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1# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
2# Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc.
aec22160 3# This file is distributed under the same license as the apt-doc package.
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4# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
5#
6#, fuzzy
7msgid ""
8msgstr ""
bf33c3bd 9"Project-Id-Version: apt-doc 1.1~exp11\n"
f8b830ab 10"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>\n"
bf33c3bd 11"POT-Creation-Date: 2015-08-27 17:55+0200\n"
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12"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
13"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
14"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
0c1a7101 15"Language: \n"
2a52e8c5 16"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
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17"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
18"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
2a52e8c5 19
2a52e8c5 20#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 21#: apt.ent:7
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22#, no-wrap
23msgid ""
24"<!ENTITY apt-author.team \"\n"
25" <author>\n"
26" <othername>APT team</othername>\n"
bcf91c1b 27" <contrib></contrib>\n"
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28" </author>\n"
29"\">\n"
30msgstr ""
31
32#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 33#: apt.ent:13
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34#, no-wrap
35msgid ""
36"<!ENTITY apt-qapage \"\n"
37"\t<para>\n"
38"\t\t<ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>\n"
39"\t</para>\n"
40"\">\n"
41msgstr ""
42
43#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 44#: apt.ent:24
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45#, no-wrap
46msgid ""
47"<!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->\n"
48"<!ENTITY manbugs \"\n"
49" <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>\n"
0c1a7101 50" <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.\n"
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51" If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see\n"
52" <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the\n"
53" &reportbug; command.\n"
54" </para>\n"
55" </refsect1>\n"
56"\">\n"
57msgstr ""
58
59#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 60#: apt.ent:32
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61#, no-wrap
62msgid ""
63"<!-- Boiler plate Author section -->\n"
64"<!ENTITY manauthor \"\n"
65" <refsect1><title>Author</title>\n"
66" <para>APT was written by the APT team "
67"<email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.\n"
68" </para>\n"
69" </refsect1>\n"
70"\">\n"
71msgstr ""
72
73#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 74#: apt.ent:42
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75#, no-wrap
76msgid ""
77"<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to\n"
78" put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->\n"
79"<!ENTITY apt-commonoptions \"\n"
80" <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>\n"
81" <term><option>--help</option></term>\n"
82" <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.\n"
83" </para>\n"
84" </listitem>\n"
85" </varlistentry>\n"
86msgstr ""
87
88#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 89#: apt.ent:50
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90#, no-wrap
91msgid ""
92" <varlistentry>\n"
93" <term><option>-v</option></term>\n"
94" <term><option>--version</option></term>\n"
95" <listitem><para>Show the program version.\n"
96" </para>\n"
97" </listitem>\n"
98" </varlistentry>\n"
99msgstr ""
100
101#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 102#: apt.ent:62
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103#, no-wrap
104msgid ""
105" <varlistentry>\n"
106" <term><option>-c</option></term>\n"
107" <term><option>--config-file</option></term>\n"
108" <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to "
109"use. \n"
110" The program will read the default configuration file and then this \n"
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111" configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before "
112"the\n"
113" default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the "
114"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>\n"
115" environment variable. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.\n"
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116" </para>\n"
117" </listitem>\n"
118" </varlistentry>\n"
119msgstr ""
120
121#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 122#: apt.ent:74
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123#, no-wrap
124msgid ""
125" <varlistentry>\n"
126" <term><option>-o</option></term>\n"
127" <term><option>--option</option></term>\n"
128" <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an "
129"arbitrary\n"
130" configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o "
131"Foo::Bar=bar</option>.\n"
132" <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used "
133"multiple\n"
134" times to set different options.\n"
135" </para>\n"
136" </listitem>\n"
137" </varlistentry>\n"
138"\">\n"
139msgstr ""
140
141#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 142#: apt.ent:85
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143#, no-wrap
144msgid ""
145"<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to\n"
146" put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->\n"
147"<!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb \"\n"
148" <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, "
149"the\n"
150" descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean\n"
151" options you can override the config file by using something like \n"
152" <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>\n"
153" or several other variations.\n"
154" </para>\n"
155"\">\n"
156msgstr ""
157
bcf91c1b 158#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 159#: apt.ent:91
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160#, no-wrap
161msgid ""
162"<!ENTITY file-aptconf \"\n"
163" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>\n"
164" <listitem><para>APT configuration file.\n"
165" Configuration Item: "
166"<literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
167" </varlistentry>\n"
168msgstr ""
169
170#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 171#: apt.ent:97
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172#, no-wrap
173msgid ""
174" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>\n"
175" <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.\n"
176" Configuration Item: "
177"<literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
178" </varlistentry>\n"
179"\">\n"
180msgstr ""
181
182#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 183#: apt.ent:103
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184#, no-wrap
185msgid ""
186"<!ENTITY file-cachearchives \"\n"
187" <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>\n"
188" <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.\n"
189" Configuration Item: "
190"<literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
191" </varlistentry>\n"
192msgstr ""
193
194#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 195#: apt.ent:109
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196#, no-wrap
197msgid ""
198" "
199"<varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>\n"
200" <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.\n"
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201" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> "
202"(<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly "
aec22160 203"appended)</para></listitem>\n"
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204" </varlistentry>\n"
205"\">\n"
206msgstr ""
207
208#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 209#: apt.ent:119
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210#, no-wrap
211msgid ""
212"<!ENTITY file-preferences \"\n"
213" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>\n"
214" <listitem><para>Version preferences file.\n"
215" This is where you would specify &quot;pinning&quot;,\n"
216" i.e. a preference to get certain packages\n"
217" from a separate source\n"
218" or from a different version of a distribution.\n"
219" Configuration Item: "
220"<literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
221" </varlistentry>\n"
222msgstr ""
223
224#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 225#: apt.ent:125
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226#, no-wrap
227msgid ""
228" "
229"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename></term>\n"
230" <listitem><para>File fragments for the version preferences.\n"
231" Configuration Item: "
232"<literal>Dir::Etc::PreferencesParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
233" </varlistentry>\n"
234"\">\n"
235msgstr ""
236
237#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 238#: apt.ent:131
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239#, no-wrap
240msgid ""
241"<!ENTITY file-sourceslist \"\n"
242" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>\n"
243" <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.\n"
244" Configuration Item: "
245"<literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
246" </varlistentry>\n"
247msgstr ""
248
249#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 250#: apt.ent:137
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251#, no-wrap
252msgid ""
253" "
254"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename></term>\n"
255" <listitem><para>File fragments for locations to fetch packages from.\n"
256" Configuration Item: "
257"<literal>Dir::Etc::SourceParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
258" </varlistentry>\n"
259"\">\n"
260msgstr ""
261
262#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 263#: apt.ent:144
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264#, no-wrap
265msgid ""
266"<!ENTITY file-statelists \"\n"
267" <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>\n"
268" <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package "
269"resource specified in\n"
270" &sources-list;\n"
271" Configuration Item: "
272"<literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
273" </varlistentry>\n"
274msgstr ""
275
276#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 277#: apt.ent:150
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278#, no-wrap
279msgid ""
280" "
281"<varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>\n"
282" <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.\n"
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283" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> "
284"(<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly "
aec22160 285"appended)</para></listitem>\n"
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286" </varlistentry>\n"
287"\">\n"
288msgstr ""
289
b39c1859 290#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 291#: apt.ent:156
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292#, no-wrap
293msgid ""
294"<!ENTITY file-trustedgpg \"\n"
295" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg</filename></term>\n"
296" <listitem><para>Keyring of local trusted keys, new keys will be added "
297"here.\n"
298" Configuration Item: "
299"<literal>Dir::Etc::Trusted</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
300" </varlistentry>\n"
301msgstr ""
302
303#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 304#: apt.ent:163
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305#, no-wrap
306msgid ""
307" "
308"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/</filename></term>\n"
309" <listitem><para>File fragments for the trusted keys, additional "
310"keyrings can\n"
311" be stored here (by other packages or the administrator).\n"
312" Configuration Item "
313"<literal>Dir::Etc::TrustedParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
314" </varlistentry>\n"
315"\">\n"
316msgstr ""
317
318#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 319#: apt.ent:171
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320#, no-wrap
321msgid ""
322"<!ENTITY file-extended_states \"\n"
323" "
324"<varlistentry><term><filename>/var/lib/apt/extended_states</filename></term>\n"
325" <listitem><para>Status list of auto-installed packages.\n"
326" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::extended_states</literal>.\n"
327" </para></listitem>\n"
328" </varlistentry>\n"
329"\">\n"
330msgstr ""
331
332#. type: Plain text
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334#, no-wrap
335msgid ""
336"<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is the section header for the following paragraphs - "
337"comparable\n"
338" to the other headers like NAME and DESCRIPTION and should therefore be "
339"uppercase. -->\n"
340"<!ENTITY translation-title \"TRANSLATION\">\n"
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341msgstr ""
342
343#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 344#: apt.ent:184
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345#, no-wrap
346msgid ""
347"<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is a placeholder. You should write here who has "
d8b3cbb6 348"contributed\n"
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349" to the translation in the past, who is responsible now and maybe "
350"further information\n"
351" specially related to your translation. -->\n"
352"<!ENTITY translation-holder \"\n"
353" The english translation was done by John Doe "
354"<email>john@doe.org</email> in 2009,\n"
355" 2010 and Daniela Acme <email>daniela@acme.us</email> in 2010 together "
356"with the\n"
357" Debian Dummy l10n Team "
358"<email>debian-l10n-dummy@lists.debian.org</email>.\n"
359"\">\n"
360msgstr ""
361
362#. type: Plain text
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364#, no-wrap
365msgid ""
366"<!-- TRANSLATOR: As a translation is allowed to have 20% of "
367"untranslated/fuzzy strings\n"
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368" in a shipped manpage newer/modified paragraphs will maybe appear in "
369"english in\n"
370" the generated manpage. This sentence is therefore here to tell the "
371"reader that this\n"
372" is not a mistake by the translator - obviously the target is that at "
373"least for stable\n"
374" releases this sentence is not needed. :) -->\n"
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375"<!ENTITY translation-english \"\n"
376" Note that this translated document may contain untranslated parts.\n"
377" This is done on purpose, to avoid losing content when the\n"
378" translation is lagging behind the original content.\n"
379"\">\n"
380msgstr ""
381
c77d6597 382#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 383#: apt.ent:198
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384msgid ""
385"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -o=config_string "
386"e.g. -o=Debug::pkgProblemResolver=1 --> <!ENTITY synopsis-config-string "
387"\"config_string\">"
388msgstr ""
389
390#. type: Plain text
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392msgid ""
393"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -c=config_file e.g. -c=./apt.conf --> <!ENTITY "
394"synopsis-config-file \"config_file\">"
395msgstr ""
396
397#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 398#: apt.ent:204
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399msgid ""
400"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -t=target_release or pkg/target_release "
401"e.g. -t=squeeze apt/experimental --> <!ENTITY synopsis-target-release "
402"\"target_release\">"
403msgstr ""
404
405#. type: Plain text
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407msgid ""
408"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -a=architecture e.g. -a=armel --> <!ENTITY "
409"synopsis-architecture \"architecture\">"
410msgstr ""
411
412#. type: Plain text
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414msgid ""
415"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-get install pkg e.g. apt-get install awesome "
416"--> <!ENTITY synopsis-pkg \"pkg\">"
417msgstr ""
418
419#. type: Plain text
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421msgid ""
422"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in pkg=pkg_version_number e.g. apt=0.8.15 --> "
423"<!ENTITY synopsis-pkg-ver-number \"pkg_version_number\">"
424msgstr ""
425
426#. type: Plain text
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428msgid ""
429"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache pkgnames prefix e.g. apt-cache "
430"pkgnames apt --> <!ENTITY synopsis-prefix \"prefix\">"
431msgstr ""
432
433#. type: Plain text
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435msgid ""
436"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache search regex e.g. apt-cache search "
437"awesome --> <!ENTITY synopsis-regex \"regex\">"
438msgstr ""
439
440#. type: Plain text
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442msgid ""
443"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cdrom -d=cdrom_mount_point e.g. apt-cdrom "
444"-d=/media/cdrom --> <!ENTITY synopsis-cdrom-mount \"cdrom_mount_point\">"
445msgstr ""
446
447#. type: Plain text
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449msgid ""
450"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates -t=temporary_directory "
451"e.g. apt-extracttemplates -t=/tmp --> <!ENTITY synopsis-tmp-directory "
452"\"temporary_directory\">"
453msgstr ""
454
455#. type: Plain text
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457msgid ""
458"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates filename --> <!ENTITY "
459"synopsis-filename \"filename\">"
460msgstr ""
461
c086ac18 462#. type: Plain text
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464msgid ""
465"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
466"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-path \"path\">"
467msgstr ""
468
c77d6597 469#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 470#: apt.ent:234
c77d6597 471msgid ""
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472"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
473"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-override "
474"\"override-file\">"
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475msgstr ""
476
477#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 478#: apt.ent:237
c77d6597 479msgid ""
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480"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
481"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-pathprefix "
482"\"pathprefix\">"
483msgstr ""
484
485#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 486#: apt.ent:240
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487msgid ""
488"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
489"generate section --> <!ENTITY synopsis-section \"section\">"
490msgstr ""
491
492#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 493#: apt.ent:243
c086ac18 494msgid ""
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495"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-key export keyid e.g. apt-key export "
496"473041FA --> <!ENTITY synopsis-keyid \"keyid\">"
497msgstr ""
498
2a52e8c5 499#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
9de26945 500#: apt.8.xml:21 apt-get.8.xml:22 apt-cache.8.xml:22 apt-key.8.xml:21 apt-mark.8.xml:22 apt-secure.8.xml:21 apt-cdrom.8.xml:21 apt-config.8.xml:22
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501msgid "8"
502msgstr ""
503
bcf91c1b 504#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><refmiscinfo>
9de26945 505#: apt.8.xml:22 apt-get.8.xml:23 apt-cache.8.xml:23 apt-key.8.xml:22 apt-mark.8.xml:23 apt-secure.8.xml:22 apt-cdrom.8.xml:22 apt-config.8.xml:23 apt.conf.5.xml:28 apt_preferences.5.xml:22 sources.list.5.xml:23 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:23 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:23 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:23
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506msgid "APT"
507msgstr ""
508
2a52e8c5 509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 510#: apt.8.xml:28
93ae7f7f 511msgid "command-line interface"
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512msgstr ""
513
2a52e8c5 514#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 515#: apt.8.xml:33 apt-get.8.xml:34 apt-cache.8.xml:34 apt-key.8.xml:33 apt-mark.8.xml:34 apt-secure.8.xml:46 apt-cdrom.8.xml:33 apt-config.8.xml:34 apt.conf.5.xml:37 apt_preferences.5.xml:32 sources.list.5.xml:32 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:34 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:34 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:34
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516msgid "Description"
517msgstr ""
518
93ae7f7f 519#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 520#: apt.8.xml:34
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521msgid ""
522"<command>apt</command> (Advanced Package Tool) is the command-line tool for "
523"handling packages. It provides a commandline interface for the package "
524"management of the system. See also &apt-get; and &apt-cache; for more "
525"low-level command options."
526msgstr ""
527
528#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 529#: apt.8.xml:43
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530msgid ""
531"<literal>list</literal> is used to display a list of packages. It supports "
532"shell pattern for matching package names and the following options: "
6dbf3380 533"<option>--installed</option>, <option>--upgradable</option>, "
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534"<option>--upgradeable</option>, <option>--all-versions</option> are "
535"supported."
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536msgstr ""
537
538#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 539#: apt.8.xml:55
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540msgid ""
541"<literal>search</literal> searches for the given term(s) and display "
542"matching packages."
543msgstr ""
544
545#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 546#: apt.8.xml:61
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547msgid ""
548"<literal>show</literal> shows the package information for the given "
549"package(s)."
550msgstr ""
551
552#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 553#: apt.8.xml:68
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554msgid ""
555"<literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more package names desired "
556"for installation or upgrading."
557msgstr ""
558
559#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 560#: apt.8.xml:72 apt-get.8.xml:112
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561msgid ""
562"A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by "
563"following the package name with an equals and the version of the package to "
564"select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for "
565"install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by following "
566"the package name with a slash and the version of the distribution or the "
567"Archive name (stable, testing, unstable)."
568msgstr ""
569
570#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 571#: apt.8.xml:82 apt-get.8.xml:147
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572msgid ""
573"<literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except "
574"that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package "
575"leaves its configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to "
576"the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be "
577"installed instead of removed."
578msgstr ""
579
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580#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
581#: apt.8.xml:89 apt-get.8.xml:217 apt-get.8.xml:227
582msgid "(and the"
583msgstr ""
584
585#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
586#: apt.8.xml:89 apt-get.8.xml:217 apt-get.8.xml:227
587msgid "alias since 1.1)"
588msgstr ""
589
93ae7f7f 590#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
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591#: apt.8.xml:90 apt-get.8.xml:228
592msgid ""
593"<literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were "
594"automatically installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are "
595"now no longer needed."
596msgstr ""
597
598#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
599#: apt.8.xml:95
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600msgid ""
601"<literal>edit-sources</literal> lets you edit your sources.list file and "
602"provides basic sanity checks."
603msgstr ""
604
605#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 606#: apt.8.xml:101
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607msgid ""
608"<literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files "
609"from their sources."
610msgstr ""
611
612#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 613#: apt.8.xml:107
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614msgid ""
615"<literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all "
616"packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in "
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617"<filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. New packages will be installed, "
618"but existing packages will never be removed."
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619msgstr ""
620
621#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 622#: apt.8.xml:116
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623msgid ""
624"<literal>full-upgrade</literal> performs the function of upgrade but may "
625"also remove installed packages if that is required in order to resolve a "
626"package conflict."
627msgstr ""
628
629#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
864fe99c 630#: apt.8.xml:126 apt-get.8.xml:262 apt-cache.8.xml:246 apt-mark.8.xml:104 apt-config.8.xml:80 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:48 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:44 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:500
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631msgid "options"
632msgstr ""
633
634#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
864fe99c 635#: apt.8.xml:136
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636msgid "Script usage"
637msgstr ""
638
639#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 640#: apt.8.xml:138
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641msgid ""
642"The &apt; commandline is designed as a end-user tool and it may change the "
643"output between versions. While it tries to not break backward compatibility "
644"there is no guarantee for it either. All features of &apt; are available in "
645"&apt-cache; and &apt-get; via APT options. Please prefer using these "
646"commands in your scripts."
647msgstr ""
648
649#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
864fe99c 650#: apt.8.xml:146
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651msgid "Differences to &apt-get;"
652msgstr ""
653
654#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 655#: apt.8.xml:147
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656msgid ""
657"The <command>apt</command> command is meant to be pleasant for end users and "
128aa7d3 658"does not need to be backward compatible like &apt-get;. Therefore some "
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659"options are different:"
660msgstr ""
661
662#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
864fe99c 663#: apt.8.xml:153
506ab3c7 664msgid "The option <literal>DPkg::Progress-Fancy</literal> is enabled."
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665msgstr ""
666
667#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
864fe99c 668#: apt.8.xml:157
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669msgid "The option <literal>APT::Color</literal> is enabled."
670msgstr ""
671
672#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
864fe99c 673#: apt.8.xml:161
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674msgid ""
675"A new <literal>list</literal> command is available similar to <literal>dpkg "
676"--list</literal>."
677msgstr ""
678
679#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
864fe99c 680#: apt.8.xml:166
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681msgid ""
682"The option <literal>upgrade</literal> has <literal>--with-new-pkgs</literal> "
683"enabled by default."
684msgstr ""
685
686#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
bf33c3bd 687#: apt.8.xml:176 apt-get.8.xml:597 apt-cache.8.xml:359 apt-key.8.xml:191 apt-mark.8.xml:127 apt-secure.8.xml:187 apt-cdrom.8.xml:148 apt-config.8.xml:105 apt.conf.5.xml:1319 apt_preferences.5.xml:716 sources.list.5.xml:456 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:66 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:59 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:603
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688msgid "See Also"
689msgstr ""
690
691#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 692#: apt.8.xml:177
93ae7f7f 693msgid ""
6dbf3380 694"&apt-get;, &apt-cache;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, The APT "
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695"User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto."
696msgstr ""
697
698#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
864fe99c 699#: apt.8.xml:182 apt-get.8.xml:603 apt-cache.8.xml:364 apt-mark.8.xml:131 apt-cdrom.8.xml:153 apt-config.8.xml:110 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:70 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:63 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:607
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700msgid "Diagnostics"
701msgstr ""
702
703#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 704#: apt.8.xml:183
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705msgid ""
706"<command>apt</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on "
707"error."
708msgstr ""
709
710#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 711#: apt-get.8.xml:29
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712msgid "APT package handling utility -- command-line interface"
713msgstr ""
714
2a52e8c5 715#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 716#: apt-get.8.xml:35
2a52e8c5 717msgid ""
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718"<command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, "
719"and may be considered the user's \"back-end\" to other tools using the APT "
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720"library. Several \"front-end\" interfaces exist, such as &aptitude;, "
721"&synaptic; and &wajig;."
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722msgstr ""
723
724#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 725#: apt-get.8.xml:40 apt-cache.8.xml:40 apt-cdrom.8.xml:47 apt-config.8.xml:40 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:50
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726msgid ""
727"Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, "
728"one of the commands below must be present."
729msgstr ""
730
2a52e8c5 731#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 732#: apt-get.8.xml:45
2a52e8c5 733msgid ""
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734"<literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files "
735"from their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the "
736"location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. For "
737"example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and scans the "
738"<filename>Packages.gz</filename> files, so that information about new and "
739"updated packages is available. An <literal>update</literal> should always be "
740"performed before an <literal>upgrade</literal> or "
741"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal>. Please be aware that the overall progress "
742"meter will be incorrect as the size of the package files cannot be known in "
743"advance."
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744msgstr ""
745
746#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 747#: apt-get.8.xml:57
2a52e8c5 748msgid ""
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749"<literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all "
750"packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in "
751"<filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed "
752"with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no "
753"circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not "
754"already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently "
755"installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install "
756"status of another package will be left at their current version. An "
757"<literal>update</literal> must be performed first so that "
758"<command>apt-get</command> knows that new versions of packages are "
759"available."
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760msgstr ""
761
2a52e8c5 762#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 763#: apt-get.8.xml:70
2a52e8c5 764msgid ""
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765"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of "
766"<literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies "
767"with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a \"smart\" "
768"conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most "
769"important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The "
770"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> command may therefore remove some packages. "
771"The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of "
772"locations from which to retrieve desired package files. See also "
773"&apt-preferences; for a mechanism for overriding the general settings for "
774"individual packages."
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775msgstr ""
776
777#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 778#: apt-get.8.xml:83
2a52e8c5 779msgid ""
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780"<literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> is used in conjunction with the "
781"traditional Debian packaging front-end, "
782"&dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> follows the changes made by "
783"&dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal> field of available packages, and "
784"performs the actions necessary to realize that state (for instance, the "
785"removal of old and the installation of new packages)."
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786msgstr ""
787
2a52e8c5 788#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 789#: apt-get.8.xml:94
2a52e8c5 790msgid ""
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791"<literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more packages desired for "
792"installation or upgrading. Each package is a package name, not a fully "
793"qualified filename (for instance, in a Debian system, "
794"<package>apt-utils</package> would be the argument provided, not "
795"<filename>apt-utils_&apt-product-version;_amd64.deb</filename>). All "
796"packages required by the package(s) specified for installation will also be "
797"retrieved and installed. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> "
798"file is used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is appended to the "
799"package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be "
800"removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate "
801"a package to install. These latter features may be used to override "
802"decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system."
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803msgstr ""
804
7d76ea1d 805#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 806#: apt-get.8.xml:119
2a52e8c5 807msgid ""
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808"Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must be "
809"used with care."
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810msgstr ""
811
7d76ea1d 812#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 813#: apt-get.8.xml:122
2a52e8c5 814msgid ""
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815"This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or more "
816"already-installed packages without upgrading every package you have on your "
817"system. Unlike the \"upgrade\" target, which installs the newest version of "
818"all currently installed packages, \"install\" will install the newest "
819"version of only the package(s) specified. Simply provide the name of the "
820"package(s) you wish to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and "
821"its dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and installed."
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822msgstr ""
823
7d76ea1d 824#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 825#: apt-get.8.xml:133
2a52e8c5 826msgid ""
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827"Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to create an alternative "
828"installation policy for individual packages."
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829msgstr ""
830
7d76ea1d 831#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 832#: apt-get.8.xml:137
2a52e8c5 833msgid ""
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834"If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one "
835"of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression, and "
836"it is applied to all package names in the database. Any matches are then "
837"installed (or removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' "
838"matches 'how-lo' and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular "
839"expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular "
840"expression."
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841msgstr ""
842
7d76ea1d 843#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 844#: apt-get.8.xml:155
2a52e8c5 845msgid ""
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846"<literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except "
847"that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted "
848"too)."
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849msgstr ""
850
2a52e8c5 851#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 852#: apt-get.8.xml:160
2a52e8c5 853msgid ""
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854"<literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source "
855"packages. APT will examine the available packages to decide which source "
856"package to fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory "
857"the newest available version of that source package while respecting the "
858"default release, set with the option "
859"<literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>, the <option>-t</option> option or "
860"per package with the <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible."
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861msgstr ""
862
2a52e8c5 863#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 864#: apt-get.8.xml:168
2a52e8c5 865msgid ""
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866"Source packages are tracked separately from binary packages via "
867"<literal>deb-src</literal> lines in the &sources-list; file. This means that "
868"you will need to add such a line for each repository you want to get sources "
869"from; otherwise you will probably get either the wrong (too old/too new) "
870"source versions or none at all."
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871msgstr ""
872
2a52e8c5 873#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 874#: apt-get.8.xml:174
2a52e8c5 875msgid ""
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876"If the <option>--compile</option> option is specified then the package will "
877"be compiled to a binary .deb using <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> for "
878"the architecture as defined by the <command>--host-architecture</command> "
879"option. If <option>--download-only</option> is specified then the source "
880"package will not be unpacked."
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881msgstr ""
882
2a52e8c5 883#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 884#: apt-get.8.xml:181
2a52e8c5 885msgid ""
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886"A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name "
887"with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism used "
888"for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source package "
889"name and version, implicitly enabling the "
890"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option."
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891msgstr ""
892
2a52e8c5 893#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 894#: apt-get.8.xml:187
2a52e8c5 895msgid ""
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896"Note that source packages are not installed and tracked in the "
897"<command>dpkg</command> database like binary packages; they are simply "
898"downloaded to the current directory, like source tarballs."
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899msgstr ""
900
901#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 902#: apt-get.8.xml:193
2a52e8c5 903msgid ""
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904"<literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an "
905"attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default "
906"the dependencies are satisfied to build the package natively. If desired a "
907"host-architecture can be specified with the "
908"<option>--host-architecture</option> option instead."
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909msgstr ""
910
911#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 912#: apt-get.8.xml:200
2a52e8c5 913msgid ""
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914"<literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache "
915"and checks for broken dependencies."
2a52e8c5
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916msgstr ""
917
2a52e8c5 918#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 919#: apt-get.8.xml:205
2a52e8c5 920msgid ""
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921"<literal>download</literal> will download the given binary package into the "
922"current directory."
2a52e8c5
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923msgstr ""
924
2a52e8c5 925#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 926#: apt-get.8.xml:211
2a52e8c5 927msgid ""
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928"<literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved "
929"package files. It removes everything but the lock file from "
930"<filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and "
1c937475 931"<filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>."
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932msgstr ""
933
934#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 935#: apt-get.8.xml:218
2a52e8c5 936msgid ""
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937"Like <literal>clean</literal>, <literal>autoclean</literal> clears out the "
938"local repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only "
939"removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely "
940"useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without it "
941"growing out of control. The configuration option "
942"<literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from "
943"being erased if it is set to off."
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944msgstr ""
945
63fc5550 946#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 947#: apt-get.8.xml:233
63fc5550 948msgid ""
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949"<literal>changelog</literal> tries to download the changelog of a package "
950"and displays it through <command>sensible-pager</command>. By default it "
951"displays the changelog for the version that is installed. However, you can "
952"specify the same options as for the <option>install</option> command."
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953msgstr ""
954
2a52e8c5 955#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 956#: apt-get.8.xml:243
2a52e8c5 957msgid ""
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958"Displays by default a deb822 formatted listing of information about all data "
959"files (aka index targets) <command>apt-get update</command> would "
960"download. Supports a <option>--format</option> option to modify the output "
961"format as well as accepts lines of the default output to filter the records "
962"by. The command is mainly used as an interface for external tools working "
963"with APT to get information as well as filenames for downloaded files so "
964"they can use them as well instead of downloading them again on their "
965"own. Detailed documentation is omitted here and can instead be found in the "
966"source tree in "
967"<literal><filename>doc/acquire-additional-files.txt</filename></literal>."
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968msgstr ""
969
2a52e8c5 970#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 971#: apt-get.8.xml:267
2a52e8c5 972msgid ""
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973"Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing. "
974"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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975msgstr ""
976
2a52e8c5 977#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 978#: apt-get.8.xml:272
2a52e8c5 979msgid ""
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980"Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing. Configuration "
981"Item: <literal>APT::Install-Suggests</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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982msgstr ""
983
2a52e8c5 984#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 985#: apt-get.8.xml:277
2a52e8c5 986msgid ""
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987"Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed. "
988"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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989msgstr ""
990
991#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 992#: apt-get.8.xml:282
2a52e8c5 993msgid ""
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994"Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place. This "
995"option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages to permit APT "
996"to deduce a likely solution. If packages are specified, these have to "
997"completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when "
998"running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package "
999"dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's dependency "
1000"structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention (which usually "
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1001"means using <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of the "
1002"offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> "
1003"may produce an error in some situations. Configuration Item: "
1004"<literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>."
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1005msgstr ""
1006
2a52e8c5 1007#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1008#: apt-get.8.xml:297
2a52e8c5 1009msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1010"Ignore missing packages; if packages cannot be retrieved or fail the "
1011"integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back those "
1012"packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with "
1013"<option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is "
1014"selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the command "
1015"line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently held back. "
1016"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Missing</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1017msgstr ""
1018
2a52e8c5 1019#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1020#: apt-get.8.xml:308
2a52e8c5 1021msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1022"Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with "
1023"<option>--ignore-missing</option> to force APT to use only the .debs it has "
1024"already downloaded. Configuration Item: "
1025"<literal>APT::Get::Download</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1026msgstr ""
1027
2a52e8c5 1028#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1029#: apt-get.8.xml:315
2a52e8c5 1030msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1031"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
1032"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
1033"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
1034"file. Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>; you should never "
1035"use -qq without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT "
1036"may decide to do something you did not expect. Configuration Item: "
1037"<literal>quiet</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1038msgstr ""
1039
2a52e8c5 1040#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1041#: apt-get.8.xml:330
2a52e8c5 1042msgid ""
864fe99c
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1043"No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur based on the "
1044"current system state but do not actually change the system. Locking will be "
1045"disabled (<option>Debug::NoLocking</option>) so the system state could "
1046"change while <command>apt-get</command> is running. Simulations can also be "
1047"executed by non-root users which might not have read access to all apt "
1048"configuration distorting the simulation. A notice expressing this warning "
1049"is also shown by default for non-root users "
1050"(<option>APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note</option>). Configuration Item: "
7d76ea1d 1051"<literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1052msgstr ""
1053
2a52e8c5 1054#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1055#: apt-get.8.xml:340
2a52e8c5 1056msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1057"Simulated runs print out a series of lines, each representing a "
1058"<command>dpkg</command> operation: configure (<literal>Conf</literal>), "
1059"remove (<literal>Remv</literal>) or unpack "
1060"(<literal>Inst</literal>). Square brackets indicate broken packages, and "
1061"empty square brackets indicate breaks that are of no consequence (rare)."
2a52e8c5
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1062msgstr ""
1063
b6c6b52f 1064#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1065#: apt-get.8.xml:348
b6c6b52f 1066msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1067"Automatic yes to prompts; assume \"yes\" as answer to all prompts and run "
1068"non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held "
1069"package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an "
1070"essential package occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort. "
1071"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>."
b6c6b52f
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1072msgstr ""
1073
2a52e8c5 1074#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1075#: apt-get.8.xml:356
2a52e8c5 1076msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1077"Automatic \"no\" to all prompts. Configuration Item: "
1078"<literal>APT::Get::Assume-No</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1079msgstr ""
1080
2a52e8c5 1081#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1082#: apt-get.8.xml:361
2a52e8c5 1083msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1084"Show upgraded packages; print out a list of all packages that are to be "
1085"upgraded. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1086msgstr ""
1087
2a52e8c5 1088#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1089#: apt-get.8.xml:367
2a52e8c5 1090msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1091"Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages. Configuration Item: "
1092"<literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1093msgstr ""
1094
2a52e8c5 1095#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1096#: apt-get.8.xml:373
2a52e8c5 1097msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1098"This option controls the architecture packages are built for by "
1099"<command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies "
1100"are satisfied. By default is it not set which means that the host "
1101"architecture is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by "
1102"<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>). Configuration Item: "
7ffbb475 1103"<literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1104msgstr ""
1105
2a52e8c5 1106#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1107#: apt-get.8.xml:383
2a52e8c5 1108msgid ""
7ffbb475
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1109"This option controls the activated build profiles for which a source package "
1110"is built by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how build "
1111"dependencies are satisfied. By default no build profile is active. More "
1112"than one build profile can be activated at a time by concatenating them with "
1113"a comma. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Build-Profiles</literal>."
1114msgstr ""
1115
1116#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1117#: apt-get.8.xml:394
7ffbb475 1118msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1119"Compile source packages after downloading them. Configuration Item: "
1120"<literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1121msgstr ""
1122
2a52e8c5 1123#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1124#: apt-get.8.xml:399
2a52e8c5 1125msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1126"Ignore package holds; this causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a "
1127"hold placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with "
1128"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired "
1129"holds. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1130msgstr ""
1131
2a52e8c5 1132#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1133#: apt-get.8.xml:406
ce34af08
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1134msgid ""
1135"Allow installing new packages when used in conjunction with "
1136"<literal>upgrade</literal>. This is useful if the update of a installed "
1137"package requires new dependencies to be installed. Instead of holding the "
1138"package back <literal>upgrade</literal> will upgrade the package and install "
1139"the new dependencies. Note that <literal>upgrade</literal> with this option "
1140"will never remove packages, only allow adding new ones. Configuration Item: "
1141"<literal>APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New</literal>."
1142msgstr ""
1143
1144#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1145#: apt-get.8.xml:418
2a52e8c5 1146msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1147"Do not upgrade packages; when used in conjunction with "
1148"<literal>install</literal>, <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent "
1149"packages on the command line from being upgraded if they are already "
1150"installed. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1151msgstr ""
1152
2a52e8c5 1153#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1154#: apt-get.8.xml:425
2a52e8c5 1155msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1156"Do not install new packages; when used in conjunction with "
1157"<literal>install</literal>, <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will install "
1158"upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests to install "
1159"new packages. Configuration Item: "
1160"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1161msgstr ""
1162
7d76ea1d 1163#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c
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1164#: apt-get.8.xml:433
1165msgid ""
1166"This is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue without prompting "
1167"if it is doing downgrades. It should not be used except in very special "
1168"situations. Using it can potentially destroy your system! Configuration "
1169"Item: <literal>APT::Get::allow-downgrades</literal>. Introduced in APT 1.1."
1170msgstr ""
1171
1172#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1173#: apt-get.8.xml:441
1174msgid ""
1175"Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue "
1176"without prompting if it is removing essentials. It should not be used except "
1177"in very special situations. Using it can potentially destroy your system! "
1178"Configuration Item: "
1179"<literal>APT::Get::allow-remove-essential</literal>. Introduced in APT 1.1."
1180msgstr ""
1181
1182#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1183#: apt-get.8.xml:449
1184msgid ""
1185"Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue "
1186"without prompting if it is changing held packages. It should not be used "
1187"except in very special situations. Using it can potentially destroy your "
1188"system! Configuration Item: "
1189"<literal>APT::Get::allow-change-held-packages</literal>. Introduced in APT "
1190"1.1."
1191msgstr ""
1192
1193#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1194#: apt-get.8.xml:457
2a52e8c5 1195msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1196"Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue "
1197"without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It should "
1198"not be used except in very special situations. Using "
1199"<literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system! "
864fe99c
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1200"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>. This is "
1201"deprecated and replaced by <option>--allow-downgrades</option>, "
1202"<option>--allow-remove-essential</option>, "
1203"<option>--allow-change-held-packages</option> in 1.1."
2a52e8c5
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1204msgstr ""
1205
7d76ea1d 1206#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1207#: apt-get.8.xml:465
2a52e8c5 1208msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1209"Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each URI "
1210"will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected MD5 "
1211"hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match the file "
1212"name on the remote site! This also works with the <literal>source</literal> "
1213"and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the "
1214"<literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it "
1215"is up to the user to decompress any compressed files. Configuration Item: "
1216"<literal>APT::Get::Print-URIs</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1217msgstr ""
1218
7d76ea1d 1219#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1220#: apt-get.8.xml:476
2a52e8c5 1221msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1222"Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed. An asterisk "
1223"(\"*\") will be displayed next to packages which are scheduled to be "
1224"purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent to the "
1225"<option>purge</option> command. Configuration Item: "
1226"<literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1227msgstr ""
1228
aec22160 1229#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1230#: apt-get.8.xml:484
2a52e8c5 1231msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1232"Re-install packages that are already installed and at the newest version. "
1233"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1234msgstr ""
1235
aec22160 1236#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1237#: apt-get.8.xml:489
2a52e8c5 1238msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1239"This option is on by default; use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to "
1240"turn it off. When it is on, <command>apt-get</command> will automatically "
1241"manage the contents of <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that "
1242"obsolete files are erased. The only reason to turn it off is if you "
1243"frequently change your sources list. Configuration Item: "
1244"<literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1245msgstr ""
1246
aec22160 1247#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1248#: apt-get.8.xml:499
2a52e8c5 1249msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1250"This option controls the default input to the policy engine; it creates a "
1251"default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. This "
1252"overrides the general settings in "
1253"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>. Specifically pinned packages are "
1254"not affected by the value of this option. In short, this option lets you "
1255"have simple control over which distribution packages will be retrieved "
1256"from. Some common examples might be <option>-t '2.1*'</option>, <option>-t "
1257"unstable</option> or <option>-t sid</option>. Configuration Item: "
1258"<literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>; see also the &apt-preferences; "
1259"manual page."
2a52e8c5
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1260msgstr ""
1261
7d76ea1d 1262#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1263#: apt-get.8.xml:514
7d76ea1d
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1264msgid ""
1265"Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered "
1266"related to <option>--assume-yes</option>; where "
1267"<option>--assume-yes</option> will answer yes to any prompt, "
1268"<option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no. Configuration Item: "
1269"<literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1270msgstr ""
1271
2a52e8c5 1272#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1273#: apt-get.8.xml:521
2a52e8c5 1274msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1275"If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without "
1276"prompting. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1277msgstr ""
1278
2a52e8c5 1279#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1280#: apt-get.8.xml:527
2a52e8c5 1281msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1282"If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or "
1283"<literal>remove</literal>, then this option acts like running the "
1284"<literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing unused dependency "
1285"packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1286msgstr ""
1287
2a52e8c5 1288#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1289#: apt-get.8.xml:534
2a52e8c5 1290msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1291"Only has meaning for the <literal>source</literal> and "
1292"<literal>build-dep</literal> commands. Indicates that the given source "
1293"names are not to be mapped through the binary table. This means that if "
1294"this option is specified, these commands will only accept source package "
1295"names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names and looking "
1296"up the corresponding source package. Configuration Item: "
1297"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1298msgstr ""
1299
2a52e8c5 1300#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1301#: apt-get.8.xml:545
2a52e8c5 1302msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1303"Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive. Configuration "
1304"Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, "
1305"<literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and "
1306"<literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1307msgstr ""
1308
2a52e8c5 1309#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1310#: apt-get.8.xml:551
2a52e8c5 1311msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1312"Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies. Configuration Item: "
1313"<literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1314msgstr ""
1315
2a52e8c5 1316#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1317#: apt-get.8.xml:556
2a52e8c5 1318msgid ""
7d76ea1d 1319"Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it. This "
864fe99c
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1320"can be useful while working with local repositories, but is a huge security "
1321"risk if data authenticity isn't ensured in another way by the user itself. "
1322"The usage of the <option>Trusted</option> option for &sources-list; entries "
1323"should usually be preferred over this global override. Configuration Item: "
7d76ea1d
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1324"<literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>."
1325msgstr ""
1326
ce34af08 1327#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1328#: apt-get.8.xml:566
ce34af08 1329msgid ""
5b1e4e86
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1330"Forbid the update command to acquire unverifiable data from configured "
1331"sources. Apt will fail at the update command for repositories without valid "
1332"cryptographically signatures. Configuration Item: "
1333"<literal>Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories</literal>."
1334msgstr ""
1335
1336#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1337#: apt-get.8.xml:574
5b1e4e86 1338msgid ""
ce34af08
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1339"Show user friendly progress information in the terminal window when packages "
1340"are installed, upgraded or removed. For a machine parsable version of this "
1341"data see README.progress-reporting in the apt doc directory. Configuration "
506ab3c7 1342"Item: <literal>Dpkg::Progress</literal> and "
ce34af08
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1343"<literal>Dpkg::Progress-Fancy</literal>."
1344msgstr ""
1345
7d76ea1d 1346#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
864fe99c 1347#: apt-get.8.xml:587 apt-cache.8.xml:352 apt-key.8.xml:170 apt-mark.8.xml:121 apt.conf.5.xml:1313 apt_preferences.5.xml:709
7d76ea1d
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1348msgid "Files"
1349msgstr ""
1350
2a52e8c5 1351#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 1352#: apt-get.8.xml:598
7d76ea1d 1353msgid ""
1c937475
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1354"&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, "
1355"&apt-secure;, The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the "
1356"APT Howto."
7d76ea1d
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1357msgstr ""
1358
2a52e8c5 1359#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 1360#: apt-get.8.xml:604
2a52e8c5 1361msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1362"<command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on "
1363"error."
2a52e8c5
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1364msgstr ""
1365
2a52e8c5 1366#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 1367#: apt-cache.8.xml:29
7d76ea1d 1368msgid "query the APT cache"
2a52e8c5
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1369msgstr ""
1370
2a52e8c5 1371#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 1372#: apt-cache.8.xml:35
2a52e8c5 1373msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1374"<command>apt-cache</command> performs a variety of operations on APT's "
1375"package cache. <command>apt-cache</command> does not manipulate the state of "
1376"the system but does provide operations to search and generate interesting "
1377"output from the package metadata."
2a52e8c5
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1378msgstr ""
1379
2a52e8c5 1380#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1381#: apt-cache.8.xml:45
2a52e8c5 1382msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1383"<literal>gencaches</literal> creates APT's package cache. This is done "
1384"implicitly by all commands needing this cache if it is missing or outdated."
2a52e8c5
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1385msgstr ""
1386
7d76ea1d 1387#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
864fe99c 1388#: apt-cache.8.xml:49 apt-cache.8.xml:137 apt-cache.8.xml:161 apt-cache.8.xml:183 apt-cache.8.xml:188 apt-cache.8.xml:204 apt-cache.8.xml:222 apt-cache.8.xml:234
7d76ea1d 1389msgid "&synopsis-pkg;"
2a52e8c5
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1390msgstr ""
1391
1392#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1393#: apt-cache.8.xml:50
2a52e8c5 1394msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1395"<literal>showpkg</literal> displays information about the packages listed on "
1396"the command line. Remaining arguments are package names. The available "
1397"versions and reverse dependencies of each package listed are listed, as well "
1398"as forward dependencies for each version. Forward (normal) dependencies are "
1399"those packages upon which the package in question depends; reverse "
1400"dependencies are those packages that depend upon the package in "
1401"question. Thus, forward dependencies must be satisfied for a package, but "
1402"reverse dependencies need not be. For instance, <command>apt-cache showpkg "
1403"libreadline2</command> would produce output similar to the following:"
2a52e8c5
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1404msgstr ""
1405
7d76ea1d 1406#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
9de26945 1407#: apt-cache.8.xml:62
7d76ea1d 1408#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 1409msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1410"Package: libreadline2\n"
1411"Versions: 2.1-12(/var/state/apt/lists/foo_Packages),\n"
1412"Reverse Depends: \n"
1413" libreadlineg2,libreadline2\n"
1414" libreadline2-altdev,libreadline2\n"
1415"Dependencies:\n"
1416"2.1-12 - libc5 (2 5.4.0-0) ncurses3.0 (0 (null))\n"
1417"Provides:\n"
1418"2.1-12 - \n"
1419"Reverse Provides: \n"
2a52e8c5
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1420msgstr ""
1421
1422#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1423#: apt-cache.8.xml:74
7d76ea1d
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1424msgid ""
1425"Thus it may be seen that libreadline2, version 2.1-12, depends on libc5 and "
1426"ncurses3.0 which must be installed for libreadline2 to work. In turn, "
1427"libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev depend on libreadline2. If "
1428"libreadline2 is installed, libc5 and ncurses3.0 (and ldso) must also be "
1429"installed; libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev do not have to be "
1430"installed. For the specific meaning of the remainder of the output it is "
1431"best to consult the apt source code."
2a52e8c5
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1432msgstr ""
1433
aa2218b2 1434#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1435#: apt-cache.8.xml:83
aa2218b2 1436msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1437"<literal>stats</literal> displays some statistics about the cache. No "
1438"further arguments are expected. Statistics reported are:"
aa2218b2
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1439msgstr ""
1440
7d76ea1d 1441#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 1442#: apt-cache.8.xml:86
aa2218b2 1443msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1444"<literal>Total package names</literal> is the number of package names found "
1445"in the cache."
aa2218b2
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1446msgstr ""
1447
7d76ea1d 1448#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 1449#: apt-cache.8.xml:90
aa2218b2 1450msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1451"<literal>Normal packages</literal> is the number of regular, ordinary "
1452"package names; these are packages that bear a one-to-one correspondence "
1453"between their names and the names used by other packages for them in "
1454"dependencies. The majority of packages fall into this category."
2a52e8c5
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1455msgstr ""
1456
7d76ea1d 1457#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 1458#: apt-cache.8.xml:96
2a52e8c5 1459msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1460"<literal>Pure virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
1461"exist only as a virtual package name; that is, packages only \"provide\" the "
1462"virtual package name, and no package actually uses the name. For instance, "
1463"\"mail-transport-agent\" in the Debian system is a pure virtual package; "
1464"several packages provide \"mail-transport-agent\", but there is no package "
1465"named \"mail-transport-agent\"."
2a52e8c5
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1466msgstr ""
1467
7d76ea1d 1468#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 1469#: apt-cache.8.xml:104
2a52e8c5 1470msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1471"<literal>Single virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages with "
1472"only one package providing a particular virtual package. For example, in the "
1473"Debian system, \"X11-text-viewer\" is a virtual package, but only one "
1474"package, xless, provides \"X11-text-viewer\"."
2a52e8c5
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1475msgstr ""
1476
7d76ea1d 1477#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 1478#: apt-cache.8.xml:110
7d76ea1d
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1479msgid ""
1480"<literal>Mixed virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
1481"either provide a particular virtual package or have the virtual package name "
1482"as the package name. For instance, in the Debian system, \"debconf\" is both "
1483"an actual package, and provided by the debconf-tiny package."
2a52e8c5
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1484msgstr ""
1485
7d76ea1d 1486#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 1487#: apt-cache.8.xml:117
2a52e8c5 1488msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1489"<literal>Missing</literal> is the number of package names that were "
1490"referenced in a dependency but were not provided by any package. Missing "
1491"packages may be an evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a "
1492"package (real or virtual) has been dropped from the distribution. Usually "
1493"they are referenced from Conflicts or Breaks statements."
2a52e8c5
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1494msgstr ""
1495
7d76ea1d 1496#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 1497#: apt-cache.8.xml:124
2a52e8c5 1498msgid ""
7d76ea1d 1499"<literal>Total distinct</literal> versions is the number of package versions "
864fe99c 1500"found in the cache. If more than one distribution is being accessed (for "
7d76ea1d
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1501"instance, \"stable\" and \"unstable\"), this value can be considerably "
1502"larger than the number of total package names."
2a52e8c5
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1503msgstr ""
1504
7d76ea1d 1505#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1506#: apt-cache.8.xml:130
2a52e8c5 1507msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1508"<literal>Total dependencies</literal> is the number of dependency "
1509"relationships claimed by all of the packages in the cache."
2a52e8c5
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1510msgstr ""
1511
2a52e8c5 1512#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1513#: apt-cache.8.xml:138
2a52e8c5 1514msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1515"<literal>showsrc</literal> displays all the source package records that "
1516"match the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all "
864fe99c
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1517"records that declare the name to be a binary package. Use "
1518"<option>--only-source</option> to display only source package names."
2a52e8c5
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1519msgstr ""
1520
2a52e8c5 1521#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1522#: apt-cache.8.xml:147
2a52e8c5 1523msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1524"<literal>dump</literal> shows a short listing of every package in the "
1525"cache. It is primarily for debugging."
2a52e8c5
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1526msgstr ""
1527
7d76ea1d 1528#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1529#: apt-cache.8.xml:152
2a52e8c5 1530msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1531"<literal>dumpavail</literal> prints out an available list to stdout. This is "
1532"suitable for use with &dpkg; and is used by the &dselect; method."
2a52e8c5
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1533msgstr ""
1534
7d76ea1d 1535#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1536#: apt-cache.8.xml:157
2a52e8c5 1537msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1538"<literal>unmet</literal> displays a summary of all unmet dependencies in the "
1539"package cache."
2a52e8c5
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1540msgstr ""
1541
7d76ea1d 1542#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1543#: apt-cache.8.xml:162
2a52e8c5 1544msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1545"<literal>show</literal> performs a function similar to <command>dpkg "
1546"--print-avail</command>; it displays the package records for the named "
1547"packages."
2a52e8c5
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1548msgstr ""
1549
7d76ea1d 1550#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
864fe99c 1551#: apt-cache.8.xml:167
7d76ea1d 1552msgid "&synopsis-regex;"
2a52e8c5
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1553msgstr ""
1554
2a52e8c5 1555#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1556#: apt-cache.8.xml:168
2a52e8c5 1557msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1558"<literal>search</literal> performs a full text search on all available "
1559"package lists for the POSIX regex pattern given, see &regex;. It searches "
1560"the package names and the descriptions for an occurrence of the regular "
1561"expression and prints out the package name and the short description, "
1562"including virtual package names. If <option>--full</option> is given then "
1563"output identical to <literal>show</literal> is produced for each matched "
1564"package, and if <option>--names-only</option> is given then the long "
864fe99c
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1565"description is not searched, only the package name and provided packages "
1566"are."
2a52e8c5
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1567msgstr ""
1568
1569#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1570#: apt-cache.8.xml:179
7d76ea1d
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1571msgid ""
1572"Separate arguments can be used to specify multiple search patterns that are "
1573"and'ed together."
2a52e8c5
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1574msgstr ""
1575
2a52e8c5 1576#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1577#: apt-cache.8.xml:184
2a52e8c5 1578msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1579"<literal>depends</literal> shows a listing of each dependency a package has "
1580"and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency."
2a52e8c5
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1581msgstr ""
1582
1583#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1584#: apt-cache.8.xml:189
2a52e8c5 1585msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1586"<literal>rdepends</literal> shows a listing of each reverse dependency a "
1587"package has."
2a52e8c5
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1588msgstr ""
1589
7d76ea1d 1590#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 1591#: apt-cache.8.xml:193
7d76ea1d 1592msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-prefix;</replaceable></optional>"
2a52e8c5
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1593msgstr ""
1594
2a52e8c5 1595#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1596#: apt-cache.8.xml:194
2a52e8c5 1597msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1598"This command prints the name of each package APT knows. The optional "
1599"argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable "
1600"for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated "
1601"extremely quickly. This command is best used with the "
1602"<option>--generate</option> option."
2a52e8c5
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1603msgstr ""
1604
2a52e8c5 1605#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1606#: apt-cache.8.xml:199
2a52e8c5 1607msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1608"Note that a package which APT knows of is not necessarily available to "
1609"download, installable or installed, e.g. virtual packages are also listed in "
1610"the generated list."
2a52e8c5
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1611msgstr ""
1612
1613#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1614#: apt-cache.8.xml:205
2a52e8c5 1615msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1616"<literal>dotty</literal> takes a list of packages on the command line and "
1617"generates output suitable for use by dotty from the <ulink "
1618"url=\"http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/\">GraphViz</ulink> "
1619"package. The result will be a set of nodes and edges representing the "
1620"relationships between the packages. By default the given packages will trace "
1621"out all dependent packages; this can produce a very large graph. To limit "
1622"the output to only the packages listed on the command line, set the "
1623"<literal>APT::Cache::GivenOnly</literal> option."
2a52e8c5
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1624msgstr ""
1625
2a52e8c5 1626#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1627#: apt-cache.8.xml:214
2a52e8c5 1628msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1629"The resulting nodes will have several shapes; normal packages are boxes, "
1630"pure virtual packages are triangles, mixed virtual packages are diamonds, "
1631"missing packages are hexagons. Orange boxes mean recursion was stopped (leaf "
1632"packages), blue lines are pre-depends, green lines are conflicts."
2a52e8c5
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1633msgstr ""
1634
2a52e8c5 1635#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1636#: apt-cache.8.xml:219
7d76ea1d 1637msgid "Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages."
2a52e8c5
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1638msgstr ""
1639
7d76ea1d 1640#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1641#: apt-cache.8.xml:223
2a52e8c5 1642msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1643"The same as <literal>dotty</literal>, only for xvcg from the <ulink "
1644"url=\"http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html\">VCG "
1645"tool</ulink>."
2a52e8c5
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1646msgstr ""
1647
7d76ea1d 1648#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 1649#: apt-cache.8.xml:227
7d76ea1d 1650msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</optional>"
2a52e8c5
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1651msgstr ""
1652
7d76ea1d 1653#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1654#: apt-cache.8.xml:228
2a52e8c5 1655msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1656"<literal>policy</literal> is meant to help debug issues relating to the "
1657"preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the priorities of each "
1658"source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information about the priority "
1659"selection of the named package."
2a52e8c5
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1660msgstr ""
1661
7d76ea1d 1662#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1663#: apt-cache.8.xml:235
2a52e8c5 1664msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1665"<literal>apt-cache</literal>'s <literal>madison</literal> command attempts "
1666"to mimic the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian "
1667"archive management tool, <literal>madison</literal>. It displays available "
1668"versions of a package in a tabular format. Unlike the original "
1669"<literal>madison</literal>, it can only display information for the "
1670"architecture for which APT has retrieved package lists "
1671"(<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>)."
2a52e8c5
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1672msgstr ""
1673
7d76ea1d 1674#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1675#: apt-cache.8.xml:251
7d76ea1d
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1676msgid ""
1677"Select the file to store the package cache. The package cache is the primary "
1678"cache used by all operations. Configuration Item: "
1679"<literal>Dir::Cache::pkgcache</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1680msgstr ""
1681
7d76ea1d 1682#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1683#: apt-cache.8.xml:257
7d76ea1d
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1684msgid ""
1685"Select the file to store the source cache. The source is used only by "
1686"<literal>gencaches</literal> and it stores a parsed version of the package "
1687"information from remote sources. When building the package cache the source "
1688"cache is used to avoid reparsing all of the package files. Configuration "
1689"Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1690msgstr ""
1691
7d76ea1d 1692#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1693#: apt-cache.8.xml:265
2a52e8c5 1694msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1695"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
1696"More q's will produce more quietness up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
1697"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quietness level, overriding the "
1698"configuration file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1699msgstr ""
1700
7d76ea1d 1701#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1702#: apt-cache.8.xml:272
7d76ea1d
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1703msgid ""
1704"Print only important dependencies; for use with <literal>unmet</literal> and "
1705"<literal>depends</literal>. Causes only Depends and Pre-Depends relations to "
1706"be printed. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Important</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1707msgstr ""
1708
7d76ea1d 1709#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1710#: apt-cache.8.xml:286
2a52e8c5 1711msgid ""
864fe99c 1712"Per default the <command>depends</command> and <command>rdepends</command> "
7d76ea1d
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1713"print all dependencies. This can be tweaked with these flags which will omit "
1714"the specified dependency type. Configuration Item: "
1715"<literal>APT::Cache::Show<replaceable>DependencyType</replaceable></literal> "
1716"e.g. <literal>APT::Cache::ShowRecommends</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1717msgstr ""
1718
7d76ea1d 1719#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c
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1720#: apt-cache.8.xml:294
1721msgid ""
1722"Per default <command>depends</command> and <command>rdepends</command> print "
1723"only dependencies explicitly expressed in the metadata. With this flag it "
1724"will also show dependencies implicitely added based on the encountered "
1725"data. A <literal>Conflicts: foo</literal> e.g. expresses implicitely that "
1726"this package also conflicts with the package foo from any other "
1727"architecture. Configuration Item: "
1728"<literal>APT::Cache::ShowImplicit</literal>."
1729msgstr ""
1730
1731#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1732#: apt-cache.8.xml:304
2a52e8c5 1733msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1734"Print full package records when searching. Configuration Item: "
1735"<literal>APT::Cache::ShowFull</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1736msgstr ""
1737
7d76ea1d 1738#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1739#: apt-cache.8.xml:309
2a52e8c5 1740msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1741"Print full records for all available versions. This is the default; to turn "
1742"it off, use <option>--no-all-versions</option>. If "
1743"<option>--no-all-versions</option> is specified, only the candidate version "
1744"will be displayed (the one which would be selected for installation). This "
1745"option is only applicable to the <literal>show</literal> command. "
1746"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::AllVersions</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1747msgstr ""
1748
7d76ea1d 1749#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1750#: apt-cache.8.xml:318
2a52e8c5 1751msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1752"Perform automatic package cache regeneration, rather than use the cache as "
1753"it is. This is the default; to turn it off, use "
1754"<option>--no-generate</option>. Configuration Item: "
1755"<literal>APT::Cache::Generate</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1756msgstr ""
1757
7d76ea1d 1758#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1759#: apt-cache.8.xml:324
2a52e8c5 1760msgid ""
864fe99c
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1761"Only search on the package and provided package names, not the long "
1762"descriptions. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::NamesOnly</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1763msgstr ""
1764
7d76ea1d 1765#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1766#: apt-cache.8.xml:329
2a52e8c5 1767msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1768"Make <literal>pkgnames</literal> print all names, including virtual packages "
1769"and missing dependencies. Configuration Item: "
1770"<literal>APT::Cache::AllNames</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1771msgstr ""
1772
7d76ea1d 1773#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1774#: apt-cache.8.xml:335
2a52e8c5 1775msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1776"Make <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> recursive so "
1777"that all packages mentioned are printed once. Configuration Item: "
1778"<literal>APT::Cache::RecurseDepends</literal>."
b81dbe40
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1779msgstr ""
1780
7d76ea1d 1781#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 1782#: apt-cache.8.xml:342
b81dbe40 1783msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1784"Limit the output of <literal>depends</literal> and "
1785"<literal>rdepends</literal> to packages which are currently installed. "
1786"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Installed</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1787msgstr ""
1788
7d76ea1d 1789#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 1790#: apt-cache.8.xml:360
7d76ea1d 1791msgid "&apt-conf;, &sources-list;, &apt-get;"
2a52e8c5
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1792msgstr ""
1793
7d76ea1d 1794#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 1795#: apt-cache.8.xml:365
b81dbe40 1796msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1797"<command>apt-cache</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
1798"on error."
b81dbe40
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1799msgstr ""
1800
7d76ea1d 1801#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 1802#: apt-key.8.xml:28
7d76ea1d 1803msgid "APT key management utility"
2a52e8c5
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1804msgstr ""
1805
7d76ea1d 1806#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 1807#: apt-key.8.xml:35
2a52e8c5 1808msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1809"<command>apt-key</command> is used to manage the list of keys used by apt to "
1810"authenticate packages. Packages which have been authenticated using these "
1811"keys will be considered trusted."
2a52e8c5
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1812msgstr ""
1813
7d76ea1d 1814#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 1815#: apt-key.8.xml:41
7d76ea1d 1816msgid "Commands"
2a52e8c5
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1817msgstr ""
1818
7d76ea1d 1819#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1820#: apt-key.8.xml:46
2a52e8c5 1821msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1822"Add a new key to the list of trusted keys. The key is read from the "
1823"filename given with the parameter &synopsis-param-filename; or if the "
1824"filename is <literal>-</literal> from standard input."
2a52e8c5
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1825msgstr ""
1826
7d76ea1d 1827#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1828#: apt-key.8.xml:59
7d76ea1d 1829msgid "Remove a key from the list of trusted keys."
2a52e8c5
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1830msgstr ""
1831
7d76ea1d 1832#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1833#: apt-key.8.xml:70
7d76ea1d 1834msgid "Output the key &synopsis-param-keyid; to standard output."
2a52e8c5
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1835msgstr ""
1836
7d76ea1d 1837#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1838#: apt-key.8.xml:81
7d76ea1d 1839msgid "Output all trusted keys to standard output."
2a52e8c5
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1840msgstr ""
1841
7d76ea1d 1842#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1843#: apt-key.8.xml:92
7d76ea1d 1844msgid "List trusted keys."
2a52e8c5
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1845msgstr ""
1846
7d76ea1d 1847#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1848#: apt-key.8.xml:103
7d76ea1d 1849msgid "List fingerprints of trusted keys."
b81dbe40
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1850msgstr ""
1851
7d76ea1d 1852#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1853#: apt-key.8.xml:114
b81dbe40 1854msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1855"Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you can download the "
1856"public key."
b81dbe40
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1857msgstr ""
1858
7d76ea1d 1859#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1860#: apt-key.8.xml:126
2a52e8c5 1861msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1862"Update the local keyring with the archive keyring and remove from the local "
1863"keyring the archive keys which are no longer valid. The archive keyring is "
1864"shipped in the <literal>archive-keyring</literal> package of your "
ce34af08 1865"distribution, e.g. the &keyring-package; package in &keyring-distro;."
2a52e8c5
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1866msgstr ""
1867
7d76ea1d 1868#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1869#: apt-key.8.xml:140
2a52e8c5 1870msgid ""
6072cbe1
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1871"Perform an update working similarly to the <command>update</command> command "
1872"above, but get the archive keyring from a URI instead and validate it "
1873"against a master key. This requires an installed &wget; and an APT build "
1874"configured to have a server to fetch from and a master keyring to validate. "
1875"APT in Debian does not support this command, relying on "
1876"<command>update</command> instead, but Ubuntu's APT does."
2a52e8c5
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1877msgstr ""
1878
7d76ea1d 1879#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 1880#: apt-key.8.xml:156 apt-cdrom.8.xml:76
7d76ea1d 1881msgid "Options"
2a52e8c5
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1882msgstr ""
1883
7d76ea1d 1884#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 1885#: apt-key.8.xml:157
2a52e8c5 1886msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1887"Note that options need to be defined before the commands described in the "
1888"previous section."
2a52e8c5
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1889msgstr ""
1890
7d76ea1d 1891#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1892#: apt-key.8.xml:160
2a52e8c5 1893msgid ""
6072cbe1 1894"With this option it is possible to specify a particular keyring file the "
7d76ea1d
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1895"command should operate on. The default is that a command is executed on the "
1896"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> file as well as on all parts in the "
1897"<filename>trusted.gpg.d</filename> directory, though "
1898"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> is the primary keyring which means that "
1899"e.g. new keys are added to this one."
2a52e8c5
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1900msgstr ""
1901
7d76ea1d 1902#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
9de26945 1903#: apt-key.8.xml:175
7d76ea1d 1904msgid "<filename>/etc/apt/trustdb.gpg</filename>"
2a52e8c5
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1905msgstr ""
1906
7d76ea1d 1907#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1908#: apt-key.8.xml:176
7d76ea1d 1909msgid "Local trust database of archive keys."
2a52e8c5
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1910msgstr ""
1911
7d76ea1d 1912#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
9de26945 1913#: apt-key.8.xml:179
694ef56e 1914msgid "&keyring-filename;"
2a52e8c5
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1915msgstr ""
1916
7d76ea1d 1917#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1918#: apt-key.8.xml:180
694ef56e 1919msgid "Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive trusted keys."
2a52e8c5
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1920msgstr ""
1921
7d76ea1d 1922#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
9de26945 1923#: apt-key.8.xml:183
694ef56e 1924msgid "&keyring-removed-filename;"
2a52e8c5
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1925msgstr ""
1926
7d76ea1d 1927#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1928#: apt-key.8.xml:184
694ef56e 1929msgid "Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive removed trusted keys."
b39c1859
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1930msgstr ""
1931
7d76ea1d 1932#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 1933#: apt-key.8.xml:193
7d76ea1d 1934msgid "&apt-get;, &apt-secure;"
2a52e8c5
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1935msgstr ""
1936
7d76ea1d 1937#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 1938#: apt-mark.8.xml:29
7d76ea1d 1939msgid "mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed"
2a52e8c5
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1940msgstr ""
1941
7d76ea1d 1942#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 1943#: apt-mark.8.xml:35
2a52e8c5 1944msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1945"<command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has been marked as "
1946"being automatically installed."
2a52e8c5
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1947msgstr ""
1948
7d76ea1d 1949#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 1950#: apt-mark.8.xml:39
2a52e8c5 1951msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1952"When you request that a package is installed, and as a result other packages "
1953"are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the dependencies are marked as "
1954"being automatically installed. Once these automatically installed packages "
1955"are no longer depended on by any manually installed packages, they will be "
1956"removed by e.g. <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>."
2a52e8c5
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1957msgstr ""
1958
7d76ea1d 1959#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1960#: apt-mark.8.xml:48
2a52e8c5 1961msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1962"<literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a package as being automatically "
1963"installed, which will cause the package to be removed when no more manually "
1964"installed packages depend on this package."
2a52e8c5
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1965msgstr ""
1966
7d76ea1d 1967#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1968#: apt-mark.8.xml:56
7d76ea1d
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1969msgid ""
1970"<literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a package as being manually "
1971"installed, which will prevent the package from being automatically removed "
1972"if no other packages depend on it."
2a52e8c5
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1973msgstr ""
1974
7d76ea1d 1975#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1976#: apt-mark.8.xml:64
2a52e8c5 1977msgid ""
6072cbe1 1978"<literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a package as held back, which will "
7d76ea1d
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1979"prevent the package from being automatically installed, upgraded or "
1980"removed. The command is only a wrapper around <command>dpkg "
1981"--set-selections</command> and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; "
6072cbe1 1982"and not affected by the <option>--file</option> option."
2a52e8c5
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1983msgstr ""
1984
7d76ea1d 1985#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1986#: apt-mark.8.xml:74
7d76ea1d
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1987msgid ""
1988"<literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a previously set hold on a "
1989"package to allow all actions again."
2a52e8c5
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1990msgstr ""
1991
7d76ea1d 1992#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 1993#: apt-mark.8.xml:80
2a52e8c5 1994msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1995"<literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a list of automatically "
1996"installed packages with each package on a new line. All automatically "
1997"installed packages will be listed if no package is given. If packages are "
1998"given only those which are automatically installed will be shown."
2a52e8c5
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1999msgstr ""
2000
7d76ea1d 2001#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2002#: apt-mark.8.xml:88
7d76ea1d
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2003msgid ""
2004"<literal>showmanual</literal> can be used in the same way as "
2005"<literal>showauto</literal> except that it will print a list of manually "
2006"installed packages instead."
2a52e8c5
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2007msgstr ""
2008
7d76ea1d 2009#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2010#: apt-mark.8.xml:95
2a52e8c5 2011msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2012"<literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list of packages on hold in "
2013"the same way as for the other show commands."
2a52e8c5
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2014msgstr ""
2015
7d76ea1d 2016#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2017#: apt-mark.8.xml:111
7d76ea1d
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2018msgid ""
2019"Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the parameter "
2020"&synopsis-param-filename; instead of from the default location, which is "
2021"<filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined by the "
2022"Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2023msgstr ""
2024
7d76ea1d 2025#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2026#: apt-mark.8.xml:132
7d76ea1d
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2027msgid ""
2028"<command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on "
2029"error."
2a52e8c5
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2030msgstr ""
2031
7d76ea1d 2032#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 2033#: apt-secure.8.xml:43
7d76ea1d 2034msgid "Archive authentication support for APT"
2a52e8c5
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2035msgstr ""
2036
7d76ea1d 2037#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2038#: apt-secure.8.xml:48
7d76ea1d
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2039msgid ""
2040"Starting with version 0.6, <command>apt</command> contains code that does "
2041"signature checking of the Release file for all archives. This ensures that "
2042"packages in the archive can't be modified by people who have no access to "
2043"the Release file signing key."
2a52e8c5
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2044msgstr ""
2045
7d76ea1d 2046#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2047#: apt-secure.8.xml:56
7d76ea1d 2048msgid ""
75d9bdba
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2049"If a package comes from a archive without a signature, or with a signature "
2050"that apt does not have a key for, that package is considered untrusted, and "
7d76ea1d 2051"installing it will result in a big warning. <command>apt-get</command> will "
75d9bdba 2052"currently only warn for unsigned archives; future releases might force all "
7d76ea1d 2053"sources to be verified before downloading packages from them."
2a52e8c5
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2054msgstr ""
2055
2a52e8c5 2056#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2057#: apt-secure.8.xml:65
2a52e8c5 2058msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2059"The package frontends &apt-get;, &aptitude; and &synaptic; support this new "
2060"authentication feature."
2a52e8c5
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2061msgstr ""
2062
2063#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 2064#: apt-secure.8.xml:70
7d76ea1d 2065msgid "Trusted archives"
2a52e8c5
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2066msgstr ""
2067
2068#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2069#: apt-secure.8.xml:73
2a52e8c5 2070msgid ""
75d9bdba
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2071"The chain of trust from an apt archive to the end user is made up of several "
2072"steps. <command>apt-secure</command> is the last step in this chain; "
2073"trusting an archive does not mean that you trust its packages not to contain "
2074"malicious code, but means that you trust the archive maintainer. It's the "
2075"archive maintainer's responsibility to ensure that the archive's integrity "
2076"is preserved."
2a52e8c5
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2077msgstr ""
2078
2079#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2080#: apt-secure.8.xml:81
2a52e8c5 2081msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2082"apt-secure does not review signatures at a package level. If you require "
2083"tools to do this you should look at <command>debsig-verify</command> and "
2084"<command>debsign</command> (provided in the debsig-verify and devscripts "
2085"packages respectively)."
2a52e8c5
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2086msgstr ""
2087
7d76ea1d 2088#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2089#: apt-secure.8.xml:88
7d76ea1d
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2090msgid ""
2091"The chain of trust in Debian starts when a maintainer uploads a new package "
75d9bdba
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2092"or a new version of a package to the Debian archive. In order to become "
2093"effective, this upload needs to be signed by a key contained in the Debian "
2094"Maintainers keyring (available in the debian-keyring package). Maintainers' "
2095"keys are signed by other maintainers following pre-established procedures to "
2096"ensure the identity of the key holder."
2a52e8c5
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2097msgstr ""
2098
2099#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2100#: apt-secure.8.xml:98
2a52e8c5 2101msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2102"Once the uploaded package is verified and included in the archive, the "
75d9bdba
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2103"maintainer signature is stripped off, and checksums of the package are "
2104"computed and put in the Packages file. The checksums of all of the Packages "
2105"files are then computed and put into the Release file. The Release file is "
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2106"then signed by the archive key for this &keyring-distro; release, and "
2107"distributed alongside the packages and the Packages files on "
2108"&keyring-distro; mirrors. The keys are in the &keyring-distro; archive "
2109"keyring available in the &keyring-package; package."
2a52e8c5
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2110msgstr ""
2111
7d76ea1d 2112#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2113#: apt-secure.8.xml:109
7d76ea1d 2114msgid ""
75d9bdba
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2115"End users can check the signature of the Release file, extract a checksum of "
2116"a package from it and compare it with the checksum of the package they "
2117"downloaded by hand - or rely on APT doing this automatically."
2a52e8c5
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2118msgstr ""
2119
2120#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2121#: apt-secure.8.xml:114
2a52e8c5 2122msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2123"Notice that this is distinct from checking signatures on a per package "
2124"basis. It is designed to prevent two possible attacks:"
2a52e8c5
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2125msgstr ""
2126
7d76ea1d 2127#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 2128#: apt-secure.8.xml:119
2a52e8c5 2129msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2130"<literal>Network \"man in the middle\" attacks</literal>. Without signature "
75d9bdba
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2131"checking, malicious agents can introduce themselves into the package "
2132"download process and provide malicious software either by controlling a "
2133"network element (router, switch, etc.) or by redirecting traffic to a rogue "
2134"server (through ARP or DNS spoofing attacks)."
2a52e8c5
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2135msgstr ""
2136
7d76ea1d 2137#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 2138#: apt-secure.8.xml:127
2a52e8c5 2139msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2140"<literal>Mirror network compromise</literal>. Without signature checking, a "
2141"malicious agent can compromise a mirror host and modify the files in it to "
2142"propagate malicious software to all users downloading packages from that "
2143"host."
2a52e8c5
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2144msgstr ""
2145
7d76ea1d 2146#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2147#: apt-secure.8.xml:134
2a52e8c5 2148msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2149"However, it does not defend against a compromise of the Debian master server "
2150"itself (which signs the packages) or against a compromise of the key used to "
2151"sign the Release files. In any case, this mechanism can complement a "
2152"per-package signature."
2a52e8c5
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2153msgstr ""
2154
7d76ea1d 2155#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 2156#: apt-secure.8.xml:140
7d76ea1d 2157msgid "User configuration"
2a52e8c5
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2158msgstr ""
2159
7d76ea1d 2160#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2161#: apt-secure.8.xml:142
2a52e8c5 2162msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2163"<command>apt-key</command> is the program that manages the list of keys used "
75d9bdba
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2164"by apt. It can be used to add or remove keys, although an installation of "
2165"this release will automatically contain the default Debian archive signing "
7d76ea1d 2166"keys used in the Debian package repositories."
2a52e8c5
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2167msgstr ""
2168
7d76ea1d 2169#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2170#: apt-secure.8.xml:149
2a52e8c5 2171msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2172"In order to add a new key you need to first download it (you should make "
2173"sure you are using a trusted communication channel when retrieving it), add "
2174"it with <command>apt-key</command> and then run <command>apt-get "
2175"update</command> so that apt can download and verify the "
2176"<filename>InRelease</filename> or <filename>Release.gpg</filename> files "
2177"from the archives you have configured."
2a52e8c5
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2178msgstr ""
2179
7d76ea1d 2180#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 2181#: apt-secure.8.xml:158
7d76ea1d
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2182msgid "Archive configuration"
2183msgstr ""
2184
2185#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2186#: apt-secure.8.xml:160
2a52e8c5 2187msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2188"If you want to provide archive signatures in an archive under your "
2189"maintenance you have to:"
2a52e8c5
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2190msgstr ""
2191
7d76ea1d 2192#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 2193#: apt-secure.8.xml:165
43be0ac4 2194msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2195"<emphasis>Create a toplevel Release file</emphasis>, if it does not exist "
2196"already. You can do this by running <command>apt-ftparchive "
2197"release</command> (provided in apt-utils)."
0fd68707
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2198msgstr ""
2199
7d76ea1d 2200#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 2201#: apt-secure.8.xml:170
0fd68707 2202msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2203"<emphasis>Sign it</emphasis>. You can do this by running <command>gpg "
2204"--clearsign -o InRelease Release</command> and <command>gpg -abs -o "
2205"Release.gpg Release</command>."
b39c1859
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2206msgstr ""
2207
7d76ea1d 2208#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 2209#: apt-secure.8.xml:174
b39c1859 2210msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2211"<emphasis>Publish the key fingerprint</emphasis>, that way your users will "
2212"know what key they need to import in order to authenticate the files in the "
2213"archive."
43be0ac4
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2214msgstr ""
2215
7d76ea1d 2216#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2217#: apt-secure.8.xml:181
7d76ea1d 2218msgid ""
75d9bdba
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2219"Whenever the contents of the archive change (new packages are added or "
2220"removed) the archive maintainer has to follow the first two steps outlined "
2221"above."
2a52e8c5
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2222msgstr ""
2223
7d76ea1d 2224#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2225#: apt-secure.8.xml:189
2a52e8c5 2226msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2227"&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-ftparchive;, "
480c2414 2228"&debsign;, &debsig-verify;, &gpg;"
2a52e8c5
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2229msgstr ""
2230
2231#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2232#: apt-secure.8.xml:193
2a52e8c5 2233msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2234"For more background information you might want to review the <ulink "
2235"url=\"http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch7\">Debian "
2236"Security Infrastructure</ulink> chapter of the Securing Debian Manual "
2237"(available also in the harden-doc package) and the <ulink "
2238"url=\"http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/strong_distro.html\" >Strong "
2239"Distribution HOWTO</ulink> by V. Alex Brennen."
2240msgstr ""
2241
2242#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 2243#: apt-secure.8.xml:206
7d76ea1d 2244msgid "Manpage Authors"
2a52e8c5
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2245msgstr ""
2246
2247#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2248#: apt-secure.8.xml:208
2a52e8c5 2249msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2250"This man-page is based on the work of Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Isaac "
2251"Jones, Colin Walters, Florian Weimer and Michael Vogt."
2a52e8c5
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2252msgstr ""
2253
2a52e8c5 2254#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 2255#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:28
7d76ea1d 2256msgid "APT CD-ROM management utility"
2a52e8c5
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2257msgstr ""
2258
2a52e8c5 2259#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2260#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:34
2a52e8c5 2261msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2262"<command>apt-cdrom</command> is used to add a new CD-ROM to APT's list of "
2263"available sources. <command>apt-cdrom</command> takes care of determining "
2264"the structure of the disc as well as correcting for several possible "
2265"mis-burns and verifying the index files."
2a52e8c5
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2266msgstr ""
2267
7d76ea1d 2268#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2269#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:41
2a52e8c5 2270msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2271"It is necessary to use <command>apt-cdrom</command> to add CDs to the APT "
2272"system; it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disc in a multi-CD set "
2273"must be inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns."
2a52e8c5
DK
2274msgstr ""
2275
2a52e8c5 2276#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2277#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:52
2a52e8c5 2278msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2279"<literal>add</literal> is used to add a new disc to the source list. It will "
2280"unmount the CD-ROM device, prompt for a disc to be inserted and then proceed "
2281"to scan it and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper "
2282"<filename>.disk</filename> directory you will be prompted for a descriptive "
2283"title."
2a52e8c5
DK
2284msgstr ""
2285
2a52e8c5 2286#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2287#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:60
2a52e8c5 2288msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2289"APT uses a CD-ROM ID to track which disc is currently in the drive and "
2290"maintains a database of these IDs in "
2291"<filename>&statedir;/cdroms.list</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
2292msgstr ""
2293
2a52e8c5 2294#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2295#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:68
2a52e8c5 2296msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2297"A debugging tool to report the identity of the current disc as well as the "
2298"stored file name"
2a52e8c5
DK
2299msgstr ""
2300
2a52e8c5 2301#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2302#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:81
ce34af08
MV
2303msgid ""
2304"Do not try to auto-detect the CD-ROM path. Usually combined with the "
2305"<option>--cdrom</option> option. Configuration Item: "
2306"<literal>Acquire::cdrom::AutoDetect</literal>."
2307msgstr ""
2308
2309#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2310#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:89
2a52e8c5 2311msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2312"Mount point; specify the location to mount the CD-ROM. This mount point must "
2313"be listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and properly configured. "
2314"Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::cdrom::mount</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2315msgstr ""
2316
2317#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2318#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:98
2a52e8c5 2319msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2320"Rename a disc; change the label of a disc or override the disc's given "
2321"label. This option will cause <command>apt-cdrom</command> to prompt for a "
2322"new label. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Rename</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2323msgstr ""
2324
2325#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2326#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:107
2a52e8c5 2327msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2328"No mounting; prevent <command>apt-cdrom</command> from mounting and "
2329"unmounting the mount point. Configuration Item: "
2330"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoMount</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2331msgstr ""
2332
2333#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2334#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:115
2a52e8c5 2335msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2336"Fast Copy; Assume the package files are valid and do not check every "
2337"package. This option should be used only if <command>apt-cdrom</command> has "
2338"been run on this disc before and did not detect any errors. Configuration "
2339"Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Fast</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2340msgstr ""
2341
2342#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2343#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:125
2a52e8c5 2344msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2345"Thorough Package Scan; This option may be needed with some old Debian "
2346"1.1/1.2 discs that have Package files in strange places. It takes much "
2347"longer to scan the CD but will pick them all up."
2a52e8c5
DK
2348msgstr ""
2349
2350#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2351#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:136
2a52e8c5 2352msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2353"No Changes; Do not change the &sources-list; file and do not write index "
2354"files. Everything is still checked however. Configuration Item: "
2355"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoAct</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2356msgstr ""
2357
7d76ea1d 2358#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2359#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:149
7d76ea1d 2360msgid "&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;"
2a52e8c5
DK
2361msgstr ""
2362
7d76ea1d 2363#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2364#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:154
2a52e8c5 2365msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2366"<command>apt-cdrom</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
2367"on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
2368msgstr ""
2369
7d76ea1d 2370#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 2371#: apt-config.8.xml:29
7d76ea1d 2372msgid "APT Configuration Query program"
2a52e8c5
DK
2373msgstr ""
2374
7d76ea1d 2375#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2376#: apt-config.8.xml:35
bcf91c1b 2377msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2378"<command>apt-config</command> is an internal program used by various "
2379"portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses "
2380"the main configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> in a "
2381"manner that is easy to use for scripted applications."
bcf91c1b
DK
2382msgstr ""
2383
2384#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2385#: apt-config.8.xml:47
bcf91c1b 2386msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2387"shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell "
2388"script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell variable and "
2389"the second the configuration value to query. As output it lists shell "
2390"assignment commands for each value present. In a shell script it should be "
2391"used as follows:"
bcf91c1b
DK
2392msgstr ""
2393
7d76ea1d 2394#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
9de26945 2395#: apt-config.8.xml:55
7d76ea1d 2396#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 2397msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2398"OPTS=\"-f\"\n"
2399"RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::options`\n"
2400"eval $RES\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
2401msgstr ""
2402
2403#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2404#: apt-config.8.xml:60
2a52e8c5 2405msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2406"This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value of "
2407"MyApp::options with a default of <option>-f</option>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2408msgstr ""
2409
2a52e8c5 2410#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2411#: apt-config.8.xml:64
2a52e8c5 2412msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2413"The configuration item may be postfixed with a /[fdbi]. f returns file "
2414"names, d returns directories, b returns true or false and i returns an "
2415"integer. Each of the returns is normalized and verified internally."
2a52e8c5
DK
2416msgstr ""
2417
2a52e8c5 2418#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2419#: apt-config.8.xml:73
7d76ea1d 2420msgid "Just show the contents of the configuration space."
2a52e8c5
DK
2421msgstr ""
2422
2423#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2424#: apt-config.8.xml:86
2a52e8c5 2425msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2426"Include options which have an empty value. This is the default, so use "
2427"--no-empty to remove them from the output."
30549c0c
MV
2428msgstr ""
2429
7d76ea1d 2430#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
9de26945 2431#: apt-config.8.xml:91
7d76ea1d 2432msgid "&percnt;f &#x0022;&percnt;v&#x0022;;&percnt;n"
2a52e8c5
DK
2433msgstr ""
2434
2a52e8c5 2435#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2436#: apt-config.8.xml:92
2a52e8c5 2437msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2438"Defines the output of each config option. &percnt;t will be replaced with "
2439"its individual name, &percnt;f with its full hierarchical name and &percnt;v "
2440"with its value. Use uppercase letters and special characters in the value "
2441"will be encoded to ensure that it can e.g. be safely used in a quoted-string "
2442"as defined by RFC822. Additionally &percnt;n will be replaced by a newline, "
2443"and &percnt;N by a tab. A &percnt; can be printed by using &percnt;&percnt;."
2a52e8c5
DK
2444msgstr ""
2445
7d76ea1d 2446#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2447#: apt-config.8.xml:106 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:67 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:60 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:604
7d76ea1d 2448msgid "&apt-conf;"
2a52e8c5
DK
2449msgstr ""
2450
7d76ea1d 2451#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2452#: apt-config.8.xml:111
2a52e8c5 2453msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2454"<command>apt-config</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
2455"on error."
30549c0c
MV
2456msgstr ""
2457
7d76ea1d 2458#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><contrib>
9de26945 2459#: apt.conf.5.xml:16
7d76ea1d 2460msgid "Initial documentation of Debug::*."
2a52e8c5
DK
2461msgstr ""
2462
7d76ea1d 2463#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><email>
9de26945 2464#: apt.conf.5.xml:17
7d76ea1d
DK
2465msgid "dburrows@debian.org"
2466msgstr ""
2467
2468#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
9de26945 2469#: apt.conf.5.xml:27 apt_preferences.5.xml:21 sources.list.5.xml:22
7d76ea1d
DK
2470msgid "5"
2471msgstr ""
2472
2473#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 2474#: apt.conf.5.xml:34
7d76ea1d
DK
2475msgid "Configuration file for APT"
2476msgstr ""
2477
2478#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2479#: apt.conf.5.xml:38
30549c0c 2480msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2481"<filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> is the main configuration file shared "
2482"by all the tools in the APT suite of tools, though it is by no means the "
2483"only place options can be set. The suite also shares a common command line "
2484"parser to provide a uniform environment."
30549c0c
MV
2485msgstr ""
2486
7d76ea1d 2487#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><para>
9de26945 2488#: apt.conf.5.xml:44
2a52e8c5 2489msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2490"When an APT tool starts up it will read the configuration files in the "
2491"following order:"
2a52e8c5
DK
2492msgstr ""
2493
7d76ea1d 2494#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 2495#: apt.conf.5.xml:46
2a52e8c5 2496msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2497"the file specified by the <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar> environment variable (if "
2498"any)"
2a52e8c5
DK
2499msgstr ""
2500
7d76ea1d 2501#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 2502#: apt.conf.5.xml:48
2a52e8c5 2503msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2504"all files in <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal> in alphanumeric ascending "
2505"order which have either no or \"<literal>conf</literal>\" as filename "
2506"extension and which only contain alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) "
2507"and period (.) characters. Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has "
44477002 2508"ignored a file, unless that file matches a pattern in the "
5723791e 2509"<literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> configuration list - in which "
7d76ea1d 2510"case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
DK
2511msgstr ""
2512
7d76ea1d 2513#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 2514#: apt.conf.5.xml:55
7d76ea1d 2515msgid "the main configuration file specified by <literal>Dir::Etc::main</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
2516msgstr ""
2517
7d76ea1d 2518#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
9de26945 2519#: apt.conf.5.xml:57
2a52e8c5 2520msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2521"the command line options are applied to override the configuration "
2522"directives or to load even more configuration files."
2a52e8c5
DK
2523msgstr ""
2524
7d76ea1d 2525#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 2526#: apt.conf.5.xml:61
7d76ea1d 2527msgid "Syntax"
2a52e8c5
DK
2528msgstr ""
2529
7d76ea1d 2530#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2531#: apt.conf.5.xml:62
2a52e8c5 2532msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2533"The configuration file is organized in a tree with options organized into "
2534"functional groups. Option specification is given with a double colon "
5723791e 2535"notation; for instance <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> is an option "
7d76ea1d
DK
2536"within the APT tool group, for the Get tool. Options do not inherit from "
2537"their parent groups."
2a52e8c5
DK
2538msgstr ""
2539
7d76ea1d 2540#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2541#: apt.conf.5.xml:68
2a52e8c5 2542msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2543"Syntactically the configuration language is modeled after what the ISC tools "
2544"such as bind and dhcp use. Lines starting with <literal>//</literal> are "
2545"treated as comments (ignored), as well as all text between "
2546"<literal>/*</literal> and <literal>*/</literal>, just like C/C++ comments. "
5723791e
JR
2547"Each line is of the form <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes \"true\";</literal>. "
2548"The quotation marks and trailing semicolon are required. The value must be "
2549"on one line, and there is no kind of string concatenation. Values must not "
2550"include backslashes or extra quotation marks. Option names are made up of "
2551"alphanumeric characters and the characters \"/-:._+\". A new scope can be "
2552"opened with curly braces, like this:"
2a52e8c5
DK
2553msgstr ""
2554
7d76ea1d 2555#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
9de26945 2556#: apt.conf.5.xml:81
7d76ea1d 2557#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 2558msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2559"APT {\n"
2560" Get {\n"
2561" Assume-Yes \"true\";\n"
2562" Fix-Broken \"true\";\n"
2563" };\n"
2564"};\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
2565msgstr ""
2566
7d76ea1d 2567#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2568#: apt.conf.5.xml:89
2a52e8c5 2569msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2570"with newlines placed to make it more readable. Lists can be created by "
2571"opening a scope and including a single string enclosed in quotes followed by "
5723791e 2572"a semicolon. Multiple entries can be included, separated by a semicolon."
2a52e8c5
DK
2573msgstr ""
2574
7d76ea1d 2575#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
9de26945 2576#: apt.conf.5.xml:94
7d76ea1d
DK
2577#, no-wrap
2578msgid "DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {\"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt\";};\n"
c77d6597
MV
2579msgstr ""
2580
7d76ea1d 2581#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2582#: apt.conf.5.xml:97
c77d6597 2583msgid ""
00612a8c
DK
2584"In general the sample configuration file &configureindex; is a good guide "
2585"for how it should look."
c77d6597
MV
2586msgstr ""
2587
7d76ea1d 2588#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2589#: apt.conf.5.xml:100
2a52e8c5 2590msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2591"Case is not significant in names of configuration items, so in the previous "
2592"example you could use <literal>dpkg::pre-install-pkgs</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2593msgstr ""
2594
7d76ea1d 2595#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2596#: apt.conf.5.xml:103
2a52e8c5 2597msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2598"Names for the configuration items are optional if a list is defined as can "
2599"be seen in the <literal>DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs</literal> example above. If "
2600"you don't specify a name a new entry will simply add a new option to the "
2601"list. If you specify a name you can override the option in the same way as "
2602"any other option by reassigning a new value to the option."
2a52e8c5
DK
2603msgstr ""
2604
7d76ea1d 2605#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2606#: apt.conf.5.xml:108
c77d6597 2607msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2608"Two special commands are defined: <literal>#include</literal> (which is "
2609"deprecated and not supported by alternative implementations) and "
2610"<literal>#clear</literal>. <literal>#include</literal> will include the "
2611"given file, unless the filename ends in a slash, in which case the whole "
2612"directory is included. <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a part of "
2613"the configuration tree. The specified element and all its descendants are "
7d76ea1d 2614"erased. (Note that these lines also need to end with a semicolon.)"
c77d6597
MV
2615msgstr ""
2616
7d76ea1d 2617#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2618#: apt.conf.5.xml:118
2a52e8c5 2619msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2620"The <literal>#clear</literal> command is the only way to delete a list or a "
2621"complete scope. Reopening a scope (or using the syntax described below with "
2622"an appended <literal>::</literal>) will <emphasis>not</emphasis> override "
2623"previously written entries. Options can only be overridden by addressing a "
2624"new value to them - lists and scopes can't be overridden, only cleared."
2a52e8c5
DK
2625msgstr ""
2626
7d76ea1d 2627#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2628#: apt.conf.5.xml:126
2a52e8c5 2629msgid ""
5723791e 2630"All of the APT tools take an -o option which allows an arbitrary "
7d76ea1d
DK
2631"configuration directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a "
2632"full option name (<literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> for instance) "
2633"followed by an equals sign then the new value of the option. To append a new "
5723791e
JR
2634"element to a list, add a trailing <literal>::</literal> to the name of the "
2635"list. (As you might suspect, the scope syntax can't be used on the command "
2636"line.)"
2a52e8c5
DK
2637msgstr ""
2638
7d76ea1d 2639#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2640#: apt.conf.5.xml:134
5723791e
JR
2641msgid ""
2642"Note that appending items to a list using <literal>::</literal> only works "
2643"for one item per line, and that you should not use it in combination with "
2644"the scope syntax (which adds <literal>::</literal> implicitly). Using both "
2645"syntaxes together will trigger a bug which some users unfortunately depend "
2646"on: an option with the unusual name \"<literal>::</literal>\" which acts "
2647"like every other option with a name. This introduces many problems; for one "
2648"thing, users who write multiple lines in this <emphasis>wrong</emphasis> "
2649"syntax in the hope of appending to a list will achieve the opposite, as only "
2650"the last assignment for this option \"<literal>::</literal>\" will be "
2651"used. Future versions of APT will raise errors and stop working if they "
2652"encounter this misuse, so please correct such statements now while APT "
2653"doesn't explicitly complain about them."
a7307a87
DK
2654msgstr ""
2655
7d76ea1d 2656#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 2657#: apt.conf.5.xml:149
7d76ea1d 2658msgid "The APT Group"
2a52e8c5
DK
2659msgstr ""
2660
7d76ea1d 2661#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2662#: apt.conf.5.xml:150
2a52e8c5 2663msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2664"This group of options controls general APT behavior as well as holding the "
2665"options for all of the tools."
2a52e8c5
DK
2666msgstr ""
2667
2a52e8c5 2668#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2669#: apt.conf.5.xml:155
2a52e8c5 2670msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2671"System Architecture; sets the architecture to use when fetching files and "
2672"parsing package lists. The internal default is the architecture apt was "
2673"compiled for."
a7307a87
DK
2674msgstr ""
2675
a7307a87 2676#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2677#: apt.conf.5.xml:162
a7307a87 2678msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2679"All Architectures the system supports. For instance, CPUs implementing the "
2680"<literal>amd64</literal> (also called <literal>x86-64</literal>) "
2681"instruction set are also able to execute binaries compiled for the "
2682"<literal>i386</literal> (<literal>x86</literal>) instruction set. This list "
2683"is used when fetching files and parsing package lists. The initial default "
2684"is always the system's native architecture "
2685"(<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>), and foreign architectures are added "
2686"to the default list when they are registered via <command>dpkg "
2687"--add-architecture</command>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2688msgstr ""
2689
2a52e8c5 2690#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2691#: apt.conf.5.xml:176
7ffbb475
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2692msgid ""
2693"List of all build profiles enabled for build-dependency resolution, without "
2694"the \"<literal>profile.</literal>\" namespace prefix. By default this list "
2695"is empty. The <envar>DEB_BUILD_PROFILES</envar> as used by "
2696"&dpkg-buildpackage; overrides the list notation."
2697msgstr ""
2698
2699#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2700#: apt.conf.5.xml:184
2a52e8c5 2701msgid ""
5723791e 2702"Default release to install packages from if more than one version is "
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2703"available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: "
2704"'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', '&stable-codename;', '&testing-codename;', "
2705"'4.0', '5.0*'. See also &apt-preferences;."
2a52e8c5
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2706msgstr ""
2707
2a52e8c5 2708#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2709#: apt.conf.5.xml:190
2a52e8c5 2710msgid ""
5723791e 2711"Ignore held packages; this global option causes the problem resolver to "
7d76ea1d 2712"ignore held packages in its decision making."
2a52e8c5
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2713msgstr ""
2714
2a52e8c5 2715#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2716#: apt.conf.5.xml:195
2a52e8c5 2717msgid ""
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2718"Defaults to on. When turned on the autoclean feature will remove any "
2719"packages which can no longer be downloaded from the cache. If turned off "
2720"then packages that are locally installed are also excluded from cleaning - "
2721"but note that APT provides no direct means to reinstall them."
2a52e8c5
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2722msgstr ""
2723
2a52e8c5 2724#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2725#: apt.conf.5.xml:203
2a52e8c5 2726msgid ""
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2727"Defaults to on, which will cause APT to install essential and important "
2728"packages as soon as possible in an install/upgrade operation, in order to "
2729"limit the effect of a failing &dpkg; call. If this option is disabled, APT "
2730"treats an important package in the same way as an extra package: between the "
2731"unpacking of the package A and its configuration there can be many other "
2732"unpack or configuration calls for other unrelated packages B, C etc. If "
2733"these cause the &dpkg; call to fail (e.g. because package B's maintainer "
2734"scripts generate an error), this results in a system state in which package "
2735"A is unpacked but unconfigured - so any package depending on A is now no "
2736"longer guaranteed to work, as its dependency on A is no longer satisfied."
2a52e8c5
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2737msgstr ""
2738
2a52e8c5 2739#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2740#: apt.conf.5.xml:215
2a52e8c5 2741msgid ""
5723791e
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2742"The immediate configuration marker is also applied in the potentially "
2743"problematic case of circular dependencies, since a dependency with the "
2744"immediate flag is equivalent to a Pre-Dependency. In theory this allows APT "
2745"to recognise a situation in which it is unable to perform immediate "
2746"configuration, abort, and suggest to the user that the option should be "
2747"temporarily deactivated in order to allow the operation to proceed. Note "
2748"the use of the word \"theory\" here; in the real world this problem has "
2749"rarely been encountered, in non-stable distribution versions, and was caused "
2750"by wrong dependencies of the package in question or by a system in an "
2751"already broken state; so you should not blindly disable this option, as the "
2752"scenario mentioned above is not the only problem it can help to prevent in "
2753"the first place."
2a52e8c5
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2754msgstr ""
2755
2a52e8c5 2756#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2757#: apt.conf.5.xml:228
2a52e8c5 2758msgid ""
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2759"Before a big operation like <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> is run with this "
2760"option disabled you should try to explicitly <literal>install</literal> the "
2761"package APT is unable to configure immediately; but please make sure you "
2762"also report your problem to your distribution and to the APT team with the "
2763"buglink below, so they can work on improving or correcting the upgrade "
2764"process."
2a52e8c5
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2765msgstr ""
2766
2a52e8c5 2767#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2768#: apt.conf.5.xml:239
2a52e8c5 2769msgid ""
5723791e
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2770"Never enable this option unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis> know what "
2771"you are doing. It permits APT to temporarily remove an essential package to "
2772"break a Conflicts/Conflicts or Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop between two "
2773"essential packages. <emphasis>Such a loop should never exist and is a grave "
2774"bug</emphasis>. This option will work if the essential packages are not "
2775"<command>tar</command>, <command>gzip</command>, <command>libc</command>, "
2776"<command>dpkg</command>, <command>dash</command> or anything that those "
2777"packages depend on."
2a52e8c5
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2778msgstr ""
2779
2a52e8c5 2780#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2781#: apt.conf.5.xml:251
2a52e8c5 2782msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2783"APT uses since version 0.7.26 a resizable memory mapped cache file to store "
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2784"the available information. <literal>Cache-Start</literal> acts as a hint of "
2785"the size the cache will grow to, and is therefore the amount of memory APT "
7d76ea1d 2786"will request at startup. The default value is 20971520 bytes (~20 MB). Note "
5723791e 2787"that this amount of space needs to be available for APT; otherwise it will "
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2788"likely fail ungracefully, so for memory restricted devices this value should "
2789"be lowered while on systems with a lot of configured sources it should be "
2790"increased. <literal>Cache-Grow</literal> defines in bytes with the default "
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2791"of 1048576 (~1 MB) how much the cache size will be increased in the event "
2792"the space defined by <literal>Cache-Start</literal> is not enough. This "
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2793"value will be applied again and again until either the cache is big enough "
2794"to store all information or the size of the cache reaches the "
2795"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal>. The default of "
2796"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal> is 0 which stands for no limit. If "
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2797"<literal>Cache-Grow</literal> is set to 0 the automatic growth of the cache "
2798"is disabled."
2a52e8c5
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2799msgstr ""
2800
2a52e8c5 2801#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2802#: apt.conf.5.xml:267
5723791e 2803msgid "Defines which packages are considered essential build dependencies."
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2804msgstr ""
2805
2a52e8c5 2806#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2807#: apt.conf.5.xml:271
2a52e8c5 2808msgid ""
5723791e 2809"The Get subsection controls the &apt-get; tool; please see its documentation "
7d76ea1d 2810"for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
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2811msgstr ""
2812
2a52e8c5 2813#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2814#: apt.conf.5.xml:276
2a52e8c5 2815msgid ""
5723791e 2816"The Cache subsection controls the &apt-cache; tool; please see its "
7d76ea1d 2817"documentation for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
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2818msgstr ""
2819
2a52e8c5 2820#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2821#: apt.conf.5.xml:281
2a52e8c5 2822msgid ""
5723791e 2823"The CDROM subsection controls the &apt-cdrom; tool; please see its "
7d76ea1d 2824"documentation for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
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2825msgstr ""
2826
7d76ea1d 2827#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 2828#: apt.conf.5.xml:287
7d76ea1d 2829msgid "The Acquire Group"
2a52e8c5
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2830msgstr ""
2831
2832#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 2833#: apt.conf.5.xml:288
2a52e8c5 2834msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2835"The <literal>Acquire</literal> group of options controls the download of "
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2836"packages as well as the various \"acquire methods\" responsible for the "
2837"download itself (see also &sources-list;)."
2a52e8c5
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2838msgstr ""
2839
5723791e 2840#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 2841#: apt.conf.5.xml:295
7d76ea1d 2842msgid ""
5723791e
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2843"Security related option defaulting to true, as giving a Release file's "
2844"validation an expiration date prevents replay attacks over a long timescale, "
2845"and can also for example help users to identify mirrors that are no longer "
2846"updated - but the feature depends on the correctness of the clock on the "
2847"user system. Archive maintainers are encouraged to create Release files with "
2848"the <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header, but if they don't or a stricter "
2849"value is desired the <literal>Max-ValidTime</literal> option below can be "
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2850"used. The <option>Check-Valid-Until</option> option of &sources-list; "
2851"entries should be preferred to disable the check selectively instead of "
2852"using this global override."
2a52e8c5
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2853msgstr ""
2854
5723791e 2855#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2856#: apt.conf.5.xml:310
2a52e8c5 2857msgid ""
5723791e
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2858"Maximum time (in seconds) after its creation (as indicated by the "
2859"<literal>Date</literal> header) that the <filename>Release</filename> file "
2860"should be considered valid. If the Release file itself includes a "
2861"<literal>Valid-Until</literal> header the earlier date of the two is used as "
2862"the expiration date. The default value is <literal>0</literal> which stands "
2863"for \"valid forever\". Archive specific settings can be made by appending "
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2864"the label of the archive to the option name. Preferably, the same can be "
2865"achieved for specific &sources-list; entries by using the "
2866"<option>Valid-Until-Max</option> option there."
2a52e8c5
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2867msgstr ""
2868
5723791e 2869#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2870#: apt.conf.5.xml:323
7d76ea1d 2871msgid ""
5723791e
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2872"Minimum time (in seconds) after its creation (as indicated by the "
2873"<literal>Date</literal> header) that the <filename>Release</filename> file "
2874"should be considered valid. Use this if you need to use a seldom updated "
2875"(local) mirror of a more frequently updated archive with a "
2876"<literal>Valid-Until</literal> header instead of completely disabling the "
2877"expiration date checking. Archive specific settings can and should be used "
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2878"by appending the label of the archive to the option name. Preferably, the "
2879"same can be achieved for specific &sources-list; entries by using the "
2880"<option>Valid-Until-Min</option> option there."
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2881msgstr ""
2882
2a52e8c5 2883#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2884#: apt.conf.5.xml:336
2a52e8c5 2885msgid ""
5723791e
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2886"Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for indexes (like "
2887"<filename>Packages</filename> files) instead of downloading whole ones. True "
2888"by default."
2a52e8c5
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2889msgstr ""
2890
2a52e8c5 2891#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2892#: apt.conf.5.xml:339
7d76ea1d 2893msgid ""
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2894"Two sub-options to limit the use of PDiffs are also available: "
2895"<literal>FileLimit</literal> can be used to specify a maximum number of "
2896"PDiff files should be downloaded to update a "
2897"file. <literal>SizeLimit</literal> on the other hand is the maximum "
2898"percentage of the size of all patches compared to the size of the targeted "
2899"file. If one of these limits is exceeded the complete file is downloaded "
2900"instead of the patches."
2a52e8c5
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2901msgstr ""
2902
2a52e8c5 2903#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2904#: apt.conf.5.xml:349
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2905msgid ""
2906"Queuing mode; <literal>Queue-Mode</literal> can be one of "
2907"<literal>host</literal> or <literal>access</literal> which determines how "
2908"APT parallelizes outgoing connections. <literal>host</literal> means that "
2909"one connection per target host will be opened, <literal>access</literal> "
2910"means that one connection per URI type will be opened."
2a52e8c5
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2911msgstr ""
2912
2a52e8c5 2913#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2914#: apt.conf.5.xml:357
7d76ea1d
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2915msgid ""
2916"Number of retries to perform. If this is non-zero APT will retry failed "
2917"files the given number of times."
2a52e8c5
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2918msgstr ""
2919
2a52e8c5 2920#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2921#: apt.conf.5.xml:362
2a52e8c5 2922msgid ""
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2923"Use symlinks for source archives. If set to true then source archives will "
2924"be symlinked when possible instead of copying. True is the default."
2a52e8c5
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2925msgstr ""
2926
2a52e8c5 2927#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2928#: apt.conf.5.xml:367
2a52e8c5 2929msgid ""
5723791e
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2930"<literal>http::Proxy</literal> sets the default proxy to use for HTTP "
2931"URIs. It is in the standard form of "
2932"<literal>http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per host proxies "
2933"can also be specified by using the form "
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2934"<literal>http::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
2935"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
2936"settings is specified, <envar>http_proxy</envar> environment variable will "
2937"be used."
2a52e8c5
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2938msgstr ""
2939
2a52e8c5 2940#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2941#: apt.conf.5.xml:375
2a52e8c5 2942msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2943"Three settings are provided for cache control with HTTP/1.1 compliant proxy "
5723791e
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2944"caches. <literal>No-Cache</literal> tells the proxy not to use its cached "
2945"response under any circumstances. <literal>Max-Age</literal> sets the "
2946"allowed maximum age (in seconds) of an index file in the cache of the "
2947"proxy. <literal>No-Store</literal> specifies that the proxy should not "
2948"store the requested archive files in its cache, which can be used to prevent "
2949"the proxy from polluting its cache with (big) .deb files."
2a52e8c5
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2950msgstr ""
2951
2952#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2953#: apt.conf.5.xml:385 apt.conf.5.xml:473
2a52e8c5 2954msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2955"The option <literal>timeout</literal> sets the timeout timer used by the "
5723791e 2956"method; this value applies to the connection as well as the data timeout."
2a52e8c5
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2957msgstr ""
2958
782486e8 2959#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2960#: apt.conf.5.xml:388
782486e8 2961msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2962"The setting <literal>Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth</literal> can be used to "
5723791e
JR
2963"enable HTTP pipelining (RFC 2616 section 8.1.2.2) which can be beneficial "
2964"e.g. on high-latency connections. It specifies how many requests are sent in "
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2965"a pipeline. APT tries to detect and workaround misbehaving webservers and "
2966"proxies at runtime, but if you know that yours does not conform to the "
2967"HTTP/1.1 specification pipelining can be disabled by setting the value to "
2968"0. It is enabled by default with the value 10."
782486e8
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2969msgstr ""
2970
5723791e 2971#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2972#: apt.conf.5.xml:395
b39c1859 2973msgid ""
5723791e
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2974"<literal>Acquire::http::AllowRedirect</literal> controls whether APT will "
2975"follow redirects, which is enabled by default."
b39c1859
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2976msgstr ""
2977
2a52e8c5 2978#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2979#: apt.conf.5.xml:398
b39c1859 2980msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2981"The used bandwidth can be limited with "
2982"<literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal> which accepts integer values in "
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2983"kilobytes per second. The default value is 0 which deactivates the limit and "
2984"tries to use all available bandwidth. Note that this option implicitly "
2985"disables downloading from multiple servers at the same time."
b39c1859
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2986msgstr ""
2987
5723791e 2988#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2989#: apt.conf.5.xml:405
7d76ea1d
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2990msgid ""
2991"<literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different "
2992"User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for "
2993"clients only if the client uses a known identifier."
2a52e8c5
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2994msgstr ""
2995
2996#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 2997#: apt.conf.5.xml:409
7d76ea1d 2998msgid ""
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2999"<literal>Acquire::http::Proxy-Auto-Detect</literal> can be used to specify "
3000"an external command to discover the http proxy to use. Apt expects the "
3001"command to output the proxy on stdout in the style "
3002"<literal>http://proxy:port/</literal>. This will override the generic "
3003"<literal>Acquire::http::Proxy</literal> but not any specific host proxy "
3004"configuration set via <literal>Acquire::http::Proxy::$HOST</literal>. See "
3005"the &squid-deb-proxy-client; package for an example implementation that uses "
3006"avahi. This option takes precedence over the legacy option name "
3007"<literal>ProxyAutoDetect</literal>."
3008msgstr ""
3009
3010#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3011#: apt.conf.5.xml:427
ce34af08 3012msgid ""
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3013"The <literal>Cache-control</literal>, <literal>Timeout</literal>, "
3014"<literal>AllowRedirect</literal>, <literal>Dl-Limit</literal> and "
3015"<literal>proxy</literal> options work for HTTPS URIs in the same way as for "
3016"the <literal>http</literal> method, and default to the same values if they "
3017"are not explicitly set. The <literal>Pipeline-Depth</literal> option is not "
3018"yet supported."
2a52e8c5
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3019msgstr ""
3020
5723791e 3021#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3022#: apt.conf.5.xml:435
7d76ea1d
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3023msgid ""
3024"<literal>CaInfo</literal> suboption specifies place of file that holds info "
5723791e 3025"about trusted certificates. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::CaInfo</literal> is the "
7d76ea1d 3026"corresponding per-host option. <literal>Verify-Peer</literal> boolean "
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3027"suboption determines whether or not the server's host certificate should be "
3028"verified against trusted certificates. "
3029"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Peer</literal> is the corresponding per-host "
3030"option. <literal>Verify-Host</literal> boolean suboption determines whether "
3031"or not the server's hostname should be verified. "
3032"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Host</literal> is the corresponding per-host "
7d76ea1d 3033"option. <literal>SslCert</literal> determines what certificate to use for "
5723791e 3034"client authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslCert</literal> is the "
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3035"corresponding per-host option. <literal>SslKey</literal> determines what "
3036"private key to use for client "
5723791e 3037"authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslKey</literal> is the corresponding "
7d76ea1d 3038"per-host option. <literal>SslForceVersion</literal> overrides default SSL "
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3039"version to use. It can contain either of the strings "
3040"'<literal>TLSv1</literal>' or '<literal>SSLv3</literal>'. "
3041"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslForceVersion</literal> is the corresponding "
3042"per-host option."
2a52e8c5
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3043msgstr ""
3044
3045#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3046#: apt.conf.5.xml:456
7d76ea1d 3047msgid ""
5723791e
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3048"<literal>ftp::Proxy</literal> sets the default proxy to use for FTP URIs. "
3049"It is in the standard form of "
3050"<literal>ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per host proxies can "
3051"also be specified by using the form "
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3052"<literal>ftp::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
3053"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
3054"settings is specified, <envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable will be "
5723791e 3055"used. To use an FTP proxy you will have to set the "
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3056"<literal>ftp::ProxyLogin</literal> script in the configuration file. This "
3057"entry specifies the commands to send to tell the proxy server what to "
3058"connect to. Please see &configureindex; for an example of how to do "
5723791e
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3059"this. The substitution variables representing the corresponding URI "
3060"component are <literal>$(PROXY_USER)</literal>, "
3061"<literal>$(PROXY_PASS)</literal>, <literal>$(SITE_USER)</literal>, "
3062"<literal>$(SITE_PASS)</literal>, <literal>$(SITE)</literal> and "
3063"<literal>$(SITE_PORT)</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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3064msgstr ""
3065
5723791e 3066#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3067#: apt.conf.5.xml:476
7d76ea1d
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3068msgid ""
3069"Several settings are provided to control passive mode. Generally it is safe "
5723791e
JR
3070"to leave passive mode on; it works in nearly every environment. However, "
3071"some situations require that passive mode be disabled and port mode FTP used "
3072"instead. This can be done globally or for connections that go through a "
3073"proxy or for a specific host (see the sample config file for examples)."
2a52e8c5
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3074msgstr ""
3075
3076#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3077#: apt.conf.5.xml:483
7d76ea1d
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3078msgid ""
3079"It is possible to proxy FTP over HTTP by setting the "
5723791e 3080"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable to an HTTP URL - see the "
7d76ea1d
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3081"discussion of the http method above for syntax. You cannot set this in the "
3082"configuration file and it is not recommended to use FTP over HTTP due to its "
3083"low efficiency."
2a52e8c5
DK
3084msgstr ""
3085
5723791e 3086#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3087#: apt.conf.5.xml:488
2a52e8c5 3088msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3089"The setting <literal>ForceExtended</literal> controls the use of RFC2428 "
3090"<literal>EPSV</literal> and <literal>EPRT</literal> commands. The default is "
3091"false, which means these commands are only used if the control connection is "
3092"IPv6. Setting this to true forces their use even on IPv4 connections. Note "
3093"that most FTP servers do not support RFC2428."
2a52e8c5
DK
3094msgstr ""
3095
5723791e 3096#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
864fe99c 3097#: apt.conf.5.xml:502
7d76ea1d
DK
3098#, no-wrap
3099msgid "/cdrom/::Mount \"foo\";"
2a52e8c5
DK
3100msgstr ""
3101
5723791e 3102#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3103#: apt.conf.5.xml:497
2a52e8c5 3104msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3105"For URIs using the <literal>cdrom</literal> method, the only configurable "
3106"option is the mount point, <literal>cdrom::Mount</literal>, which must be "
3107"the mount point for the CD-ROM (or DVD, or whatever) drive as specified in "
3108"<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. It is possible to provide alternate mount "
3109"and unmount commands if your mount point cannot be listed in the fstab. The "
7d76ea1d 3110"syntax is to put <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> within the "
5723791e
JR
3111"<literal>cdrom</literal> block. It is important to have the trailing slash. "
3112"Unmount commands can be specified using UMount."
2a52e8c5
DK
3113msgstr ""
3114
5723791e 3115#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3116#: apt.conf.5.xml:510
2a52e8c5 3117msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3118"For GPGV URIs the only configurable option is "
3119"<literal>gpgv::Options</literal>, which passes additional parameters to "
3120"gpgv."
2a52e8c5
DK
3121msgstr ""
3122
5723791e 3123#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
864fe99c 3124#: apt.conf.5.xml:521
7d76ea1d 3125#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3126msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3127"Acquire::CompressionTypes::<replaceable>FileExtension</replaceable> "
3128"\"<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable>\";"
2a52e8c5
DK
3129msgstr ""
3130
2a52e8c5 3131#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3132#: apt.conf.5.xml:516
2a52e8c5 3133msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3134"List of compression types which are understood by the acquire methods. "
3135"Files like <filename>Packages</filename> can be available in various "
5723791e 3136"compression formats. By default the acquire methods can decompress "
7d76ea1d 3137"<command>bzip2</command>, <command>lzma</command> and "
5723791e 3138"<command>gzip</command> compressed files; with this setting more formats can "
7d76ea1d
DK
3139"be added on the fly or the used method can be changed. The syntax for this "
3140"is: <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"0\"/>"
3141msgstr ""
3142
5723791e 3143#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
864fe99c 3144#: apt.conf.5.xml:526
7d76ea1d
DK
3145#, no-wrap
3146msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order:: \"gz\";"
3147msgstr ""
3148
5723791e 3149#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
864fe99c 3150#: apt.conf.5.xml:529
7d76ea1d
DK
3151#, no-wrap
3152msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order { \"lzma\"; \"gz\"; };"
2a52e8c5
DK
3153msgstr ""
3154
bcf91c1b 3155#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3156#: apt.conf.5.xml:522
bcf91c1b 3157msgid ""
5723791e 3158"Also, the <literal>Order</literal> subgroup can be used to define in which "
7d76ea1d
DK
3159"order the acquire system will try to download the compressed files. The "
3160"acquire system will try the first and proceed with the next compression type "
5723791e
JR
3161"in this list on error, so to prefer one over the other type simply add the "
3162"preferred type first - default types not already added will be implicitly "
3163"appended to the end of the list, so e.g. <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" "
7d76ea1d
DK
3164"id=\"0\"/> can be used to prefer <command>gzip</command> compressed files "
3165"over <command>bzip2</command> and <command>lzma</command>. If "
3166"<command>lzma</command> should be preferred over <command>gzip</command> and "
5723791e 3167"<command>bzip2</command> the configure setting should look like this: "
7d76ea1d 3168"<placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"1\"/> It is not needed to add "
5723791e
JR
3169"<literal>bz2</literal> to the list explicitly as it will be added "
3170"automatically."
7d76ea1d
DK
3171msgstr ""
3172
5723791e 3173#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
864fe99c 3174#: apt.conf.5.xml:536
7d76ea1d
DK
3175#, no-wrap
3176msgid "Dir::Bin::bzip2 \"/bin/bzip2\";"
bcf91c1b
DK
3177msgstr ""
3178
782486e8 3179#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3180#: apt.conf.5.xml:531
782486e8 3181msgid ""
5723791e 3182"Note that the "
7d76ea1d 3183"<literal>Dir::Bin::<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable></literal> will be "
5723791e
JR
3184"checked at run time. If this option has been set, the method will only be "
3185"used if this file exists; e.g. for the <literal>bzip2</literal> method (the "
3186"inbuilt) setting is: <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> Note "
3187"also that list entries specified on the command line will be added at the "
3188"end of the list specified in the configuration files, but before the default "
3189"entries. To prefer a type in this case over the ones specified in the "
3190"configuration files you can set the option direct - not in list style. This "
3191"will not override the defined list; it will only prefix the list with this "
3192"type."
2a52e8c5
DK
3193msgstr ""
3194
2a52e8c5 3195#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3196#: apt.conf.5.xml:541
2a52e8c5 3197msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3198"The special type <literal>uncompressed</literal> can be used to give "
3199"uncompressed files a preference, but note that most archives don't provide "
3200"uncompressed files so this is mostly only useable for local mirrors."
2a52e8c5
DK
3201msgstr ""
3202
782486e8 3203#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3204#: apt.conf.5.xml:548
782486e8 3205msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3206"When downloading <literal>gzip</literal> compressed indexes (Packages, "
3207"Sources, or Translations), keep them gzip compressed locally instead of "
3208"unpacking them. This saves quite a lot of disk space at the expense of more "
3209"CPU requirements when building the local package caches. False by default."
2a52e8c5
DK
3210msgstr ""
3211
2a52e8c5 3212#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3213#: apt.conf.5.xml:556
782486e8 3214msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3215"The Languages subsection controls which <filename>Translation</filename> "
3216"files are downloaded and in which order APT tries to display the "
5723791e
JR
3217"description-translations. APT will try to display the first available "
3218"description in the language which is listed first. Languages can be defined "
3219"with their short or long language codes. Note that not all archives provide "
3220"<filename>Translation</filename> files for every language - the long "
3221"language codes are especially rare."
2a52e8c5
DK
3222msgstr ""
3223
5723791e 3224#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><programlisting>
864fe99c 3225#: apt.conf.5.xml:573
7d76ea1d
DK
3226#, no-wrap
3227msgid "Acquire::Languages { \"environment\"; \"de\"; \"en\"; \"none\"; \"fr\"; };"
2a52e8c5
DK
3228msgstr ""
3229
2a52e8c5 3230#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3231#: apt.conf.5.xml:561
782486e8 3232msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3233"The default list includes \"environment\" and "
5723791e
JR
3234"\"en\". \"<literal>environment</literal>\" has a special meaning here: it "
3235"will be replaced at runtime with the language codes extracted from the "
7d76ea1d
DK
3236"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> environment variable. It will also ensure "
3237"that these codes are not included twice in the list. If "
3238"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> is set to \"C\" only the "
3239"<filename>Translation-en</filename> file (if available) will be used. To "
5723791e 3240"force APT to use no Translation file use the setting "
7d76ea1d 3241"<literal>Acquire::Languages=none</literal>. \"<literal>none</literal>\" is "
5723791e
JR
3242"another special meaning code which will stop the search for a suitable "
3243"<filename>Translation</filename> file. This tells APT to download these "
3244"translations too, without actually using them unless the environment "
3245"specifies the languages. So the following example configuration will result "
3246"in the order \"en, de\" in an English locale or \"de, en\" in a German "
3247"one. Note that \"fr\" is downloaded, but not used unless APT is used in a "
3248"French locale (where the order would be \"fr, de, en\"). <placeholder "
3249"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
bcf91c1b
DK
3250msgstr ""
3251
5723791e 3252#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3253#: apt.conf.5.xml:574
2a52e8c5 3254msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3255"Note: To prevent problems resulting from APT being executed in different "
3256"environments (e.g. by different users or by other programs) all Translation "
3257"files which are found in <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists/</filename> will be "
3258"added to the end of the list (after an implicit "
3259"\"<literal>none</literal>\")."
2a52e8c5
DK
3260msgstr ""
3261
c1b21367 3262#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3263#: apt.conf.5.xml:583
c1b21367
MV
3264msgid "When downloading, force to use only the IPv4 protocol."
3265msgstr ""
3266
3267#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3268#: apt.conf.5.xml:589
c1b21367
MV
3269msgid "When downloading, force to use only the IPv6 protocol."
3270msgstr ""
3271
5b1e4e86 3272#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3273#: apt.conf.5.xml:595
5b1e4e86
MV
3274msgid ""
3275"The maximum file size of Release/Release.gpg/InRelease files. The default "
3276"is 10MB."
3277msgstr ""
3278
3279#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c
MV
3280#: apt.conf.5.xml:602
3281msgid ""
3282"This option controls if apt will use the DNS SRV server record as specified "
3283"in RFC 2782 to select an alternative server to connect to. The default is "
3284"\"true\"."
3285msgstr ""
3286
3287#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
3288#: apt.conf.5.xml:611
5b1e4e86
MV
3289msgid ""
3290"Allow the update operation to load data files from a repository without a "
3291"trusted signature. If enabled this option no data files will be loaded and "
3292"the update operation fails with a error for this source. The default is "
3293"false for backward compatibility. This will be changed in the future."
3294msgstr ""
3295
3296#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3297#: apt.conf.5.xml:622
5b1e4e86
MV
3298msgid ""
3299"Allow that a repository that was previously gpg signed to become unsigned "
3300"durign a update operation. When there is no valid signature of a perviously "
3301"trusted repository apt will refuse the update. This option can be used to "
3302"override this protection. You almost certainly never want to enable "
3303"this. The default is false. Note that apt will still consider packages from "
3304"this source untrusted and warn about them if you try to install them."
3305msgstr ""
3306
864fe99c
MV
3307#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
3308#: apt.conf.5.xml:634
3309msgid "scope"
3310msgstr ""
3311
3312#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
3313#: apt.conf.5.xml:636
3314msgid ""
3315"Acquiring changelogs can only be done if an URI is known from where to get "
3316"them. Preferable the Release file indicates this in a 'Changelogs' "
3317"field. If this isn't available the Label/Origin field of the Release file is "
3318"used to check if a "
3319"<literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Label::<replaceable>LABEL</replaceable></literal> "
3320"or "
3321"<literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::<replaceable>ORIGIN</replaceable></literal> "
3322"option exists and if so this value is taken. The value in the Release file "
3323"can be overridden with "
3324"<literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Override::Label::<replaceable>LABEL</replaceable></literal> "
3325"or "
3326"<literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Override::Origin::<replaceable>ORIGIN</replaceable></literal>. "
3327"The value should be a normal URI to a text file, expect that package "
3328"specific data is replaced with the placeholder "
3329"<literal>CHANGEPATH</literal>. The value for it is: 1. if the package is "
3330"from a component (e.g. <literal>main</literal>) this is the first part "
3331"otherwise it is omitted, 2. the first letter of source package name, expect "
3332"if the source package name starts with '<literal>lib</literal>' in which "
3333"case it will be the first four letters. 3. The complete source package "
3334"name. 4. the complete name again and 5. the source version. The first (if "
3335"present), second, third and fourth part are separated by a slash "
3336"('<literal>/</literal>') and between the fourth and fifth part is an "
3337"underscore ('<literal>_</literal>'). The special value "
3338"'<literal>no</literal>' is available for this option indicating that this "
3339"source can't be used to acquire changelog files from. Another source will be "
3340"tried if available in this case."
3341msgstr ""
3342
7d76ea1d 3343#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
864fe99c 3344#: apt.conf.5.xml:664
7d76ea1d 3345msgid "Directories"
2a52e8c5
DK
3346msgstr ""
3347
3348#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3349#: apt.conf.5.xml:666
2a52e8c5 3350msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3351"The <literal>Dir::State</literal> section has directories that pertain to "
3352"local state information. <literal>lists</literal> is the directory to place "
3353"downloaded package lists in and <literal>status</literal> is the name of the "
5723791e 3354"&dpkg; status file. <literal>preferences</literal> is the name of the APT "
7d76ea1d 3355"<filename>preferences</filename> file. <literal>Dir::State</literal> "
5723791e 3356"contains the default directory to prefix on all sub-items if they do not "
7d76ea1d 3357"start with <filename>/</filename> or <filename>./</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3358msgstr ""
3359
3360#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3361#: apt.conf.5.xml:673
2a52e8c5 3362msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3363"<literal>Dir::Cache</literal> contains locations pertaining to local cache "
3364"information, such as the two package caches <literal>srcpkgcache</literal> "
3365"and <literal>pkgcache</literal> as well as the location to place downloaded "
3366"archives, <literal>Dir::Cache::archives</literal>. Generation of caches can "
1e7ec0d8
MV
3367"be turned off by setting <literal>pkgcache</literal> or "
3368"<literal>srcpkgcache</literal> to <literal>\"\"</literal>. This will slow "
5723791e 3369"down startup but save disk space. It is probably preferable to turn off the "
1e7ec0d8
MV
3370"pkgcache rather than the srcpkgcache. Like <literal>Dir::State</literal> "
3371"the default directory is contained in <literal>Dir::Cache</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
3372msgstr ""
3373
2a52e8c5 3374#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3375#: apt.conf.5.xml:683
2a52e8c5 3376msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3377"<literal>Dir::Etc</literal> contains the location of configuration files, "
3378"<literal>sourcelist</literal> gives the location of the sourcelist and "
3379"<literal>main</literal> is the default configuration file (setting has no "
3380"effect, unless it is done from the config file specified by "
3381"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>)."
2a52e8c5
DK
3382msgstr ""
3383
3384#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3385#: apt.conf.5.xml:689
2a52e8c5 3386msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3387"The <literal>Dir::Parts</literal> setting reads in all the config fragments "
3388"in lexical order from the directory specified. After this is done then the "
3389"main config file is loaded."
2a52e8c5
DK
3390msgstr ""
3391
3392#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3393#: apt.conf.5.xml:693
2a52e8c5 3394msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3395"Binary programs are pointed to by "
3396"<literal>Dir::Bin</literal>. <literal>Dir::Bin::Methods</literal> specifies "
3397"the location of the method handlers and <literal>gzip</literal>, "
3398"<literal>bzip2</literal>, <literal>lzma</literal>, <literal>dpkg</literal>, "
3399"<literal>apt-get</literal> <literal>dpkg-source</literal> "
3400"<literal>dpkg-buildpackage</literal> and <literal>apt-cache</literal> "
3401"specify the location of the respective programs."
2a52e8c5
DK
3402msgstr ""
3403
3404#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3405#: apt.conf.5.xml:701
2a52e8c5 3406msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3407"The configuration item <literal>RootDir</literal> has a special meaning. If "
864fe99c
MV
3408"set, all paths will be relative to <literal>RootDir</literal>, "
3409"<emphasis>even paths that are specified absolutely</emphasis>. So, for "
3410"instance, if <literal>RootDir</literal> is set to "
3411"<filename>/tmp/staging</filename> and <literal>Dir::State::status</literal> "
3412"is set to <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>, then the status file "
3413"will be looked up in <filename>/tmp/staging/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>. "
3414"If you want to prefix only relative paths, set <literal>Dir</literal> "
3415"instead."
2a52e8c5
DK
3416msgstr ""
3417
3418#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3419#: apt.conf.5.xml:715
2a52e8c5 3420msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3421"The <literal>Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> list can be used to specify "
3422"which files APT should silently ignore while parsing the files in the "
3423"fragment directories. Per default a file which end with "
3424"<literal>.disabled</literal>, <literal>~</literal>, <literal>.bak</literal> "
3425"or <literal>.dpkg-[a-z]+</literal> is silently ignored. As seen in the last "
3426"default value these patterns can use regular expression syntax."
2a52e8c5
DK
3427msgstr ""
3428
7d76ea1d 3429#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
864fe99c 3430#: apt.conf.5.xml:724
7d76ea1d 3431msgid "APT in DSelect"
2a52e8c5
DK
3432msgstr ""
3433
3434#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3435#: apt.conf.5.xml:726
2a52e8c5 3436msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3437"When APT is used as a &dselect; method several configuration directives "
5723791e 3438"control the default behavior. These are in the <literal>DSelect</literal> "
7d76ea1d 3439"section."
2a52e8c5
DK
3440msgstr ""
3441
7d76ea1d 3442#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3443#: apt.conf.5.xml:731
2a52e8c5 3444msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3445"Cache Clean mode; this value may be one of <literal>always</literal>, "
3446"<literal>prompt</literal>, <literal>auto</literal>, "
3447"<literal>pre-auto</literal> and <literal>never</literal>. "
3448"<literal>always</literal> and <literal>prompt</literal> will remove all "
3449"packages from the cache after upgrading, <literal>prompt</literal> (the "
3450"default) does so conditionally. <literal>auto</literal> removes only those "
3451"packages which are no longer downloadable (replaced with a new version for "
3452"instance). <literal>pre-auto</literal> performs this action before "
3453"downloading new packages."
2a52e8c5
DK
3454msgstr ""
3455
7d76ea1d 3456#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3457#: apt.conf.5.xml:745
2a52e8c5 3458msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3459"The contents of this variable are passed to &apt-get; as command line "
3460"options when it is run for the install phase."
2a52e8c5
DK
3461msgstr ""
3462
7d76ea1d 3463#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3464#: apt.conf.5.xml:750
2a52e8c5 3465msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3466"The contents of this variable are passed to &apt-get; as command line "
3467"options when it is run for the update phase."
2a52e8c5
DK
3468msgstr ""
3469
7d76ea1d 3470#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3471#: apt.conf.5.xml:755
2a52e8c5 3472msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3473"If true the [U]pdate operation in &dselect; will always prompt to continue. "
3474"The default is to prompt only on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
3475msgstr ""
3476
3477#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
864fe99c 3478#: apt.conf.5.xml:761
5723791e 3479msgid "How APT calls &dpkg;"
2a52e8c5
DK
3480msgstr ""
3481
3482#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3483#: apt.conf.5.xml:762
2a52e8c5 3484msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3485"Several configuration directives control how APT invokes &dpkg;. These are "
3486"in the <literal>DPkg</literal> section."
2a52e8c5
DK
3487msgstr ""
3488
7d76ea1d 3489#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3490#: apt.conf.5.xml:767
2a52e8c5 3491msgid ""
5723791e 3492"This is a list of options to pass to &dpkg;. The options must be specified "
7d76ea1d
DK
3493"using the list notation and each list item is passed as a single argument to "
3494"&dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
3495msgstr ""
3496
7d76ea1d 3497#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3498#: apt.conf.5.xml:773
2a52e8c5 3499msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3500"This is a list of shell commands to run before/after invoking &dpkg;. Like "
3501"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
5723791e 3502"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>; should any "
7d76ea1d 3503"fail APT will abort."
2a52e8c5
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3504msgstr ""
3505
7d76ea1d 3506#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3507#: apt.conf.5.xml:780
2a52e8c5 3508msgid ""
5723791e 3509"This is a list of shell commands to run before invoking &dpkg;. Like "
7d76ea1d 3510"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
5723791e
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3511"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>; should any "
3512"fail APT will abort. APT will pass the filenames of all .deb files it is "
ce34af08
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3513"going to install to the commands, one per line on the requested file "
3514"descriptor, defaulting to standard input."
2a52e8c5
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3515msgstr ""
3516
7d76ea1d 3517#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3518#: apt.conf.5.xml:787
2a52e8c5 3519msgid ""
864fe99c
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3520"Version 2 of this protocol sends more information through the requested file "
3521"descriptor: a line with the text <literal>VERSION 2</literal>, the APT "
3522"configuration space, and a list of package actions with filename and version "
3523"information."
ce34af08
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3524msgstr ""
3525
3526#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c
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3527#: apt.conf.5.xml:792
3528msgid ""
3529"Each configuration directive line has the form "
3530"<literal>key=value</literal>. Special characters (equal signs, newlines, "
3531"nonprintable characters, quotation marks, and percent signs in "
3532"<literal>key</literal> and newlines, nonprintable characters, and percent "
3533"signs in <literal>value</literal>) are %-encoded. Lists are represented by "
3534"multiple <literal>key::=value</literal> lines with the same key. The "
3535"configuration section ends with a blank line."
3536msgstr ""
3537
3538#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
3539#: apt.conf.5.xml:800
3540msgid ""
3541"Package action lines consist of five fields in Version 2: old version, "
3542"direction of version change (&lt; for upgrades, &gt; for downgrades, = for "
3543"no change), new version, action. The version fields are \"-\" for no version "
3544"at all (for example when installing a package for the first time; no version "
3545"is treated as earlier than any real version, so that is an upgrade, "
3546"indicated as <literal>- &lt; 1.23.4</literal>). The action field is "
3547"\"**CONFIGURE**\" if the package is being configured, \"**REMOVE**\" if it "
3548"is being removed, or the filename of a .deb file if it is being unpacked."
3549msgstr ""
3550
3551#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
3552#: apt.conf.5.xml:810
3553msgid ""
3554"In Version 3 after each version field follows the architecture of this "
3555"version, which is \"-\" if there is no version, and a field showing the "
3556"MultiArch type \"same\", foreign\", \"allowed\" or \"none\". Note that "
3557"\"none\" is an incorrect typename which is just kept to remain compatible, "
3558"it should be read as \"no\" and users are encouraged to support both."
3559msgstr ""
3560
3561#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
3562#: apt.conf.5.xml:816
ce34af08
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3563msgid ""
3564"The version of the protocol to be used for the command "
3565"<literal><replaceable>cmd</replaceable></literal> can be chosen by setting "
3566"<literal>DPkg::Tools::options::<replaceable>cmd</replaceable>::Version</literal> "
3567"accordingly, the default being version 1. If APT isn't supporting the "
3568"requested version it will send the information in the highest version it has "
3569"support for instead."
3570msgstr ""
3571
3572#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3573#: apt.conf.5.xml:823
ce34af08
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3574msgid ""
3575"The file descriptor to be used to send the information can be requested with "
3576"<literal>DPkg::Tools::options::<replaceable>cmd</replaceable>::InfoFD</literal> "
3577"which defaults to <literal>0</literal> for standard input and is available "
3578"since version 0.9.11. Support for the option can be detected by looking for "
3579"the environment variable <envar>APT_HOOK_INFO_FD</envar> which contains the "
3580"number of the used file descriptor as a confirmation."
2a52e8c5
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3581msgstr ""
3582
7d76ea1d 3583#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3584#: apt.conf.5.xml:833
2a52e8c5 3585msgid ""
5723791e 3586"APT chdirs to this directory before invoking &dpkg;, the default is "
7d76ea1d 3587"<filename>/</filename>."
2a52e8c5
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3588msgstr ""
3589
7d76ea1d 3590#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3591#: apt.conf.5.xml:838
2a52e8c5 3592msgid ""
5723791e 3593"These options are passed to &dpkg-buildpackage; when compiling packages; the "
7d76ea1d 3594"default is to disable signing and produce all binaries."
2a52e8c5
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3595msgstr ""
3596
7d76ea1d 3597#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
864fe99c 3598#: apt.conf.5.xml:843
7d76ea1d 3599msgid "dpkg trigger usage (and related options)"
2a52e8c5
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3600msgstr ""
3601
7d76ea1d 3602#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 3603#: apt.conf.5.xml:844
2a52e8c5 3604msgid ""
5723791e
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3605"APT can call &dpkg; in such a way as to let it make aggressive use of "
3606"triggers over multiple calls of &dpkg;. Without further options &dpkg; will "
3607"use triggers once each time it runs. Activating these options can therefore "
3608"decrease the time needed to perform the install or upgrade. Note that it is "
3609"intended to activate these options per default in the future, but as it "
3610"drastically changes the way APT calls &dpkg; it needs a lot more testing. "
3611"<emphasis>These options are therefore currently experimental and should not "
3612"be used in production environments.</emphasis> It also breaks progress "
3613"reporting such that all front-ends will currently stay around half (or more) "
3614"of the time in the 100% state while it actually configures all packages."
2a52e8c5
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3615msgstr ""
3616
7d76ea1d 3617#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><literallayout>
864fe99c 3618#: apt.conf.5.xml:859
7d76ea1d 3619#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3620msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3621"DPkg::NoTriggers \"true\";\n"
3622"PackageManager::Configure \"smart\";\n"
3623"DPkg::ConfigurePending \"true\";\n"
3624"DPkg::TriggersPending \"true\";"
2a52e8c5
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3625msgstr ""
3626
7d76ea1d 3627#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 3628#: apt.conf.5.xml:853
2a52e8c5 3629msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3630"Note that it is not guaranteed that APT will support these options or that "
3631"these options will not cause (big) trouble in the future. If you have "
3632"understand the current risks and problems with these options, but are brave "
5723791e 3633"enough to help testing them, create a new configuration file and test a "
7d76ea1d
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3634"combination of options. Please report any bugs, problems and improvements "
3635"you encounter and make sure to note which options you have used in your "
5723791e 3636"reports. Asking &dpkg; for help could also be useful for debugging proposes, "
7d76ea1d
DK
3637"see e.g. <command>dpkg --audit</command>. A defensive option combination "
3638"would be <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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3639msgstr ""
3640
7d76ea1d 3641#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3642#: apt.conf.5.xml:866
2a52e8c5 3643msgid ""
5723791e 3644"Add the no triggers flag to all &dpkg; calls (except the ConfigurePending "
7d76ea1d 3645"call). See &dpkg; if you are interested in what this actually means. In "
5723791e
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3646"short: &dpkg; will not run the triggers when this flag is present unless it "
3647"is explicitly called to do so in an extra call. Note that this option "
3648"exists (undocumented) also in older APT versions with a slightly different "
3649"meaning: Previously these option only append --no-triggers to the configure "
3650"calls to &dpkg; - now APT will also add this flag to the unpack and remove "
3651"calls."
2a52e8c5
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3652msgstr ""
3653
7d76ea1d 3654#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3655#: apt.conf.5.xml:874
2a52e8c5 3656msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3657"Valid values are \"<literal>all</literal>\", \"<literal>smart</literal>\" "
5723791e
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3658"and \"<literal>no</literal>\". The default value is "
3659"\"<literal>all</literal>\", which causes APT to configure all packages. The "
3660"\"<literal>smart</literal>\" way is to configure only packages which need to "
3661"be configured before another package can be unpacked (Pre-Depends), and let "
3662"the rest be configured by &dpkg; with a call generated by the "
3663"ConfigurePending option (see below). On the other hand, "
3664"\"<literal>no</literal>\" will not configure anything, and totally relies on "
3665"&dpkg; for configuration (which at the moment will fail if a Pre-Depends is "
3666"encountered). Setting this option to any value other than "
3667"<literal>all</literal> will implicitly also activate the next option by "
3668"default, as otherwise the system could end in an unconfigured and "
3669"potentially unbootable state."
2a52e8c5
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3670msgstr ""
3671
7d76ea1d 3672#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3673#: apt.conf.5.xml:889
2a52e8c5 3674msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3675"If this option is set APT will call <command>dpkg --configure "
3676"--pending</command> to let &dpkg; handle all required configurations and "
3677"triggers. This option is activated automatically per default if the previous "
3678"option is not set to <literal>all</literal>, but deactivating it could be "
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3679"useful if you want to run APT multiple times in a row - e.g. in an "
3680"installer. In these sceneries you could deactivate this option in all but "
3681"the last run."
2a52e8c5
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3682msgstr ""
3683
7d76ea1d 3684#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3685#: apt.conf.5.xml:896
2a52e8c5 3686msgid ""
5723791e
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3687"Useful for the <literal>smart</literal> configuration as a package which has "
3688"pending triggers is not considered as <literal>installed</literal>, and "
3689"&dpkg; treats them as <literal>unpacked</literal> currently which is a "
3690"showstopper for Pre-Dependencies (see debbugs #526774). Note that this will "
3691"process all triggers, not only the triggers needed to configure this "
3692"package."
2a52e8c5
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3693msgstr ""
3694
7d76ea1d 3695#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
864fe99c 3696#: apt.conf.5.xml:909
7d76ea1d 3697#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3698msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3699"OrderList::Score {\n"
3700"\tDelete 500;\n"
3701"\tEssential 200;\n"
3702"\tImmediate 10;\n"
3703"\tPreDepends 50;\n"
3704"};"
2a52e8c5
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3705msgstr ""
3706
7d76ea1d 3707#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3708#: apt.conf.5.xml:902
7d76ea1d 3709msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3710"Essential packages (and their dependencies) should be configured immediately "
3711"after unpacking. It is a good idea to do this quite early in the upgrade "
3712"process as these configure calls also currently require "
7d76ea1d 3713"<literal>DPkg::TriggersPending</literal> which will run quite a few triggers "
5723791e
JR
3714"(which may not be needed). Essentials get per default a high score but the "
3715"immediate flag is relatively low (a package which has a Pre-Depends is rated "
3716"higher). These option and the others in the same group can be used to "
3717"change the scoring. The following example shows the settings with their "
7d76ea1d 3718"default values. <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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3719msgstr ""
3720
7d76ea1d 3721#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
864fe99c 3722#: apt.conf.5.xml:922
7d76ea1d 3723msgid "Periodic and Archives options"
89fd753d
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3724msgstr ""
3725
7d76ea1d 3726#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3727#: apt.conf.5.xml:923
7d76ea1d
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3728msgid ""
3729"<literal>APT::Periodic</literal> and <literal>APT::Archives</literal> groups "
5723791e
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3730"of options configure behavior of apt periodic updates, which is done by the "
3731"<literal>/etc/cron.daily/apt</literal> script. See the top of this script "
3732"for the brief documentation of these options."
2a52e8c5
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3733msgstr ""
3734
7d76ea1d 3735#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
864fe99c 3736#: apt.conf.5.xml:931
7d76ea1d 3737msgid "Debug options"
2a52e8c5
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3738msgstr ""
3739
3740#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3741#: apt.conf.5.xml:933
2a52e8c5 3742msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3743"Enabling options in the <literal>Debug::</literal> section will cause "
3744"debugging information to be sent to the standard error stream of the program "
3745"utilizing the <literal>apt</literal> libraries, or enable special program "
3746"modes that are primarily useful for debugging the behavior of "
3747"<literal>apt</literal>. Most of these options are not interesting to a "
3748"normal user, but a few may be:"
b39c1859
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3749msgstr ""
3750
7d76ea1d 3751#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3752#: apt.conf.5.xml:944
b39c1859 3753msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3754"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> enables output about the "
3755"decisions made by <literal>dist-upgrade, upgrade, install, remove, "
3756"purge</literal>."
b39c1859
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3757msgstr ""
3758
7d76ea1d 3759#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3760#: apt.conf.5.xml:952
b39c1859 3761msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3762"<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal> disables all file locking. This can be "
3763"used to run some operations (for instance, <literal>apt-get -s "
3764"install</literal>) as a non-root user."
b39c1859
MV
3765msgstr ""
3766
7d76ea1d 3767#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3768#: apt.conf.5.xml:961
b39c1859 3769msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3770"<literal>Debug::pkgDPkgPM</literal> prints out the actual command line each "
3771"time that <literal>apt</literal> invokes &dpkg;."
b39c1859
MV
3772msgstr ""
3773
7d76ea1d
DK
3774#. TODO: provide a
3775#. motivating example, except I haven't a clue why you'd want
3776#. to do this.
3777#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3778#: apt.conf.5.xml:969
b39c1859 3779msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3780"<literal>Debug::IdentCdrom</literal> disables the inclusion of statfs data "
3781"in CD-ROM IDs."
2a52e8c5
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3782msgstr ""
3783
3784#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3785#: apt.conf.5.xml:979
7d76ea1d 3786msgid "A full list of debugging options to apt follows."
2a52e8c5
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3787msgstr ""
3788
7d76ea1d 3789#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3790#: apt.conf.5.xml:988
7d76ea1d 3791msgid "Print information related to accessing <literal>cdrom://</literal> sources."
2a52e8c5
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3792msgstr ""
3793
7d76ea1d 3794#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3795#: apt.conf.5.xml:999
7d76ea1d 3796msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using FTP."
2a52e8c5
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3797msgstr ""
3798
7d76ea1d 3799#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3800#: apt.conf.5.xml:1010
7d76ea1d 3801msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTP."
2a52e8c5
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3802msgstr ""
3803
7d76ea1d 3804#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3805#: apt.conf.5.xml:1021
7d76ea1d 3806msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTPS."
2a52e8c5
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3807msgstr ""
3808
7d76ea1d 3809#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3810#: apt.conf.5.xml:1032
2a52e8c5 3811msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3812"Print information related to verifying cryptographic signatures using "
3813"<literal>gpg</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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3814msgstr ""
3815
7d76ea1d 3816#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3817#: apt.conf.5.xml:1043
2a52e8c5 3818msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3819"Output information about the process of accessing collections of packages "
3820"stored on CD-ROMs."
2a52e8c5
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3821msgstr ""
3822
7d76ea1d 3823#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3824#: apt.conf.5.xml:1053
7d76ea1d 3825msgid "Describes the process of resolving build-dependencies in &apt-get;."
63fc5550
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3826msgstr ""
3827
7d76ea1d 3828#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3829#: apt.conf.5.xml:1063
63fc5550 3830msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3831"Output each cryptographic hash that is generated by the "
3832"<literal>apt</literal> libraries."
2a52e8c5
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3833msgstr ""
3834
7d76ea1d 3835#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3836#: apt.conf.5.xml:1073
63fc5550 3837msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3838"Do not include information from <literal>statfs</literal>, namely the number "
3839"of used and free blocks on the CD-ROM filesystem, when generating an ID for "
3840"a CD-ROM."
63fc5550
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3841msgstr ""
3842
7d76ea1d 3843#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3844#: apt.conf.5.xml:1084
2a52e8c5 3845msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3846"Disable all file locking. For instance, this will allow two instances of "
3847"<quote><literal>apt-get update</literal></quote> to run at the same time."
63fc5550
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3848msgstr ""
3849
7d76ea1d 3850#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3851#: apt.conf.5.xml:1096
7d76ea1d 3852msgid "Log when items are added to or removed from the global download queue."
2a52e8c5
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3853msgstr ""
3854
7d76ea1d 3855#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3856#: apt.conf.5.xml:1106
63fc5550 3857msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3858"Output status messages and errors related to verifying checksums and "
3859"cryptographic signatures of downloaded files."
2a52e8c5
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3860msgstr ""
3861
7d76ea1d 3862#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3863#: apt.conf.5.xml:1116
2a52e8c5 3864msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3865"Output information about downloading and applying package index list diffs, "
3866"and errors relating to package index list diffs."
2a52e8c5
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3867msgstr ""
3868
2a52e8c5 3869#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3870#: apt.conf.5.xml:1128
2a52e8c5 3871msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3872"Output information related to patching apt package lists when downloading "
3873"index diffs instead of full indices."
2a52e8c5
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3874msgstr ""
3875
c77d6597 3876#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3877#: apt.conf.5.xml:1139
7d76ea1d 3878msgid "Log all interactions with the sub-processes that actually perform downloads."
c77d6597
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3879msgstr ""
3880
2a52e8c5 3881#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3882#: apt.conf.5.xml:1150
2a52e8c5 3883msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3884"Log events related to the automatically-installed status of packages and to "
3885"the removal of unused packages."
2a52e8c5
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3886msgstr ""
3887
2a52e8c5 3888#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3889#: apt.conf.5.xml:1160
2a52e8c5 3890msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3891"Generate debug messages describing which packages are being automatically "
3892"installed to resolve dependencies. This corresponds to the initial "
3893"auto-install pass performed in, e.g., <literal>apt-get install</literal>, "
3894"and not to the full <literal>apt</literal> dependency resolver; see "
3895"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> for that."
2a52e8c5
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3896msgstr ""
3897
2a52e8c5 3898#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3899#: apt.conf.5.xml:1174
2a52e8c5 3900msgid ""
5723791e 3901"Generate debug messages describing which packages are marked as "
7d76ea1d
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3902"keep/install/remove while the ProblemResolver does his work. Each addition "
3903"or deletion may trigger additional actions; they are shown indented two "
5723791e 3904"additional spaces under the original entry. The format for each line is "
7d76ea1d
DK
3905"<literal>MarkKeep</literal>, <literal>MarkDelete</literal> or "
3906"<literal>MarkInstall</literal> followed by <literal>package-name &lt;a.b.c "
3907"-&gt; d.e.f | x.y.z&gt; (section)</literal> where <literal>a.b.c</literal> "
3908"is the current version of the package, <literal>d.e.f</literal> is the "
3909"version considered for installation and <literal>x.y.z</literal> is a newer "
3910"version, but not considered for installation (because of a low pin "
3911"score). The later two can be omitted if there is none or if it is the same "
5723791e 3912"as the installed version. <literal>section</literal> is the name of the "
7d76ea1d 3913"section the package appears in."
2a52e8c5
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3914msgstr ""
3915
2a52e8c5 3916#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3917#: apt.conf.5.xml:1195
2a52e8c5 3918msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3919"When invoking &dpkg;, output the precise command line with which it is being "
3920"invoked, with arguments separated by a single space character."
2a52e8c5
DK
3921msgstr ""
3922
2a52e8c5 3923#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3924#: apt.conf.5.xml:1206
2a52e8c5 3925msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3926"Output all the data received from &dpkg; on the status file descriptor and "
3927"any errors encountered while parsing it."
2a52e8c5
DK
3928msgstr ""
3929
2a52e8c5 3930#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3931#: apt.conf.5.xml:1217
2a52e8c5 3932msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3933"Generate a trace of the algorithm that decides the order in which "
3934"<literal>apt</literal> should pass packages to &dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
3935msgstr ""
3936
2a52e8c5 3937#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3938#: apt.conf.5.xml:1229
7d76ea1d 3939msgid "Output status messages tracing the steps performed when invoking &dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
3940msgstr ""
3941
2a52e8c5 3942#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3943#: apt.conf.5.xml:1240
7d76ea1d 3944msgid "Output the priority of each package list on startup."
2a52e8c5
DK
3945msgstr ""
3946
2a52e8c5 3947#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3948#: apt.conf.5.xml:1250
2a52e8c5 3949msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3950"Trace the execution of the dependency resolver (this applies only to what "
3951"happens when a complex dependency problem is encountered)."
2a52e8c5
DK
3952msgstr ""
3953
2a52e8c5 3954#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3955#: apt.conf.5.xml:1261
2a52e8c5 3956msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3957"Display a list of all installed packages with their calculated score used by "
3958"the pkgProblemResolver. The description of the package is the same as "
3959"described in <literal>Debug::pkgDepCache::Marker</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
3960msgstr ""
3961
2a52e8c5 3962#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3963#: apt.conf.5.xml:1273
2a52e8c5 3964msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3965"Print information about the vendors read from "
3966"<filename>/etc/apt/vendors.list</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3967msgstr ""
3968
93ae7f7f 3969#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
864fe99c 3970#: apt.conf.5.xml:1283
93ae7f7f
MV
3971msgid ""
3972"Display the external commands that are called by apt hooks. This includes "
3973"e.g. the config options <literal>DPkg::{Pre,Post}-Invoke</literal> or "
3974"<literal>APT::Update::{Pre,Post}-Invoke</literal>."
3975msgstr ""
3976
2a52e8c5 3977#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
bf33c3bd 3978#: apt.conf.5.xml:1307 apt_preferences.5.xml:556 sources.list.5.xml:361 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:592
7d76ea1d 3979msgid "Examples"
2a52e8c5
DK
3980msgstr ""
3981
aec22160 3982#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3983#: apt.conf.5.xml:1308
aec22160 3984msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3985"&configureindex; is a configuration file showing example values for all "
3986"possible options."
aec22160
DK
3987msgstr ""
3988
7d76ea1d
DK
3989#. ? reading apt.conf
3990#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 3991#: apt.conf.5.xml:1320
7d76ea1d 3992msgid "&apt-cache;, &apt-config;, &apt-preferences;."
b6c6b52f
MV
3993msgstr ""
3994
7d76ea1d 3995#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 3996#: apt_preferences.5.xml:28
7d76ea1d 3997msgid "Preference control file for APT"
c77d6597
MV
3998msgstr ""
3999
aec22160 4000#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 4001#: apt_preferences.5.xml:33
b6c6b52f 4002msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4003"The APT preferences file <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> and the "
4004"fragment files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename> folder "
4005"can be used to control which versions of packages will be selected for "
4006"installation."
b6c6b52f
MV
4007msgstr ""
4008
7d76ea1d 4009#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 4010#: apt_preferences.5.xml:38
2a52e8c5 4011msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4012"Several versions of a package may be available for installation when the "
4013"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one distribution (for "
4014"example, <literal>stable</literal> and <literal>testing</literal>). APT "
4015"assigns a priority to each version that is available. Subject to dependency "
4016"constraints, <command>apt-get</command> selects the version with the highest "
44477002
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4017"priority for installation. The APT preferences override the priorities that "
4018"APT assigns to package versions by default, thus giving the user control "
4019"over which one is selected for installation."
2a52e8c5
DK
4020msgstr ""
4021
7d76ea1d 4022#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 4023#: apt_preferences.5.xml:48
b39c1859 4024msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4025"Several instances of the same version of a package may be available when the "
4026"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one source. In this "
4027"case <command>apt-get</command> downloads the instance listed earliest in "
44477002
JR
4028"the &sources-list; file. The APT preferences do not affect the choice of "
4029"instance, only the choice of version."
b39c1859
MV
4030msgstr ""
4031
7d76ea1d 4032#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 4033#: apt_preferences.5.xml:55
2a52e8c5 4034msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4035"Preferences are a strong power in the hands of a system administrator but "
4036"they can become also their biggest nightmare if used without care! APT will "
44477002
JR
4037"not question the preferences, so wrong settings can lead to uninstallable "
4038"packages or wrong decisions while upgrading packages. Even more problems "
4039"will arise if multiple distribution releases are mixed without a good "
4040"understanding of the following paragraphs. Packages included in a specific "
4041"release aren't tested in (and therefore don't always work as expected in) "
4042"older or newer releases, or together with other packages from different "
4043"releases. You have been warned."
2a52e8c5
DK
4044msgstr ""
4045
7d76ea1d 4046#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 4047#: apt_preferences.5.xml:66
2a52e8c5 4048msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4049"Note that the files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d</filename> "
4050"directory are parsed in alphanumeric ascending order and need to obey the "
4051"following naming convention: The files have either no or "
4052"\"<literal>pref</literal>\" as filename extension and only contain "
4053"alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) and period (.) characters. "
44477002
JR
4054"Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file, unless that "
4055"file matches a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> "
5723791e 4056"configuration list - in which case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
DK
4057msgstr ""
4058
7d76ea1d 4059#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
9de26945 4060#: apt_preferences.5.xml:75
7d76ea1d 4061msgid "APT's Default Priority Assignments"
2a52e8c5
DK
4062msgstr ""
4063
7d76ea1d 4064#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
9de26945 4065#: apt_preferences.5.xml:90
7d76ea1d 4066#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4067msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4068"<command>apt-get install -t testing "
4069"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command>\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4070msgstr ""
4071
7d76ea1d 4072#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
9de26945 4073#: apt_preferences.5.xml:93
7d76ea1d
DK
4074#, no-wrap
4075msgid "APT::Default-Release \"stable\";\n"
4076msgstr ""
2a52e8c5 4077
7d76ea1d 4078#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
9de26945 4079#: apt_preferences.5.xml:77
2a52e8c5 4080msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4081"If there is no preferences file or if there is no entry in the file that "
4082"applies to a particular version then the priority assigned to that version "
4083"is the priority of the distribution to which that version belongs. It is "
4084"possible to single out a distribution, \"the target release\", which "
4085"receives a higher priority than other distributions do by default. The "
4086"target release can be set on the <command>apt-get</command> command line or "
4087"in the APT configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename>. Note "
4088"that this has precedence over any general priority you set in the "
4089"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> file described later, but not over "
4090"specifically pinned packages. For example, <placeholder "
4091"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/> <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
4092"id=\"1\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4093msgstr ""
4094
7d76ea1d 4095#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
9de26945 4096#: apt_preferences.5.xml:97
2a52e8c5 4097msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4098"If the target release has been specified then APT uses the following "
4099"algorithm to set the priorities of the versions of a package. Assign:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4100msgstr ""
4101
7d76ea1d 4102#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
9de26945 4103#: apt_preferences.5.xml:102
7d76ea1d 4104msgid "priority 1"
c086ac18
DK
4105msgstr ""
4106
7d76ea1d 4107#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
9de26945 4108#: apt_preferences.5.xml:103
63fc5550 4109msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4110"to the versions coming from archives which in their "
4111"<filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" but "
44477002 4112"<emphasis>not</emphasis> as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the Debian "
7d76ea1d 4113"<literal>experimental</literal> archive."
63fc5550
DK
4114msgstr ""
4115
7d76ea1d 4116#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
9de26945 4117#: apt_preferences.5.xml:109
7d76ea1d 4118msgid "priority 100"
bf5c3fe8
MV
4119msgstr ""
4120
7d76ea1d 4121#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
9de26945 4122#: apt_preferences.5.xml:110
2a52e8c5 4123msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4124"to the version that is already installed (if any) and to the versions coming "
4125"from archives which in their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked "
44477002 4126"as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" and \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the Debian "
7d76ea1d 4127"backports archive since <literal>squeeze-backports</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
4128msgstr ""
4129
7d76ea1d 4130#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
9de26945 4131#: apt_preferences.5.xml:117
7d76ea1d 4132msgid "priority 500"
2a52e8c5
DK
4133msgstr ""
4134
7d76ea1d 4135#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
9de26945 4136#: apt_preferences.5.xml:118
864fe99c 4137msgid "to the versions that do not belong to the target release."
2a52e8c5
DK
4138msgstr ""
4139
7d76ea1d 4140#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
9de26945 4141#: apt_preferences.5.xml:122
7d76ea1d 4142msgid "priority 990"
c086ac18
DK
4143msgstr ""
4144
7d76ea1d 4145#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
9de26945 4146#: apt_preferences.5.xml:123
864fe99c
MV
4147msgid "to the versions that belong to the target release."
4148msgstr ""
4149
4150#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4151#: apt_preferences.5.xml:127
4152msgid ""
4153"The highest of those priorities whose description matches the version is "
4154"assigned to the version."
63fc5550
DK
4155msgstr ""
4156
7d76ea1d 4157#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4158#: apt_preferences.5.xml:131
2a52e8c5 4159msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4160"If the target release has not been specified then APT simply assigns "
4161"priority 100 to all installed package versions and priority 500 to all "
4162"uninstalled package versions, except versions coming from archives which in "
4163"their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" "
4164"- these versions get the priority 1 or priority 100 if it is additionally "
4165"marked as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4166msgstr ""
4167
7d76ea1d 4168#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4169#: apt_preferences.5.xml:138
2a52e8c5 4170msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4171"APT then applies the following rules, listed in order of precedence, to "
4172"determine which version of a package to install."
2a52e8c5
DK
4173msgstr ""
4174
7d76ea1d 4175#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4176#: apt_preferences.5.xml:141
2a52e8c5 4177msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4178"Never downgrade unless the priority of an available version exceeds 1000. "
4179"(\"Downgrading\" is installing a less recent version of a package in place "
4180"of a more recent version. Note that none of APT's default priorities "
4181"exceeds 1000; such high priorities can only be set in the preferences file. "
4182"Note also that downgrading a package can be risky.)"
2a52e8c5
DK
4183msgstr ""
4184
7d76ea1d 4185#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4186#: apt_preferences.5.xml:147
7d76ea1d 4187msgid "Install the highest priority version."
2a52e8c5
DK
4188msgstr ""
4189
7d76ea1d 4190#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4191#: apt_preferences.5.xml:148
2a52e8c5 4192msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4193"If two or more versions have the same priority, install the most recent one "
4194"(that is, the one with the higher version number)."
2a52e8c5
DK
4195msgstr ""
4196
7d76ea1d 4197#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4198#: apt_preferences.5.xml:151
2a52e8c5 4199msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4200"If two or more versions have the same priority and version number but either "
4201"the packages differ in some of their metadata or the "
4202"<literal>--reinstall</literal> option is given, install the uninstalled one."
2a52e8c5
DK
4203msgstr ""
4204
7d76ea1d 4205#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4206#: apt_preferences.5.xml:157
bcf91c1b 4207msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4208"In a typical situation, the installed version of a package (priority 100) "
4209"is not as recent as one of the versions available from the sources listed in "
4210"the &sources-list; file (priority 500 or 990). Then the package will be "
4211"upgraded when <command>apt-get install "
4212"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
4213"upgrade</command> is executed."
bcf91c1b
DK
4214msgstr ""
4215
7d76ea1d 4216#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4217#: apt_preferences.5.xml:164
bcf91c1b 4218msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4219"More rarely, the installed version of a package is <emphasis>more</emphasis> "
4220"recent than any of the other available versions. The package will not be "
4221"downgraded when <command>apt-get install "
4222"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
4223"upgrade</command> is executed."
bcf91c1b
DK
4224msgstr ""
4225
7d76ea1d 4226#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4227#: apt_preferences.5.xml:169
2a52e8c5 4228msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4229"Sometimes the installed version of a package is more recent than the version "
4230"belonging to the target release, but not as recent as a version belonging to "
4231"some other distribution. Such a package will indeed be upgraded when "
4232"<command>apt-get install <replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> "
4233"or <command>apt-get upgrade</command> is executed, because at least "
4234"<emphasis>one</emphasis> of the available versions has a higher priority "
4235"than the installed version."
bcf91c1b
DK
4236msgstr ""
4237
7d76ea1d 4238#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
864fe99c 4239#: apt_preferences.5.xml:178
7d76ea1d 4240msgid "The Effect of APT Preferences"
bcf91c1b
DK
4241msgstr ""
4242
7d76ea1d 4243#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4244#: apt_preferences.5.xml:180
bcf91c1b 4245msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4246"The APT preferences file allows the system administrator to control the "
4247"assignment of priorities. The file consists of one or more multi-line "
4248"records separated by blank lines. Records can have one of two forms, a "
4249"specific form and a general form."
bcf91c1b
DK
4250msgstr ""
4251
7d76ea1d 4252#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4253#: apt_preferences.5.xml:186
bcf91c1b 4254msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4255"The specific form assigns a priority (a \"Pin-Priority\") to one or more "
44477002
JR
4256"specified packages with a specified version or version range. For example, "
4257"the following record assigns a high priority to all versions of the "
7d76ea1d 4258"<filename>perl</filename> package whose version number begins with "
75d9bdba
JR
4259"\"<literal>&good-perl;</literal>\". Multiple packages can be separated by "
4260"spaces."
bcf91c1b
DK
4261msgstr ""
4262
7d76ea1d 4263#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
864fe99c 4264#: apt_preferences.5.xml:193
bcf91c1b 4265#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d
DK
4266msgid ""
4267"Package: perl\n"
75d9bdba 4268"Pin: version &good-perl;*\n"
7d76ea1d 4269"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
bcf91c1b
DK
4270msgstr ""
4271
7d76ea1d 4272#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4273#: apt_preferences.5.xml:199
bcf91c1b 4274msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4275"The general form assigns a priority to all of the package versions in a "
4276"given distribution (that is, to all the versions of packages that are listed "
4277"in a certain <filename>Release</filename> file) or to all of the package "
4278"versions coming from a particular Internet site, as identified by the site's "
4279"fully qualified domain name."
bcf91c1b
DK
4280msgstr ""
4281
7d76ea1d 4282#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4283#: apt_preferences.5.xml:205
bcf91c1b 4284msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4285"This general-form entry in the APT preferences file applies only to groups "
4286"of packages. For example, the following record assigns a high priority to "
4287"all package versions available from the local site."
bcf91c1b
DK
4288msgstr ""
4289
7d76ea1d 4290#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
864fe99c 4291#: apt_preferences.5.xml:210
bcf91c1b 4292#, no-wrap
de2c243c 4293msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4294"Package: *\n"
4295"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
4296"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
de2c243c 4297msgstr ""
4298
7d76ea1d 4299#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4300#: apt_preferences.5.xml:215
bf5c3fe8 4301msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4302"A note of caution: the keyword used here is \"<literal>origin</literal>\" "
4303"which can be used to match a hostname. The following record will assign a "
4304"high priority to all versions available from the server identified by the "
4305"hostname \"ftp.de.debian.org\""
bf5c3fe8
MV
4306msgstr ""
4307
7d76ea1d 4308#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
864fe99c 4309#: apt_preferences.5.xml:219
bf5c3fe8 4310#, no-wrap
bcf91c1b 4311msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4312"Package: *\n"
4313"Pin: origin \"ftp.de.debian.org\"\n"
4314"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
bf5c3fe8
MV
4315msgstr ""
4316
7d76ea1d 4317#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4318#: apt_preferences.5.xml:223
bf5c3fe8 4319msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4320"This should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be confused with the Origin of a "
4321"distribution as specified in a <filename>Release</filename> file. What "
4322"follows the \"Origin:\" tag in a <filename>Release</filename> file is not an "
4323"Internet address but an author or vendor name, such as \"Debian\" or "
4324"\"Ximian\"."
bf5c3fe8
MV
4325msgstr ""
4326
7d76ea1d 4327#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4328#: apt_preferences.5.xml:228
c086ac18 4329msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4330"The following record assigns a low priority to all package versions "
4331"belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "
4332"\"<literal>unstable</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4333msgstr ""
4334
7d76ea1d 4335#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
864fe99c 4336#: apt_preferences.5.xml:232
bf5c3fe8 4337#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4338msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4339"Package: *\n"
4340"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
4341"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4342msgstr ""
4343
7d76ea1d 4344#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4345#: apt_preferences.5.xml:237
2a52e8c5 4346msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4347"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
4348"belonging to any distribution whose Codename is "
4349"\"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4350msgstr ""
4351
7d76ea1d 4352#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
864fe99c 4353#: apt_preferences.5.xml:241
7d76ea1d 4354#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4355msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4356"Package: *\n"
4357"Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
4358"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4359msgstr ""
4360
7d76ea1d 4361#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4362#: apt_preferences.5.xml:246
2a52e8c5 4363msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4364"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
4365"belonging to any release whose Archive name is \"<literal>stable</literal>\" "
44477002 4366"and whose release Version number is \"<literal>&stable-version;</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4367msgstr ""
4368
7d76ea1d 4369#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
864fe99c 4370#: apt_preferences.5.xml:251
7d76ea1d 4371#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4372msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4373"Package: *\n"
44477002 4374"Pin: release a=stable, v=&stable-version;\n"
7d76ea1d 4375"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4376msgstr ""
4377
864fe99c 4378#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
9de26945 4379#: apt_preferences.5.xml:258
864fe99c
MV
4380msgid ""
4381"The effect of the comma operator is similar to an \"and\" in logic: All "
4382"conditions must be satisfied for the pin to match. There is one exception: "
4383"For any type of condition (such as two \"a\" conditions), only the last such "
4384"condition is checked."
4385msgstr ""
4386
4387#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
4388#: apt_preferences.5.xml:266
44477002 4389msgid "Regular expressions and &glob; syntax"
2a52e8c5
DK
4390msgstr ""
4391
7d76ea1d 4392#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4393#: apt_preferences.5.xml:268
b6c6b52f 4394msgid ""
44477002
JR
4395"APT also supports pinning by &glob; expressions, and regular expressions "
4396"surrounded by slashes. For example, the following example assigns the "
4397"priority 500 to all packages from experimental where the name starts with "
4398"gnome (as a &glob;-like expression) or contains the word kde (as a POSIX "
4399"extended regular expression surrounded by slashes)."
b6c6b52f
MV
4400msgstr ""
4401
7d76ea1d 4402#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
864fe99c 4403#: apt_preferences.5.xml:277
7d76ea1d 4404#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4405msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4406"Package: gnome* /kde/\n"
14c50b58 4407"Pin: release a=experimental\n"
7d76ea1d 4408"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4409msgstr ""
4410
7d76ea1d 4411#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4412#: apt_preferences.5.xml:283
2a52e8c5 4413msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4414"The rule for those expressions is that they can occur anywhere where a "
4415"string can occur. Thus, the following pin assigns the priority 990 to all "
44477002 4416"packages from a release starting with &ubuntu-codename;."
2a52e8c5
DK
4417msgstr ""
4418
7d76ea1d 4419#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
864fe99c 4420#: apt_preferences.5.xml:289
7d76ea1d 4421#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4422msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4423"Package: *\n"
44477002 4424"Pin: release n=&ubuntu-codename;*\n"
7d76ea1d 4425"Pin-Priority: 990\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4426msgstr ""
4427
7d76ea1d 4428#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4429#: apt_preferences.5.xml:295
2a52e8c5 4430msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4431"If a regular expression occurs in a <literal>Package</literal> field, the "
4432"behavior is the same as if this regular expression were replaced with a list "
4433"of all package names it matches. It is undecided whether this will change in "
44477002 4434"the future; thus you should always list wild-card pins first, so later "
7d76ea1d 4435"specific pins override it. The pattern \"<literal>*</literal>\" in a "
44477002 4436"Package field is not considered a &glob; expression in itself."
2a52e8c5
DK
4437msgstr ""
4438
7d76ea1d 4439#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
864fe99c 4440#: apt_preferences.5.xml:311
7d76ea1d 4441msgid "How APT Interprets Priorities"
2a52e8c5
DK
4442msgstr ""
4443
7d76ea1d 4444#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4445#: apt_preferences.5.xml:314
2a52e8c5 4446msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4447"Priorities (P) assigned in the APT preferences file must be positive or "
4448"negative integers. They are interpreted as follows (roughly speaking):"
2a52e8c5
DK
4449msgstr ""
4450
7d76ea1d 4451#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4452#: apt_preferences.5.xml:319
5e594b30 4453msgid "P &gt;= 1000"
2a52e8c5
DK
4454msgstr ""
4455
7d76ea1d 4456#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4457#: apt_preferences.5.xml:320
2a52e8c5 4458msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4459"causes a version to be installed even if this constitutes a downgrade of the "
4460"package"
2a52e8c5
DK
4461msgstr ""
4462
7d76ea1d 4463#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4464#: apt_preferences.5.xml:324
5e594b30 4465msgid "990 &lt;= P &lt; 1000"
2a52e8c5
DK
4466msgstr ""
4467
7d76ea1d 4468#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4469#: apt_preferences.5.xml:325
2a52e8c5 4470msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4471"causes a version to be installed even if it does not come from the target "
4472"release, unless the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4473msgstr ""
4474
7d76ea1d 4475#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4476#: apt_preferences.5.xml:330
5e594b30 4477msgid "500 &lt;= P &lt; 990"
2a52e8c5
DK
4478msgstr ""
4479
7d76ea1d 4480#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4481#: apt_preferences.5.xml:331
2a52e8c5 4482msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4483"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4484"belonging to the target release or the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4485msgstr ""
4486
7d76ea1d 4487#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4488#: apt_preferences.5.xml:336
5e594b30 4489msgid "100 &lt;= P &lt; 500"
2a52e8c5
DK
4490msgstr ""
4491
7d76ea1d 4492#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4493#: apt_preferences.5.xml:337
2a52e8c5 4494msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4495"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4496"belonging to some other distribution or the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4497msgstr ""
4498
7d76ea1d 4499#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4500#: apt_preferences.5.xml:342
5e594b30 4501msgid "0 &lt; P &lt; 100"
3e9c4f70
DK
4502msgstr ""
4503
7d76ea1d 4504#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4505#: apt_preferences.5.xml:343
3e9c4f70 4506msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4507"causes a version to be installed only if there is no installed version of "
4508"the package"
3e9c4f70
DK
4509msgstr ""
4510
7d76ea1d 4511#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4512#: apt_preferences.5.xml:347
7d76ea1d 4513msgid "P &lt; 0"
3e9c4f70
DK
4514msgstr ""
4515
7d76ea1d 4516#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4517#: apt_preferences.5.xml:348
7d76ea1d 4518msgid "prevents the version from being installed"
3e9c4f70
DK
4519msgstr ""
4520
864fe99c
MV
4521#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
4522#: apt_preferences.5.xml:351
4523msgid "P = 0"
4524msgstr ""
4525
4526#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
4527#: apt_preferences.5.xml:352
4528msgid "has undefined behaviour, do not use it."
4529msgstr ""
4530
7d76ea1d 4531#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4532#: apt_preferences.5.xml:358
3e9c4f70 4533msgid ""
864fe99c
MV
4534"The first specific-form record matching an available package version "
4535"determines the priority of the package version. Failing that, the priority "
4536"of the package is defined as the maximum of all priorities defined by "
4537"generic-form records matching the version. Records defined using patterns "
4538"in the Pin field other than \"*\" are treated like specific-form records."
3e9c4f70
DK
4539msgstr ""
4540
3e9c4f70 4541#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4542#: apt_preferences.5.xml:366
5e312de7 4543msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4544"For example, suppose the APT preferences file contains the three records "
4545"presented earlier:"
3e9c4f70
DK
4546msgstr ""
4547
7d76ea1d 4548#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
864fe99c 4549#: apt_preferences.5.xml:370
3e9c4f70 4550#, no-wrap
5e312de7 4551msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4552"Package: perl\n"
75d9bdba 4553"Pin: version &good-perl;*\n"
7d76ea1d
DK
4554"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
4555"\n"
4556"Package: *\n"
4557"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
4558"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
4559"\n"
4560"Package: *\n"
4561"Pin: release unstable\n"
4562"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
5e312de7
DK
4563msgstr ""
4564
3e9c4f70 4565#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4566#: apt_preferences.5.xml:383
7d76ea1d 4567msgid "Then:"
5e312de7
DK
4568msgstr ""
4569
7d76ea1d 4570#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4571#: apt_preferences.5.xml:385
5e312de7 4572msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4573"The most recent available version of the <literal>perl</literal> package "
4574"will be installed, so long as that version's version number begins with "
75d9bdba
JR
4575"\"<literal>&good-perl;</literal>\". If <emphasis>any</emphasis> "
4576"&good-perl;* version of <literal>perl</literal> is available and the "
4577"installed version is &bad-perl;*, then <literal>perl</literal> will be "
4578"downgraded."
5e312de7
DK
4579msgstr ""
4580
7d76ea1d 4581#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4582#: apt_preferences.5.xml:390
5e312de7 4583msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4584"A version of any package other than <literal>perl</literal> that is "
4585"available from the local system has priority over other versions, even "
4586"versions belonging to the target release."
2a52e8c5
DK
4587msgstr ""
4588
7d76ea1d 4589#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4590#: apt_preferences.5.xml:394
2a52e8c5 4591msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4592"A version of a package whose origin is not the local system but some other "
4593"site listed in &sources-list; and which belongs to an "
4594"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution is only installed if it is selected "
4595"for installation and no version of the package is already installed."
2a52e8c5
DK
4596msgstr ""
4597
7d76ea1d 4598#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
864fe99c 4599#: apt_preferences.5.xml:404
7d76ea1d 4600msgid "Determination of Package Version and Distribution Properties"
2a52e8c5
DK
4601msgstr ""
4602
7d76ea1d 4603#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4604#: apt_preferences.5.xml:406
2a52e8c5 4605msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4606"The locations listed in the &sources-list; file should provide "
4607"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> files to "
4608"describe the packages available at that location."
2a52e8c5
DK
4609msgstr ""
4610
7d76ea1d 4611#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4612#: apt_preferences.5.xml:410
2a52e8c5 4613msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4614"The <filename>Packages</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
4615"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable>/<replaceable>component</replaceable>/<replaceable>arch</replaceable></filename>: "
4616"for example, "
4617"<filename>.../dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages</filename>. It "
4618"consists of a series of multi-line records, one for each package available "
4619"in that directory. Only two lines in each record are relevant for setting "
4620"APT priorities:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4621msgstr ""
4622
7d76ea1d 4623#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4624#: apt_preferences.5.xml:418
7d76ea1d 4625msgid "the <literal>Package:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4626msgstr ""
4627
7d76ea1d 4628#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4629#: apt_preferences.5.xml:419
7d76ea1d 4630msgid "gives the package name"
2a52e8c5
DK
4631msgstr ""
4632
7d76ea1d 4633#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4634#: apt_preferences.5.xml:422 apt_preferences.5.xml:472
7d76ea1d 4635msgid "the <literal>Version:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4636msgstr ""
4637
7d76ea1d 4638#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4639#: apt_preferences.5.xml:423
7d76ea1d 4640msgid "gives the version number for the named package"
2a52e8c5
DK
4641msgstr ""
4642
7d76ea1d 4643#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4644#: apt_preferences.5.xml:428
5e312de7 4645msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4646"The <filename>Release</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
4647"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable></filename>: for "
4648"example, <filename>.../dists/stable/Release</filename>, or "
4649"<filename>.../dists/&stable-codename;/Release</filename>. It consists of a "
4650"single multi-line record which applies to <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the "
4651"packages in the directory tree below its parent. Unlike the "
4652"<filename>Packages</filename> file, nearly all of the lines in a "
4653"<filename>Release</filename> file are relevant for setting APT priorities:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4654msgstr ""
4655
7d76ea1d 4656#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4657#: apt_preferences.5.xml:439
7d76ea1d 4658msgid "the <literal>Archive:</literal> or <literal>Suite:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4659msgstr ""
4660
7d76ea1d 4661#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4662#: apt_preferences.5.xml:440
2a52e8c5 4663msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4664"names the archive to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
4665"For example, the line \"Archive: stable\" or \"Suite: stable\" specifies "
4666"that all of the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
4667"<filename>Release</filename> file are in a <literal>stable</literal> "
4668"archive. Specifying this value in the APT preferences file would require "
4669"the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4670msgstr ""
4671
7d76ea1d 4672#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
864fe99c 4673#: apt_preferences.5.xml:450
7d76ea1d
DK
4674#, no-wrap
4675msgid "Pin: release a=stable\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4676msgstr ""
4677
7d76ea1d 4678#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4679#: apt_preferences.5.xml:456
7d76ea1d 4680msgid "the <literal>Codename:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4681msgstr ""
4682
7d76ea1d 4683#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4684#: apt_preferences.5.xml:457
2a52e8c5 4685msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4686"names the codename to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
4687"For example, the line \"Codename: &testing-codename;\" specifies that all of "
4688"the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
4689"<filename>Release</filename> file belong to a version named "
4690"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal>. Specifying this value in the APT "
4691"preferences file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4692msgstr ""
4693
7d76ea1d 4694#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
864fe99c 4695#: apt_preferences.5.xml:466
7d76ea1d
DK
4696#, no-wrap
4697msgid "Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4698msgstr ""
4699
7d76ea1d 4700#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4701#: apt_preferences.5.xml:473
2a52e8c5 4702msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4703"names the release version. For example, the packages in the tree might "
44477002
JR
4704"belong to Debian release version &stable-version;. Note that there is "
4705"normally no version number for the <literal>testing</literal> and "
7d76ea1d
DK
4706"<literal>unstable</literal> distributions because they have not been "
4707"released yet. Specifying this in the APT preferences file would require one "
4708"of the following lines."
2a52e8c5
DK
4709msgstr ""
4710
7d76ea1d 4711#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
864fe99c 4712#: apt_preferences.5.xml:482
7d76ea1d 4713#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4714msgid ""
44477002
JR
4715"Pin: release v=&stable-version;\n"
4716"Pin: release a=stable, v=&stable-version;\n"
4717"Pin: release &stable-version;\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4718msgstr ""
4719
7d76ea1d 4720#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4721#: apt_preferences.5.xml:491
7d76ea1d 4722msgid "the <literal>Component:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4723msgstr ""
4724
7d76ea1d 4725#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4726#: apt_preferences.5.xml:492
2a52e8c5 4727msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4728"names the licensing component associated with the packages in the directory "
4729"tree of the <filename>Release</filename> file. For example, the line "
4730"\"Component: main\" specifies that all the packages in the directory tree "
4731"are from the <literal>main</literal> component, which entails that they are "
4732"licensed under terms listed in the Debian Free Software Guidelines. "
4733"Specifying this component in the APT preferences file would require the "
4734"line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4735msgstr ""
4736
7d76ea1d 4737#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
864fe99c 4738#: apt_preferences.5.xml:501
7d76ea1d
DK
4739#, no-wrap
4740msgid "Pin: release c=main\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4741msgstr ""
4742
7d76ea1d 4743#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4744#: apt_preferences.5.xml:507
7d76ea1d 4745msgid "the <literal>Origin:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4746msgstr ""
4747
7d76ea1d 4748#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4749#: apt_preferences.5.xml:508
2a52e8c5 4750msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4751"names the originator of the packages in the directory tree of the "
4752"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
4753"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this origin in the APT preferences "
4754"file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
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4755msgstr ""
4756
7d76ea1d 4757#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
864fe99c 4758#: apt_preferences.5.xml:514
7d76ea1d
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4759#, no-wrap
4760msgid "Pin: release o=Debian\n"
2a52e8c5
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4761msgstr ""
4762
7d76ea1d 4763#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
864fe99c 4764#: apt_preferences.5.xml:520
7d76ea1d 4765msgid "the <literal>Label:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
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4766msgstr ""
4767
7d76ea1d 4768#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
864fe99c 4769#: apt_preferences.5.xml:521
2a52e8c5 4770msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4771"names the label of the packages in the directory tree of the "
4772"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
4773"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this label in the APT preferences "
4774"file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
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4775msgstr ""
4776
7d76ea1d 4777#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
864fe99c 4778#: apt_preferences.5.xml:527
7d76ea1d
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4779#, no-wrap
4780msgid "Pin: release l=Debian\n"
2a52e8c5
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4781msgstr ""
4782
7d76ea1d 4783#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4784#: apt_preferences.5.xml:534
2a52e8c5 4785msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4786"All of the <filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> "
4787"files retrieved from locations listed in the &sources-list; file are stored "
4788"in the directory <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists</filename>, or in the file "
4789"named by the variable <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> in the "
4790"<filename>apt.conf</filename> file. For example, the file "
4791"<filename>debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Release</filename> "
4792"contains the <filename>Release</filename> file retrieved from the site "
4793"<literal>debian.lcs.mit.edu</literal> for <literal>binary-i386</literal> "
4794"architecture files from the <literal>contrib</literal> component of the "
4795"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution."
2a52e8c5
DK
4796msgstr ""
4797
7d76ea1d 4798#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
864fe99c 4799#: apt_preferences.5.xml:547
7d76ea1d 4800msgid "Optional Lines in an APT Preferences Record"
2a52e8c5
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4801msgstr ""
4802
7d76ea1d 4803#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4804#: apt_preferences.5.xml:549
2a52e8c5 4805msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4806"Each record in the APT preferences file can optionally begin with one or "
4807"more lines beginning with the word <literal>Explanation:</literal>. This "
4808"provides a place for comments."
2a52e8c5
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4809msgstr ""
4810
7d76ea1d 4811#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
864fe99c 4812#: apt_preferences.5.xml:558
7d76ea1d 4813msgid "Tracking Stable"
2a52e8c5
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4814msgstr ""
4815
7d76ea1d 4816#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
864fe99c 4817#: apt_preferences.5.xml:566
7d76ea1d 4818#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4819msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4820"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated\n"
4821"Explanation: package versions other than those in the stable distro\n"
4822"Package: *\n"
4823"Pin: release a=stable\n"
4824"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
4825"\n"
4826"Package: *\n"
4827"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
4828"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
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4829msgstr ""
4830
7d76ea1d 4831#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4832#: apt_preferences.5.xml:560
2a52e8c5 4833msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4834"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
4835"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
4836"<literal>stable</literal> distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
4837"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> "
4838"distributions. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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4839msgstr ""
4840
7d76ea1d 4841#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
864fe99c 4842#: apt_preferences.5.xml:583 apt_preferences.5.xml:629 apt_preferences.5.xml:687
7d76ea1d 4843#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4844msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4845"apt-get install <replaceable>package-name</replaceable>\n"
4846"apt-get upgrade\n"
4847"apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
2a52e8c5
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4848msgstr ""
4849
7d76ea1d 4850#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4851#: apt_preferences.5.xml:578
2a52e8c5 4852msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4853"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
4854"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
4855"<literal>stable</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
4856"id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4857msgstr ""
4858
7d76ea1d 4859#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
864fe99c 4860#: apt_preferences.5.xml:595
7d76ea1d
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4861#, no-wrap
4862msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/testing\n"
2a52e8c5
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4863msgstr ""
4864
7d76ea1d 4865#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4866#: apt_preferences.5.xml:589
2a52e8c5 4867msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4868"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
4869"latest version from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution; the package "
4870"will not be upgraded again unless this command is given again. <placeholder "
4871"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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4872msgstr ""
4873
7d76ea1d 4874#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
864fe99c 4875#: apt_preferences.5.xml:601
7d76ea1d 4876msgid "Tracking Testing or Unstable"
2a52e8c5
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4877msgstr ""
4878
7d76ea1d 4879#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
864fe99c 4880#: apt_preferences.5.xml:610
7d76ea1d 4881#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4882msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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4883"Package: *\n"
4884"Pin: release a=testing\n"
4885"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
4886"\n"
4887"Package: *\n"
4888"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
4889"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
4890"\n"
4891"Package: *\n"
4892"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
4893"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
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4894msgstr ""
4895
7d76ea1d 4896#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4897#: apt_preferences.5.xml:603
2a52e8c5 4898msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4899"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a high priority "
4900"to package versions from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution, a "
4901"lower priority to package versions from the <literal>unstable</literal> "
4902"distribution, and a prohibitively low priority to package versions from "
4903"other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions. <placeholder "
4904"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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4905msgstr ""
4906
7d76ea1d 4907#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4908#: apt_preferences.5.xml:624
2a52e8c5 4909msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4910"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
4911"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
4912"<literal>testing</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
4913"id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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4914msgstr ""
4915
7d76ea1d 4916#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
864fe99c 4917#: apt_preferences.5.xml:644
7d76ea1d
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4918#, no-wrap
4919msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/unstable\n"
2a52e8c5
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4920msgstr ""
4921
7d76ea1d 4922#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4923#: apt_preferences.5.xml:635
7d76ea1d
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4924msgid ""
4925"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
4926"latest version from the <literal>unstable</literal> distribution. "
4927"Thereafter, <command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to "
4928"the most recent <literal>testing</literal> version if that is more recent "
4929"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
4930"<literal>unstable</literal> version if that is more recent than the "
4931"installed version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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4932msgstr ""
4933
7d76ea1d 4934#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
864fe99c 4935#: apt_preferences.5.xml:651
7d76ea1d 4936msgid "Tracking the evolution of a codename release"
2a52e8c5
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4937msgstr ""
4938
7d76ea1d 4939#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
864fe99c 4940#: apt_preferences.5.xml:665
7d76ea1d 4941#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4942msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4943"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated package "
4944"versions\n"
4945"Explanation: other than those in the distribution codenamed with "
4946"&testing-codename; or sid\n"
4947"Package: *\n"
4948"Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
4949"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
4950"\n"
4951"Explanation: Debian unstable is always codenamed with sid\n"
4952"Package: *\n"
4953"Pin: release n=sid\n"
4954"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
4955"\n"
4956"Package: *\n"
4957"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
4958"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
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4959msgstr ""
4960
7d76ea1d 4961#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4962#: apt_preferences.5.xml:653
2a52e8c5 4963msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4964"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
4965"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
4966"specified codename of a distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
4967"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions, "
4968"codenames and archives. Note that with this APT preference APT will follow "
4969"the migration of a release from the archive <literal>testing</literal> to "
4970"<literal>stable</literal> and later <literal>oldstable</literal>. If you "
4971"want to follow for example the progress in <literal>testing</literal> "
4972"notwithstanding the codename changes you should use the example "
4973"configurations above. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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4974msgstr ""
4975
7d76ea1d 4976#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4977#: apt_preferences.5.xml:682
2a52e8c5 4978msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4979"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
4980"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest version(s) in "
4981"the release codenamed with <literal>&testing-codename;</literal>. "
4982"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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4983msgstr ""
4984
7d76ea1d 4985#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
864fe99c 4986#: apt_preferences.5.xml:702
7d76ea1d
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4987#, no-wrap
4988msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/sid\n"
4989msgstr ""
4990
4991#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
864fe99c 4992#: apt_preferences.5.xml:693
7d76ea1d
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4993msgid ""
4994"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
4995"latest version from the <literal>sid</literal> distribution. Thereafter, "
4996"<command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to the most "
4997"recent <literal>&testing-codename;</literal> version if that is more recent "
4998"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
4999"<literal>sid</literal> version if that is more recent than the installed "
5000"version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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5001msgstr ""
5002
b39c1859 5003#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 5004#: apt_preferences.5.xml:717
7d76ea1d 5005msgid "&apt-get; &apt-cache; &apt-conf; &sources-list;"
2a52e8c5
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5006msgstr ""
5007
7d76ea1d 5008#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 5009#: sources.list.5.xml:29
dabb215c 5010msgid "List of configured APT data sources"
2a52e8c5
DK
5011msgstr ""
5012
5013#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5014#: sources.list.5.xml:34
b39c1859 5015msgid ""
864fe99c
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5016"The source list <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> and the the files "
5017"contained in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename> are designed to "
5018"support any number of active sources and a variety of source media. The "
5019"files list one source per line (one line style) or contain multiline stanzas "
5020"defining one or more sources per stanza (deb822 style), with the most "
5021"preferred source listed first (in case a single version is available from "
5022"more than one source). The information available from the configured sources "
5023"is acquired by <command>apt-get update</command> (or by an equivalent "
5024"command from another APT front-end)."
5025msgstr ""
5026
5027#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
5028#: sources.list.5.xml:45
5029msgid "sources.list.d"
0fd68707
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5030msgstr ""
5031
5032#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 5033#: sources.list.5.xml:46
0fd68707 5034msgid ""
864fe99c
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5035"The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d</filename> directory provides a way to "
5036"add sources.list entries in separate files. Two different file formats are "
5037"allowed as described in the next two sections. Filenames need to have "
5038"either the extension <filename>.list</filename> or "
5039"<filename>.sources</filename> depending on the contained format. The "
5040"filenames may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z), digits (0-9), underscore "
5041"(_), hyphen (-) and period (.) characters. Otherwise APT will print a "
5042"notice that it has ignored a file, unless that file matches a pattern in the "
5043"<literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> configuration list - in which "
5044"case it will be silently ignored."
5045msgstr ""
5046
5047#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
5048#: sources.list.5.xml:58
5049msgid "one line style format"
5050msgstr ""
5051
5052#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5053#: sources.list.5.xml:60
5054msgid ""
5055"Files in this format have the extension <filename>.list</filename>. Each "
5056"line specifying a source starts with a type "
5723791e
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5057"(e.g. <literal>deb-src</literal>) followed by options and arguments for "
5058"this type. Individual entries cannot be continued onto a following "
5059"line. Empty lines are ignored, and a <literal>#</literal> character anywhere "
864fe99c
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5060"on a line marks the remainder of that line as a comment. Consequently an "
5061"entry can be disabled by commenting out the entire line. If options should "
5062"be provided they are separated by spaces and all of them together are "
5063"enclosed by square brackets (<literal>[]</literal>) included in the line "
5064"after the type separated from it with a space. If an option allows multiple "
5065"values these are separated from each other with a comma "
5066"(<literal>,</literal>). An option name is separated from its value(s) by a "
5067"equal sign (<literal>=</literal>). Multivalue options have also "
5068"<literal>-=</literal> and <literal>+=</literal> as separator which instead "
5069"of replacing the default with the given value(s) modify the default value(s) "
5070"to remove or include the given values."
5071msgstr ""
5072
5073#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5074#: sources.list.5.xml:79
5075msgid ""
5076"This is the traditional format and supported by all apt versions. Note that "
5077"not all options as described below are supported by all apt versions. Note "
5078"also that some older applications parsing this format on its own might not "
5079"expect to encounter options as they were uncommon before the introduction of "
5080"multi-architecture support."
b39c1859
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5081msgstr ""
5082
7d76ea1d 5083#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
864fe99c
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5084#: sources.list.5.xml:87
5085msgid "deb822 style format"
2a52e8c5
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5086msgstr ""
5087
0fd68707 5088#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c
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5089#: sources.list.5.xml:89
5090msgid ""
5091"Files in this format have the extension <filename>.sources</filename>. The "
5092"format is similar in syntax to other files used by Debian and its "
5093"derivatives, like the metadata itself apt will download from the configured "
5094"sources or the <filename>debian/control</filename> file in a Debian source "
5095"package. Individual entries are separated by an empty line, additional "
5096"empty lines are ignored, and a <literal>#</literal> character at the start "
5097"of the line marks the entire line as a comment. An entry can hence be "
5098"disabled by commenting out each line belonging to the stanza, but it is "
5099"usually easier to add the field \"Enabled: no\" to the stanza to disable the "
5100"entry. Removing the field or setting it to yes reenables it. Options have "
5101"the same syntax as every other field: A fieldname separated by a colon "
5102"(<literal>:</literal>) and optionally spaces from its value(s). Note "
5103"especially that multiple values are separated by spaces, not by commas as in "
5104"the one line format. Multivalue fields like <literal>Architectures</literal> "
5105"also have <literal>Architectures-Add</literal> and "
5106"<literal>Architectures-Remove</literal> to modify the default value rather "
5107"than replacing it."
5108msgstr ""
5109
5110#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5111#: sources.list.5.xml:108
2a52e8c5 5112msgid ""
864fe99c
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5113"This is a new format supported by apt itself since version 1.1. Previous "
5114"versions ignore such files with a notice message as described earlier. It "
5115"is intended to make this format gradually the default format and deprecating "
5116"the previously described one line style format as it is easier to create, "
5117"extend and modify by humans and machines alike especially if a lot of "
5118"sources and/or options are involved. Developers who are working with and/or "
5119"parsing apt sources are highly encouraged to add support for this format and "
5120"to contact the APT team to coordinate and share this work. Users can freely "
5121"adopt this format already, but could encounter problems with software not "
5122"supporting the format yet."
2a52e8c5
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5123msgstr ""
5124
7d76ea1d 5125#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
864fe99c
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5126#: sources.list.5.xml:123
5127msgid "The deb and deb-src types: General Format"
2a52e8c5
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5128msgstr ""
5129
7d76ea1d 5130#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 5131#: sources.list.5.xml:124
2a52e8c5 5132msgid ""
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5133"The <literal>deb</literal> type references a typical two-level Debian "
5134"archive, <filename>distribution/component</filename>. The "
864fe99c 5135"<literal>distribution</literal> is generally a suite name like "
7d76ea1d
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5136"<literal>stable</literal> or <literal>testing</literal> or a codename like "
5137"<literal>&stable-codename;</literal> or "
5138"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal> while component is one of "
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5139"<literal>main</literal>, <literal>contrib</literal> or "
5140"<literal>non-free</literal>. The <literal>deb-src</literal> type references "
5141"a Debian distribution's source code in the same form as the "
7d76ea1d
DK
5142"<literal>deb</literal> type. A <literal>deb-src</literal> line is required "
5143"to fetch source indexes."
2a52e8c5
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5144msgstr ""
5145
7d76ea1d 5146#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 5147#: sources.list.5.xml:135
aec22160 5148msgid ""
864fe99c
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5149"The format for two one line style entries using the <literal>deb</literal> "
5150"and <literal>deb-src</literal> types is:"
aec22160
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5151msgstr ""
5152
7d76ea1d 5153#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
864fe99c 5154#: sources.list.5.xml:138
2a52e8c5 5155#, no-wrap
864fe99c
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5156msgid ""
5157"deb [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] "
5158"[...]\n"
5159"deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] "
5160"[component2] [...]"
609bb2ea
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5161msgstr ""
5162
5163#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
864fe99c 5164#: sources.list.5.xml:143
609bb2ea
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5165#, no-wrap
5166msgid ""
b18dd45f 5167" Types: deb deb-src\n"
864fe99c
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5168" URIs: uri\n"
5169" Suites: suite\n"
5170" Components: [component1] [component2] [...]\n"
5171" option1: value1\n"
5172" option2: value2\n"
609bb2ea 5173" "
2a52e8c5
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5174msgstr ""
5175
7d76ea1d 5176#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 5177#: sources.list.5.xml:141
609bb2ea 5178msgid ""
864fe99c
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5179"Alternatively the equivalent entry in deb822 style looks like this: "
5180"<placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
609bb2ea
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5181msgstr ""
5182
5183#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 5184#: sources.list.5.xml:152
b6c6b52f 5185msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5186"The URI for the <literal>deb</literal> type must specify the base of the "
5187"Debian distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs. "
609bb2ea
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5188"<literal>suite</literal> can specify an exact path, in which case the "
5189"components must be omitted and <literal>suite</literal> must end with a "
5190"slash (<literal>/</literal>). This is useful for the case when only a "
864fe99c
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5191"particular sub-directory of the archive denoted by the URI is of interest. "
5192"If <literal>suite</literal> does not specify an exact path, at least one "
7d76ea1d 5193"<literal>component</literal> must be present."
b6c6b52f
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5194msgstr ""
5195
7d76ea1d 5196#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 5197#: sources.list.5.xml:161
aec22160 5198msgid ""
609bb2ea 5199"<literal>suite</literal> may also contain a variable, "
5723791e
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5200"<literal>$(ARCH)</literal> which expands to the Debian architecture (such as "
5201"<literal>amd64</literal> or <literal>armel</literal>) used on the "
5202"system. This permits architecture-independent "
5203"<filename>sources.list</filename> files to be used. In general this is only "
5204"of interest when specifying an exact path, <literal>APT</literal> will "
5205"automatically generate a URI with the current architecture otherwise."
b6c6b52f
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5206msgstr ""
5207
7d76ea1d 5208#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 5209#: sources.list.5.xml:169
782486e8 5210msgid ""
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5211"Especially in the one line style format since only one distribution can be "
5212"specified per line it may be necessary to have multiple lines for the same "
5213"URI, if a subset of all available distributions or components at that "
609bb2ea
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5214"location is desired. APT will sort the URI list after it has generated a "
5215"complete set internally, and will collapse multiple references to the same "
5216"Internet host, for instance, into a single connection, so that it does not "
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5217"inefficiently establish a connection, close it, do something else, and then "
5218"re-establish a connection to that same host. APT also parallelizes "
5219"connections to different hosts to more effectively deal with sites with low "
5220"bandwidth."
5221msgstr ""
5222
5223#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5224#: sources.list.5.xml:181
5225msgid ""
5226"It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most "
5227"preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting by "
5228"speed from fastest to slowest (CD-ROM followed by hosts on a local network, "
5229"followed by distant Internet hosts, for example)."
5230msgstr ""
5231
5232#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
5233#: sources.list.5.xml:188
5234#, no-wrap
5235msgid "&sourceslist-list-format;"
5236msgstr ""
5237
5238#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
5239#: sources.list.5.xml:190
5240#, no-wrap
5241msgid "&sourceslist-sources-format;"
2a52e8c5
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5242msgstr ""
5243
7d76ea1d 5244#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
864fe99c 5245#: sources.list.5.xml:186
b6c6b52f 5246msgid ""
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5247"As an example, the sources for your distribution could look like this in one "
5248"line style format: <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> or like "
5249"this in deb822 style format: <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"1\"/>"
5250msgstr ""
5251
5252#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
5253#: sources.list.5.xml:193
5254msgid "The deb and deb-src types: Options"
5255msgstr ""
5256
5257#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5258#: sources.list.5.xml:194
5259msgid ""
5260"Each source entry can have options specified modifying which and how the "
5261"source is accessed and data acquired from it. Format, syntax and names of "
5262"the options varies between the two formats one line and deb822 style as "
5263"described, but they have both the same options available. For simplicity we "
5264"list the deb822 fieldname and provide the one line name in brackets. "
5265"Remember that beside setting multivalue options explicitly, there is also "
5266"the option to modify them based on the default, but we aren't listing those "
5267"names explicitly here. Unsupported options are silently ignored by all APT "
5268"versions."
2a52e8c5
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5269msgstr ""
5270
7d76ea1d 5271#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
864fe99c 5272#: sources.list.5.xml:205
2a52e8c5 5273msgid ""
864fe99c
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5274"<option>Architectures</option> (<option>arch</option>) is a multivalue "
5275"option defining for which architectures information should be downloaded. If "
5276"this option isn't set the default is all architectures as defined by the "
5277"<option>APT::Architectures</option> config option."
2a52e8c5
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5278msgstr ""
5279
7d76ea1d 5280#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
864fe99c 5281#: sources.list.5.xml:212
ce34af08 5282msgid ""
864fe99c
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5283"<option>Languages</option> (<option>lang</option>) is a multivalue option "
5284"defining for which languages information like translated package "
5285"descriptions should be downloaded. If this option isn't set the default is "
5286"all languages as defined by the <option>Acquire::Languages</option> config "
5287"option."
ce34af08
MV
5288msgstr ""
5289
5290#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
864fe99c 5291#: sources.list.5.xml:220
782486e8 5292msgid ""
864fe99c
MV
5293"<option>Targets</option> (<option>target</option>) is a multivalue option "
5294"defining which download targets apt will try to acquire from this source. If "
5295"not specified, the default set is defined by the "
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5296"<option>Acquire::IndexTargets</option> configuration scope. Aditionally, "
5297"specific targets can be enabled or disabled by using the identifier as field "
5298"name instead of using this multivalue option."
2a52e8c5
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5299msgstr ""
5300
7d76ea1d 5301#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
bf33c3bd 5302#: sources.list.5.xml:231
7d76ea1d 5303msgid ""
864fe99c
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5304"Further more, there are options which if set effect <emphasis>all</emphasis> "
5305"sources with the same URI and Suite, so they have to be set on all such "
5306"entries and can not be varied between different components. APT will try to "
5307"detect and error out on such anomalies."
2a52e8c5
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5308msgstr ""
5309
864fe99c 5310#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
bf33c3bd 5311#: sources.list.5.xml:238
864fe99c
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5312msgid ""
5313"<option>Signed-By</option> (<option>signed-by</option>) is either an "
5314"absolute path to a keyring file (has to be accessible and readable for the "
5315"<literal>_apt</literal> user, so ensure everyone has read-permissions on the "
5316"file) or a fingerprint of a key in either the "
5317"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> keyring or in one of the keyrings in the "
5318"<filename>trusted.gpg.d/</filename> directory (see <command>apt-key "
5319"fingerprint</command>). If the option is set only the key(s) in this keyring "
5320"or only the key with this fingerprint is used for the &apt-secure; "
5321"verification of this repository. Otherwise all keys in the trusted keyrings "
5322"are considered valid signers for this repository."
2a52e8c5
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5323msgstr ""
5324
864fe99c 5325#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
bf33c3bd 5326#: sources.list.5.xml:252
2a52e8c5 5327msgid ""
864fe99c
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5328"<option>Check-Valid-Until</option> (<option>check-valid-until</option>) is "
5329"a yes/no value which controls if APT should try to detect replay attacks. A "
5330"repository creator can declare until then the data provided in the "
5331"repository should be considered valid and if this time is reached, but no "
5332"new data is provided the data is considered expired and an error is raised. "
5333"Beside increasing security as a malicious attacker can't sent old data "
5334"forever denying a user to be able to upgrade to a new version, this also "
5335"helps users identify mirrors which are no longer updated. Some repositories "
5336"like historic archives aren't updated anymore by design through, so this "
5337"check can be disabled by setting this option to <literal>no</literal>. "
5338"Defaults to the value of configuration option "
5339"<option>Acquire::Check-Valid-Until</option> which itself defaults to "
5340"<literal>yes</literal>."
5341msgstr ""
5342
5343#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
bf33c3bd 5344#: sources.list.5.xml:269
864fe99c
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5345msgid ""
5346"<option>Valid-Until-Min</option> (<option>check-valid-min</option>) and "
5347"<option>Valid-Until-Max</option> (<option>valid-until-max</option>) can be "
5348"used to raise or lower the time period in seconds in which the data from "
5349"this repository is considered valid. -Max can be especially useful if the "
5350"repository provides no Valid-Until field on its Release file to set your own "
bf33c3bd 5351"value, while -Min can be used to increase the valid time on seldom updated "
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5352"(local) mirrors of a more frequently updated but less accessible archive "
5353"(which is in the sources.list as well) instead of disabling the check "
5354"entirely. Default to the value of the configuration options "
5355"<option>Acquire::Min-ValidTime</option> and "
5356"<option>Acquire::Max-ValidTime</option> which are both unset by default."
2a52e8c5
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5357msgstr ""
5358
7d76ea1d 5359#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
bf33c3bd 5360#: sources.list.5.xml:291
7d76ea1d 5361msgid "URI specification"
2a52e8c5
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5362msgstr ""
5363
7d76ea1d 5364#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
bf33c3bd 5365#: sources.list.5.xml:293
7d76ea1d 5366msgid "The currently recognized URI types are:"
2a52e8c5
DK
5367msgstr ""
5368
7d76ea1d 5369#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
bf33c3bd 5370#: sources.list.5.xml:297
2a52e8c5 5371msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5372"The file scheme allows an arbitrary directory in the file system to be "
5373"considered an archive. This is useful for NFS mounts and local mirrors or "
5374"archives."
2a52e8c5
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5375msgstr ""
5376
7d76ea1d 5377#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
bf33c3bd 5378#: sources.list.5.xml:304
2a52e8c5 5379msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5380"The cdrom scheme allows APT to use a local CD-ROM drive with media "
5381"swapping. Use the &apt-cdrom; program to create cdrom entries in the source "
5382"list."
2a52e8c5
DK
5383msgstr ""
5384
7d76ea1d 5385#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
bf33c3bd 5386#: sources.list.5.xml:311
2a52e8c5 5387msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5388"The http scheme specifies an HTTP server for the archive. If an environment "
5389"variable <envar>http_proxy</envar> is set with the format "
5390"http://server:port/, the proxy server specified in <envar>http_proxy</envar> "
5391"will be used. Users of authenticated HTTP/1.1 proxies may use a string of "
5392"the format http://user:pass@server:port/. Note that this is an insecure "
5393"method of authentication."
2a52e8c5
DK
5394msgstr ""
5395
7d76ea1d 5396#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
bf33c3bd 5397#: sources.list.5.xml:322
2a52e8c5 5398msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5399"The ftp scheme specifies an FTP server for the archive. APT's FTP behavior "
5400"is highly configurable; for more information see the &apt-conf; manual "
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5401"page. Please note that an FTP proxy can be specified by using the "
5402"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable. It is possible to specify an "
5403"HTTP proxy (HTTP proxy servers often understand FTP URLs) using this "
dabb215c 5404"environment variable and <emphasis>only</emphasis> this environment "
5723791e
JR
5405"variable. Proxies using HTTP specified in the configuration file will be "
5406"ignored."
2a52e8c5
DK
5407msgstr ""
5408
7d76ea1d 5409#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
bf33c3bd 5410#: sources.list.5.xml:334
2a52e8c5 5411msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5412"The copy scheme is identical to the file scheme except that packages are "
5413"copied into the cache directory instead of used directly at their location. "
5723791e
JR
5414"This is useful for people using removable media to copy files around with "
5415"APT."
2a52e8c5
DK
5416msgstr ""
5417
7d76ea1d 5418#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
bf33c3bd 5419#: sources.list.5.xml:341
2a52e8c5 5420msgid ""
5723791e
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5421"The rsh/ssh method invokes RSH/SSH to connect to a remote host and access "
5422"the files as a given user. Prior configuration of rhosts or RSA keys is "
5423"recommended. The standard <command>find</command> and <command>dd</command> "
5424"commands are used to perform the file transfers from the remote host."
2a52e8c5
DK
5425msgstr ""
5426
7d76ea1d 5427#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
bf33c3bd 5428#: sources.list.5.xml:348
7d76ea1d 5429msgid "adding more recognizable URI types"
2a52e8c5
DK
5430msgstr ""
5431
7d76ea1d 5432#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
bf33c3bd 5433#: sources.list.5.xml:350
2a52e8c5 5434msgid ""
5723791e
JR
5435"APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages, "
5436"which should follow the naming scheme "
5437"<package>apt-transport-<replaceable>method</replaceable></package>. For "
5438"instance, the APT team also maintains the package "
5439"<package>apt-transport-https</package>, which provides access methods for "
5440"HTTPS URIs with features similar to the http method. Methods for using "
5441"e.g. debtorrent are also available - see &apt-transport-debtorrent;."
2a52e8c5
DK
5442msgstr ""
5443
7d76ea1d 5444#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
bf33c3bd 5445#: sources.list.5.xml:362
2a52e8c5 5446msgid ""
864fe99c 5447"Uses the archive stored locally (or NFS mounted) at /home/apt/debian for "
7d76ea1d 5448"stable/main, stable/contrib, and stable/non-free."
2a52e8c5
DK
5449msgstr ""
5450
7d76ea1d 5451#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5452#: sources.list.5.xml:364
7d76ea1d 5453#, no-wrap
864fe99c
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5454msgid "deb file:/home/apt/debian stable main contrib non-free"
5455msgstr ""
5456
5457#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5458#: sources.list.5.xml:365
864fe99c
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5459#, no-wrap
5460msgid ""
5461"Types: deb\n"
5462"URIs: file:/home/apt/debian\n"
5463"Suites: stable\n"
5464"Components: main contrib non-free"
2a52e8c5
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5465msgstr ""
5466
7d76ea1d 5467#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
bf33c3bd 5468#: sources.list.5.xml:370
7d76ea1d 5469msgid "As above, except this uses the unstable (development) distribution."
2a52e8c5
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5470msgstr ""
5471
7d76ea1d 5472#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5473#: sources.list.5.xml:371
2a52e8c5 5474#, no-wrap
864fe99c
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5475msgid "deb file:/home/apt/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
5476msgstr ""
5477
5478#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5479#: sources.list.5.xml:372
864fe99c
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5480#, no-wrap
5481msgid ""
5482"Types: deb\n"
5483"URIs: file:/home/apt/debian\n"
5484"Suites: unstable\n"
5485"Components: main contrib non-free"
2a52e8c5
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5486msgstr ""
5487
7d76ea1d 5488#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
bf33c3bd 5489#: sources.list.5.xml:377
7d76ea1d 5490msgid "Source line for the above"
2a52e8c5
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5491msgstr ""
5492
7d76ea1d 5493#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5494#: sources.list.5.xml:378
864fe99c
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5495#, no-wrap
5496msgid "deb-src file:/home/apt/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
5497msgstr ""
5498
5499#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5500#: sources.list.5.xml:379
2a52e8c5 5501#, no-wrap
864fe99c
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5502msgid ""
5503"Types: deb-src\n"
5504"URIs: file:/home/apt/debian\n"
5505"Suites: unstable\n"
5506"Components: main contrib non-free"
b81dbe40
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5507msgstr ""
5508
7d76ea1d 5509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
bf33c3bd 5510#: sources.list.5.xml:385
b81dbe40 5511msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5512"The first line gets package information for the architectures in "
5513"<literal>APT::Architectures</literal> while the second always retrieves "
5514"<literal>amd64</literal> and <literal>armel</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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5515msgstr ""
5516
7d76ea1d 5517#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5518#: sources.list.5.xml:387
864fe99c
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5519#, no-wrap
5520msgid ""
5521"deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main\n"
5522"deb [ arch=amd64,armel ] http://httpredir.debian.org/debian "
5523"&stable-codename; main"
5524msgstr ""
5525
5526#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5527#: sources.list.5.xml:389
7d76ea1d 5528#, no-wrap
b81dbe40 5529msgid ""
864fe99c
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5530"Types: deb\n"
5531"URIs: http://httpredir.debian.org/debian\n"
5532"Suites: &stable-codename;\n"
5533"Components: main\n"
5534"\n"
5535"Types: deb\n"
5536"URIs: http://httpredir.debian.org/debian\n"
5537"Suites: &stable-codename;\n"
5538"Components: main\n"
5539"Architectures: amd64 armel\n"
b81dbe40
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5540msgstr ""
5541
7d76ea1d 5542#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
bf33c3bd 5543#: sources.list.5.xml:401
2a52e8c5 5544msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5545"Uses HTTP to access the archive at archive.debian.org, and uses only the "
5546"hamm/main area."
2a52e8c5
DK
5547msgstr ""
5548
7d76ea1d 5549#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5550#: sources.list.5.xml:403
2a52e8c5 5551#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5552msgid "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive hamm main"
2a52e8c5
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5553msgstr ""
5554
864fe99c 5555#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5556#: sources.list.5.xml:404
864fe99c
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5557#, no-wrap
5558msgid ""
5559"Types: deb\n"
5560"URIs: http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive\n"
5561"Suites: hamm\n"
5562"Components: main"
5563msgstr ""
5564
7d76ea1d 5565#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
bf33c3bd 5566#: sources.list.5.xml:409
2a52e8c5 5567msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5568"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
5569"directory, and uses only the &stable-codename;/contrib area."
2a52e8c5
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5570msgstr ""
5571
7d76ea1d 5572#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5573#: sources.list.5.xml:411
2a52e8c5 5574#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5575msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; contrib"
2a52e8c5
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5576msgstr ""
5577
864fe99c 5578#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5579#: sources.list.5.xml:412
864fe99c
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5580#, no-wrap
5581msgid ""
5582"Types: deb\n"
5583"URIs: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian\n"
5584"Suites: &stable-codename;\n"
5585"Components: contrib"
5586msgstr ""
5587
7d76ea1d 5588#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
bf33c3bd 5589#: sources.list.5.xml:417
2a52e8c5 5590msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5591"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
5592"directory, and uses only the unstable/contrib area. If this line appears as "
5593"well as the one in the previous example in <filename>sources.list</filename> "
5594"a single FTP session will be used for both resource lines."
2a52e8c5
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5595msgstr ""
5596
7d76ea1d 5597#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5598#: sources.list.5.xml:421
2a52e8c5 5599#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5600msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable contrib"
2a52e8c5
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5601msgstr ""
5602
864fe99c 5603#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5604#: sources.list.5.xml:422
864fe99c
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5605#, no-wrap
5606msgid ""
5607"Types: deb\n"
5608"URIs: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian\n"
5609"Suites: unstable\n"
5610"Components: contrib"
5611msgstr ""
5612
7d76ea1d 5613#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5614#: sources.list.5.xml:434
2a52e8c5 5615#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5616msgid "deb http://ftp.tlh.debian.org/universe unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/"
782486e8
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5617msgstr ""
5618
864fe99c 5619#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5620#: sources.list.5.xml:435
864fe99c
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5621#, no-wrap
5622msgid ""
5623"Types: deb\n"
5624"URIs: http://ftp.tlh.debian.org/universe\n"
5625"Suites: unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/"
5626msgstr ""
5627
7d76ea1d 5628#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
bf33c3bd 5629#: sources.list.5.xml:427
782486e8 5630msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5631"Uses HTTP to access the archive at ftp.tlh.debian.org, under the universe "
5632"directory, and uses only files found under "
5633"<filename>unstable/binary-i386</filename> on i386 machines, "
5634"<filename>unstable/binary-amd64</filename> on amd64, and so forth for other "
5635"supported architectures. [Note this example only illustrates how to use the "
5636"substitution variable; official debian archives are not structured like "
864fe99c
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5637"this] <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> <placeholder "
5638"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"1\"/>"
5639msgstr ""
5640
5641#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
bf33c3bd 5642#: sources.list.5.xml:440
864fe99c
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5643msgid ""
5644"Uses HTTP to get binary packages as well as sources from the stable, testing "
5645"and unstable suites and the components main and contrib."
5646msgstr ""
5647
5648#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5649#: sources.list.5.xml:442
864fe99c
MV
5650#, no-wrap
5651msgid ""
5652"deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stable main contrib\n"
5653"deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stable main contrib\n"
5654"deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing main contrib\n"
5655"deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing main contrib\n"
5656"deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib\n"
5657"deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib"
5658msgstr ""
5659
5660#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
bf33c3bd 5661#: sources.list.5.xml:448
864fe99c
MV
5662#, no-wrap
5663msgid ""
5664"Types: deb deb-src\n"
5665"URIs: http://httpredir.debian.org/debian\n"
5666"Suites: stable testing unstable\n"
5667"Components: main contrib\n"
782486e8
MV
5668msgstr ""
5669
7d76ea1d 5670#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
bf33c3bd 5671#: sources.list.5.xml:457
864fe99c 5672msgid "&apt-get;, &apt-conf;"
782486e8
MV
5673msgstr ""
5674
7d76ea1d 5675#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
9de26945 5676#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:22 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:22 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:22
7d76ea1d 5677msgid "1"
782486e8
MV
5678msgstr ""
5679
7d76ea1d 5680#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 5681#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:29
782486e8 5682msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5683"Utility to extract <command>debconf</command> config and templates from "
5684"Debian packages"
782486e8
MV
5685msgstr ""
5686
7d76ea1d 5687#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5688#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:35
2b9b27c3 5689msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5690"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> will take one or more Debian package "
5691"files as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated "
5692"config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains "
5693"config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in the "
5694"format:"
782486e8
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5695msgstr ""
5696
7d76ea1d 5697#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5698#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:40
7d76ea1d 5699msgid "package version template-file config-script"
2a52e8c5
DK
5700msgstr ""
5701
7d76ea1d 5702#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5703#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:41
aec22160 5704msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5705"template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory "
5706"specified by the <option>-t</option> or <option>--tempdir</option> "
5707"(<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>) directory, with "
93ae7f7f
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5708"filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXXXX</filename> and "
5709"<filename>package.config.XXXXXX</filename>"
aec22160
DK
5710msgstr ""
5711
7d76ea1d 5712#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5713#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:54
782486e8 5714msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5715"Temporary directory in which to write extracted <command>debconf</command> "
5716"template files and config scripts. Configuration Item: "
5717"<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5718msgstr ""
5719
7d76ea1d 5720#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5721#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:71
2a52e8c5 5722msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5723"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> returns zero on normal operation, "
5724"decimal 100 on error."
2a52e8c5
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5725msgstr ""
5726
7d76ea1d 5727#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 5728#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:29
7d76ea1d 5729msgid "Utility to sort package index files"
2a52e8c5
DK
5730msgstr ""
5731
7d76ea1d 5732#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5733#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:35
2a52e8c5 5734msgid ""
14301cf3
JR
5735"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> will take an index file (source index or "
5736"package index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package "
7d76ea1d
DK
5737"name. It will also sort the internal fields of each record according to the "
5738"internal sorting rules."
2a52e8c5
DK
5739msgstr ""
5740
7d76ea1d 5741#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5742#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:41
5723791e 5743msgid "All output is sent to standard output; the input must be a seekable file."
2a52e8c5
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5744msgstr ""
5745
7d76ea1d 5746#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5747#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:50
2a52e8c5 5748msgid ""
14301cf3 5749"Use source index field ordering. Configuration Item: "
7d76ea1d 5750"<literal>APT::SortPkgs::Source</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5751msgstr ""
5752
7d76ea1d 5753#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5754#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:64
2a52e8c5 5755msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5756"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
5757"100 on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
5758msgstr ""
5759
7d76ea1d 5760#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
9de26945 5761#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:29
7d76ea1d 5762msgid "Utility to generate index files"
2a52e8c5
DK
5763msgstr ""
5764
7d76ea1d 5765#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5766#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:35
2a52e8c5 5767msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5768"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is the command line tool that generates "
5769"the index files that APT uses to access a distribution source. The index "
5770"files should be generated on the origin site based on the content of that "
5771"site."
2a52e8c5
DK
5772msgstr ""
5773
7d76ea1d 5774#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5775#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:39
2a52e8c5 5776msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5777"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is a superset of the &dpkg-scanpackages; "
5778"program, incorporating its entire functionality via the "
5779"<literal>packages</literal> command. It also contains a contents file "
5780"generator, <literal>contents</literal>, and an elaborate means to 'script' "
5781"the generation process for a complete archive."
2a52e8c5
DK
5782msgstr ""
5783
7d76ea1d 5784#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5785#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:45
2a52e8c5 5786msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5787"Internally <command>apt-ftparchive</command> can make use of binary "
5788"databases to cache the contents of a .deb file and it does not rely on any "
5789"external programs aside from &gzip;. When doing a full generate it "
5790"automatically performs file-change checks and builds the desired compressed "
5791"output files."
2a52e8c5
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5792msgstr ""
5793
7d76ea1d 5794#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5795#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:56
2a52e8c5 5796msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5797"The packages command generates a package file from a directory tree. It "
5798"takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .deb files, "
5799"emitting a package record to stdout for each. This command is approximately "
5800"equivalent to &dpkg-scanpackages;."
2a52e8c5
DK
5801msgstr ""
5802
7d76ea1d 5803#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5804#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:61 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:85
7d76ea1d 5805msgid "The option <option>--db</option> can be used to specify a binary caching DB."
2a52e8c5
DK
5806msgstr ""
5807
7d76ea1d 5808#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5809#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:66
2a52e8c5 5810msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5811"The <literal>sources</literal> command generates a source index file from a "
5812"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it "
5813"for .dsc files, emitting a source record to stdout for each. This command is "
5814"approximately equivalent to &dpkg-scansources;."
2a52e8c5
DK
5815msgstr ""
5816
7d76ea1d 5817#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5818#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:71
2a52e8c5 5819msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5820"If an override file is specified then a source override file will be looked "
5821"for with an extension of .src. The --source-override option can be used to "
5822"change the source override file that will be used."
2a52e8c5
DK
5823msgstr ""
5824
7d76ea1d 5825#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5826#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:78
2a52e8c5 5827msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5828"The <literal>contents</literal> command generates a contents file from a "
5829"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it for "
5830".deb files, and reads the file list from each file. It then sorts and writes "
5831"to stdout the list of files matched to packages. Directories are not written "
5832"to the output. If multiple packages own the same file then each package is "
5833"separated by a comma in the output."
2a52e8c5
DK
5834msgstr ""
5835
7d76ea1d 5836#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5837#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:90
2a52e8c5 5838msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5839"The <literal>release</literal> command generates a Release file from a "
5840"directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for uncompressed "
5841"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Sources</filename> files and "
5842"ones compressed with <command>gzip</command>, <command>bzip2</command> or "
5843"<command>lzma</command> as well as <filename>Release</filename> and "
5844"<filename>md5sum.txt</filename> files by default "
5845"(<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns</literal>). Additional "
5846"filename patterns can be added by listing them in "
5847"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns</literal>. It then writes to "
5848"stdout a <filename>Release</filename> file containing an MD5, SHA1 and "
5849"SHA256 digest for each file."
2a52e8c5
DK
5850msgstr ""
5851
7d76ea1d 5852#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5853#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:100
2a52e8c5 5854msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5855"Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are taken from "
5856"the corresponding variables under "
5857"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release</literal>, "
5858"e.g. <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin</literal>. The supported "
5859"fields are: <literal>Origin</literal>, <literal>Label</literal>, "
5860"<literal>Suite</literal>, <literal>Version</literal>, "
5861"<literal>Codename</literal>, <literal>Date</literal>, "
5862"<literal>Valid-Until</literal>, <literal>Architectures</literal>, "
5863"<literal>Components</literal>, <literal>Description</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5864msgstr ""
5865
7d76ea1d 5866#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5867#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:113
2a52e8c5 5868msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5869"The <literal>generate</literal> command is designed to be runnable from a "
5870"cron script and builds indexes according to the given config file. The "
5871"config language provides a flexible means of specifying which index files "
5872"are built from which directories, as well as providing a simple means of "
5873"maintaining the required settings."
2a52e8c5
DK
5874msgstr ""
5875
7d76ea1d 5876#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5877#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:122
aec22160 5878msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5879"The <literal>clean</literal> command tidies the databases used by the given "
5880"configuration file by removing any records that are no longer necessary."
aec22160
DK
5881msgstr ""
5882
7d76ea1d 5883#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 5884#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:128
7d76ea1d 5885msgid "The Generate Configuration"
2a52e8c5
DK
5886msgstr ""
5887
7d76ea1d 5888#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5889#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:130
2a52e8c5 5890msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5891"The <literal>generate</literal> command uses a configuration file to "
5892"describe the archives that are going to be generated. It follows the typical "
5893"ISC configuration format as seen in ISC tools like bind 8 and dhcpd. "
5894"&apt-conf; contains a description of the syntax. Note that the generate "
5895"configuration is parsed in sectional manner, but &apt-conf; is parsed in a "
5896"tree manner. This only effects how the scope tag is handled."
2a52e8c5
DK
5897msgstr ""
5898
7d76ea1d 5899#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 5900#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:138
7d76ea1d 5901msgid "The generate configuration has four separate sections, each described below."
2a52e8c5
DK
5902msgstr ""
5903
2a52e8c5 5904#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
9de26945 5905#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:140
7d76ea1d 5906msgid "<literal>Dir</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
5907msgstr ""
5908
5909#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
9de26945 5910#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:142
2a52e8c5 5911msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5912"The <literal>Dir</literal> section defines the standard directories needed "
5913"to locate the files required during the generation process. These "
5914"directories are prepended certain relative paths defined in later sections "
5915"to produce a complete an absolute path."
2a52e8c5
DK
5916msgstr ""
5917
7d76ea1d 5918#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5919#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:149
2a52e8c5 5920msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5921"Specifies the root of the FTP archive, in a standard Debian configuration "
5922"this is the directory that contains the <filename>ls-LR</filename> and dist "
5923"nodes."
2a52e8c5
DK
5924msgstr ""
5925
7d76ea1d 5926#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5927#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:156
7d76ea1d 5928msgid "Specifies the location of the override files."
2a52e8c5
DK
5929msgstr ""
5930
7d76ea1d 5931#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5932#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:161
7d76ea1d 5933msgid "Specifies the location of the cache files."
2a52e8c5
DK
5934msgstr ""
5935
7d76ea1d 5936#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5937#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:166
2a52e8c5 5938msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5939"Specifies the location of the file list files, if the "
5940"<literal>FileList</literal> setting is used below."
2a52e8c5
DK
5941msgstr ""
5942
7d76ea1d 5943#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
9de26945 5944#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:172
7d76ea1d 5945msgid "<literal>Default</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
5946msgstr ""
5947
2a52e8c5 5948#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
9de26945 5949#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:174
2a52e8c5 5950msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5951"The <literal>Default</literal> section specifies default values, and "
5952"settings that control the operation of the generator. Other sections may "
5953"override these defaults with a per-section setting."
2a52e8c5
DK
5954msgstr ""
5955
7d76ea1d 5956#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5957#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:180
2a52e8c5 5958msgid ""
14301cf3 5959"Sets the default compression schemes to use for the package index files. It "
7d76ea1d
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5960"is a string that contains a space separated list of at least one of: '.' (no "
5961"compression), 'gzip' and 'bzip2'. The default for all compression schemes is "
5962"'. gzip'."
2a52e8c5
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5963msgstr ""
5964
7d76ea1d 5965#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5966#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:188
2a52e8c5 5967msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5968"Sets the default list of file extensions that are package files. This "
5969"defaults to '.deb'."
2a52e8c5 5970msgstr ""
2a52e8c5 5971
7d76ea1d 5972#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5973#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:194
2a52e8c5 5974msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5975"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
5976"controls the compression for the Sources files."
2a52e8c5
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5977msgstr ""
5978
7d76ea1d 5979#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5980#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:200
2a52e8c5 5981msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5982"Sets the default list of file extensions that are source files. This "
5983"defaults to '.dsc'."
2a52e8c5
DK
5984msgstr ""
5985
7d76ea1d 5986#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5987#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:206
2a52e8c5 5988msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5989"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
5990"controls the compression for the Contents files."
2a52e8c5
DK
5991msgstr ""
5992
7d76ea1d 5993#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 5994#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:212
2a52e8c5 5995msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5996"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
5997"controls the compression for the Translation-en master file."
2a52e8c5
DK
5998msgstr ""
5999
7d76ea1d 6000#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6001#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:218
2a52e8c5 6002msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6003"Specifies the number of kilobytes to delink (and replace with hard links) "
6004"per run. This is used in conjunction with the per-section "
6005"<literal>External-Links</literal> setting."
2a52e8c5
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6006msgstr ""
6007
7d76ea1d 6008#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6009#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:225
2a52e8c5 6010msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6011"Specifies the mode of all created index files. It defaults to 0644. All "
6012"index files are set to this mode with no regard to the umask."
2a52e8c5
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6013msgstr ""
6014
7d76ea1d 6015#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6016#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:232 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:378
2a52e8c5 6017msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6018"Specifies whether long descriptions should be included in the "
6019"<filename>Packages</filename> file or split out into a master "
6020"<filename>Translation-en</filename> file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6021msgstr ""
6022
6023#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
9de26945 6024#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:238
7d76ea1d 6025msgid "<literal>TreeDefault</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6026msgstr ""
6027
6028#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
9de26945 6029#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:240
2a52e8c5 6030msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6031"Sets defaults specific to <literal>Tree</literal> sections. All of these "
6032"variables are substitution variables and have the strings $(DIST), "
6033"$(SECTION) and $(ARCH) replaced with their respective values."
2a52e8c5
DK
6034msgstr ""
6035
7d76ea1d 6036#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6037#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:247
7d76ea1d
DK
6038msgid ""
6039"Sets the number of kilobytes of contents files that are generated each "
6040"day. The contents files are round-robined so that over several days they "
6041"will all be rebuilt."
2a52e8c5
DK
6042msgstr ""
6043
7d76ea1d 6044#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6045#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:254
2a52e8c5 6046msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6047"Controls the number of days a contents file is allowed to be checked without "
6048"changing. If this limit is passed the mtime of the contents file is "
6049"updated. This case can occur if the package file is changed in such a way "
6050"that does not result in a new contents file [override edit for instance]. A "
6051"hold off is allowed in hopes that new .debs will be installed, requiring a "
6052"new file anyhow. The default is 10, the units are in days."
2a52e8c5
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6053msgstr ""
6054
7d76ea1d 6055#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6056#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:265
2a52e8c5 6057msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6058"Sets the top of the .deb directory tree. Defaults to "
6059"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6060msgstr ""
6061
7d76ea1d 6062#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6063#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:271
2a52e8c5 6064msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6065"Sets the top of the source package directory tree. Defaults to "
6066"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6067msgstr ""
6068
7d76ea1d 6069#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6070#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:277
2a52e8c5 6071msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6072"Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to "
6073"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/Packages</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6074msgstr ""
6075
7d76ea1d 6076#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6077#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:283
2a52e8c5 6078msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6079"Sets the output Sources file. Defaults to "
6080"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/Sources</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6081msgstr ""
6082
7d76ea1d 6083#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6084#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:289
2a52e8c5 6085msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6086"Sets the output Translation-en master file with the long descriptions if "
6087"they should be not included in the Packages file. Defaults to "
6088"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/i18n/Translation-en</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6089msgstr ""
6090
7d76ea1d 6091#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6092#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:296
2a52e8c5 6093msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6094"Sets the path prefix that causes a symlink to be considered an internal link "
6095"instead of an external link. Defaults to "
6096"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6097msgstr ""
6098
7d76ea1d 6099#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6100#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:303
2a52e8c5 6101msgid ""
7d76ea1d 6102"Sets the output Contents file. Defaults to "
3adddfa8
DK
6103"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/Contents-$(ARCH)</filename>. If this setting "
6104"causes multiple Packages files to map onto a single Contents file (as is the "
7d76ea1d
DK
6105"default) then <command>apt-ftparchive</command> will integrate those "
6106"package files together automatically."
2a52e8c5
DK
6107msgstr ""
6108
7d76ea1d 6109#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6110#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:312
7d76ea1d 6111msgid "Sets header file to prepend to the contents output."
2a52e8c5
DK
6112msgstr ""
6113
7d76ea1d 6114#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6115#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:317
2a52e8c5 6116msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6117"Sets the binary cache database to use for this section. Multiple sections "
6118"can share the same database."
2a52e8c5
DK
6119msgstr ""
6120
7d76ea1d 6121#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6122#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:323
7d76ea1d
DK
6123msgid ""
6124"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
6125"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
6126"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory."
2a52e8c5
DK
6127msgstr ""
6128
7d76ea1d 6129#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6130#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:330
2a52e8c5 6131msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6132"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
6133"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
6134"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory. "
6135"This is used when processing source indexes."
2a52e8c5
DK
6136msgstr ""
6137
6138#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
9de26945 6139#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:338
7d76ea1d 6140msgid "<literal>Tree</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6141msgstr ""
6142
7d76ea1d 6143#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
9de26945 6144#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:340
2a52e8c5 6145msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6146"The <literal>Tree</literal> section defines a standard Debian file tree "
6147"which consists of a base directory, then multiple sections in that base "
6148"directory and finally multiple Architectures in each section. The exact "
6149"pathing used is defined by the <literal>Directory</literal> substitution "
6150"variable."
2a52e8c5
DK
6151msgstr ""
6152
6153#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
9de26945 6154#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:345
2a52e8c5 6155msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6156"The <literal>Tree</literal> section takes a scope tag which sets the "
6157"<literal>$(DIST)</literal> variable and defines the root of the tree (the "
6158"path is prefixed by <literal>ArchiveDir</literal>). Typically this is a "
6159"setting such as <filename>dists/&stable-codename;</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6160msgstr ""
6161
6162#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
9de26945 6163#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:350
2a52e8c5 6164msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6165"All of the settings defined in the <literal>TreeDefault</literal> section "
6166"can be used in a <literal>Tree</literal> section as well as three new "
6167"variables."
2a52e8c5
DK
6168msgstr ""
6169
6170#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
9de26945 6171#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:356
2a52e8c5 6172#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d
DK
6173msgid ""
6174"for i in Sections do \n"
6175" for j in Architectures do\n"
6176" Generate for DIST=scope SECTION=i ARCH=j\n"
6177" "
2a52e8c5
DK
6178msgstr ""
6179
6180#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
9de26945 6181#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:353
2a52e8c5 6182msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6183"When processing a <literal>Tree</literal> section "
6184"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> performs an operation similar to: "
6185"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6186msgstr ""
6187
7d76ea1d 6188#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6189#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:364
7d76ea1d
DK
6190msgid ""
6191"This is a space separated list of sections which appear under the "
6192"distribution; typically this is something like <literal>main contrib "
6193"non-free</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
6194msgstr ""
6195
7d76ea1d 6196#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6197#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:371
2a52e8c5 6198msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6199"This is a space separated list of all the architectures that appear under "
6200"search section. The special architecture 'source' is used to indicate that "
6201"this tree has a source archive."
2a52e8c5
DK
6202msgstr ""
6203
7d76ea1d 6204#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6205#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:384
2a52e8c5 6206msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6207"Sets the binary override file. The override file contains section, priority "
6208"and maintainer address information."
2a52e8c5
DK
6209msgstr ""
6210
7d76ea1d 6211#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6212#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:390
2a52e8c5 6213msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6214"Sets the source override file. The override file contains section "
6215"information."
2a52e8c5
DK
6216msgstr ""
6217
7d76ea1d 6218#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6219#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:396 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:442
7d76ea1d 6220msgid "Sets the binary extra override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6221msgstr ""
6222
7d76ea1d 6223#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6224#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:401 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:447
7d76ea1d 6225msgid "Sets the source extra override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6226msgstr ""
6227
7d76ea1d 6228#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
9de26945 6229#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:406
7d76ea1d 6230msgid "<literal>BinDirectory</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
6231msgstr ""
6232
2a52e8c5 6233#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
9de26945 6234#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:408
2a52e8c5 6235msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6236"The <literal>bindirectory</literal> section defines a binary directory tree "
6237"with no special structure. The scope tag specifies the location of the "
6238"binary directory and the settings are similar to the <literal>Tree</literal> "
6239"section with no substitution variables or "
6240"<literal>Section</literal><literal>Architecture</literal> settings."
2a52e8c5
DK
6241msgstr ""
6242
7d76ea1d 6243#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6244#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:416
7d76ea1d 6245msgid "Sets the Packages file output."
2a52e8c5
DK
6246msgstr ""
6247
7d76ea1d 6248#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6249#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:421
2a52e8c5 6250msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6251"Sets the Sources file output. At least one of <literal>Packages</literal> or "
6252"<literal>Sources</literal> is required."
2a52e8c5
DK
6253msgstr ""
6254
7d76ea1d 6255#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6256#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:427
7d76ea1d 6257msgid "Sets the Contents file output (optional)."
2a52e8c5
DK
6258msgstr ""
6259
7d76ea1d 6260#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6261#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:432
7d76ea1d 6262msgid "Sets the binary override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6263msgstr ""
6264
7d76ea1d 6265#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6266#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:437
7d76ea1d 6267msgid "Sets the source override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
6268msgstr ""
6269
7d76ea1d 6270#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6271#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:452
7d76ea1d 6272msgid "Sets the cache DB."
2a52e8c5
DK
6273msgstr ""
6274
7d76ea1d 6275#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6276#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:457
7d76ea1d 6277msgid "Appends a path to all the output paths."
2a52e8c5
DK
6278msgstr ""
6279
7d76ea1d 6280#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6281#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:462
7d76ea1d
DK
6282msgid "Specifies the file list file."
6283msgstr ""
6284
6285#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 6286#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:469
7d76ea1d 6287msgid "The Binary Override File"
2a52e8c5
DK
6288msgstr ""
6289
6290#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 6291#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:470
2a52e8c5 6292msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6293"The binary override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scanpackages;. It "
6294"contains four fields separated by spaces. The first field is the package "
6295"name, the second is the priority to force that package to, the third is the "
6296"section to force that package to and the final field is the maintainer "
6297"permutation field."
2a52e8c5
DK
6298msgstr ""
6299
7d76ea1d 6300#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
9de26945 6301#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:476
2a52e8c5 6302#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 6303msgid "old [// oldn]* => new"
2a52e8c5
DK
6304msgstr ""
6305
7d76ea1d 6306#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
9de26945 6307#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:478
7d76ea1d
DK
6308#, no-wrap
6309msgid "new"
2a52e8c5
DK
6310msgstr ""
6311
6312#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 6313#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:475
2a52e8c5 6314msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6315"The general form of the maintainer field is: <placeholder "
6316"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> or simply, <placeholder "
6317"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"1\"/> The first form allows a double-slash "
6318"separated list of old email addresses to be specified. If any of those are "
6319"found then new is substituted for the maintainer field. The second form "
6320"unconditionally substitutes the maintainer field."
c77d6597
MV
6321msgstr ""
6322
7d76ea1d 6323#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 6324#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:486
7d76ea1d 6325msgid "The Source Override File"
c77d6597
MV
6326msgstr ""
6327
2a52e8c5 6328#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 6329#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:488
c77d6597 6330msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6331"The source override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scansources;. It "
6332"contains two fields separated by spaces. The first field is the source "
6333"package name, the second is the section to assign it."
c77d6597
MV
6334msgstr ""
6335
7d76ea1d 6336#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
9de26945 6337#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:493
7d76ea1d 6338msgid "The Extra Override File"
c77d6597
MV
6339msgstr ""
6340
6341#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 6342#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:495
c77d6597 6343msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6344"The extra override file allows any arbitrary tag to be added or replaced in "
6345"the output. It has three columns, the first is the package, the second is "
6346"the tag and the remainder of the line is the new value."
2a52e8c5
DK
6347msgstr ""
6348
7d76ea1d 6349#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6350#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:506
7d76ea1d
DK
6351msgid ""
6352"Generate the given checksum. These options default to on, when turned off "
6353"the generated index files will not have the checksum fields where possible. "
6354"Configuration Items: "
6355"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> and "
6356"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Index</replaceable>::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> "
6357"where <literal><replaceable>Index</replaceable></literal> can be "
6358"<literal>Packages</literal>, <literal>Sources</literal> or "
6359"<literal>Release</literal> and "
6360"<literal><replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> can be "
6361"<literal>MD5</literal>, <literal>SHA1</literal> or "
6362"<literal>SHA256</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6363msgstr ""
6364
7d76ea1d 6365#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6366#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:517
2a52e8c5 6367msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6368"Use a binary caching DB. This has no effect on the generate command. "
6369"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DB</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6370msgstr ""
6371
7d76ea1d 6372#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6373#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:523
7d76ea1d
DK
6374msgid ""
6375"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
6376"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
6377"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
6378"file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6379msgstr ""
6380
7d76ea1d 6381#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6382#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:531
7d76ea1d
DK
6383msgid ""
6384"Perform Delinking. If the <literal>External-Links</literal> setting is used "
6385"then this option actually enables delinking of the files. It defaults to on "
6386"and can be turned off with <option>--no-delink</option>. Configuration "
6387"Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DeLinkAct</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6388msgstr ""
6389
7d76ea1d 6390#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6391#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:539
2a52e8c5 6392msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6393"Perform contents generation. When this option is set and package indexes are "
6394"being generated with a cache DB then the file listing will also be extracted "
6395"and stored in the DB for later use. When using the generate command this "
6396"option also allows the creation of any Contents files. The default is on. "
6397"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Contents</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6398msgstr ""
6399
7d76ea1d 6400#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6401#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:549
2a52e8c5 6402msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6403"Select the source override file to use with the <literal>sources</literal> "
6404"command. Configuration Item: "
6405"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::SourceOverride</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6406msgstr ""
6407
7d76ea1d 6408#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6409#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:555
2a52e8c5 6410msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6411"Make the caching databases read only. Configuration Item: "
6412"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6413msgstr ""
6414
7d76ea1d 6415#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6416#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:560
2a52e8c5 6417msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6418"Accept in the <literal>packages</literal> and <literal>contents</literal> "
6419"commands only package files matching <literal>*_arch.deb</literal> or "
6420"<literal>*_all.deb</literal> instead of all package files in the given "
6421"path. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Architecture</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
6422msgstr ""
6423
7d76ea1d 6424#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6425#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:568
2a52e8c5 6426msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6427"&apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in a cachedb. If "
6428"packages are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this "
6429"will lead to problems as the now outdated cached metadata like size and "
6430"checksums will be used. With this option enabled this will no longer happen "
6431"as it will be checked if the file was changed. Note that this option is set "
6432"to \"<literal>false</literal>\" by default as it is not recommend to upload "
6433"multiply versions/builds of a package with the same versionnumber, so in "
6434"theory nobody will have these problems and therefore all these extra checks "
6435"are useless."
2a52e8c5
DK
6436msgstr ""
6437
7d76ea1d 6438#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6439#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:580
2a52e8c5 6440msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6441"This configuration option defaults to \"<literal>true</literal>\" and should "
6442"only be set to <literal>\"false\"</literal> if the Archive generated with "
6443"&apt-ftparchive; also provides <filename>Translation</filename> files. Note "
6444"that the <filename>Translation-en</filename> master file can only be created "
6445"in the generate command."
2a52e8c5
DK
6446msgstr ""
6447
7d76ea1d 6448#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><programlisting>
9de26945 6449#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:598
7d76ea1d
DK
6450#, no-wrap
6451msgid ""
6452"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> packages "
6453"<replaceable>directory</replaceable> | <command>gzip</command> > "
6454"<filename>Packages.gz</filename>\n"
43be0ac4
MV
6455msgstr ""
6456
7d76ea1d 6457#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 6458#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:594
43be0ac4 6459msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6460"To create a compressed Packages file for a directory containing binary "
6461"packages (.deb): <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
43be0ac4
MV
6462msgstr ""
6463
2a52e8c5 6464#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
9de26945 6465#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:608
2a52e8c5 6466msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6467"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
6468"100 on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
6469msgstr ""
6470
521dd27d 6471#. type: Attribute 'lang' of: <book>
9de26945 6472#: guide.dbk:9 offline.dbk:9
521dd27d
GJ
6473msgid "en"
6474msgstr ""
6475
6476#. type: Content of: <book><title>
9de26945 6477#: guide.dbk:11
43be0ac4
MV
6478msgid "APT User's Guide"
6479msgstr ""
6480
521dd27d 6481#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><authorgroup><author><personname>
9de26945 6482#: guide.dbk:17 offline.dbk:17
521dd27d
GJ
6483msgid "Jason Gunthorpe"
6484msgstr ""
6485
6486#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><authorgroup><author><email>
9de26945 6487#: guide.dbk:17 offline.dbk:17
521dd27d 6488msgid "jgg@debian.org"
43be0ac4
MV
6489msgstr ""
6490
521dd27d 6491#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><releaseinfo>
9de26945 6492#: guide.dbk:21 offline.dbk:21
521dd27d 6493msgid "Version &apt-product-version;"
43be0ac4
MV
6494msgstr ""
6495
521dd27d 6496#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><abstract><para>
9de26945 6497#: guide.dbk:25
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6498msgid ""
6499"This document provides an overview of how to use the the APT package "
6500"manager."
6501msgstr ""
6502
521dd27d 6503#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo>
9de26945 6504#: guide.dbk:29
521dd27d 6505msgid "<copyright><year>1998</year><holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>"
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6506msgstr ""
6507
521dd27d 6508#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><legalnotice><title>
9de26945 6509#: guide.dbk:32 offline.dbk:33
521dd27d
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6510msgid "License Notice"
6511msgstr ""
6512
6513#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><legalnotice><para>
9de26945 6514#: guide.dbk:34 offline.dbk:35
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6515msgid ""
6516"\"APT\" and this document are free software; you can redistribute them "
6517"and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as "
6518"published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, "
6519"or (at your option) any later version."
6520msgstr ""
6521
521dd27d 6522#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><legalnotice><para>
9de26945 6523#: guide.dbk:43 offline.dbk:41
43be0ac4 6524msgid ""
b176de3a 6525"For more details, on Debian systems, see the file "
43be0ac4
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6526"/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full license."
6527msgstr ""
6528
521dd27d 6529#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
9de26945 6530#: guide.dbk:50
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6531msgid "General"
6532msgstr ""
6533
521dd27d 6534#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6535#: guide.dbk:52
43be0ac4
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6536msgid ""
6537"The APT package currently contains two sections, the APT "
521dd27d
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6538"<command>dselect</command> method and the <command>apt-get</command> command "
6539"line user interface. Both provide a way to install and remove packages as "
6540"well as download new packages from the Internet."
43be0ac4
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6541msgstr ""
6542
521dd27d 6543#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
9de26945 6544#: guide.dbk:58
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6545msgid "Anatomy of the Package System"
6546msgstr ""
6547
521dd27d 6548#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6549#: guide.dbk:60
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6550msgid ""
6551"The Debian packaging system has a large amount of information associated "
6552"with each package to help assure that it integrates cleanly and easily into "
6553"the system. The most prominent of its features is the dependency system."
6554msgstr ""
6555
521dd27d 6556#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6557#: guide.dbk:65
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6558msgid ""
6559"The dependency system allows individual programs to make use of shared "
6560"elements in the system such as libraries. It simplifies placing infrequently "
6561"used portions of a program in separate packages to reduce the number of "
6562"things the average user is required to install. Also, it allows for choices "
6563"in mail transport agents, X servers and so on."
6564msgstr ""
6565
521dd27d 6566#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6567#: guide.dbk:72
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6568msgid ""
6569"The first step to understanding the dependency system is to grasp the "
6570"concept of a simple dependency. The meaning of a simple dependency is that a "
6571"package requires another package to be installed at the same time to work "
6572"properly."
6573msgstr ""
6574
521dd27d 6575#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6576#: guide.dbk:77
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6577msgid ""
6578"For instance, mailcrypt is an emacs extension that aids in encrypting email "
b39c1859 6579"with GPG. Without GPGP installed mailcrypt is useless, so mailcrypt has a "
43be0ac4
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6580"simple dependency on GPG. Also, because it is an emacs extension it has a "
6581"simple dependency on emacs, without emacs it is completely useless."
6582msgstr ""
6583
521dd27d 6584#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6585#: guide.dbk:83
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6586msgid ""
6587"The other important dependency to understand is a conflicting dependency. It "
6588"means that a package, when installed with another package, will not work and "
6589"may possibly be extremely harmful to the system. As an example consider a "
6590"mail transport agent such as sendmail, exim or qmail. It is not possible to "
6591"have two mail transport agents installed because both need to listen to the "
6592"network to receive mail. Attempting to install two will seriously damage the "
6593"system so all mail transport agents have a conflicting dependency with all "
6594"other mail transport agents."
6595msgstr ""
6596
521dd27d 6597#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6598#: guide.dbk:93
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6599msgid ""
6600"As an added complication there is the possibility for a package to pretend "
6601"to be another package. Consider that exim and sendmail for many intents are "
6602"identical, they both deliver mail and understand a common interface. Hence, "
6603"the package system has a way for them to declare that they are both "
6604"mail-transport-agents. So, exim and sendmail both declare that they provide "
6605"a mail-transport-agent and other packages that need a mail transport agent "
6606"depend on mail-transport-agent. This can add a great deal of confusion when "
6607"trying to manually fix packages."
6608msgstr ""
6609
521dd27d 6610#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6611#: guide.dbk:103
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6612msgid ""
6613"At any given time a single dependency may be met by packages that are "
6614"already installed or it may not be. APT attempts to help resolve dependency "
6615"issues by providing a number of automatic algorithms that help in selecting "
6616"packages for installation."
6617msgstr ""
6618
521dd27d 6619#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
9de26945 6620#: guide.dbk:112
9aa80d52
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6621msgid "apt-get"
6622msgstr ""
6623
521dd27d 6624#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6625#: guide.dbk:114
43be0ac4 6626msgid ""
521dd27d
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6627"<command>apt-get</command> provides a simple way to install packages from "
6628"the command line. Unlike <command>dpkg</command>, <command>apt-get</command> "
6629"does not understand .deb files, it works with the package's proper name and "
6630"can only install .deb archives from a <emphasis>Source</emphasis>."
43be0ac4
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6631msgstr ""
6632
521dd27d 6633#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para><footnote><para>
9de26945 6634#: guide.dbk:120
43be0ac4 6635msgid ""
521dd27d
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6636"If you are using an http proxy server you must set the http_proxy "
6637"environment variable first, see sources.list(5)"
43be0ac4
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6638msgstr ""
6639
521dd27d 6640#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6641#: guide.dbk:120
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6642msgid ""
6643"The first <placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> thing that should be "
6644"done before using <command>apt-get</command> is to fetch the package lists "
6645"from the <emphasis>Sources</emphasis> so that it knows what packages are "
6646"available. This is done with <literal>apt-get update</literal>. For "
6647"instance,"
6648msgstr ""
6649
6650#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><screen>
9de26945 6651#: guide.dbk:128
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6652#, no-wrap
6653msgid ""
6654"# apt-get update\n"
6655"Get http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/binary-i386/ Packages\n"
6656"Get http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
6657"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
521dd27d 6658"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
43be0ac4
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6659msgstr ""
6660
521dd27d 6661#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6662#: guide.dbk:135
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6663msgid "Once updated there are several commands that can be used:"
6664msgstr ""
6665
521dd27d 6666#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
9de26945 6667#: guide.dbk:139
2b9b27c3
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6668msgid "upgrade"
6669msgstr ""
6670
521dd27d 6671#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6672#: guide.dbk:142
43be0ac4
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6673msgid ""
6674"Upgrade will attempt to gently upgrade the whole system. Upgrade will never "
6675"install a new package or remove an existing package, nor will it ever "
6676"upgrade a package that might cause some other package to break. This can be "
6677"used daily to relatively safely upgrade the system. Upgrade will list all of "
6678"the packages that it could not upgrade, this usually means that they depend "
521dd27d
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6679"on new packages or conflict with some other "
6680"package. <command>dselect</command> or <literal>apt-get install</literal> "
6681"can be used to force these packages to install."
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6682msgstr ""
6683
521dd27d 6684#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
9de26945 6685#: guide.dbk:154
2b9b27c3
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6686msgid "install"
6687msgstr ""
6688
521dd27d 6689#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6690#: guide.dbk:157
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6691msgid ""
6692"Install is used to install packages by name. The package is automatically "
6693"fetched and installed. This can be useful if you already know the name of "
6694"the package to install and do not want to go into a GUI to select it. Any "
6695"number of packages may be passed to install, they will all be "
6696"fetched. Install automatically attempts to resolve dependency problems with "
6697"the listed packages and will print a summary and ask for confirmation if "
6698"anything other than its arguments are changed."
6699msgstr ""
6700
521dd27d 6701#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
9de26945 6702#: guide.dbk:168
2b9b27c3
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6703msgid "dist-upgrade"
6704msgstr ""
6705
521dd27d 6706#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6707#: guide.dbk:171
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6708msgid ""
6709"Dist-upgrade is a complete upgrader designed to simplify upgrading between "
6710"releases of Debian. It uses a sophisticated algorithm to determine the best "
6711"set of packages to install, upgrade and remove to get as much of the system "
6712"to the newest release. In some situations it may be desired to use "
6713"dist-upgrade rather than spend the time manually resolving dependencies in "
521dd27d
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6714"<command>dselect</command>. Once dist-upgrade has completed then "
6715"<command>dselect</command> can be used to install any packages that may have "
6716"been left out."
43be0ac4
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6717msgstr ""
6718
521dd27d 6719#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
9de26945 6720#: guide.dbk:181
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6721msgid ""
6722"It is important to closely look at what dist-upgrade is going to do, its "
6723"decisions may sometimes be quite surprising."
6724msgstr ""
6725
521dd27d 6726#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6727#: guide.dbk:188
43be0ac4 6728msgid ""
521dd27d
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6729"<command>apt-get</command> has several command line options that are "
6730"detailed in its man page, "
6731"<citerefentry><refentrytitle>apt-get</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. "
6732"The most useful option is <literal>-d</literal> which does not install the "
6733"fetched files. If the system has to download a large number of package it "
6734"would be undesired to start installing them in case something goes "
6735"wrong. When <literal>-d</literal> is used the downloaded archives can be "
6736"installed by simply running the command that caused them to be downloaded "
6737"again without <literal>-d</literal>."
43be0ac4
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6738msgstr ""
6739
521dd27d 6740#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
9de26945 6741#: guide.dbk:200
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6742msgid "DSelect"
6743msgstr ""
6744
521dd27d 6745#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6746#: guide.dbk:202
43be0ac4 6747msgid ""
521dd27d
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6748"The APT <command>dselect</command> method provides the complete APT system "
6749"with the <command>dselect</command> package selection "
6750"GUI. <command>dselect</command> is used to select the packages to be "
6751"installed or removed and APT actually installs them."
43be0ac4
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6752msgstr ""
6753
521dd27d 6754#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6755#: guide.dbk:208
43be0ac4 6756msgid ""
521dd27d
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6757"To enable the APT method you need to select [A]ccess in "
6758"<command>dselect</command> and then choose the APT method. You will be "
6759"prompted for a set of <emphasis>Sources</emphasis> which are places to fetch "
6760"archives from. These can be remote Internet sites, local Debian mirrors or "
6761"CD-ROMs. Each source can provide a fragment of the total Debian archive, APT "
6762"will automatically combine them to form a complete set of packages. If you "
6763"have a CD-ROM then it is a good idea to specify it first and then specify a "
6764"mirror so that you have access to the latest bug fixes. APT will "
6765"automatically use packages on your CD-ROM before downloading from the "
6766"Internet."
43be0ac4
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6767msgstr ""
6768
521dd27d 6769#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><screen>
9de26945 6770#: guide.dbk:219
43be0ac4
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6771#, no-wrap
6772msgid ""
6773" Set up a list of distribution source locations\n"
521dd27d 6774"\n"
43be0ac4
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6775" Please give the base URL of the debian distribution.\n"
6776" The access schemes I know about are: http file\n"
521dd27d 6777"\n"
43be0ac4
MV
6778" For example:\n"
6779" file:/mnt/debian,\n"
6780" ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian,\n"
6781" http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian,\n"
521dd27d
GJ
6782"\n"
6783"\n"
6784" URL [http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian]:\n"
43be0ac4
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6785msgstr ""
6786
521dd27d 6787#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6788#: guide.dbk:233
43be0ac4 6789msgid ""
521dd27d
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6790"The <emphasis>Sources</emphasis> setup starts by asking for the base of the "
6791"Debian archive, defaulting to a HTTP mirror. Next it asks for the "
6792"distribution to get."
43be0ac4
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6793msgstr ""
6794
521dd27d 6795#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><screen>
9de26945 6796#: guide.dbk:238
43be0ac4
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6797#, no-wrap
6798msgid ""
6799" Please give the distribution tag to get or a path to the\n"
6800" package file ending in a /. The distribution\n"
6801" tags are typically something like: stable unstable testing non-US\n"
521dd27d
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6802"\n"
6803" Distribution [stable]:\n"
43be0ac4
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6804msgstr ""
6805
521dd27d 6806#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6807#: guide.dbk:245
43be0ac4
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6808msgid ""
6809"The distribution refers to the Debian version in the archive, "
521dd27d
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6810"<emphasis>stable</emphasis> refers to the latest released version and "
6811"<emphasis>unstable</emphasis> refers to the developmental "
6812"version. <emphasis>non-US</emphasis> is only available on some mirrors and "
6813"refers to packages that contain encryption technology or other things that "
6814"cannot be exported from the United States. Importing these packages into the "
6815"US is legal however."
43be0ac4
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6816msgstr ""
6817
521dd27d 6818#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><screen>
9de26945 6819#: guide.dbk:254
43be0ac4
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6820#, no-wrap
6821msgid ""
6822" Please give the components to get\n"
6823" The components are typically something like: main contrib non-free\n"
521dd27d
GJ
6824"\n"
6825" Components [main contrib non-free]:\n"
43be0ac4
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6826msgstr ""
6827
521dd27d 6828#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6829#: guide.dbk:260
43be0ac4
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6830msgid ""
6831"The components list refers to the list of sub distributions to fetch. The "
6832"distribution is split up based on software licenses, main being DFSG free "
6833"packages while contrib and non-free contain things that have various "
6834"restrictions placed on their use and distribution."
6835msgstr ""
6836
521dd27d 6837#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6838#: guide.dbk:266
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6839msgid ""
6840"Any number of sources can be added, the setup script will continue to prompt "
6841"until you have specified all that you want."
6842msgstr ""
6843
521dd27d 6844#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6845#: guide.dbk:270
43be0ac4 6846msgid ""
521dd27d
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6847"Before starting to use <command>dselect</command> it is necessary to update "
6848"the available list by selecting [U]pdate from the menu. This is a superset "
6849"of <literal>apt-get update</literal> that makes the fetched information "
6850"available to <command>dselect</command>. [U]pdate must be performed even if "
6851"<literal>apt-get update</literal> has been run before."
43be0ac4
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6852msgstr ""
6853
521dd27d 6854#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6855#: guide.dbk:277
43be0ac4
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6856msgid ""
6857"You can then go on and make your selections using [S]elect and then perform "
6858"the installation using [I]nstall. When using the APT method the [C]onfig and "
6859"[R]emove commands have no meaning, the [I]nstall command performs both of "
6860"them together."
6861msgstr ""
6862
521dd27d 6863#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6864#: guide.dbk:283
43be0ac4
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6865msgid ""
6866"By default APT will automatically remove the package (.deb) files once they "
6867"have been successfully installed. To change this behavior place "
521dd27d 6868"<literal>Dselect::clean \"prompt\";</literal> in /etc/apt/apt.conf."
43be0ac4
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6869msgstr ""
6870
521dd27d 6871#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
9de26945 6872#: guide.dbk:289
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6873msgid "The Interface"
6874msgstr ""
6875
521dd27d 6876#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para><footnote><para>
9de26945 6877#: guide.dbk:293
521dd27d
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6878msgid ""
6879"The <command>dselect</command> method actually is a set of wrapper scripts "
6880"to <command>apt-get</command>. The method actually provides more "
6881"functionality than is present in <command>apt-get</command> alone."
6882msgstr ""
6883
6884#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
9de26945 6885#: guide.dbk:291
43be0ac4 6886msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
6887"Both that APT <command>dselect</command> method and "
6888"<command>apt-get</command> share the same interface. It is a simple system "
6889"that generally tells you what it will do and then goes and does "
6890"it. <placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> After printing out a summary "
6891"of what will happen APT then will print out some informative status messages "
6892"so that you can estimate how far along it is and how much is left to do."
43be0ac4
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6893msgstr ""
6894
521dd27d 6895#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
9de26945 6896#: guide.dbk:302
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6897msgid "Startup"
6898msgstr ""
6899
521dd27d 6900#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6901#: guide.dbk:304
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6902msgid ""
6903"Before all operations except update, APT performs a number of actions to "
6904"prepare its internal state. It also does some checks of the system's "
521dd27d
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6905"state. At any time these operations can be performed by running "
6906"<literal>apt-get check</literal>."
43be0ac4
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6907msgstr ""
6908
521dd27d 6909#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
9de26945 6910#: guide.dbk:310
43be0ac4
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6911#, no-wrap
6912msgid ""
6913"# apt-get check\n"
6914"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
521dd27d 6915"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
43be0ac4
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6916msgstr ""
6917
521dd27d 6918#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6919#: guide.dbk:315
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6920msgid ""
6921"The first thing it does is read all the package files into memory. APT uses "
6922"a caching scheme so this operation will be faster the second time it is "
6923"run. If some of the package files are not found then they will be ignored "
6924"and a warning will be printed when apt-get exits."
6925msgstr ""
6926
521dd27d 6927#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6928#: guide.dbk:321
43be0ac4
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6929msgid ""
6930"The final operation performs a detailed analysis of the system's "
6931"dependencies. It checks every dependency of every installed or unpacked "
6932"package and considers if it is OK. Should this find a problem then a report "
521dd27d 6933"will be printed out and <command>apt-get</command> will refuse to run."
43be0ac4
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6934msgstr ""
6935
521dd27d 6936#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
9de26945 6937#: guide.dbk:327
43be0ac4
MV
6938#, no-wrap
6939msgid ""
6940"# apt-get check\n"
6941"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
6942"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
6943"You might want to run apt-get -f install' to correct these.\n"
6944"Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:\n"
6945" 9fonts: Depends: xlib6g but it is not installed\n"
6946" uucp: Depends: mailx but it is not installed\n"
521dd27d 6947" blast: Depends: xlib6g (&gt;= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
43be0ac4
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6948" adduser: Depends: perl-base but it is not installed\n"
6949" aumix: Depends: libgpmg1 but it is not installed\n"
6950" debiandoc-sgml: Depends: sgml-base but it is not installed\n"
521dd27d 6951" bash-builtins: Depends: bash (&gt;= 2.01) but 2.0-3 is installed\n"
43be0ac4 6952" cthugha: Depends: svgalibg1 but it is not installed\n"
521dd27d
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6953" Depends: xlib6g (&gt;= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
6954" libreadlineg2: Conflicts:libreadline2 (&lt;&lt; 2.1-2.1)\n"
43be0ac4
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6955msgstr ""
6956
521dd27d 6957#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6958#: guide.dbk:344
43be0ac4
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6959msgid ""
6960"In this example the system has many problems, including a serious problem "
6961"with libreadlineg2. For each package that has unmet dependencies a line is "
6962"printed out indicating the package with the problem and the dependencies "
6963"that are unmet. A short explanation of why the package has a dependency "
6964"problem is also included."
6965msgstr ""
6966
521dd27d 6967#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para><footnote><para>
9de26945 6968#: guide.dbk:353
521dd27d
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6969msgid ""
6970"APT however considers all known dependencies and attempts to prevent broken "
6971"packages"
6972msgstr ""
6973
6974#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6975#: guide.dbk:351
43be0ac4
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6976msgid ""
6977"There are two ways a system can get into a broken state like this. The first "
521dd27d
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6978"is caused by <command>dpkg</command> missing some subtle relationships "
6979"between packages when performing upgrades. <placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
6980"id=\"0\"/>. The second is if a package installation fails during an "
6981"operation. In this situation a package may have been unpacked without its "
6982"dependents being installed."
43be0ac4
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6983msgstr ""
6984
521dd27d 6985#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6986#: guide.dbk:360
43be0ac4
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6987msgid ""
6988"The second situation is much less serious than the first because APT places "
6989"certain constraints on the order that packages are installed. In both cases "
521dd27d
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6990"supplying the <literal>-f</literal> option to <command>apt-get</command> "
6991"will cause APT to deduce a possible solution to the problem and then "
6992"continue on. The APT <command>dselect</command> method always supplies the "
6993"<literal>-f</literal> option to allow for easy continuation of failed "
6994"maintainer scripts."
43be0ac4
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6995msgstr ""
6996
521dd27d 6997#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 6998#: guide.dbk:369
43be0ac4 6999msgid ""
521dd27d
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7000"However, if the <literal>-f</literal> option is used to correct a seriously "
7001"broken system caused by the first case then it is possible that it will "
7002"either fail immediately or the installation sequence will fail. In either "
7003"case it is necessary to manually use dpkg (possibly with forcing options) to "
7004"correct the situation enough to allow APT to proceed."
43be0ac4
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7005msgstr ""
7006
521dd27d 7007#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
9de26945 7008#: guide.dbk:377
43be0ac4
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7009msgid "The Status Report"
7010msgstr ""
7011
521dd27d 7012#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7013#: guide.dbk:379
43be0ac4 7014msgid ""
521dd27d
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7015"Before proceeding <command>apt-get</command> will present a report on what "
7016"will happen. Generally the report reflects the type of operation being "
7017"performed but there are several common elements. In all cases the lists "
7018"reflect the final state of things, taking into account the "
7019"<literal>-f</literal> option and any other relevant activities to the "
7020"command being executed."
43be0ac4
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7021msgstr ""
7022
521dd27d 7023#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
9de26945 7024#: guide.dbk:386
43be0ac4
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7025msgid "The Extra Package list"
7026msgstr ""
7027
521dd27d 7028#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
9de26945 7029#: guide.dbk:388
43be0ac4
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7030#, no-wrap
7031msgid ""
7032"The following extra packages will be installed:\n"
7033" libdbd-mysql-perl xlib6 zlib1 xzx libreadline2 libdbd-msql-perl\n"
7034" mailpgp xdpkg fileutils pinepgp zlib1g xlib6g perl-base\n"
7035" bin86 libgdbm1 libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 bcc xbuffy\n"
7036" squake pgp-i python-base debmake ldso perl libreadlineg2\n"
521dd27d 7037" ssh\n"
43be0ac4
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7038msgstr ""
7039
521dd27d 7040#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
9de26945 7041#: guide.dbk:396
43be0ac4
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7042msgid ""
7043"The Extra Package list shows all of the packages that will be installed or "
7044"upgraded in excess of the ones mentioned on the command line. It is only "
521dd27d
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7045"generated for an <literal>install</literal> command. The listed packages are "
7046"often the result of an Auto Install."
43be0ac4
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7047msgstr ""
7048
521dd27d 7049#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
9de26945 7050#: guide.dbk:403
43be0ac4
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7051msgid "The Packages to Remove"
7052msgstr ""
7053
521dd27d 7054#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
9de26945 7055#: guide.dbk:405
43be0ac4
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7056#, no-wrap
7057msgid ""
7058"The following packages will be REMOVED:\n"
7059" xlib6-dev xpat2 tk40-dev xkeycaps xbattle xonix\n"
7060" xdaliclock tk40 tk41 xforms0.86 ghostview xloadimage xcolorsel\n"
7061" xadmin xboard perl-debug tkined xtetris libreadline2-dev perl-suid\n"
521dd27d 7062" nas xpilot xfig\n"
43be0ac4
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7063msgstr ""
7064
521dd27d 7065#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
9de26945 7066#: guide.dbk:412
43be0ac4
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7067msgid ""
7068"The Packages to Remove list shows all of the packages that will be removed "
7069"from the system. It can be shown for any of the operations and should be "
7070"given a careful inspection to ensure nothing important is to be taken "
521dd27d
GJ
7071"off. The <literal>-f</literal> option is especially good at generating "
7072"packages to remove so extreme care should be used in that case. The list may "
7073"contain packages that are going to be removed because they are only "
7074"partially installed, possibly due to an aborted installation."
43be0ac4
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7075msgstr ""
7076
521dd27d 7077#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
9de26945 7078#: guide.dbk:422
43be0ac4
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7079msgid "The New Packages list"
7080msgstr ""
7081
521dd27d 7082#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
9de26945 7083#: guide.dbk:424
43be0ac4
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7084#, no-wrap
7085msgid ""
7086"The following NEW packages will installed:\n"
521dd27d 7087" zlib1g xlib6g perl-base libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 pgp-i python-base\n"
43be0ac4
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7088msgstr ""
7089
521dd27d 7090#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
9de26945 7091#: guide.dbk:428
43be0ac4
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7092msgid ""
7093"The New Packages list is simply a reminder of what will happen. The packages "
7094"listed are not presently installed in the system but will be when APT is "
7095"done."
7096msgstr ""
7097
521dd27d 7098#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
9de26945 7099#: guide.dbk:433
43be0ac4
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7100msgid "The Kept Back list"
7101msgstr ""
7102
521dd27d 7103#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
9de26945 7104#: guide.dbk:435
43be0ac4
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7105#, no-wrap
7106msgid ""
7107"The following packages have been kept back\n"
7108" compface man-db tetex-base msql libpaper svgalib1\n"
521dd27d 7109" gs snmp arena lynx xpat2 groff xscreensaver\n"
43be0ac4
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7110msgstr ""
7111
521dd27d 7112#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
9de26945 7113#: guide.dbk:440
43be0ac4
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7114msgid ""
7115"Whenever the whole system is being upgraded there is the possibility that "
7116"new versions of packages cannot be installed because they require new things "
7117"or conflict with already installed things. In this case the package will "
7118"appear in the Kept Back list. The best way to convince packages listed there "
521dd27d
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7119"to install is with <literal>apt-get install</literal> or by using "
7120"<command>dselect</command> to resolve their problems."
43be0ac4
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7121msgstr ""
7122
521dd27d 7123#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
9de26945 7124#: guide.dbk:449
43be0ac4
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7125msgid "Held Packages warning"
7126msgstr ""
7127
521dd27d 7128#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
9de26945 7129#: guide.dbk:451
43be0ac4
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7130#, no-wrap
7131msgid ""
7132"The following held packages will be changed:\n"
521dd27d 7133" cvs\n"
43be0ac4
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7134msgstr ""
7135
521dd27d 7136#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
9de26945 7137#: guide.dbk:455
43be0ac4
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7138msgid ""
7139"Sometimes you can ask APT to install a package that is on hold, in such a "
7140"case it prints out a warning that the held package is going to be "
7141"changed. This should only happen during dist-upgrade or install."
7142msgstr ""
7143
521dd27d 7144#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><title>
9de26945 7145#: guide.dbk:461
43be0ac4
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7146msgid "Final summary"
7147msgstr ""
7148
521dd27d 7149#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
9de26945 7150#: guide.dbk:463
43be0ac4
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7151msgid "Finally, APT will print out a summary of all the changes that will occur."
7152msgstr ""
7153
521dd27d 7154#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><screen>
9de26945 7155#: guide.dbk:466
43be0ac4
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7156#, no-wrap
7157msgid ""
7158"206 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 23 to remove and 51 not "
7159"upgraded.\n"
7160"12 packages not fully installed or removed.\n"
521dd27d 7161"Need to get 65.7M/66.7M of archives. After unpacking 26.5M will be used.\n"
43be0ac4
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7162msgstr ""
7163
521dd27d 7164#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
9de26945 7165#: guide.dbk:471
43be0ac4
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7166msgid ""
7167"The first line of the summary simply is a reduced version of all of the "
7168"lists and includes the number of upgrades - that is packages already "
7169"installed that have new versions available. The second line indicates the "
7170"number of poorly configured packages, possibly the result of an aborted "
7171"installation. The final line shows the space requirements that the "
7172"installation needs. The first pair of numbers refer to the size of the "
7173"archive files. The first number indicates the number of bytes that must be "
7174"fetched from remote locations and the second indicates the total size of all "
7175"the archives required. The next number indicates the size difference between "
7176"the presently installed packages and the newly installed packages. It is "
7177"roughly equivalent to the space required in /usr after everything is "
7178"done. If a large number of packages are being removed then the value may "
7179"indicate the amount of space that will be freed."
7180msgstr ""
7181
521dd27d 7182#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><section><para>
9de26945 7183#: guide.dbk:485
43be0ac4
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7184msgid ""
7185"Some other reports can be generated by using the -u option to show packages "
7186"to upgrade, they are similar to the previous examples."
7187msgstr ""
7188
521dd27d 7189#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
9de26945 7190#: guide.dbk:492
43be0ac4
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7191msgid "The Status Display"
7192msgstr ""
7193
521dd27d 7194#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7195#: guide.dbk:494
43be0ac4
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7196msgid ""
7197"During the download of archives and package files APT prints out a series of "
7198"status messages."
7199msgstr ""
7200
521dd27d 7201#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
9de26945 7202#: guide.dbk:498
43be0ac4
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7203#, no-wrap
7204msgid ""
7205"# apt-get update\n"
7206"Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US/ Packages\n"
7207"Get:2 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
7208"Hit http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/main Packages\n"
7209"Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/binary-i386/ "
7210"Packages\n"
7211"Get:5 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/non-free Packages\n"
521dd27d 7212"11% [5 testing/non-free `Waiting for file' 0/32.1k 0%] 2203b/s 1m52s\n"
43be0ac4
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7213msgstr ""
7214
521dd27d 7215#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7216#: guide.dbk:507
43be0ac4 7217msgid ""
521dd27d
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7218"The lines starting with <emphasis>Get</emphasis> are printed out when APT "
7219"begins to fetch a file while the last line indicates the progress of the "
7220"download. The first percent value on the progress line indicates the total "
7221"percent done of all files. Unfortunately since the size of the Package files "
7222"is unknown <literal>apt-get update</literal> estimates the percent done "
7223"which causes some inaccuracies."
43be0ac4
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7224msgstr ""
7225
521dd27d 7226#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7227#: guide.dbk:515
43be0ac4
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7228msgid ""
7229"The next section of the status line is repeated once for each download "
7230"thread and indicates the operation being performed and some useful "
7231"information about what is happening. Sometimes this section will simply read "
521dd27d
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7232"<emphasis>Forking</emphasis> which means the OS is loading the download "
7233"module. The first word after the [ is the fetch number as shown on the "
7234"history lines. The next word is the short form name of the object being "
43be0ac4
MV
7235"downloaded. For archives it will contain the name of the package that is "
7236"being fetched."
7237msgstr ""
7238
521dd27d 7239#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7240#: guide.dbk:525
43be0ac4
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7241msgid ""
7242"Inside of the single quote is an informative string indicating the progress "
7243"of the negotiation phase of the download. Typically it progresses from "
521dd27d
GJ
7244"<emphasis>Connecting</emphasis> to <emphasis>Waiting for file</emphasis> to "
7245"<emphasis>Downloading</emphasis> or <emphasis>Resuming</emphasis>. The final "
7246"value is the number of bytes downloaded from the remote site. Once the "
7247"download begins this is represented as <literal>102/10.2k</literal> "
7248"indicating that 102 bytes have been fetched and 10.2 kilobytes is "
7249"expected. The total size is always shown in 4 figure notation to preserve "
7250"space. After the size display is a percent meter for the file itself. The "
7251"second last element is the instantaneous average speed. This values is "
7252"updated every 5 seconds and reflects the rate of data transfer for that "
7253"period. Finally is shown the estimated transfer time. This is updated "
43be0ac4
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7254"regularly and reflects the time to complete everything at the shown transfer "
7255"rate."
7256msgstr ""
7257
521dd27d 7258#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7259#: guide.dbk:540
43be0ac4
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7260msgid ""
7261"The status display updates every half second to provide a constant feedback "
7262"on the download progress while the Get lines scroll back whenever a new file "
7263"is started. Since the status display is constantly updated it is unsuitable "
521dd27d
GJ
7264"for logging to a file, use the <literal>-q</literal> option to remove the "
7265"status display."
43be0ac4
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7266msgstr ""
7267
521dd27d 7268#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
9de26945 7269#: guide.dbk:548
43be0ac4
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7270msgid "Dpkg"
7271msgstr ""
7272
521dd27d 7273#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7274#: guide.dbk:550
43be0ac4 7275msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7276"APT uses <command>dpkg</command> for installing the archives and will switch "
7277"over to the <command>dpkg</command> interface once downloading is "
7278"completed. <command>dpkg</command> will also ask a number of questions as it "
43be0ac4
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7279"processes the packages and the packages themselves may also ask several "
7280"questions. Before each question there is usually a description of what it is "
7281"asking and the questions are too varied to discuss completely here."
7282msgstr ""
7283
521dd27d 7284#. type: Content of: <book><title>
9de26945 7285#: offline.dbk:11
43be0ac4
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7286msgid "Using APT Offline"
7287msgstr ""
7288
521dd27d 7289#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo><abstract><para>
9de26945 7290#: offline.dbk:25
43be0ac4
MV
7291msgid ""
7292"This document describes how to use APT in a non-networked environment, "
7293"specifically a 'sneaker-net' approach for performing upgrades."
7294msgstr ""
7295
521dd27d 7296#. type: Content of: <book><bookinfo>
9de26945 7297#: offline.dbk:30
521dd27d 7298msgid "<copyright><year>1999</year><holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>"
43be0ac4
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7299msgstr ""
7300
521dd27d 7301#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
9de26945 7302#: offline.dbk:48
43be0ac4
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7303msgid "Introduction"
7304msgstr ""
7305
521dd27d 7306#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
9de26945 7307#: offline.dbk:50 offline.dbk:80 offline.dbk:192
43be0ac4
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7308msgid "Overview"
7309msgstr ""
7310
521dd27d 7311#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7312#: offline.dbk:52
43be0ac4
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7313msgid ""
7314"Normally APT requires direct access to a Debian archive, either from a local "
7315"media or through a network. Another common complaint is that a Debian "
7316"machine is on a slow link, such as a modem and another machine has a very "
7317"fast connection but they are physically distant."
7318msgstr ""
7319
521dd27d 7320#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7321#: offline.dbk:58
43be0ac4
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7322msgid ""
7323"The solution to this is to use large removable media such as a Zip disc or a "
7324"SuperDisk disc. These discs are not large enough to store the entire Debian "
7325"archive but can easily fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea is "
7326"to use APT to generate a list of packages that are required and then fetch "
7327"them onto the disc using another machine with good connectivity. It is even "
7328"possible to use another Debian machine with APT or to use a completely "
521dd27d
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7329"different OS and a download tool like wget. Let <emphasis>remote "
7330"host</emphasis> mean the machine downloading the packages, and "
7331"<emphasis>target host</emphasis> the one with bad or no connection."
43be0ac4
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7332msgstr ""
7333
521dd27d 7334#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7335#: offline.dbk:69
43be0ac4
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7336msgid ""
7337"This is achieved by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The "
b39c1859 7338"essential premise to tell APT to look on a disc for it's archive files. Note "
bf33c3bd
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7339"that the disc should be formatted with a filesystem that can handle long "
7340"file names such as ext2, fat32 or vfat."
43be0ac4
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7341msgstr ""
7342
521dd27d 7343#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
9de26945 7344#: offline.dbk:78
43be0ac4
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7345msgid "Using APT on both machines"
7346msgstr ""
7347
521dd27d 7348#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7349#: offline.dbk:82
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7350msgid ""
7351"APT being available on both machines gives the simplest configuration. The "
7352"basic idea is to place a copy of the status file on the disc and use the "
7353"remote machine to fetch the latest package files and decide which packages "
7354"to download. The disk directory structure should look like:"
7355msgstr ""
7356
521dd27d 7357#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
9de26945 7358#: offline.dbk:88
43be0ac4
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7359#, no-wrap
7360msgid ""
7361" /disc/\n"
7362" archives/\n"
7363" partial/\n"
7364" lists/\n"
7365" partial/\n"
7366" status\n"
7367" sources.list\n"
521dd27d 7368" apt.conf\n"
43be0ac4
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7369msgstr ""
7370
521dd27d 7371#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
9de26945 7372#: offline.dbk:99
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7373msgid "The configuration file"
7374msgstr ""
7375
521dd27d 7376#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7377#: offline.dbk:101
43be0ac4
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7378msgid ""
7379"The configuration file should tell APT to store its files on the disc and to "
7380"use the configuration files on the disc as well. The sources.list should "
7381"contain the proper sites that you wish to use from the remote machine, and "
521dd27d
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7382"the status file should be a copy of "
7383"<emphasis>/var/lib/dpkg/status</emphasis> from the <emphasis>target "
7384"host</emphasis>. Please note, if you are using a local archive you must use "
7385"copy URIs, the syntax is identical to file URIs."
43be0ac4
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7386msgstr ""
7387
521dd27d 7388#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7389#: offline.dbk:109
43be0ac4 7390msgid ""
521dd27d
GJ
7391"<emphasis>apt.conf</emphasis> must contain the necessary information to make "
7392"APT use the disc:"
43be0ac4
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7393msgstr ""
7394
521dd27d 7395#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
9de26945 7396#: offline.dbk:113
43be0ac4
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7397#, no-wrap
7398msgid ""
7399" APT\n"
7400" {\n"
7401" /* This is not necessary if the two machines are the same arch, it "
7402"tells\n"
7403" the remote APT what architecture the target machine is */\n"
7404" Architecture \"i386\";\n"
521dd27d 7405"\n"
43be0ac4
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7406" Get::Download-Only \"true\";\n"
7407" };\n"
521dd27d 7408"\n"
43be0ac4
MV
7409" Dir\n"
7410" {\n"
7411" /* Use the disc for state information and redirect the status file from\n"
7412" the /var/lib/dpkg default */\n"
7413" State \"/disc/\";\n"
7414" State::status \"status\";\n"
7415"\n"
7416" // Binary caches will be stored locally\n"
7417" Cache::archives \"/disc/archives/\";\n"
7418" Cache \"/tmp/\";\n"
521dd27d 7419"\n"
43be0ac4
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7420" // Location of the source list.\n"
7421" Etc \"/disc/\";\n"
521dd27d 7422" };\n"
43be0ac4
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7423msgstr ""
7424
521dd27d 7425#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7426#: offline.dbk:138
43be0ac4
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7427msgid ""
7428"More details can be seen by examining the apt.conf man page and the sample "
521dd27d
GJ
7429"configuration file in "
7430"<emphasis>/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf</emphasis>."
43be0ac4
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7431msgstr ""
7432
521dd27d 7433#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7434#: offline.dbk:143
43be0ac4
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7435msgid ""
7436"On the target machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy "
521dd27d
GJ
7437"<emphasis>/var/lib/dpkg/status</emphasis> to it. You will also need to "
7438"create the directories outlined in the Overview, "
7439"<emphasis>archives/partial/</emphasis> and "
7440"<emphasis>lists/partial/</emphasis>. Then take the disc to the remote "
7441"machine and configure the sources.list. On the remote machine execute the "
7442"following:"
43be0ac4
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7443msgstr ""
7444
521dd27d 7445#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
9de26945 7446#: offline.dbk:152
43be0ac4
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7447#, no-wrap
7448msgid ""
7449" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
7450" # apt-get update\n"
7451" [ APT fetches the package files ]\n"
7452" # apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
521dd27d 7453" [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade the target machine ]\n"
43be0ac4
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7454msgstr ""
7455
521dd27d 7456#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7457#: offline.dbk:159
43be0ac4 7458msgid ""
b39c1859 7459"The dist-upgrade command can be replaced with any other standard APT "
43be0ac4 7460"commands, particularly dselect-upgrade. You can even use an APT front end "
521dd27d
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7461"such as <emphasis>dselect</emphasis>. However this presents a problem in "
7462"communicating your selections back to the local computer."
43be0ac4
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7463msgstr ""
7464
521dd27d 7465#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7466#: offline.dbk:165
43be0ac4
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7467msgid ""
7468"Now the disc contains all of the index files and archives needed to upgrade "
7469"the target machine. Take the disc back and run:"
7470msgstr ""
7471
521dd27d 7472#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
9de26945 7473#: offline.dbk:169
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7474#, no-wrap
7475msgid ""
7476" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
7477" # apt-get check\n"
7478" [ APT generates a local copy of the cache files ]\n"
7479" # apt-get --no-d -o dir::state::status=/var/lib/dpkg/status dist-upgrade\n"
521dd27d 7480" [ Or any other APT command ]\n"
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7481msgstr ""
7482
521dd27d 7483#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7484#: offline.dbk:176
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7485msgid ""
7486"It is necessary for proper function to re-specify the status file to be the "
7487"local one. This is very important!"
7488msgstr ""
7489
521dd27d 7490#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7491#: offline.dbk:180
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7492msgid ""
7493"If you are using dselect you can do the very risky operation of copying "
7494"disc/status to /var/lib/dpkg/status so that any selections you made on the "
7495"remote machine are updated. I highly recommend that people only make "
7496"selections on the local machine - but this may not always be possible. DO "
7497"NOT copy the status file if dpkg or APT have been run in the mean time!!"
7498msgstr ""
7499
521dd27d 7500#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
9de26945 7501#: offline.dbk:190
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7502msgid "Using APT and wget"
7503msgstr ""
7504
521dd27d 7505#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7506#: offline.dbk:194
43be0ac4 7507msgid ""
521dd27d
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7508"<emphasis>wget</emphasis> is a popular and portable download tool that can "
7509"run on nearly any machine. Unlike the method above this requires that the "
7510"Debian machine already has a list of available packages."
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7511msgstr ""
7512
521dd27d 7513#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7514#: offline.dbk:199
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7515msgid ""
7516"The basic idea is to create a disc that has only the archive files "
7517"downloaded from the remote site. This is done by using the --print-uris "
7518"option to apt-get and then preparing a wget script to actually fetch the "
7519"packages."
7520msgstr ""
7521
521dd27d 7522#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><title>
9de26945 7523#: offline.dbk:205
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7524msgid "Operation"
7525msgstr ""
7526
521dd27d 7527#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7528#: offline.dbk:207
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7529msgid ""
7530"Unlike the previous technique no special configuration files are "
7531"required. We merely use the standard APT commands to generate the file list."
7532msgstr ""
7533
521dd27d 7534#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
9de26945 7535#: offline.dbk:211
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7536#, no-wrap
7537msgid ""
521dd27d 7538" # apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
43be0ac4 7539" [ Press no when prompted, make sure you are happy with the actions ]\n"
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7540" # apt-get -qq --print-uris dist-upgrade &gt; uris\n"
7541" # awk '{print \"wget -O \" $2 \" \" $1}' &lt; uris &gt; /disc/wget-script\n"
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7542msgstr ""
7543
521dd27d 7544#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7545#: offline.dbk:217
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7546msgid ""
7547"Any command other than dist-upgrade could be used here, including "
7548"dselect-upgrade."
7549msgstr ""
7550
521dd27d 7551#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7552#: offline.dbk:221
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7553msgid ""
7554"The /disc/wget-script file will now contain a list of wget commands to "
7555"execute in order to fetch the necessary archives. This script should be run "
7556"with the current directory as the disc's mount point so as to save the "
7557"output on the disc."
7558msgstr ""
7559
521dd27d 7560#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7561#: offline.dbk:227
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7562msgid "The remote machine would do something like"
7563msgstr ""
7564
521dd27d 7565#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
9de26945 7566#: offline.dbk:230
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7567#, no-wrap
7568msgid ""
7569" # cd /disc\n"
7570" # sh -x ./wget-script\n"
521dd27d 7571" [ wait.. ]\n"
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7572msgstr ""
7573
521dd27d 7574#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7575#: offline.dbk:235
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7576msgid ""
7577"Once the archives are downloaded and the disc returned to the Debian machine "
7578"installation can proceed using,"
7579msgstr ""
7580
521dd27d 7581#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><screen>
9de26945 7582#: offline.dbk:239
43be0ac4 7583#, no-wrap
521dd27d 7584msgid " # apt-get -o dir::cache::archives=\"/disc/\" dist-upgrade\n"
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7585msgstr ""
7586
521dd27d 7587#. type: Content of: <book><chapter><section><para>
9de26945 7588#: offline.dbk:242
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7589msgid "Which will use the already fetched archives on the disc."
7590msgstr ""