msgstr ""
4941
7d76ea1d 4942#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4943#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4944#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4945msgid ""
9feb98eb
DK
4946"Pin: release v=&debian-stable-version;\n"
4947"Pin: release a=stable, v=&debian-stable-version;\n"
4948"Pin: release &debian-stable-version;\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4949msgstr ""
4950
7d76ea1d 4951#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4952#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4953msgid "the <literal>Component:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4954msgstr ""
4955
7d76ea1d 4956#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4957#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4958msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4959"names the licensing component associated with the packages in the directory "
4960"tree of the <filename>Release</filename> file. For example, the line "
4961"\"Component: main\" specifies that all the packages in the directory tree "
4962"are from the <literal>main</literal> component, which entails that they are "
4963"licensed under terms listed in the Debian Free Software Guidelines. "
4964"Specifying this component in the APT preferences file would require the "
4965"line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4966msgstr ""
4967
7d76ea1d 4968#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4969#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
4970#, no-wrap
4971msgid "Pin: release c=main\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4972msgstr ""
4973
7d76ea1d 4974#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4975#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4976msgid "the <literal>Origin:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4977msgstr ""
4978
7d76ea1d 4979#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 4980#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 4981msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4982"names the originator of the packages in the directory tree of the "
4983"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
4984"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this origin in the APT preferences "
4985"file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4986msgstr ""
4987
7d76ea1d 4988#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 4989#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
4990#, no-wrap
4991msgid "Pin: release o=Debian\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4992msgstr ""
4993
7d76ea1d 4994#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 4995#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 4996msgid "the <literal>Label:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4997msgstr ""
4998
7d76ea1d 4999#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
04f27fae 5000#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5001msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5002"names the label of the packages in the directory tree of the "
5003"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
5004"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this label in the APT preferences "
5005"file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
5006msgstr ""
5007
7d76ea1d 5008#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
04f27fae 5009#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
5010#, no-wrap
5011msgid "Pin: release l=Debian\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
5012msgstr ""
5013
7d76ea1d 5014#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5015#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5016msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5017"All of the <filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> "
5018"files retrieved from locations listed in the &sources-list; file are stored "
5019"in the directory <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists</filename>, or in the file "
5020"named by the variable <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> in the "
5021"<filename>apt.conf</filename> file. For example, the file "
5022"<filename>debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Release</filename> "
5023"contains the <filename>Release</filename> file retrieved from the site "
5024"<literal>debian.lcs.mit.edu</literal> for <literal>binary-i386</literal> "
5025"architecture files from the <literal>contrib</literal> component of the "
5026"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution."
2a52e8c5
DK
5027msgstr ""
5028
7d76ea1d 5029#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 5030#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5031msgid "Optional Lines in an APT Preferences Record"
2a52e8c5
DK
5032msgstr ""
5033
7d76ea1d 5034#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5035#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5036msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5037"Each record in the APT preferences file can optionally begin with one or "
5038"more lines beginning with the word <literal>Explanation:</literal>. This "
5039"provides a place for comments."
2a52e8c5
DK
5040msgstr ""
5041
7d76ea1d 5042#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 5043#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5044msgid "Tracking Stable"
2a52e8c5
DK
5045msgstr ""
5046
7d76ea1d 5047#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5048#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5049#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 5050msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5051"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated\n"
5052"Explanation: package versions other than those in the stable distro\n"
5053"Package: *\n"
5054"Pin: release a=stable\n"
5055"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
5056"\n"
5057"Package: *\n"
5058"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5059"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
5060msgstr ""
5061
7d76ea1d 5062#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5063#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5064msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5065"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
5066"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
5067"<literal>stable</literal> distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
5068"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> "
5069"distributions. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5070msgstr ""
5071
7d76ea1d 5072#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5073#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1 apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5074#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 5075msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5076"apt-get install <replaceable>package-name</replaceable>\n"
5077"apt-get upgrade\n"
5078"apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
5079msgstr ""
5080
7d76ea1d 5081#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5082#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5083msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5084"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
5085"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
5086"<literal>stable</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
5087"id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5088msgstr ""
5089
7d76ea1d 5090#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5091#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
5092#, no-wrap
5093msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/testing\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
5094msgstr ""
5095
7d76ea1d 5096#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5097#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5098msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5099"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
5100"latest version from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution; the package "
5101"will not be upgraded again unless this command is given again. <placeholder "
5102"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5103msgstr ""
5104
7d76ea1d 5105#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 5106#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5107msgid "Tracking Testing or Unstable"
2a52e8c5
DK
5108msgstr ""
5109
7d76ea1d 5110#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5111#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5112#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 5113msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5114"Package: *\n"
5115"Pin: release a=testing\n"
5116"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
5117"\n"
5118"Package: *\n"
5119"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
5120"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
5121"\n"
5122"Package: *\n"
5123"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5124"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
5125msgstr ""
5126
7d76ea1d 5127#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5128#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5129msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5130"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a high priority "
5131"to package versions from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution, a "
5132"lower priority to package versions from the <literal>unstable</literal> "
5133"distribution, and a prohibitively low priority to package versions from "
5134"other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions. <placeholder "
5135"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5136msgstr ""
5137
7d76ea1d 5138#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5139#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5140msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5141"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
5142"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
5143"<literal>testing</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
5144"id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5145msgstr ""
5146
7d76ea1d 5147#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5148#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
5149#, no-wrap
5150msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/unstable\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
5151msgstr ""
5152
7d76ea1d 5153#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5154#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
5155msgid ""
5156"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
5157"latest version from the <literal>unstable</literal> distribution. "
5158"Thereafter, <command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to "
5159"the most recent <literal>testing</literal> version if that is more recent "
5160"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
5161"<literal>unstable</literal> version if that is more recent than the "
5162"installed version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5163msgstr ""
5164
7d76ea1d 5165#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 5166#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5167msgid "Tracking the evolution of a codename release"
2a52e8c5
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5168msgstr ""
5169
7d76ea1d 5170#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5171#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5172#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 5173msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5174"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated package "
5175"versions\n"
5176"Explanation: other than those in the distribution codenamed with "
9feb98eb 5177"&debian-testing-codename; or sid\n"
7d76ea1d 5178"Package: *\n"
9feb98eb 5179"Pin: release n=&debian-testing-codename;\n"
7d76ea1d
DK
5180"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
5181"\n"
5182"Explanation: Debian unstable is always codenamed with sid\n"
5183"Package: *\n"
5184"Pin: release n=sid\n"
5185"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
5186"\n"
5187"Package: *\n"
5188"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5189"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
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5190msgstr ""
5191
7d76ea1d 5192#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5193#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5194msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5195"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
5196"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
5197"specified codename of a distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
5198"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions, "
5199"codenames and archives. Note that with this APT preference APT will follow "
5200"the migration of a release from the archive <literal>testing</literal> to "
5201"<literal>stable</literal> and later <literal>oldstable</literal>. If you "
5202"want to follow for example the progress in <literal>testing</literal> "
5203"notwithstanding the codename changes you should use the example "
5204"configurations above. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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5205msgstr ""
5206
7d76ea1d 5207#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5208#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5209msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5210"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
5211"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest version(s) in "
9feb98eb 5212"the release codenamed with <literal>&debian-testing-codename;</literal>. "
7d76ea1d 5213"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5214msgstr ""
5215
7d76ea1d 5216#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 5217#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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5218#, no-wrap
5219msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/sid\n"
5220msgstr ""
5221
5222#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 5223#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d
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5224msgid ""
5225"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
5226"latest version from the <literal>sid</literal> distribution. Thereafter, "
5227"<command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to the most "
9feb98eb
DK
5228"recent <literal>&debian-testing-codename;</literal> version if that is more "
5229"recent than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
7d76ea1d
DK
5230"<literal>sid</literal> version if that is more recent than the installed "
5231"version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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5232msgstr ""
5233
b39c1859 5234#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5235#: apt_preferences.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5236msgid "&apt-get; &apt-cache; &apt-conf; &sources-list;"
2a52e8c5
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5237msgstr ""
5238
7d76ea1d 5239#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 5240#: sources.list.5.xml:1
dabb215c 5241msgid "List of configured APT data sources"
2a52e8c5
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5242msgstr ""
5243
5244#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5245#: sources.list.5.xml:1
b39c1859 5246msgid ""
051029f8 5247"The source list <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> and the files "
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5248"contained in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename> are designed to "
5249"support any number of active sources and a variety of source media. The "
051029f8 5250"files list one source per line (one-line style) or contain multiline stanzas "
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5251"defining one or more sources per stanza (deb822 style), with the most "
5252"preferred source listed first (in case a single version is available from "
5253"more than one source). The information available from the configured sources "
5254"is acquired by <command>apt-get update</command> (or by an equivalent "
5255"command from another APT front-end)."
5256msgstr ""
5257
5258#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 5259#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c 5260msgid "sources.list.d"
0fd68707
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5261msgstr ""
5262
5263#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5264#: sources.list.5.xml:1
0fd68707 5265msgid ""
864fe99c
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5266"The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d</filename> directory provides a way to "
5267"add sources.list entries in separate files. Two different file formats are "
5268"allowed as described in the next two sections. Filenames need to have "
5269"either the extension <filename>.list</filename> or "
5270"<filename>.sources</filename> depending on the contained format. The "
5271"filenames may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z), digits (0-9), underscore "
5272"(_), hyphen (-) and period (.) characters. Otherwise APT will print a "
5273"notice that it has ignored a file, unless that file matches a pattern in the "
5274"<literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> configuration list - in which "
5275"case it will be silently ignored."
5276msgstr ""
5277
5278#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 5279#: sources.list.5.xml:1
051029f8 5280msgid "One-Line-Style Format"
864fe99c
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5281msgstr ""
5282
5283#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5284#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5285msgid ""
5286"Files in this format have the extension <filename>.list</filename>. Each "
5287"line specifying a source starts with a type "
5723791e
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5288"(e.g. <literal>deb-src</literal>) followed by options and arguments for "
5289"this type. Individual entries cannot be continued onto a following "
5290"line. Empty lines are ignored, and a <literal>#</literal> character anywhere "
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MV
5291"on a line marks the remainder of that line as a comment. Consequently an "
5292"entry can be disabled by commenting out the entire line. If options should "
5293"be provided they are separated by spaces and all of them together are "
5294"enclosed by square brackets (<literal>[]</literal>) included in the line "
5295"after the type separated from it with a space. If an option allows multiple "
5296"values these are separated from each other with a comma "
051029f8
DK
5297"(<literal>,</literal>). An option name is separated from its value(s) by an "
5298"equals sign (<literal>=</literal>). Multivalue options also have "
5299"<literal>-=</literal> and <literal>+=</literal> as separators, which instead "
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5300"of replacing the default with the given value(s) modify the default value(s) "
5301"to remove or include the given values."
5302msgstr ""
5303
5304#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5305#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5306msgid ""
5307"This is the traditional format and supported by all apt versions. Note that "
5308"not all options as described below are supported by all apt versions. Note "
051029f8 5309"also that some older applications parsing this format on their own might not "
864fe99c
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5310"expect to encounter options as they were uncommon before the introduction of "
5311"multi-architecture support."
b39c1859
MV
5312msgstr ""
5313
7d76ea1d 5314#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 5315#: sources.list.5.xml:1
051029f8 5316msgid "deb822-Style Format"
2a52e8c5
DK
5317msgstr ""
5318
0fd68707 5319#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5320#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5321msgid ""
5322"Files in this format have the extension <filename>.sources</filename>. The "
5323"format is similar in syntax to other files used by Debian and its "
051029f8
DK
5324"derivatives, such as the metadata files that apt will download from the "
5325"configured sources or the <filename>debian/control</filename> file in a "
5326"Debian source package. Individual entries are separated by an empty line; "
5327"additional empty lines are ignored, and a <literal>#</literal> character at "
5328"the start of the line marks the entire line as a comment. An entry can hence "
5329"be disabled by commenting out each line belonging to the stanza, but it is "
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5330"usually easier to add the field \"Enabled: no\" to the stanza to disable the "
5331"entry. Removing the field or setting it to yes reenables it. Options have "
5332"the same syntax as every other field: A fieldname separated by a colon "
5333"(<literal>:</literal>) and optionally spaces from its value(s). Note "
5334"especially that multiple values are separated by spaces, not by commas as in "
051029f8 5335"the one-line format. Multivalue fields like <literal>Architectures</literal> "
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5336"also have <literal>Architectures-Add</literal> and "
5337"<literal>Architectures-Remove</literal> to modify the default value rather "
5338"than replacing it."
5339msgstr ""
5340
5341#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5342#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5343msgid ""
864fe99c
MV
5344"This is a new format supported by apt itself since version 1.1. Previous "
5345"versions ignore such files with a notice message as described earlier. It "
051029f8
DK
5346"is intended to make this format gradually the default format, deprecating "
5347"the previously described one-line-style format, as it is easier to create, "
5348"extend and modify for humans and machines alike especially if a lot of "
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MV
5349"sources and/or options are involved. Developers who are working with and/or "
5350"parsing apt sources are highly encouraged to add support for this format and "
5351"to contact the APT team to coordinate and share this work. Users can freely "
051029f8 5352"adopt this format already, but may encounter problems with software not "
864fe99c 5353"supporting the format yet."
2a52e8c5
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5354msgstr ""
5355
7d76ea1d 5356#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 5357#: sources.list.5.xml:1
051029f8 5358msgid "The deb and deb-src Types: General Format"
2a52e8c5
DK
5359msgstr ""
5360
7d76ea1d 5361#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5362#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5363msgid ""
5723791e
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5364"The <literal>deb</literal> type references a typical two-level Debian "
5365"archive, <filename>distribution/component</filename>. The "
864fe99c 5366"<literal>distribution</literal> is generally a suite name like "
7d76ea1d 5367"<literal>stable</literal> or <literal>testing</literal> or a codename like "
9feb98eb
DK
5368"<literal>&debian-stable-codename;</literal> or "
5369"<literal>&debian-testing-codename;</literal> while component is one of "
5723791e
JR
5370"<literal>main</literal>, <literal>contrib</literal> or "
5371"<literal>non-free</literal>. The <literal>deb-src</literal> type references "
5372"a Debian distribution's source code in the same form as the "
7d76ea1d
DK
5373"<literal>deb</literal> type. A <literal>deb-src</literal> line is required "
5374"to fetch source indexes."
2a52e8c5
DK
5375msgstr ""
5376
7d76ea1d 5377#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5378#: sources.list.5.xml:1
aec22160 5379msgid ""
051029f8 5380"The format for two one-line-style entries using the <literal>deb</literal> "
864fe99c 5381"and <literal>deb-src</literal> types is:"
aec22160
DK
5382msgstr ""
5383
7d76ea1d 5384#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5385#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5386#, no-wrap
864fe99c
MV
5387msgid ""
5388"deb [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] "
5389"[...]\n"
5390"deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] "
5391"[component2] [...]"
609bb2ea
MV
5392msgstr ""
5393
5394#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 5395#: sources.list.5.xml:1
609bb2ea
MV
5396#, no-wrap
5397msgid ""
b18dd45f 5398" Types: deb deb-src\n"
864fe99c
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5399" URIs: uri\n"
5400" Suites: suite\n"
5401" Components: [component1] [component2] [...]\n"
5402" option1: value1\n"
5403" option2: value2\n"
609bb2ea 5404" "
2a52e8c5
DK
5405msgstr ""
5406
7d76ea1d 5407#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5408#: sources.list.5.xml:1
609bb2ea 5409msgid ""
864fe99c
MV
5410"Alternatively the equivalent entry in deb822 style looks like this: "
5411"<placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
609bb2ea
MV
5412msgstr ""
5413
5414#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5415#: sources.list.5.xml:1
b6c6b52f 5416msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5417"The URI for the <literal>deb</literal> type must specify the base of the "
5418"Debian distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs. "
609bb2ea
MV
5419"<literal>suite</literal> can specify an exact path, in which case the "
5420"components must be omitted and <literal>suite</literal> must end with a "
5421"slash (<literal>/</literal>). This is useful for the case when only a "
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MV
5422"particular sub-directory of the archive denoted by the URI is of interest. "
5423"If <literal>suite</literal> does not specify an exact path, at least one "
7d76ea1d 5424"<literal>component</literal> must be present."
b6c6b52f
MV
5425msgstr ""
5426
7d76ea1d 5427#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5428#: sources.list.5.xml:1
aec22160 5429msgid ""
609bb2ea 5430"<literal>suite</literal> may also contain a variable, "
5723791e
JR
5431"<literal>$(ARCH)</literal> which expands to the Debian architecture (such as "
5432"<literal>amd64</literal> or <literal>armel</literal>) used on the "
5433"system. This permits architecture-independent "
5434"<filename>sources.list</filename> files to be used. In general this is only "
051029f8 5435"of interest when specifying an exact path; <literal>APT</literal> will "
5723791e 5436"automatically generate a URI with the current architecture otherwise."
b6c6b52f
MV
5437msgstr ""
5438
7d76ea1d 5439#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5440#: sources.list.5.xml:1
782486e8 5441msgid ""
051029f8 5442"Especially in the one-line-style format since only one distribution can be "
864fe99c
MV
5443"specified per line it may be necessary to have multiple lines for the same "
5444"URI, if a subset of all available distributions or components at that "
609bb2ea
MV
5445"location is desired. APT will sort the URI list after it has generated a "
5446"complete set internally, and will collapse multiple references to the same "
5447"Internet host, for instance, into a single connection, so that it does not "
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MV
5448"inefficiently establish a connection, close it, do something else, and then "
5449"re-establish a connection to that same host. APT also parallelizes "
5450"connections to different hosts to more effectively deal with sites with low "
5451"bandwidth."
5452msgstr ""
5453
5454#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5455#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5456msgid ""
5457"It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most "
5458"preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting by "
5459"speed from fastest to slowest (CD-ROM followed by hosts on a local network, "
5460"followed by distant Internet hosts, for example)."
5461msgstr ""
5462
5463#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 5464#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5465#, no-wrap
5466msgid "&sourceslist-list-format;"
5467msgstr ""
5468
5469#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 5470#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5471#, no-wrap
5472msgid "&sourceslist-sources-format;"
2a52e8c5
DK
5473msgstr ""
5474
7d76ea1d 5475#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5476#: sources.list.5.xml:1
b6c6b52f 5477msgid ""
051029f8
DK
5478"As an example, the sources for your distribution could look like this in "
5479"one-line-style format: <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> or "
5480"like this in deb822 style format: <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" "
5481"id=\"1\"/>"
864fe99c
MV
5482msgstr ""
5483
5484#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 5485#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5486msgid "The deb and deb-src types: Options"
5487msgstr ""
5488
5489#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5490#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c 5491msgid ""
051029f8
DK
5492"Each source entry can have options specified to modify which source is "
5493"accessed and how data is acquired from it. Format, syntax and names of the "
5494"options vary between the one-line-style and deb822-style formats as "
5495"described, but they both have the same options available. For simplicity we "
5496"list the deb822 fieldname and provide the one-line name in brackets. "
5497"Remember that besides setting multivalue options explicitly, there is also "
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MV
5498"the option to modify them based on the default, but we aren't listing those "
5499"names explicitly here. Unsupported options are silently ignored by all APT "
5500"versions."
2a52e8c5
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5501msgstr ""
5502
7d76ea1d 5503#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5504#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5505msgid ""
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5506"<option>Architectures</option> (<option>arch</option>) is a multivalue "
5507"option defining for which architectures information should be downloaded. If "
5508"this option isn't set the default is all architectures as defined by the "
5509"<option>APT::Architectures</option> config option."
2a52e8c5
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5510msgstr ""
5511
7d76ea1d 5512#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5513#: sources.list.5.xml:1
ce34af08 5514msgid ""
864fe99c 5515"<option>Languages</option> (<option>lang</option>) is a multivalue option "
051029f8 5516"defining for which languages information such as translated package "
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MV
5517"descriptions should be downloaded. If this option isn't set the default is "
5518"all languages as defined by the <option>Acquire::Languages</option> config "
5519"option."
ce34af08
MV
5520msgstr ""
5521
5522#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5523#: sources.list.5.xml:1
782486e8 5524msgid ""
864fe99c
MV
5525"<option>Targets</option> (<option>target</option>) is a multivalue option "
5526"defining which download targets apt will try to acquire from this source. If "
5527"not specified, the default set is defined by the "
5b057748
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5528"<option>Acquire::IndexTargets</option> configuration scope (targets are "
5529"specified by their name in the <literal>Created-By</literal> field). "
5530"Additionally, targets can be enabled or disabled by using the "
5531"<literal>Identifier</literal> field as an option with a boolean value "
5532"instead of using this multivalue option."
2a52e8c5
DK
5533msgstr ""
5534
e49dd9d3 5535#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5536#: sources.list.5.xml:1
e49dd9d3
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5537msgid ""
5538"<option>PDiffs</option> (<option>pdiffs</option>) is a yes/no value which "
5539"controls if APT should try to use PDiffs to update old indexes instead of "
5540"downloading the new indexes entirely. The value of this option is ignored if "
5541"the repository doesn't announce the availability of PDiffs. Defaults to the "
5542"value of the option with the same name for a specific index file defined in "
051029f8 5543"the <option>Acquire::IndexTargets</option> scope, which itself defaults to "
e49dd9d3
MV
5544"the value of configuration option <option>Acquire::PDiffs</option> which "
5545"defaults to <literal>yes</literal>."
5546msgstr ""
5547
04f27fae
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5548#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
5549#: sources.list.5.xml:1
5550msgid ""
5551"<option>By-Hash</option> (<option>by-hash</option>) can have the value "
051029f8
DK
5552"<literal>yes</literal>, <literal>no</literal> or <literal>force</literal> "
5553"and controls if APT should try to acquire indexes via a URI constructed from "
5554"a hashsum of the expected file instead of using the well-known stable "
5555"filename of the index. Using this can avoid hashsum mismatches, but requires "
5556"a supporting mirror. A <literal>yes</literal> or <literal>no</literal> value "
5557"activates/disables the use of this feature if this source indicates support "
5558"for it, while <literal>force</literal> will enable the feature regardless of "
5559"what the source indicates. Defaults to the value of the option of the same "
5560"name for a specific index file defined in the "
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MV
5561"<option>Acquire::IndexTargets</option> scope, which itself defaults to the "
5562"value of configuration option <option>Acquire::By-Hash</option> which "
5563"defaults to <literal>yes</literal>."
5564msgstr ""
5565
7d76ea1d 5566#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5567#: sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5568msgid ""
051029f8 5569"Furthermore, there are options which if set affect <emphasis>all</emphasis> "
864fe99c
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5570"sources with the same URI and Suite, so they have to be set on all such "
5571"entries and can not be varied between different components. APT will try to "
5572"detect and error out on such anomalies."
2a52e8c5
DK
5573msgstr ""
5574
14e325c7
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5575#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
5576#: sources.list.5.xml:1
5577msgid ""
5578"<option>Allow-Insecure</option> (<option>allow-insecure</option>), "
5579"<option>Allow-Weak</option> (<option>allow-weak</option>) and "
5580"<option>Allow-Downgrade-To-Insecure</option> "
5581"(<option>allow-downgrade-to-insecure</option>) are boolean values which all "
5582"default to <literal>no</literal>. If set to <literal>yes</literal> they "
5583"circumvent parts of &apt-secure; and should therefore not be used lightly!"
5584msgstr ""
5585
864fe99c 5586#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
cbbee23e
DK
5587#: sources.list.5.xml:1
5588msgid ""
5589"<option>Trusted</option> (<option>trusted</option>) is a tri-state value "
5590"which defaults to APT deciding if a source is considered trusted or if "
5591"warnings should be raised before e.g. packages are installed from this "
4c482ac5
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5592"source. This option can be used to override that decision. The value "
5593"<literal>yes</literal> tells APT always to consider this source as trusted, "
5594"even if it doesn't pass authentication checks. It disables parts of "
5595"&apt-secure;, and should therefore only be used in a local and trusted "
5596"context (if at all) as otherwise security is breached. The value "
5597"<literal>no</literal> does the opposite, causing the source to be handled as "
5598"untrusted even if the authentication checks passed successfully. The default "
5599"value can't be set explicitly."
cbbee23e
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5600msgstr ""
5601
5602#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5603#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5604msgid ""
5605"<option>Signed-By</option> (<option>signed-by</option>) is either an "
5606"absolute path to a keyring file (has to be accessible and readable for the "
5607"<literal>_apt</literal> user, so ensure everyone has read-permissions on the "
5b057748
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5608"file) or one or more fingerprints of keys either in the "
5609"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> keyring or in the keyrings in the "
864fe99c 5610"<filename>trusted.gpg.d/</filename> directory (see <command>apt-key "
051029f8 5611"fingerprint</command>). If the option is set, only the key(s) in this "
5b057748
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5612"keyring or only the keys with these fingerprints are used for the "
5613"&apt-secure; verification of this repository. Defaults to the value of the "
5614"option with the same name if set in the previously acquired "
5615"<filename>Release</filename> file. Otherwise all keys in the trusted "
5616"keyrings are considered valid signers for this repository."
2a52e8c5
DK
5617msgstr ""
5618
864fe99c 5619#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5620#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5621msgid ""
864fe99c
MV
5622"<option>Check-Valid-Until</option> (<option>check-valid-until</option>) is "
5623"a yes/no value which controls if APT should try to detect replay attacks. A "
051029f8
DK
5624"repository creator can declare a time until which the data provided in the "
5625"repository should be considered valid, and if this time is reached, but no "
5626"new data is provided, the data is considered expired and an error is "
5627"raised. Besides increasing security, as a malicious attacker can't send old "
5628"data forever to prevent a user from upgrading to a new version, this also "
5629"helps users identify mirrors which are no longer updated. However, some "
5630"repositories such as historic archives are not updated any more by design, "
5631"so this check can be disabled by setting this option to "
5632"<literal>no</literal>. Defaults to the value of configuration option "
864fe99c
MV
5633"<option>Acquire::Check-Valid-Until</option> which itself defaults to "
5634"<literal>yes</literal>."
5635msgstr ""
5636
5637#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5638#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c 5639msgid ""
e49dd9d3 5640"<option>Valid-Until-Min</option> (<option>valid-until-min</option>) and "
864fe99c
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5641"<option>Valid-Until-Max</option> (<option>valid-until-max</option>) can be "
5642"used to raise or lower the time period in seconds in which the data from "
5643"this repository is considered valid. -Max can be especially useful if the "
5644"repository provides no Valid-Until field on its Release file to set your own "
bf33c3bd 5645"value, while -Min can be used to increase the valid time on seldom updated "
864fe99c
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5646"(local) mirrors of a more frequently updated but less accessible archive "
5647"(which is in the sources.list as well) instead of disabling the check "
5648"entirely. Default to the value of the configuration options "
5649"<option>Acquire::Min-ValidTime</option> and "
5650"<option>Acquire::Max-ValidTime</option> which are both unset by default."
2a52e8c5
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5651msgstr ""
5652
7d76ea1d 5653#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 5654#: sources.list.5.xml:1
051029f8 5655msgid "URI Specification"
2a52e8c5
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5656msgstr ""
5657
7d76ea1d 5658#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5659#: sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5660msgid "The currently recognized URI types are:"
2a52e8c5
DK
5661msgstr ""
5662
7d76ea1d 5663#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5664#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5665msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5666"The file scheme allows an arbitrary directory in the file system to be "
5667"considered an archive. This is useful for NFS mounts and local mirrors or "
5668"archives."
2a52e8c5
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5669msgstr ""
5670
7d76ea1d 5671#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5672#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5673msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5674"The cdrom scheme allows APT to use a local CD-ROM drive with media "
5675"swapping. Use the &apt-cdrom; program to create cdrom entries in the source "
5676"list."
2a52e8c5
DK
5677msgstr ""
5678
7d76ea1d 5679#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5680#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5681msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5682"The http scheme specifies an HTTP server for the archive. If an environment "
5683"variable <envar>http_proxy</envar> is set with the format "
5684"http://server:port/, the proxy server specified in <envar>http_proxy</envar> "
5685"will be used. Users of authenticated HTTP/1.1 proxies may use a string of "
5686"the format http://user:pass@server:port/. Note that this is an insecure "
5687"method of authentication."
2a52e8c5
DK
5688msgstr ""
5689
7d76ea1d 5690#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5691#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5692msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5693"The ftp scheme specifies an FTP server for the archive. APT's FTP behavior "
5694"is highly configurable; for more information see the &apt-conf; manual "
5723791e
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5695"page. Please note that an FTP proxy can be specified by using the "
5696"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable. It is possible to specify an "
5697"HTTP proxy (HTTP proxy servers often understand FTP URLs) using this "
dabb215c 5698"environment variable and <emphasis>only</emphasis> this environment "
5723791e
JR
5699"variable. Proxies using HTTP specified in the configuration file will be "
5700"ignored."
2a52e8c5
DK
5701msgstr ""
5702
7d76ea1d 5703#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5704#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5705msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5706"The copy scheme is identical to the file scheme except that packages are "
5707"copied into the cache directory instead of used directly at their location. "
5723791e
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5708"This is useful for people using removable media to copy files around with "
5709"APT."
2a52e8c5
DK
5710msgstr ""
5711
7d76ea1d 5712#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5713#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5714msgid ""
5723791e
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5715"The rsh/ssh method invokes RSH/SSH to connect to a remote host and access "
5716"the files as a given user. Prior configuration of rhosts or RSA keys is "
5717"recommended. The standard <command>find</command> and <command>dd</command> "
5718"commands are used to perform the file transfers from the remote host."
2a52e8c5
DK
5719msgstr ""
5720
7d76ea1d 5721#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 5722#: sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5723msgid "adding more recognizable URI types"
2a52e8c5
DK
5724msgstr ""
5725
7d76ea1d 5726#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 5727#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5728msgid ""
5723791e
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5729"APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages, "
5730"which should follow the naming scheme "
5731"<package>apt-transport-<replaceable>method</replaceable></package>. For "
5732"instance, the APT team also maintains the package "
5733"<package>apt-transport-https</package>, which provides access methods for "
5734"HTTPS URIs with features similar to the http method. Methods for using "
5735"e.g. debtorrent are also available - see &apt-transport-debtorrent;."
2a52e8c5
DK
5736msgstr ""
5737
7d76ea1d 5738#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5739#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5740msgid ""
864fe99c 5741"Uses the archive stored locally (or NFS mounted) at /home/apt/debian for "
7d76ea1d 5742"stable/main, stable/contrib, and stable/non-free."
2a52e8c5
DK
5743msgstr ""
5744
7d76ea1d 5745#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5746#: sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5747#, no-wrap
864fe99c
MV
5748msgid "deb file:/home/apt/debian stable main contrib non-free"
5749msgstr ""
5750
5751#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5752#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5753#, no-wrap
5754msgid ""
5755"Types: deb\n"
5756"URIs: file:/home/apt/debian\n"
5757"Suites: stable\n"
5758"Components: main contrib non-free"
2a52e8c5
DK
5759msgstr ""
5760
7d76ea1d 5761#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5762#: sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5763msgid "As above, except this uses the unstable (development) distribution."
2a52e8c5
DK
5764msgstr ""
5765
7d76ea1d 5766#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5767#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5768#, no-wrap
864fe99c
MV
5769msgid "deb file:/home/apt/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
5770msgstr ""
5771
5772#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5773#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5774#, no-wrap
5775msgid ""
5776"Types: deb\n"
5777"URIs: file:/home/apt/debian\n"
5778"Suites: unstable\n"
5779"Components: main contrib non-free"
2a52e8c5
DK
5780msgstr ""
5781
7d76ea1d 5782#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5783#: sources.list.5.xml:1
051029f8 5784msgid "Sources specification for the above."
2a52e8c5
DK
5785msgstr ""
5786
7d76ea1d 5787#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5788#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5789#, no-wrap
5790msgid "deb-src file:/home/apt/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
5791msgstr ""
5792
5793#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5794#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5795#, no-wrap
864fe99c
MV
5796msgid ""
5797"Types: deb-src\n"
5798"URIs: file:/home/apt/debian\n"
5799"Suites: unstable\n"
5800"Components: main contrib non-free"
b81dbe40
DK
5801msgstr ""
5802
7d76ea1d 5803#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5804#: sources.list.5.xml:1
b81dbe40 5805msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5806"The first line gets package information for the architectures in "
5807"<literal>APT::Architectures</literal> while the second always retrieves "
5808"<literal>amd64</literal> and <literal>armel</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5809msgstr ""
5810
7d76ea1d 5811#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5812#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5813#, no-wrap
5814msgid ""
30749ef1
JAK
5815"deb http://deb.debian.org/debian &debian-stable-codename; main\n"
5816"deb [ arch=amd64,armel ] http://deb.debian.org/debian "
9feb98eb 5817"&debian-stable-codename; main"
864fe99c
MV
5818msgstr ""
5819
5820#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5821#: sources.list.5.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5822#, no-wrap
b81dbe40 5823msgid ""
864fe99c 5824"Types: deb\n"
30749ef1 5825"URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian\n"
9feb98eb 5826"Suites: &debian-stable-codename;\n"
864fe99c
MV
5827"Components: main\n"
5828"\n"
5829"Types: deb\n"
30749ef1 5830"URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian\n"
9feb98eb 5831"Suites: &debian-stable-codename;\n"
864fe99c
MV
5832"Components: main\n"
5833"Architectures: amd64 armel\n"
b81dbe40
DK
5834msgstr ""
5835
7d76ea1d 5836#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5837#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5838msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5839"Uses HTTP to access the archive at archive.debian.org, and uses only the "
5840"hamm/main area."
2a52e8c5
DK
5841msgstr ""
5842
7d76ea1d 5843#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5844#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5845#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5846msgid "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive hamm main"
2a52e8c5
DK
5847msgstr ""
5848
864fe99c 5849#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5850#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5851#, no-wrap
5852msgid ""
5853"Types: deb\n"
5854"URIs: http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive\n"
5855"Suites: hamm\n"
5856"Components: main"
5857msgstr ""
5858
7d76ea1d 5859#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5860#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5861msgid ""
7d76ea1d 5862"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
9feb98eb 5863"directory, and uses only the &debian-stable-codename;/contrib area."
2a52e8c5
DK
5864msgstr ""
5865
7d76ea1d 5866#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5867#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5868#, no-wrap
9feb98eb 5869msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian &debian-stable-codename; contrib"
2a52e8c5
DK
5870msgstr ""
5871
864fe99c 5872#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5873#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5874#, no-wrap
5875msgid ""
5876"Types: deb\n"
5877"URIs: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian\n"
9feb98eb 5878"Suites: &debian-stable-codename;\n"
864fe99c
MV
5879"Components: contrib"
5880msgstr ""
5881
7d76ea1d 5882#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5883#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5884msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5885"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
5886"directory, and uses only the unstable/contrib area. If this line appears as "
5887"well as the one in the previous example in <filename>sources.list</filename> "
5888"a single FTP session will be used for both resource lines."
2a52e8c5
DK
5889msgstr ""
5890
7d76ea1d 5891#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5892#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5893#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5894msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable contrib"
2a52e8c5
DK
5895msgstr ""
5896
864fe99c 5897#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5898#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5899#, no-wrap
5900msgid ""
5901"Types: deb\n"
5902"URIs: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian\n"
5903"Suites: unstable\n"
5904"Components: contrib"
5905msgstr ""
5906
7d76ea1d 5907#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 5908#: sources.list.5.xml:1
2a52e8c5 5909#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5910msgid "deb http://ftp.tlh.debian.org/universe unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/"
782486e8
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5911msgstr ""
5912
864fe99c 5913#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 5914#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5915#, no-wrap
5916msgid ""
5917"Types: deb\n"
5918"URIs: http://ftp.tlh.debian.org/universe\n"
5919"Suites: unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/"
5920msgstr ""
5921
7d76ea1d 5922#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5923#: sources.list.5.xml:1
782486e8 5924msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5925"Uses HTTP to access the archive at ftp.tlh.debian.org, under the universe "
5926"directory, and uses only files found under "
5927"<filename>unstable/binary-i386</filename> on i386 machines, "
5928"<filename>unstable/binary-amd64</filename> on amd64, and so forth for other "
5929"supported architectures. [Note this example only illustrates how to use the "
5930"substitution variable; official debian archives are not structured like "
864fe99c
MV
5931"this] <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> <placeholder "
5932"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"1\"/>"
5933msgstr ""
5934
5935#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5936#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
MV
5937msgid ""
5938"Uses HTTP to get binary packages as well as sources from the stable, testing "
5939"and unstable suites and the components main and contrib."
5940msgstr ""
5941
5942#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5943#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5944#, no-wrap
5945msgid ""
30749ef1
JAK
5946"deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stable main contrib\n"
5947"deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stable main contrib\n"
5948"deb http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main contrib\n"
5949"deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main contrib\n"
5950"deb http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib\n"
5951"deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib"
864fe99c
MV
5952msgstr ""
5953
5954#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
04f27fae 5955#: sources.list.5.xml:1
864fe99c
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5956#, no-wrap
5957msgid ""
5958"Types: deb deb-src\n"
30749ef1 5959"URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian\n"
864fe99c
MV
5960"Suites: stable testing unstable\n"
5961"Components: main contrib\n"
782486e8
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5962msgstr ""
5963
7d76ea1d 5964#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5965#: sources.list.5.xml:1
5b057748 5966msgid "&apt-get;, &apt-conf;, &apt-acquire-additional-files;"
782486e8
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5967msgstr ""
5968
7d76ea1d 5969#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
04f27fae 5970#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5971msgid "1"
782486e8
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5972msgstr ""
5973
7d76ea1d 5974#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 5975#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
782486e8 5976msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5977"Utility to extract <command>debconf</command> config and templates from "
5978"Debian packages"
782486e8
MV
5979msgstr ""
5980
7d76ea1d 5981#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5982#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
2b9b27c3 5983msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5984"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> will take one or more Debian package "
5985"files as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated "
5986"config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains "
5987"config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in the "
5988"format:"
782486e8
MV
5989msgstr ""
5990
7d76ea1d 5991#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5992#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 5993msgid "package version template-file config-script"
2a52e8c5
DK
5994msgstr ""
5995
7d76ea1d 5996#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 5997#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
aec22160 5998msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5999"template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory "
6000"specified by the <option>-t</option> or <option>--tempdir</option> "
6001"(<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>) directory, with "
93ae7f7f
MV
6002"filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXXXX</filename> and "
6003"<filename>package.config.XXXXXX</filename>"
aec22160
DK
6004msgstr ""
6005
7d76ea1d 6006#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6007#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
782486e8 6008msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6009"Temporary directory in which to write extracted <command>debconf</command> "
6010"template files and config scripts. Configuration Item: "
6011"<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6012msgstr ""
6013
7d76ea1d 6014#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6015#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6016msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6017"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> returns zero on normal operation, "
6018"decimal 100 on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
6019msgstr ""
6020
7d76ea1d 6021#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 6022#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6023msgid "Utility to sort package index files"
2a52e8c5
DK
6024msgstr ""
6025
7d76ea1d 6026#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6027#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6028msgid ""
14301cf3
JR
6029"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> will take an index file (source index or "
6030"package index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package "
7d76ea1d
DK
6031"name. It will also sort the internal fields of each record according to the "
6032"internal sorting rules."
2a52e8c5
DK
6033msgstr ""
6034
7d76ea1d 6035#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6036#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1
5723791e 6037msgid "All output is sent to standard output; the input must be a seekable file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6038msgstr ""
6039
7d76ea1d 6040#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6041#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6042msgid ""
14301cf3 6043"Use source index field ordering. Configuration Item: "
7d76ea1d 6044"<literal>APT::SortPkgs::Source</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6045msgstr ""
6046
7d76ea1d 6047#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6048#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6049msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6050"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
6051"100 on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
6052msgstr ""
6053
7d76ea1d 6054#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
04f27fae 6055#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6056msgid "Utility to generate index files"
2a52e8c5
DK
6057msgstr ""
6058
7d76ea1d 6059#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6060#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6061msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6062"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is the command line tool that generates "
6063"the index files that APT uses to access a distribution source. The index "
6064"files should be generated on the origin site based on the content of that "
6065"site."
2a52e8c5
DK
6066msgstr ""
6067
7d76ea1d 6068#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6069#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6070msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6071"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is a superset of the &dpkg-scanpackages; "
6072"program, incorporating its entire functionality via the "
6073"<literal>packages</literal> command. It also contains a contents file "
6074"generator, <literal>contents</literal>, and an elaborate means to 'script' "
6075"the generation process for a complete archive."
2a52e8c5
DK
6076msgstr ""
6077
7d76ea1d 6078#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6079#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6080msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6081"Internally <command>apt-ftparchive</command> can make use of binary "
6082"databases to cache the contents of a .deb file and it does not rely on any "
6083"external programs aside from &gzip;. When doing a full generate it "
6084"automatically performs file-change checks and builds the desired compressed "
6085"output files."
2a52e8c5
DK
6086msgstr ""
6087
7d76ea1d 6088#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6089#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6090msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6091"The packages command generates a package file from a directory tree. It "
6092"takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .deb files, "
6093"emitting a package record to stdout for each. This command is approximately "
6094"equivalent to &dpkg-scanpackages;."
2a52e8c5
DK
6095msgstr ""
6096
7d76ea1d 6097#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6098#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6099msgid "The option <option>--db</option> can be used to specify a binary caching DB."
2a52e8c5
DK
6100msgstr ""
6101
7d76ea1d 6102#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6103#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6104msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6105"The <literal>sources</literal> command generates a source index file from a "
6106"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it "
6107"for .dsc files, emitting a source record to stdout for each. This command is "
6108"approximately equivalent to &dpkg-scansources;."
2a52e8c5
DK
6109msgstr ""
6110
7d76ea1d 6111#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6112#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6113msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6114"If an override file is specified then a source override file will be looked "
6115"for with an extension of .src. The --source-override option can be used to "
6116"change the source override file that will be used."
2a52e8c5
DK
6117msgstr ""
6118
7d76ea1d 6119#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6120#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6121msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6122"The <literal>contents</literal> command generates a contents file from a "
6123"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it for "
6124".deb files, and reads the file list from each file. It then sorts and writes "
6125"to stdout the list of files matched to packages. Directories are not written "
6126"to the output. If multiple packages own the same file then each package is "
6127"separated by a comma in the output."
2a52e8c5
DK
6128msgstr ""
6129
7d76ea1d 6130#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6131#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6132msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6133"The <literal>release</literal> command generates a Release file from a "
6134"directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for uncompressed "
5ff8dd6b
JAK
6135"and compressed <filename>Packages</filename>, <filename>Sources</filename>, "
6136"<filename>Contents</filename>, <filename>Components</filename> and "
6137"<filename>icons</filename> files as well as <filename>Release</filename>, "
6138"<filename>Index</filename> and <filename>md5sum.txt</filename> files by "
6139"default (<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns</literal>). "
6140"Additional filename patterns can be added by listing them in "
7d76ea1d 6141"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns</literal>. It then writes to "
04f27fae
MV
6142"stdout a <filename>Release</filename> file containing (by default) an MD5, "
6143"SHA1, SHA256 and SHA512 digest for each file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6144msgstr ""
6145
7d76ea1d 6146#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6147#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6148msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6149"Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are taken from "
6150"the corresponding variables under "
6151"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release</literal>, "
5ff8dd6b
JAK
6152"e.g. <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin</literal>. The supported "
6153"fields are <literal>Origin</literal>, <literal>Label</literal>, "
7d76ea1d
DK
6154"<literal>Suite</literal>, <literal>Version</literal>, "
6155"<literal>Codename</literal>, <literal>Date</literal>, "
769e06cf
DK
6156"<literal>NotAutomatic</literal>, <literal>ButAutomaticUpgrades</literal>, "
6157"<literal>Acquire-By-Hash</literal>, <literal>Valid-Until</literal>, "
6158"<literal>Signed-By</literal>, <literal>Architectures</literal>, "
6159"<literal>Components</literal> and <literal>Description</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6160msgstr ""
6161
7d76ea1d 6162#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6163#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6164msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6165"The <literal>generate</literal> command is designed to be runnable from a "
6166"cron script and builds indexes according to the given config file. The "
6167"config language provides a flexible means of specifying which index files "
6168"are built from which directories, as well as providing a simple means of "
6169"maintaining the required settings."
2a52e8c5
DK
6170msgstr ""
6171
7d76ea1d 6172#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6173#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
aec22160 6174msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6175"The <literal>clean</literal> command tidies the databases used by the given "
6176"configuration file by removing any records that are no longer necessary."
aec22160
DK
6177msgstr ""
6178
7d76ea1d 6179#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 6180#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6181msgid "The Generate Configuration"
2a52e8c5
DK
6182msgstr ""
6183
7d76ea1d 6184#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6185#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6186msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6187"The <literal>generate</literal> command uses a configuration file to "
6188"describe the archives that are going to be generated. It follows the typical "
6189"ISC configuration format as seen in ISC tools like bind 8 and dhcpd. "
6190"&apt-conf; contains a description of the syntax. Note that the generate "
6191"configuration is parsed in sectional manner, but &apt-conf; is parsed in a "
6192"tree manner. This only effects how the scope tag is handled."
2a52e8c5
DK
6193msgstr ""
6194
7d76ea1d 6195#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6196#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6197msgid "The generate configuration has four separate sections, each described below."
2a52e8c5
DK
6198msgstr ""
6199
2a52e8c5 6200#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 6201#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6202msgid "<literal>Dir</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6203msgstr ""
6204
6205#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6206#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6207msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6208"The <literal>Dir</literal> section defines the standard directories needed "
6209"to locate the files required during the generation process. These "
6210"directories are prepended certain relative paths defined in later sections "
6211"to produce a complete an absolute path."
2a52e8c5
DK
6212msgstr ""
6213
7d76ea1d 6214#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6215#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6216msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6217"Specifies the root of the FTP archive, in a standard Debian configuration "
6218"this is the directory that contains the <filename>ls-LR</filename> and dist "
6219"nodes."
2a52e8c5
DK
6220msgstr ""
6221
7d76ea1d 6222#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6223#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6224msgid "Specifies the location of the override files."
2a52e8c5
DK
6225msgstr ""
6226
7d76ea1d 6227#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6228#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6229msgid "Specifies the location of the cache files."
2a52e8c5
DK
6230msgstr ""
6231
7d76ea1d 6232#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6233#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6234msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6235"Specifies the location of the file list files, if the "
6236"<literal>FileList</literal> setting is used below."
2a52e8c5
DK
6237msgstr ""
6238
7d76ea1d 6239#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 6240#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6241msgid "<literal>Default</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6242msgstr ""
6243
2a52e8c5 6244#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6245#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6246msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6247"The <literal>Default</literal> section specifies default values, and "
6248"settings that control the operation of the generator. Other sections may "
6249"override these defaults with a per-section setting."
2a52e8c5
DK
6250msgstr ""
6251
7d76ea1d 6252#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6253#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6254msgid ""
14301cf3 6255"Sets the default compression schemes to use for the package index files. It "
5ff8dd6b
JAK
6256"is a string that contains a space separated list of at least one of the "
6257"compressors configured via the <option>APT::Compressor</option> "
6258"configuration scope. The default for all compression schemes is '. gzip'."
2a52e8c5
DK
6259msgstr ""
6260
7d76ea1d 6261#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6262#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6263msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6264"Sets the default list of file extensions that are package files. This "
6265"defaults to '.deb'."
2a52e8c5 6266msgstr ""
2a52e8c5 6267
7d76ea1d 6268#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6269#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6270msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6271"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
6272"controls the compression for the Sources files."
2a52e8c5
DK
6273msgstr ""
6274
7d76ea1d 6275#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6276#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6277msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6278"Sets the default list of file extensions that are source files. This "
6279"defaults to '.dsc'."
2a52e8c5
DK
6280msgstr ""
6281
7d76ea1d 6282#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6283#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6284msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6285"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
6286"controls the compression for the Contents files."
2a52e8c5
DK
6287msgstr ""
6288
7d76ea1d 6289#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6290#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6291msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6292"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
6293"controls the compression for the Translation-en master file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6294msgstr ""
6295
7d76ea1d 6296#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6297#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6298msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6299"Specifies the number of kilobytes to delink (and replace with hard links) "
6300"per run. This is used in conjunction with the per-section "
6301"<literal>External-Links</literal> setting."
2a52e8c5
DK
6302msgstr ""
6303
7d76ea1d 6304#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6305#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6306msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6307"Specifies the mode of all created index files. It defaults to 0644. All "
6308"index files are set to this mode with no regard to the umask."
2a52e8c5
DK
6309msgstr ""
6310
7d76ea1d 6311#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6312#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6313msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6314"Specifies whether long descriptions should be included in the "
6315"<filename>Packages</filename> file or split out into a master "
6316"<filename>Translation-en</filename> file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6317msgstr ""
6318
6319#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 6320#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6321msgid "<literal>TreeDefault</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6322msgstr ""
6323
6324#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6325#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6326msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6327"Sets defaults specific to <literal>Tree</literal> sections. All of these "
6328"variables are substitution variables and have the strings $(DIST), "
6329"$(SECTION) and $(ARCH) replaced with their respective values."
2a52e8c5
DK
6330msgstr ""
6331
7d76ea1d 6332#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6333#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6334msgid ""
6335"Sets the number of kilobytes of contents files that are generated each "
6336"day. The contents files are round-robined so that over several days they "
6337"will all be rebuilt."
2a52e8c5
DK
6338msgstr ""
6339
7d76ea1d 6340#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6341#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6342msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6343"Controls the number of days a contents file is allowed to be checked without "
6344"changing. If this limit is passed the mtime of the contents file is "
6345"updated. This case can occur if the package file is changed in such a way "
6346"that does not result in a new contents file [override edit for instance]. A "
6347"hold off is allowed in hopes that new .debs will be installed, requiring a "
6348"new file anyhow. The default is 10, the units are in days."
2a52e8c5
DK
6349msgstr ""
6350
7d76ea1d 6351#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6352#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6353msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6354"Sets the top of the .deb directory tree. Defaults to "
6355"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6356msgstr ""
6357
7d76ea1d 6358#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6359#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6360msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6361"Sets the top of the source package directory tree. Defaults to "
6362"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6363msgstr ""
6364
7d76ea1d 6365#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6366#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6367msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6368"Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to "
6369"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/Packages</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6370msgstr ""
6371
7d76ea1d 6372#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6373#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6374msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6375"Sets the output Sources file. Defaults to "
6376"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/Sources</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6377msgstr ""
6378
7d76ea1d 6379#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6380#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6381msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6382"Sets the output Translation-en master file with the long descriptions if "
6383"they should be not included in the Packages file. Defaults to "
6384"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/i18n/Translation-en</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6385msgstr ""
6386
7d76ea1d 6387#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6388#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6389msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6390"Sets the path prefix that causes a symlink to be considered an internal link "
6391"instead of an external link. Defaults to "
6392"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6393msgstr ""
6394
7d76ea1d 6395#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6396#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6397msgid ""
7d76ea1d 6398"Sets the output Contents file. Defaults to "
3adddfa8
DK
6399"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/Contents-$(ARCH)</filename>. If this setting "
6400"causes multiple Packages files to map onto a single Contents file (as is the "
7d76ea1d
DK
6401"default) then <command>apt-ftparchive</command> will integrate those "
6402"package files together automatically."
2a52e8c5
DK
6403msgstr ""
6404
7d76ea1d 6405#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6406#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6407msgid "Sets header file to prepend to the contents output."
2a52e8c5
DK
6408msgstr ""
6409
7d76ea1d 6410#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6411#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6412msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6413"Sets the binary cache database to use for this section. Multiple sections "
6414"can share the same database."
2a52e8c5
DK
6415msgstr ""
6416
7d76ea1d 6417#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6418#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6419msgid ""
6420"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
6421"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
6422"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory."
2a52e8c5
DK
6423msgstr ""
6424
7d76ea1d 6425#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6426#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6427msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6428"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
6429"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
6430"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory. "
6431"This is used when processing source indexes."
2a52e8c5
DK
6432msgstr ""
6433
6434#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 6435#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6436msgid "<literal>Tree</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6437msgstr ""
6438
7d76ea1d 6439#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6440#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6441msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6442"The <literal>Tree</literal> section defines a standard Debian file tree "
6443"which consists of a base directory, then multiple sections in that base "
6444"directory and finally multiple Architectures in each section. The exact "
6445"pathing used is defined by the <literal>Directory</literal> substitution "
6446"variable."
2a52e8c5
DK
6447msgstr ""
6448
6449#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6450#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6451msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6452"The <literal>Tree</literal> section takes a scope tag which sets the "
6453"<literal>$(DIST)</literal> variable and defines the root of the tree (the "
6454"path is prefixed by <literal>ArchiveDir</literal>). Typically this is a "
9feb98eb 6455"setting such as <filename>dists/&debian-stable-codename;</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6456msgstr ""
6457
6458#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6459#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6460msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6461"All of the settings defined in the <literal>TreeDefault</literal> section "
6462"can be used in a <literal>Tree</literal> section as well as three new "
6463"variables."
2a52e8c5
DK
6464msgstr ""
6465
6466#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 6467#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6468#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d
DK
6469msgid ""
6470"for i in Sections do \n"
6471" for j in Architectures do\n"
6472" Generate for DIST=scope SECTION=i ARCH=j\n"
6473" "
2a52e8c5
DK
6474msgstr ""
6475
6476#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6477#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6478msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6479"When processing a <literal>Tree</literal> section "
6480"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> performs an operation similar to: "
6481"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6482msgstr ""
6483
7d76ea1d 6484#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6485#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6486msgid ""
6487"This is a space separated list of sections which appear under the "
6488"distribution; typically this is something like <literal>main contrib "
6489"non-free</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6490msgstr ""
6491
7d76ea1d 6492#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6493#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6494msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6495"This is a space separated list of all the architectures that appear under "
6496"search section. The special architecture 'source' is used to indicate that "
051029f8
DK
6497"this tree has a source archive. The architecture 'all' signals that "
6498"architecture specific files like <filename>Packages</filename> should not "
6499"include information about architecture <literal>all</literal> packages in "
6500"all files as they will be available in a dedicated file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6501msgstr ""
6502
7d76ea1d 6503#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6504#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6505msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6506"Sets the binary override file. The override file contains section, priority "
6507"and maintainer address information."
2a52e8c5
DK
6508msgstr ""
6509
7d76ea1d 6510#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6511#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6512msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6513"Sets the source override file. The override file contains section "
6514"information."
2a52e8c5
DK
6515msgstr ""
6516
7d76ea1d 6517#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6518#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6519msgid "Sets the binary extra override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6520msgstr ""
6521
7d76ea1d 6522#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6523#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6524msgid "Sets the source extra override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6525msgstr ""
6526
7d76ea1d 6527#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
04f27fae 6528#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6529msgid "<literal>BinDirectory</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6530msgstr ""
6531
2a52e8c5 6532#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
04f27fae 6533#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6534msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6535"The <literal>bindirectory</literal> section defines a binary directory tree "
6536"with no special structure. The scope tag specifies the location of the "
6537"binary directory and the settings are similar to the <literal>Tree</literal> "
6538"section with no substitution variables or "
6539"<literal>Section</literal><literal>Architecture</literal> settings."
2a52e8c5
DK
6540msgstr ""
6541
7d76ea1d 6542#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6543#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6544msgid "Sets the Packages file output."
2a52e8c5
DK
6545msgstr ""
6546
7d76ea1d 6547#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6548#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6549msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6550"Sets the Sources file output. At least one of <literal>Packages</literal> or "
6551"<literal>Sources</literal> is required."
2a52e8c5
DK
6552msgstr ""
6553
7d76ea1d 6554#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6555#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6556msgid "Sets the Contents file output (optional)."
2a52e8c5
DK
6557msgstr ""
6558
7d76ea1d 6559#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6560#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6561msgid "Sets the binary override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6562msgstr ""
6563
7d76ea1d 6564#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6565#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6566msgid "Sets the source override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6567msgstr ""
6568
7d76ea1d 6569#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6570#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6571msgid "Sets the cache DB."
2a52e8c5
DK
6572msgstr ""
6573
7d76ea1d 6574#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6575#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6576msgid "Appends a path to all the output paths."
2a52e8c5
DK
6577msgstr ""
6578
7d76ea1d 6579#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6580#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6581msgid "Specifies the file list file."
6582msgstr ""
6583
6584#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 6585#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6586msgid "The Binary Override File"
2a52e8c5
DK
6587msgstr ""
6588
6589#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6590#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6591msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6592"The binary override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scanpackages;. It "
6593"contains four fields separated by spaces. The first field is the package "
6594"name, the second is the priority to force that package to, the third is the "
6595"section to force that package to and the final field is the maintainer "
6596"permutation field."
2a52e8c5
DK
6597msgstr ""
6598
7d76ea1d 6599#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 6600#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6601#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 6602msgid "old [// oldn]* => new"
2a52e8c5
DK
6603msgstr ""
6604
7d76ea1d 6605#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
04f27fae 6606#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6607#, no-wrap
6608msgid "new"
2a52e8c5
DK
6609msgstr ""
6610
6611#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6612#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6613msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6614"The general form of the maintainer field is: <placeholder "
6615"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> or simply, <placeholder "
6616"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"1\"/> The first form allows a double-slash "
6617"separated list of old email addresses to be specified. If any of those are "
6618"found then new is substituted for the maintainer field. The second form "
6619"unconditionally substitutes the maintainer field."
c77d6597
MV
6620msgstr ""
6621
7d76ea1d 6622#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 6623#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6624msgid "The Source Override File"
c77d6597
MV
6625msgstr ""
6626
2a52e8c5 6627#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6628#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
c77d6597 6629msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6630"The source override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scansources;. It "
6631"contains two fields separated by spaces. The first field is the source "
6632"package name, the second is the section to assign it."
c77d6597
MV
6633msgstr ""
6634
7d76ea1d 6635#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
04f27fae 6636#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d 6637msgid "The Extra Override File"
c77d6597
MV
6638msgstr ""
6639
6640#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6641#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
c77d6597 6642msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6643"The extra override file allows any arbitrary tag to be added or replaced in "
6644"the output. It has three columns, the first is the package, the second is "
6645"the tag and the remainder of the line is the new value."
2a52e8c5
DK
6646msgstr ""
6647
7d76ea1d 6648#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6649#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6650msgid ""
6651"Generate the given checksum. These options default to on, when turned off "
6652"the generated index files will not have the checksum fields where possible. "
6653"Configuration Items: "
6654"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> and "
6655"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Index</replaceable>::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> "
6656"where <literal><replaceable>Index</replaceable></literal> can be "
6657"<literal>Packages</literal>, <literal>Sources</literal> or "
6658"<literal>Release</literal> and "
6659"<literal><replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> can be "
04f27fae
MV
6660"<literal>MD5</literal>, <literal>SHA1</literal>, <literal>SHA256</literal> "
6661"or <literal>SHA512</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6662msgstr ""
6663
7d76ea1d 6664#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6665#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6666msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6667"Use a binary caching DB. This has no effect on the generate command. "
6668"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DB</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6669msgstr ""
6670
7d76ea1d 6671#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6672#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6673msgid ""
6674"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
6675"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
6676"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
6677"file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6678msgstr ""
6679
7d76ea1d 6680#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6681#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6682msgid ""
6683"Perform Delinking. If the <literal>External-Links</literal> setting is used "
6684"then this option actually enables delinking of the files. It defaults to on "
6685"and can be turned off with <option>--no-delink</option>. Configuration "
6686"Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DeLinkAct</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6687msgstr ""
6688
7d76ea1d 6689#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6690#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6691msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6692"Perform contents generation. When this option is set and package indexes are "
6693"being generated with a cache DB then the file listing will also be extracted "
6694"and stored in the DB for later use. When using the generate command this "
6695"option also allows the creation of any Contents files. The default is on. "
6696"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Contents</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6697msgstr ""
6698
7d76ea1d 6699#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6700#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6701msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6702"Select the source override file to use with the <literal>sources</literal> "
6703"command. Configuration Item: "
6704"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::SourceOverride</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6705msgstr ""
6706
7d76ea1d 6707#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6708#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6709msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6710"Make the caching databases read only. Configuration Item: "
6711"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6712msgstr ""
6713
7d76ea1d 6714#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6715#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6716msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6717"Accept in the <literal>packages</literal> and <literal>contents</literal> "
6718"commands only package files matching <literal>*_arch.deb</literal> or "
6719"<literal>*_all.deb</literal> instead of all package files in the given "
6720"path. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Architecture</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6721msgstr ""
6722
7d76ea1d 6723#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6724#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6725msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6726"&apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in a cachedb. If "
6727"packages are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this "
6728"will lead to problems as the now outdated cached metadata like size and "
6729"checksums will be used. With this option enabled this will no longer happen "
6730"as it will be checked if the file was changed. Note that this option is set "
6731"to \"<literal>false</literal>\" by default as it is not recommend to upload "
6732"multiply versions/builds of a package with the same versionnumber, so in "
6733"theory nobody will have these problems and therefore all these extra checks "
6734"are useless."
2a52e8c5
DK
6735msgstr ""
6736
7d76ea1d 6737#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6738#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6739msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6740"This configuration option defaults to \"<literal>true</literal>\" and should "
6741"only be set to <literal>\"false\"</literal> if the Archive generated with "
6742"&apt-ftparchive; also provides <filename>Translation</filename> files. Note "
6743"that the <filename>Translation-en</filename> master file can only be created "
6744"in the generate command."
2a52e8c5
DK
6745msgstr ""
6746
7d76ea1d 6747#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><programlisting>
04f27fae 6748#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
7d76ea1d
DK
6749#, no-wrap
6750msgid ""
6751"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> packages "
6752"<replaceable>directory</replaceable> | <command>gzip</command> > "
6753"<filename>Packages.gz</filename>\n"
43be0ac4
MV
6754msgstr ""
6755
7d76ea1d 6756#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6757#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
43be0ac4 6758msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6759"To create a compressed Packages file for a directory containing binary "
6760"packages (.deb): <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
43be0ac4
MV
6761msgstr ""
6762
2a52e8c5 6763#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
04f27fae 6764#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:1
2a52e8c5 6765msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6766"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
6767"100 on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
6768msgstr ""
6769
521dd27d 6770#. type: Attribute 'lang' of: <book>
04f27fae 6771#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
521dd27d
GJ
6772msgid "en"
6773msgstr ""
6774
6775#. type: Content of: <book><title>
04f27fae 6776#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6777msgid "APT User's Guide"
6778msgstr ""
6779
521dd27d 6780#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><authorgroup><author><personname>
04f27fae 6781#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
521dd27d
GJ
6782msgid "Jason Gunthorpe"
6783msgstr ""
6784
6785#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><authorgroup><author><email>
04f27fae 6786#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
521dd27d 6787msgid "jgg@debian.org"
43be0ac4
MV
6788msgstr ""
6789
521dd27d 6790#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><releaseinfo>
04f27fae 6791#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
521dd27d 6792msgid "Version &apt-product-version;"
43be0ac4
MV
6793msgstr ""
6794
521dd27d 6795#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><abstract><para>
04f27fae 6796#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6797msgid ""
6798"This document provides an overview of how to use the the APT package "
6799"manager."
6800msgstr ""
6801
521dd27d 6802#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo>
04f27fae 6803#: guide.dbk:1
521dd27d 6804msgid "<copyright><year>1998</year><holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>"
43be0ac4
MV
6805msgstr ""
6806
521dd27d 6807#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><legalnotice><title>
04f27fae 6808#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
521dd27d
GJ
6809msgid "License Notice"
6810msgstr ""
6811
6812#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><legalnotice><para>
04f27fae 6813#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6814msgid ""
6815"\"APT\" and this document are free software; you can redistribute them "
6816"and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as "
6817"published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, "
6818"or (at your option) any later version."
6819msgstr ""
6820
521dd27d 6821#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><legalnotice><para>
04f27fae 6822#: guide.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4 6823msgid ""
b176de3a 6824"For more details, on Debian systems, see the file "
43be0ac4
MV
6825"/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full license."
6826msgstr ""
6827
521dd27d 6828#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 6829#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6830msgid "General"
6831msgstr ""
6832
521dd27d 6833#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 6834#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6835msgid ""
6836"The APT package currently contains two sections, the APT "
521dd27d
GJ
6837"<command>dselect</command> method and the <command>apt-get</command> command "
6838"line user interface. Both provide a way to install and remove packages as "
6839"well as download new packages from the Internet."
43be0ac4
MV
6840msgstr ""
6841
521dd27d 6842#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 6843#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6844msgid "Anatomy of the Package System"
6845msgstr ""
6846
521dd27d 6847#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6848#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6849msgid ""
6850"The Debian packaging system has a large amount of information associated "
6851"with each package to help assure that it integrates cleanly and easily into "
6852"the system. The most prominent of its features is the dependency system."
6853msgstr ""
6854
521dd27d 6855#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6856#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6857msgid ""
6858"The dependency system allows individual programs to make use of shared "
6859"elements in the system such as libraries. It simplifies placing infrequently "
6860"used portions of a program in separate packages to reduce the number of "
6861"things the average user is required to install. Also, it allows for choices "
6862"in mail transport agents, X servers and so on."
6863msgstr ""
6864
521dd27d 6865#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6866#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6867msgid ""
6868"The first step to understanding the dependency system is to grasp the "
6869"concept of a simple dependency. The meaning of a simple dependency is that a "
6870"package requires another package to be installed at the same time to work "
6871"properly."
6872msgstr ""
6873
521dd27d 6874#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6875#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
6876msgid ""
6877"For instance, mailcrypt is an emacs extension that aids in encrypting email "
b39c1859 6878"with GPG. Without GPGP installed mailcrypt is useless, so mailcrypt has a "
43be0ac4
MV
6879"simple dependency on GPG. Also, because it is an emacs extension it has a "
6880"simple dependency on emacs, without emacs it is completely useless."
6881msgstr ""
6882
521dd27d 6883#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6884#: guide.dbk:1
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6885msgid ""
6886"The other important dependency to understand is a conflicting dependency. It "
6887"means that a package, when installed with another package, will not work and "
6888"may possibly be extremely harmful to the system. As an example consider a "
6889"mail transport agent such as sendmail, exim or qmail. It is not possible to "
6890"have two mail transport agents installed because both need to listen to the "
6891"network to receive mail. Attempting to install two will seriously damage the "
6892"system so all mail transport agents have a conflicting dependency with all "
6893"other mail transport agents."
6894msgstr ""
6895
521dd27d 6896#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6897#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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6898msgid ""
6899"As an added complication there is the possibility for a package to pretend "
6900"to be another package. Consider that exim and sendmail for many intents are "
6901"identical, they both deliver mail and understand a common interface. Hence, "
6902"the package system has a way for them to declare that they are both "
6903"mail-transport-agents. So, exim and sendmail both declare that they provide "
6904"a mail-transport-agent and other packages that need a mail transport agent "
6905"depend on mail-transport-agent. This can add a great deal of confusion when "
6906"trying to manually fix packages."
6907msgstr ""
6908
521dd27d 6909#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 6910#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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6911msgid ""
6912"At any given time a single dependency may be met by packages that are "
6913"already installed or it may not be. APT attempts to help resolve dependency "
6914"issues by providing a number of automatic algorithms that help in selecting "
6915"packages for installation."
6916msgstr ""
6917
521dd27d 6918#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 6919#: guide.dbk:1
9aa80d52
DK
6920msgid "apt-get"
6921msgstr ""
6922
521dd27d 6923#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 6924#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 6925msgid ""
521dd27d
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6926"<command>apt-get</command> provides a simple way to install packages from "
6927"the command line. Unlike <command>dpkg</command>, <command>apt-get</command> "
6928"does not understand .deb files, it works with the package's proper name and "
6929"can only install .deb archives from a <emphasis>Source</emphasis>."
43be0ac4
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6930msgstr ""
6931
521dd27d 6932#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para><footnote><para>
04f27fae 6933#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 6934msgid ""
521dd27d
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6935"If you are using an http proxy server you must set the http_proxy "
6936"environment variable first, see sources.list(5)"
43be0ac4
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6937msgstr ""
6938
521dd27d 6939#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 6940#: guide.dbk:1
521dd27d
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6941msgid ""
6942"The first <placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> thing that should be "
6943"done before using <command>apt-get</command> is to fetch the package lists "
6944"from the <emphasis>Sources</emphasis> so that it knows what packages are "
6945"available. This is done with <literal>apt-get update</literal>. For "
6946"instance,"
6947msgstr ""
6948
6949#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><screen>
04f27fae 6950#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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6951#, no-wrap
6952msgid ""
6953"# apt-get update\n"
6954"Get http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/binary-i386/ Packages\n"
6955"Get http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
6956"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
521dd27d 6957"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
43be0ac4
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6958msgstr ""
6959
521dd27d 6960#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 6961#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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6962msgid "Once updated there are several commands that can be used:"
6963msgstr ""
6964
521dd27d 6965#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 6966#: guide.dbk:1
2b9b27c3
DK
6967msgid "upgrade"
6968msgstr ""
6969
521dd27d 6970#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6971#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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6972msgid ""
6973"Upgrade will attempt to gently upgrade the whole system. Upgrade will never "
6974"install a new package or remove an existing package, nor will it ever "
6975"upgrade a package that might cause some other package to break. This can be "
6976"used daily to relatively safely upgrade the system. Upgrade will list all of "
6977"the packages that it could not upgrade, this usually means that they depend "
521dd27d
GJ
6978"on new packages or conflict with some other "
6979"package. <command>dselect</command> or <literal>apt-get install</literal> "
6980"can be used to force these packages to install."
43be0ac4
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6981msgstr ""
6982
521dd27d 6983#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 6984#: guide.dbk:1
2b9b27c3
DK
6985msgid "install"
6986msgstr ""
6987
521dd27d 6988#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 6989#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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6990msgid ""
6991"Install is used to install packages by name. The package is automatically "
6992"fetched and installed. This can be useful if you already know the name of "
6993"the package to install and do not want to go into a GUI to select it. Any "
6994"number of packages may be passed to install, they will all be "
6995"fetched. Install automatically attempts to resolve dependency problems with "
6996"the listed packages and will print a summary and ask for confirmation if "
6997"anything other than its arguments are changed."
6998msgstr ""
6999
521dd27d 7000#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
04f27fae 7001#: guide.dbk:1
2b9b27c3
DK
7002msgid "dist-upgrade"
7003msgstr ""
7004
521dd27d 7005#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 7006#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7007msgid ""
7008"Dist-upgrade is a complete upgrader designed to simplify upgrading between "
7009"releases of Debian. It uses a sophisticated algorithm to determine the best "
7010"set of packages to install, upgrade and remove to get as much of the system "
7011"to the newest release. In some situations it may be desired to use "
7012"dist-upgrade rather than spend the time manually resolving dependencies in "
521dd27d
GJ
7013"<command>dselect</command>. Once dist-upgrade has completed then "
7014"<command>dselect</command> can be used to install any packages that may have "
7015"been left out."
43be0ac4
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7016msgstr ""
7017
521dd27d 7018#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
04f27fae 7019#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7020msgid ""
7021"It is important to closely look at what dist-upgrade is going to do, its "
7022"decisions may sometimes be quite surprising."
7023msgstr ""
7024
521dd27d 7025#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7026#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7027msgid ""
521dd27d
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7028"<command>apt-get</command> has several command line options that are "
7029"detailed in its man page, "
7030"<citerefentry><refentrytitle>apt-get</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. "
7031"The most useful option is <literal>-d</literal> which does not install the "
7032"fetched files. If the system has to download a large number of package it "
7033"would be undesired to start installing them in case something goes "
7034"wrong. When <literal>-d</literal> is used the downloaded archives can be "
7035"installed by simply running the command that caused them to be downloaded "
7036"again without <literal>-d</literal>."
43be0ac4
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7037msgstr ""
7038
521dd27d 7039#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 7040#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7041msgid "DSelect"
7042msgstr ""
7043
521dd27d 7044#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7045#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7046msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7047"The APT <command>dselect</command> method provides the complete APT system "
7048"with the <command>dselect</command> package selection "
7049"GUI. <command>dselect</command> is used to select the packages to be "
7050"installed or removed and APT actually installs them."
43be0ac4
MV
7051msgstr ""
7052
521dd27d 7053#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7054#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7055msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7056"To enable the APT method you need to select [A]ccess in "
7057"<command>dselect</command> and then choose the APT method. You will be "
7058"prompted for a set of <emphasis>Sources</emphasis> which are places to fetch "
7059"archives from. These can be remote Internet sites, local Debian mirrors or "
7060"CD-ROMs. Each source can provide a fragment of the total Debian archive, APT "
7061"will automatically combine them to form a complete set of packages. If you "
7062"have a CD-ROM then it is a good idea to specify it first and then specify a "
7063"mirror so that you have access to the latest bug fixes. APT will "
7064"automatically use packages on your CD-ROM before downloading from the "
7065"Internet."
43be0ac4
MV
7066msgstr ""
7067
521dd27d 7068#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><screen>
04f27fae 7069#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7070#, no-wrap
7071msgid ""
7072" Set up a list of distribution source locations\n"
521dd27d 7073"\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7074" Please give the base URL of the debian distribution.\n"
7075" The access schemes I know about are: http file\n"
521dd27d 7076"\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7077" For example:\n"
7078" file:/mnt/debian,\n"
7079" ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian,\n"
7080" http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian,\n"
521dd27d
GJ
7081"\n"
7082"\n"
7083" URL [http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian]:\n"
43be0ac4
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7084msgstr ""
7085
521dd27d 7086#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7087#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7088msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7089"The <emphasis>Sources</emphasis> setup starts by asking for the base of the "
7090"Debian archive, defaulting to a HTTP mirror. Next it asks for the "
7091"distribution to get."
43be0ac4
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7092msgstr ""
7093
521dd27d 7094#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><screen>
04f27fae 7095#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7096#, no-wrap
7097msgid ""
7098" Please give the distribution tag to get or a path to the\n"
7099" package file ending in a /. The distribution\n"
7100" tags are typically something like: stable unstable testing non-US\n"
521dd27d
GJ
7101"\n"
7102" Distribution [stable]:\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7103msgstr ""
7104
521dd27d 7105#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7106#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7107msgid ""
7108"The distribution refers to the Debian version in the archive, "
521dd27d
GJ
7109"<emphasis>stable</emphasis> refers to the latest released version and "
7110"<emphasis>unstable</emphasis> refers to the developmental "
7111"version. <emphasis>non-US</emphasis> is only available on some mirrors and "
7112"refers to packages that contain encryption technology or other things that "
7113"cannot be exported from the United States. Importing these packages into the "
7114"US is legal however."
43be0ac4
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7115msgstr ""
7116
521dd27d 7117#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><screen>
04f27fae 7118#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7119#, no-wrap
7120msgid ""
7121" Please give the components to get\n"
7122" The components are typically something like: main contrib non-free\n"
521dd27d
GJ
7123"\n"
7124" Components [main contrib non-free]:\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7125msgstr ""
7126
521dd27d 7127#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7128#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7129msgid ""
7130"The components list refers to the list of sub distributions to fetch. The "
7131"distribution is split up based on software licenses, main being DFSG free "
7132"packages while contrib and non-free contain things that have various "
7133"restrictions placed on their use and distribution."
7134msgstr ""
7135
521dd27d 7136#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7137#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7138msgid ""
7139"Any number of sources can be added, the setup script will continue to prompt "
7140"until you have specified all that you want."
7141msgstr ""
7142
521dd27d 7143#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7144#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7145msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7146"Before starting to use <command>dselect</command> it is necessary to update "
7147"the available list by selecting [U]pdate from the menu. This is a superset "
7148"of <literal>apt-get update</literal> that makes the fetched information "
7149"available to <command>dselect</command>. [U]pdate must be performed even if "
7150"<literal>apt-get update</literal> has been run before."
43be0ac4
MV
7151msgstr ""
7152
521dd27d 7153#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7154#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7155msgid ""
7156"You can then go on and make your selections using [S]elect and then perform "
7157"the installation using [I]nstall. When using the APT method the [C]onfig and "
7158"[R]emove commands have no meaning, the [I]nstall command performs both of "
7159"them together."
7160msgstr ""
7161
521dd27d 7162#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7163#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7164msgid ""
7165"By default APT will automatically remove the package (.deb) files once they "
7166"have been successfully installed. To change this behavior place "
521dd27d 7167"<literal>Dselect::clean \"prompt\";</literal> in /etc/apt/apt.conf."
43be0ac4
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7168msgstr ""
7169
521dd27d 7170#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 7171#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7172msgid "The Interface"
7173msgstr ""
7174
521dd27d 7175#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para><footnote><para>
04f27fae 7176#: guide.dbk:1
521dd27d
GJ
7177msgid ""
7178"The <command>dselect</command> method actually is a set of wrapper scripts "
7179"to <command>apt-get</command>. The method actually provides more "
7180"functionality than is present in <command>apt-get</command> alone."
7181msgstr ""
7182
7183#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
04f27fae 7184#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7185msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7186"Both that APT <command>dselect</command> method and "
7187"<command>apt-get</command> share the same interface. It is a simple system "
7188"that generally tells you what it will do and then goes and does "
7189"it. <placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> After printing out a summary "
7190"of what will happen APT then will print out some informative status messages "
7191"so that you can estimate how far along it is and how much is left to do."
43be0ac4
MV
7192msgstr ""
7193
521dd27d 7194#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7195#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7196msgid "Startup"
7197msgstr ""
7198
521dd27d 7199#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7200#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7201msgid ""
7202"Before all operations except update, APT performs a number of actions to "
7203"prepare its internal state. It also does some checks of the system's "
521dd27d
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7204"state. At any time these operations can be performed by running "
7205"<literal>apt-get check</literal>."
43be0ac4
MV
7206msgstr ""
7207
521dd27d 7208#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7209#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7210#, no-wrap
7211msgid ""
7212"# apt-get check\n"
7213"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
521dd27d 7214"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7215msgstr ""
7216
521dd27d 7217#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7218#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7219msgid ""
7220"The first thing it does is read all the package files into memory. APT uses "
7221"a caching scheme so this operation will be faster the second time it is "
7222"run. If some of the package files are not found then they will be ignored "
7223"and a warning will be printed when apt-get exits."
7224msgstr ""
7225
521dd27d 7226#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7227#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7228msgid ""
7229"The final operation performs a detailed analysis of the system's "
7230"dependencies. It checks every dependency of every installed or unpacked "
7231"package and considers if it is OK. Should this find a problem then a report "
521dd27d 7232"will be printed out and <command>apt-get</command> will refuse to run."
43be0ac4
MV
7233msgstr ""
7234
521dd27d 7235#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7236#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7237#, no-wrap
7238msgid ""
7239"# apt-get check\n"
7240"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
7241"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
7242"You might want to run apt-get -f install' to correct these.\n"
7243"Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:\n"
7244" 9fonts: Depends: xlib6g but it is not installed\n"
7245" uucp: Depends: mailx but it is not installed\n"
521dd27d 7246" blast: Depends: xlib6g (&gt;= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7247" adduser: Depends: perl-base but it is not installed\n"
7248" aumix: Depends: libgpmg1 but it is not installed\n"
7249" debiandoc-sgml: Depends: sgml-base but it is not installed\n"
521dd27d 7250" bash-builtins: Depends: bash (&gt;= 2.01) but 2.0-3 is installed\n"
43be0ac4 7251" cthugha: Depends: svgalibg1 but it is not installed\n"
521dd27d
GJ
7252" Depends: xlib6g (&gt;= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
7253" libreadlineg2: Conflicts:libreadline2 (&lt;&lt; 2.1-2.1)\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7254msgstr ""
7255
521dd27d 7256#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7257#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7258msgid ""
7259"In this example the system has many problems, including a serious problem "
7260"with libreadlineg2. For each package that has unmet dependencies a line is "
7261"printed out indicating the package with the problem and the dependencies "
7262"that are unmet. A short explanation of why the package has a dependency "
7263"problem is also included."
7264msgstr ""
7265
521dd27d 7266#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para><footnote><para>
04f27fae 7267#: guide.dbk:1
521dd27d
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7268msgid ""
7269"APT however considers all known dependencies and attempts to prevent broken "
7270"packages"
7271msgstr ""
7272
7273#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7274#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7275msgid ""
7276"There are two ways a system can get into a broken state like this. The first "
521dd27d
GJ
7277"is caused by <command>dpkg</command> missing some subtle relationships "
7278"between packages when performing upgrades. <placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
7279"id=\"0\"/>. The second is if a package installation fails during an "
7280"operation. In this situation a package may have been unpacked without its "
7281"dependents being installed."
43be0ac4
MV
7282msgstr ""
7283
521dd27d 7284#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7285#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7286msgid ""
7287"The second situation is much less serious than the first because APT places "
7288"certain constraints on the order that packages are installed. In both cases "
521dd27d
GJ
7289"supplying the <literal>-f</literal> option to <command>apt-get</command> "
7290"will cause APT to deduce a possible solution to the problem and then "
7291"continue on. The APT <command>dselect</command> method always supplies the "
7292"<literal>-f</literal> option to allow for easy continuation of failed "
7293"maintainer scripts."
43be0ac4
MV
7294msgstr ""
7295
521dd27d 7296#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7297#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7298msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7299"However, if the <literal>-f</literal> option is used to correct a seriously "
7300"broken system caused by the first case then it is possible that it will "
7301"either fail immediately or the installation sequence will fail. In either "
7302"case it is necessary to manually use dpkg (possibly with forcing options) to "
7303"correct the situation enough to allow APT to proceed."
43be0ac4
MV
7304msgstr ""
7305
521dd27d 7306#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7307#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7308msgid "The Status Report"
7309msgstr ""
7310
521dd27d 7311#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7312#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7313msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7314"Before proceeding <command>apt-get</command> will present a report on what "
7315"will happen. Generally the report reflects the type of operation being "
7316"performed but there are several common elements. In all cases the lists "
7317"reflect the final state of things, taking into account the "
7318"<literal>-f</literal> option and any other relevant activities to the "
7319"command being executed."
43be0ac4
MV
7320msgstr ""
7321
521dd27d 7322#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
04f27fae 7323#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7324msgid "The Extra Package list"
7325msgstr ""
7326
521dd27d 7327#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
04f27fae 7328#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7329#, no-wrap
7330msgid ""
7331"The following extra packages will be installed:\n"
7332" libdbd-mysql-perl xlib6 zlib1 xzx libreadline2 libdbd-msql-perl\n"
7333" mailpgp xdpkg fileutils pinepgp zlib1g xlib6g perl-base\n"
7334" bin86 libgdbm1 libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 bcc xbuffy\n"
7335" squake pgp-i python-base debmake ldso perl libreadlineg2\n"
521dd27d 7336" ssh\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7337msgstr ""
7338
521dd27d 7339#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7340#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7341msgid ""
7342"The Extra Package list shows all of the packages that will be installed or "
7343"upgraded in excess of the ones mentioned on the command line. It is only "
521dd27d
GJ
7344"generated for an <literal>install</literal> command. The listed packages are "
7345"often the result of an Auto Install."
43be0ac4
MV
7346msgstr ""
7347
521dd27d 7348#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
04f27fae 7349#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7350msgid "The Packages to Remove"
7351msgstr ""
7352
521dd27d 7353#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
04f27fae 7354#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7355#, no-wrap
7356msgid ""
7357"The following packages will be REMOVED:\n"
7358" xlib6-dev xpat2 tk40-dev xkeycaps xbattle xonix\n"
7359" xdaliclock tk40 tk41 xforms0.86 ghostview xloadimage xcolorsel\n"
7360" xadmin xboard perl-debug tkined xtetris libreadline2-dev perl-suid\n"
521dd27d 7361" nas xpilot xfig\n"
43be0ac4
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7362msgstr ""
7363
521dd27d 7364#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7365#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7366msgid ""
7367"The Packages to Remove list shows all of the packages that will be removed "
7368"from the system. It can be shown for any of the operations and should be "
7369"given a careful inspection to ensure nothing important is to be taken "
521dd27d
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7370"off. The <literal>-f</literal> option is especially good at generating "
7371"packages to remove so extreme care should be used in that case. The list may "
7372"contain packages that are going to be removed because they are only "
7373"partially installed, possibly due to an aborted installation."
43be0ac4
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7374msgstr ""
7375
521dd27d 7376#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
04f27fae 7377#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7378msgid "The New Packages list"
7379msgstr ""
7380
521dd27d 7381#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
04f27fae 7382#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7383#, no-wrap
7384msgid ""
7385"The following NEW packages will installed:\n"
521dd27d 7386" zlib1g xlib6g perl-base libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 pgp-i python-base\n"
43be0ac4
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7387msgstr ""
7388
521dd27d 7389#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7390#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7391msgid ""
7392"The New Packages list is simply a reminder of what will happen. The packages "
7393"listed are not presently installed in the system but will be when APT is "
7394"done."
7395msgstr ""
7396
521dd27d 7397#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
04f27fae 7398#: guide.dbk:1
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7399msgid "The Kept Back list"
7400msgstr ""
7401
521dd27d 7402#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
04f27fae 7403#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7404#, no-wrap
7405msgid ""
7406"The following packages have been kept back\n"
7407" compface man-db tetex-base msql libpaper svgalib1\n"
521dd27d 7408" gs snmp arena lynx xpat2 groff xscreensaver\n"
43be0ac4
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7409msgstr ""
7410
521dd27d 7411#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7412#: guide.dbk:1
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7413msgid ""
7414"Whenever the whole system is being upgraded there is the possibility that "
7415"new versions of packages cannot be installed because they require new things "
7416"or conflict with already installed things. In this case the package will "
7417"appear in the Kept Back list. The best way to convince packages listed there "
521dd27d
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7418"to install is with <literal>apt-get install</literal> or by using "
7419"<command>dselect</command> to resolve their problems."
43be0ac4
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7420msgstr ""
7421
521dd27d 7422#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
04f27fae 7423#: guide.dbk:1
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7424msgid "Held Packages warning"
7425msgstr ""
7426
521dd27d 7427#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
04f27fae 7428#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7429#, no-wrap
7430msgid ""
7431"The following held packages will be changed:\n"
521dd27d 7432" cvs\n"
43be0ac4
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7433msgstr ""
7434
521dd27d 7435#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7436#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7437msgid ""
7438"Sometimes you can ask APT to install a package that is on hold, in such a "
7439"case it prints out a warning that the held package is going to be "
7440"changed. This should only happen during dist-upgrade or install."
7441msgstr ""
7442
521dd27d 7443#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
04f27fae 7444#: guide.dbk:1
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7445msgid "Final summary"
7446msgstr ""
7447
521dd27d 7448#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7449#: guide.dbk:1
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7450msgid "Finally, APT will print out a summary of all the changes that will occur."
7451msgstr ""
7452
521dd27d 7453#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
04f27fae 7454#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7455#, no-wrap
7456msgid ""
7457"206 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 23 to remove and 51 not "
7458"upgraded.\n"
7459"12 packages not fully installed or removed.\n"
521dd27d 7460"Need to get 65.7M/66.7M of archives. After unpacking 26.5M will be used.\n"
43be0ac4
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7461msgstr ""
7462
521dd27d 7463#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7464#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7465msgid ""
7466"The first line of the summary simply is a reduced version of all of the "
7467"lists and includes the number of upgrades - that is packages already "
7468"installed that have new versions available. The second line indicates the "
7469"number of poorly configured packages, possibly the result of an aborted "
7470"installation. The final line shows the space requirements that the "
7471"installation needs. The first pair of numbers refer to the size of the "
7472"archive files. The first number indicates the number of bytes that must be "
7473"fetched from remote locations and the second indicates the total size of all "
7474"the archives required. The next number indicates the size difference between "
7475"the presently installed packages and the newly installed packages. It is "
7476"roughly equivalent to the space required in /usr after everything is "
7477"done. If a large number of packages are being removed then the value may "
7478"indicate the amount of space that will be freed."
7479msgstr ""
7480
521dd27d 7481#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
04f27fae 7482#: guide.dbk:1
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7483msgid ""
7484"Some other reports can be generated by using the -u option to show packages "
7485"to upgrade, they are similar to the previous examples."
7486msgstr ""
7487
521dd27d 7488#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7489#: guide.dbk:1
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7490msgid "The Status Display"
7491msgstr ""
7492
521dd27d 7493#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7494#: guide.dbk:1
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7495msgid ""
7496"During the download of archives and package files APT prints out a series of "
7497"status messages."
7498msgstr ""
7499
521dd27d 7500#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7501#: guide.dbk:1
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7502#, no-wrap
7503msgid ""
7504"# apt-get update\n"
7505"Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US/ Packages\n"
7506"Get:2 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
7507"Hit http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/main Packages\n"
7508"Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/binary-i386/ "
7509"Packages\n"
7510"Get:5 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/non-free Packages\n"
521dd27d 7511"11% [5 testing/non-free `Waiting for file' 0/32.1k 0%] 2203b/s 1m52s\n"
43be0ac4
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7512msgstr ""
7513
521dd27d 7514#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7515#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7516msgid ""
521dd27d
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7517"The lines starting with <emphasis>Get</emphasis> are printed out when APT "
7518"begins to fetch a file while the last line indicates the progress of the "
7519"download. The first percent value on the progress line indicates the total "
7520"percent done of all files. Unfortunately since the size of the Package files "
7521"is unknown <literal>apt-get update</literal> estimates the percent done "
7522"which causes some inaccuracies."
43be0ac4
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7523msgstr ""
7524
521dd27d 7525#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7526#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7527msgid ""
7528"The next section of the status line is repeated once for each download "
7529"thread and indicates the operation being performed and some useful "
7530"information about what is happening. Sometimes this section will simply read "
521dd27d
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7531"<emphasis>Forking</emphasis> which means the OS is loading the download "
7532"module. The first word after the [ is the fetch number as shown on the "
7533"history lines. The next word is the short form name of the object being "
43be0ac4
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7534"downloaded. For archives it will contain the name of the package that is "
7535"being fetched."
7536msgstr ""
7537
521dd27d 7538#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7539#: guide.dbk:1
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7540msgid ""
7541"Inside of the single quote is an informative string indicating the progress "
7542"of the negotiation phase of the download. Typically it progresses from "
521dd27d
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7543"<emphasis>Connecting</emphasis> to <emphasis>Waiting for file</emphasis> to "
7544"<emphasis>Downloading</emphasis> or <emphasis>Resuming</emphasis>. The final "
7545"value is the number of bytes downloaded from the remote site. Once the "
7546"download begins this is represented as <literal>102/10.2k</literal> "
7547"indicating that 102 bytes have been fetched and 10.2 kilobytes is "
7548"expected. The total size is always shown in 4 figure notation to preserve "
7549"space. After the size display is a percent meter for the file itself. The "
7550"second last element is the instantaneous average speed. This values is "
7551"updated every 5 seconds and reflects the rate of data transfer for that "
7552"period. Finally is shown the estimated transfer time. This is updated "
43be0ac4
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7553"regularly and reflects the time to complete everything at the shown transfer "
7554"rate."
7555msgstr ""
7556
521dd27d 7557#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7558#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7559msgid ""
7560"The status display updates every half second to provide a constant feedback "
7561"on the download progress while the Get lines scroll back whenever a new file "
7562"is started. Since the status display is constantly updated it is unsuitable "
521dd27d
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7563"for logging to a file, use the <literal>-q</literal> option to remove the "
7564"status display."
43be0ac4
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7565msgstr ""
7566
521dd27d 7567#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7568#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7569msgid "Dpkg"
7570msgstr ""
7571
521dd27d 7572#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7573#: guide.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7574msgid ""
521dd27d
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7575"APT uses <command>dpkg</command> for installing the archives and will switch "
7576"over to the <command>dpkg</command> interface once downloading is "
7577"completed. <command>dpkg</command> will also ask a number of questions as it "
43be0ac4
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7578"processes the packages and the packages themselves may also ask several "
7579"questions. Before each question there is usually a description of what it is "
7580"asking and the questions are too varied to discuss completely here."
7581msgstr ""
7582
521dd27d 7583#. type: Content of: <book><title>
04f27fae 7584#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7585msgid "Using APT Offline"
7586msgstr ""
7587
521dd27d 7588#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><abstract><para>
04f27fae 7589#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7590msgid ""
7591"This document describes how to use APT in a non-networked environment, "
7592"specifically a 'sneaker-net' approach for performing upgrades."
7593msgstr ""
7594
521dd27d 7595#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo>
04f27fae 7596#: offline.dbk:1
521dd27d 7597msgid "<copyright><year>1999</year><holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>"
43be0ac4
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7598msgstr ""
7599
521dd27d 7600#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 7601#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7602msgid "Introduction"
7603msgstr ""
7604
521dd27d 7605#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7606#: offline.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1 offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7607msgid "Overview"
7608msgstr ""
7609
521dd27d 7610#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7611#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7612msgid ""
7613"Normally APT requires direct access to a Debian archive, either from a local "
7614"media or through a network. Another common complaint is that a Debian "
7615"machine is on a slow link, such as a modem and another machine has a very "
7616"fast connection but they are physically distant."
7617msgstr ""
7618
521dd27d 7619#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7620#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7621msgid ""
7622"The solution to this is to use large removable media such as a Zip disc or a "
7623"SuperDisk disc. These discs are not large enough to store the entire Debian "
7624"archive but can easily fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea is "
7625"to use APT to generate a list of packages that are required and then fetch "
7626"them onto the disc using another machine with good connectivity. It is even "
7627"possible to use another Debian machine with APT or to use a completely "
521dd27d
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7628"different OS and a download tool like wget. Let <emphasis>remote "
7629"host</emphasis> mean the machine downloading the packages, and "
7630"<emphasis>target host</emphasis> the one with bad or no connection."
43be0ac4
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7631msgstr ""
7632
521dd27d 7633#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7634#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7635msgid ""
7636"This is achieved by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The "
b39c1859 7637"essential premise to tell APT to look on a disc for it's archive files. Note "
bf33c3bd
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7638"that the disc should be formatted with a filesystem that can handle long "
7639"file names such as ext2, fat32 or vfat."
43be0ac4
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7640msgstr ""
7641
521dd27d 7642#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 7643#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7644msgid "Using APT on both machines"
7645msgstr ""
7646
521dd27d 7647#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7648#: offline.dbk:1
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7649msgid ""
7650"APT being available on both machines gives the simplest configuration. The "
7651"basic idea is to place a copy of the status file on the disc and use the "
7652"remote machine to fetch the latest package files and decide which packages "
7653"to download. The disk directory structure should look like:"
7654msgstr ""
7655
521dd27d 7656#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7657#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7658#, no-wrap
7659msgid ""
7660" /disc/\n"
7661" archives/\n"
7662" partial/\n"
7663" lists/\n"
7664" partial/\n"
7665" status\n"
7666" sources.list\n"
521dd27d 7667" apt.conf\n"
43be0ac4
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7668msgstr ""
7669
521dd27d 7670#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7671#: offline.dbk:1
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7672msgid "The configuration file"
7673msgstr ""
7674
521dd27d 7675#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7676#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7677msgid ""
7678"The configuration file should tell APT to store its files on the disc and to "
7679"use the configuration files on the disc as well. The sources.list should "
7680"contain the proper sites that you wish to use from the remote machine, and "
521dd27d
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7681"the status file should be a copy of "
7682"<emphasis>/var/lib/dpkg/status</emphasis> from the <emphasis>target "
7683"host</emphasis>. Please note, if you are using a local archive you must use "
7684"copy URIs, the syntax is identical to file URIs."
43be0ac4
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7685msgstr ""
7686
521dd27d 7687#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7688#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7689msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7690"<emphasis>apt.conf</emphasis> must contain the necessary information to make "
7691"APT use the disc:"
43be0ac4
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7692msgstr ""
7693
521dd27d 7694#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7695#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
MV
7696#, no-wrap
7697msgid ""
7698" APT\n"
7699" {\n"
7700" /* This is not necessary if the two machines are the same arch, it "
7701"tells\n"
7702" the remote APT what architecture the target machine is */\n"
7703" Architecture \"i386\";\n"
521dd27d 7704"\n"
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7705" Get::Download-Only \"true\";\n"
7706" };\n"
521dd27d 7707"\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7708" Dir\n"
7709" {\n"
7710" /* Use the disc for state information and redirect the status file from\n"
7711" the /var/lib/dpkg default */\n"
7712" State \"/disc/\";\n"
7713" State::status \"status\";\n"
7714"\n"
7715" // Binary caches will be stored locally\n"
7716" Cache::archives \"/disc/archives/\";\n"
7717" Cache \"/tmp/\";\n"
521dd27d 7718"\n"
43be0ac4
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7719" // Location of the source list.\n"
7720" Etc \"/disc/\";\n"
521dd27d 7721" };\n"
43be0ac4
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7722msgstr ""
7723
521dd27d 7724#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7725#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7726msgid ""
7727"More details can be seen by examining the apt.conf man page and the sample "
521dd27d
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7728"configuration file in "
7729"<emphasis>/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf</emphasis>."
43be0ac4
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7730msgstr ""
7731
521dd27d 7732#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7733#: offline.dbk:1
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7734msgid ""
7735"On the target machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy "
521dd27d
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7736"<emphasis>/var/lib/dpkg/status</emphasis> to it. You will also need to "
7737"create the directories outlined in the Overview, "
7738"<emphasis>archives/partial/</emphasis> and "
7739"<emphasis>lists/partial/</emphasis>. Then take the disc to the remote "
7740"machine and configure the sources.list. On the remote machine execute the "
7741"following:"
43be0ac4
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7742msgstr ""
7743
521dd27d 7744#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7745#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7746#, no-wrap
7747msgid ""
7748" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
7749" # apt-get update\n"
7750" [ APT fetches the package files ]\n"
7751" # apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
521dd27d 7752" [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade the target machine ]\n"
43be0ac4
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7753msgstr ""
7754
521dd27d 7755#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7756#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7757msgid ""
b39c1859 7758"The dist-upgrade command can be replaced with any other standard APT "
43be0ac4 7759"commands, particularly dselect-upgrade. You can even use an APT front end "
521dd27d
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7760"such as <emphasis>dselect</emphasis>. However this presents a problem in "
7761"communicating your selections back to the local computer."
43be0ac4
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7762msgstr ""
7763
521dd27d 7764#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7765#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7766msgid ""
7767"Now the disc contains all of the index files and archives needed to upgrade "
7768"the target machine. Take the disc back and run:"
7769msgstr ""
7770
521dd27d 7771#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7772#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7773#, no-wrap
7774msgid ""
7775" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
7776" # apt-get check\n"
7777" [ APT generates a local copy of the cache files ]\n"
7778" # apt-get --no-d -o dir::state::status=/var/lib/dpkg/status dist-upgrade\n"
521dd27d 7779" [ Or any other APT command ]\n"
43be0ac4
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7780msgstr ""
7781
521dd27d 7782#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7783#: offline.dbk:1
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7784msgid ""
7785"It is necessary for proper function to re-specify the status file to be the "
7786"local one. This is very important!"
7787msgstr ""
7788
521dd27d 7789#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7790#: offline.dbk:1
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7791msgid ""
7792"If you are using dselect you can do the very risky operation of copying "
7793"disc/status to /var/lib/dpkg/status so that any selections you made on the "
7794"remote machine are updated. I highly recommend that people only make "
7795"selections on the local machine - but this may not always be possible. DO "
7796"NOT copy the status file if dpkg or APT have been run in the mean time!!"
7797msgstr ""
7798
521dd27d 7799#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
04f27fae 7800#: offline.dbk:1
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7801msgid "Using APT and wget"
7802msgstr ""
7803
521dd27d 7804#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7805#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7806msgid ""
521dd27d
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7807"<emphasis>wget</emphasis> is a popular and portable download tool that can "
7808"run on nearly any machine. Unlike the method above this requires that the "
7809"Debian machine already has a list of available packages."
43be0ac4
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7810msgstr ""
7811
521dd27d 7812#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7813#: offline.dbk:1
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7814msgid ""
7815"The basic idea is to create a disc that has only the archive files "
7816"downloaded from the remote site. This is done by using the --print-uris "
7817"option to apt-get and then preparing a wget script to actually fetch the "
7818"packages."
7819msgstr ""
7820
521dd27d 7821#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
04f27fae 7822#: offline.dbk:1
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7823msgid "Operation"
7824msgstr ""
7825
521dd27d 7826#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7827#: offline.dbk:1
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7828msgid ""
7829"Unlike the previous technique no special configuration files are "
7830"required. We merely use the standard APT commands to generate the file list."
7831msgstr ""
7832
521dd27d 7833#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7834#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4
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7835#, no-wrap
7836msgid ""
521dd27d 7837" # apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
43be0ac4 7838" [ Press no when prompted, make sure you are happy with the actions ]\n"
521dd27d
GJ
7839" # apt-get -qq --print-uris dist-upgrade &gt; uris\n"
7840" # awk '{print \"wget -O \" $2 \" \" $1}' &lt; uris &gt; /disc/wget-script\n"
43be0ac4
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7841msgstr ""
7842
521dd27d 7843#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7844#: offline.dbk:1
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7845msgid ""
7846"Any command other than dist-upgrade could be used here, including "
7847"dselect-upgrade."
7848msgstr ""
7849
521dd27d 7850#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7851#: offline.dbk:1
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7852msgid ""
7853"The /disc/wget-script file will now contain a list of wget commands to "
7854"execute in order to fetch the necessary archives. This script should be run "
7855"with the current directory as the disc's mount point so as to save the "
7856"output on the disc."
7857msgstr ""
7858
521dd27d 7859#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7860#: offline.dbk:1
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7861msgid "The remote machine would do something like"
7862msgstr ""
7863
521dd27d 7864#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7865#: offline.dbk:1
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7866#, no-wrap
7867msgid ""
7868" # cd /disc\n"
7869" # sh -x ./wget-script\n"
521dd27d 7870" [ wait.. ]\n"
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7871msgstr ""
7872
521dd27d 7873#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7874#: offline.dbk:1
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7875msgid ""
7876"Once the archives are downloaded and the disc returned to the Debian machine "
7877"installation can proceed using,"
7878msgstr ""
7879
521dd27d 7880#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
04f27fae 7881#: offline.dbk:1
43be0ac4 7882#, no-wrap
521dd27d 7883msgid " # apt-get -o dir::cache::archives=\"/disc/\" dist-upgrade\n"
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7884msgstr ""
7885
521dd27d 7886#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
04f27fae 7887#: offline.dbk:1
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7888msgid "Which will use the already fetched archives on the disc."
7889msgstr ""