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1<!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- -->
2
3<!-- Some common paths.. -->
4<!ENTITY docdir "/usr/share/doc/apt/">
4d9fb6b0 5<!ENTITY guidesdir "/usr/share/doc/apt-doc/">
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6<!ENTITY configureindex "<filename>&docdir;examples/configure-index.gz</filename>">
7<!ENTITY aptconfdir "<filename>/etc/apt.conf</filename>">
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8<!ENTITY statedir "/var/lib/apt">
9<!ENTITY cachedir "/var/cache/apt">
10
11<!-- Cross references to other man pages -->
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12<!ENTITY apt-conf "<citerefentry>
13 <refentrytitle><filename>apt.conf</filename></refentrytitle>
14 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
15 </citerefentry>"
16>
17
18<!ENTITY apt-get "<citerefentry>
19 <refentrytitle><command>apt-get</command></refentrytitle>
20 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
21 </citerefentry>"
22>
23
24<!ENTITY apt-config "<citerefentry>
25 <refentrytitle><command>apt-config</command></refentrytitle>
26 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
27 </citerefentry>"
28>
29
30<!ENTITY apt-cdrom "<citerefentry>
31 <refentrytitle><command>apt-cdrom</command></refentrytitle>
32 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
33 </citerefentry>"
34>
35
36<!ENTITY apt-cache "<citerefentry>
37 <refentrytitle><command>apt-cache</command></refentrytitle>
38 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
39 </citerefentry>"
40>
41
42<!ENTITY apt-preferences "<citerefentry>
43 <refentrytitle><command>apt_preferences</command></refentrytitle>
44 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
45 </citerefentry>"
46>
47
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48<!ENTITY apt-key "<citerefentry>
49 <refentrytitle><command>apt-key</command></refentrytitle>
50 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
51 </citerefentry>"
52>
53
54<!ENTITY apt-secure "<citerefentry>
55 <refentrytitle>apt-secure</refentrytitle>
56 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
57 </citerefentry>"
58>
59
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60<!ENTITY apt-ftparchive "<citerefentry>
61 <refentrytitle><filename>apt-ftparchive</filename></refentrytitle>
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62 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
63 </citerefentry>"
64>
65
66
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67<!ENTITY sources-list "<citerefentry>
68 <refentrytitle><filename>sources.list</filename></refentrytitle>
69 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
70 </citerefentry>"
71>
72
73<!ENTITY reportbug "<citerefentry>
74 <refentrytitle><command>reportbug</command></refentrytitle>
75 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
76 </citerefentry>"
77>
78
79<!ENTITY dpkg "<citerefentry>
80 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg</command></refentrytitle>
81 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
82 </citerefentry>"
83>
84
85<!ENTITY dpkg-buildpackage "<citerefentry>
86 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-buildpackage</command></refentrytitle>
87 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
88 </citerefentry>"
89>
90
91<!ENTITY gzip "<citerefentry>
92 <refentrytitle><command>gzip</command></refentrytitle>
93 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
94 </citerefentry>"
95>
96
97<!ENTITY dpkg-scanpackages "<citerefentry>
98 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scanpackages</command></refentrytitle>
99 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
100 </citerefentry>"
101>
102
103<!ENTITY dpkg-scansources "<citerefentry>
104 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scansources</command></refentrytitle>
105 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
106 </citerefentry>"
107>
108
109<!ENTITY dselect "<citerefentry>
110 <refentrytitle><command>dselect</command></refentrytitle>
111 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
112 </citerefentry>"
113>
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114
115<!ENTITY aptitude "<citerefentry>
116 <refentrytitle><command>aptitude</command></refentrytitle>
117 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
118 </citerefentry>"
119>
120
121<!ENTITY synaptic "<citerefentry>
122 <refentrytitle><command>synaptic</command></refentrytitle>
123 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
124 </citerefentry>"
125>
126
127<!ENTITY debsign "<citerefentry>
128 <refentrytitle><command>debsign</command></refentrytitle>
129 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
130 </citerefentry>"
131>
132
133<!ENTITY debsig-verify "<citerefentry>
134 <refentrytitle><command>debsig-verify</command></refentrytitle>
135 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
136 </citerefentry>"
137>
138
139<!ENTITY gpg "<citerefentry>
140 <refentrytitle><command>gpg</command></refentrytitle>
141 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
142 </citerefentry>"
143>
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144
145<!ENTITY gnome-apt "<citerefentry>
146 <refentrytitle><command>gnome-apt</command></refentrytitle>
147 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
148 </citerefentry>"
149>
150
151<!ENTITY wajig "<citerefentry>
152 <refentrytitle><command>wajig</command></refentrytitle>
153 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
154 </citerefentry>"
155>
156
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157<!-- Boiler plate docinfo section -->
158<!ENTITY apt-docinfo "
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159 <refentryinfo>
160 <address><email>apt@packages.debian.org</email></address>
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161 <author>
162 <firstname>Jason</firstname> <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
163 <contrib></contrib>
164 </author>
24f6490f 165 <copyright><year>1998-2001</year> <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>
2f493cc6 166 <date>28 October 2008</date>
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167 <productname>Linux</productname>
168
169 </refentryinfo>
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170">
171
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172<!ENTITY apt-email "
173 <address>
174 <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>
175 </address>
176">
177
178<!ENTITY apt-author.jgunthorpe "
179 <author>
180 <firstname>Jason</firstname>
181 <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
f0599b9c 182 <contrib></contrib>
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183 </author>
184">
185
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186<!ENTITY apt-author.moconnor "
187 <author>
188 <firstname>Mike</firstname>
189 <surname>O'Connor</surname>
f0599b9c 190 <contrib></contrib>
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191 </author>
192">
193
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194<!ENTITY apt-author.team "
195 <author>
196 <othername>APT team</othername>
f0599b9c 197 <contrib></contrib>
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198 </author>
199">
200
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201<!ENTITY apt-product "
202 <productname>Linux</productname>
203">
204
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205<!ENTITY apt-copyright "
206 <copyright>
207 <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder>
208 <year>1998-2001</year>
209 </copyright>
210">
211
212<!ENTITY apt-product "
213 <productname>Linux</productname>
214">
215
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216<!ENTITY apt-qapage "
217 <para>
218 <ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>
219 </para>
220">
221
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222<!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
223<!ENTITY manbugs "
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224 <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
225 <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
4ba3008f 226 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
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227 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
228 &reportbug; command.
229 </para>
230 </refsect1>
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231">
232
233<!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
234<!ENTITY manauthor "
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235 <refsect1><title>Author</title>
236 <para>APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.
237 </para>
238 </refsect1>
239">
240
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241<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
242 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
243<!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
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244 <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
245 <term><option>--help</option></term>
246 <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
247 </para>
248 </listitem>
249 </varlistentry>
b2e465d6 250
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251 <varlistentry>
252 <term><option>-v</option></term>
253 <term><option>--version</option></term>
254 <listitem><para>Show the program version.
255 </para>
256 </listitem>
257 </varlistentry>
258
259 <varlistentry>
260 <term><option>-c</option></term>
261 <term><option>--config-file</option></term>
262 <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
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263 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
264 configuration file. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
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265 </para>
266 </listitem>
267 </varlistentry>
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269 <varlistentry>
270 <term><option>-o</option></term>
271 <term><option>--option</option></term>
e3a1f08d 272 <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
24f6490f 273 configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
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274 <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used multiple
275 times to set different options.
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276 </para>
277 </listitem>
278 </varlistentry>
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279">
280
281<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
282 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
283<!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
24f6490f 284 <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
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285 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
286 options you can override the config file by using something like
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287 <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
288 or several other variations.
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289 </para>
290">
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292<!ENTITY file-aptconf "
293 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>
294 <listitem><para>APT configuration file.
295 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>
296 </varlistentry>
297
298 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>
299 <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.
300 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>
301 </varlistentry>
302">
303
304<!ENTITY file-cachearchives "
305 <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>
306 <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.
307 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>
308 </varlistentry>
309
310 <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>
311 <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.
312 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> (implicit partial). </para></listitem>
313 </varlistentry>
314">
315
316<!ENTITY file-preferences "
317 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>
318 <listitem><para>Version preferences file.
319 This is where you would specify &quot;pinning&quot;,
320 i.e. a preference to get certain packages
321 from a separate source
322 or from a different version of a distribution.
323 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>
324 </varlistentry>
325
326 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename></term>
327 <listitem><para>File fragments for the version preferences.
328 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::PreferencesParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
329 </varlistentry>
330">
331
332<!ENTITY file-sourceslist "
333 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>
334 <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.
335 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
337
338 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename></term>
339 <listitem><para>File fragments for locations to fetch packages from.
340 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
341 </varlistentry>
342">
343
344<!ENTITY file-statelists "
345 <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>
346 <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
347 &sources-list;
348 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>
349 </varlistentry>
350
351 <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>
352 <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.
353 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> (implicit partial).</para></listitem>
354 </varlistentry>
355">