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9<refentry>
10
11 <refentryinfo>
12 &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
13 &apt-author.team;
14 &apt-email;
15 &apt-product;
16 <!-- The last update date -->
17 <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
18 </refentryinfo>
19
20 <refmeta>
21 <refentrytitle>apt-get</refentrytitle>
22 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
23 <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
24 </refmeta>
25
26 <!-- Man page title -->
27 <refnamediv>
28 <refname>apt-get</refname>
29 <refpurpose>APT package handling utility -- command-line interface</refpurpose>
30 </refnamediv>
31
32 &synopsis-command-apt-get;
33
34 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
35 <para><command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be
36 considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT
37 library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as
38 &aptitude;, &synaptic; and &wajig;.</para>
39
40 <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the
41 commands below must be present.</para>
42
43 <variablelist>
44 <varlistentry><term><option>update</option></term>
45 <listitem><para><literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files from
46 their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the
47 location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>.
48 For example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and
49 scans the <filename>Packages.gz</filename> files, so that information about new
50 and updated packages is available. An <literal>update</literal> should always be
51 performed before an <literal>upgrade</literal> or <literal>dist-upgrade</literal>. Please
52 be aware that the overall progress meter will be incorrect as the size
53 of the package files cannot be known in advance.</para></listitem>
54 </varlistentry>
55
56 <varlistentry><term><option>upgrade</option></term>
57 <listitem><para><literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all packages
58 currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in
59 <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed with
60 new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances
61 are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed
62 retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that
63 cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package
64 will be left at their current version. An <literal>update</literal> must be
65 performed first so that <command>apt-get</command> knows that new versions of packages are
66 available.</para></listitem>
67 </varlistentry>
68
69 <varlistentry><term><option>dist-upgrade</option></term>
70 <listitem><para><literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of
71 <literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies
72 with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a "smart" conflict
73 resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important
74 packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary.
75 The <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> command may therefore remove some packages.
76 The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of locations
77 from which to retrieve desired package files.
78 See also &apt-preferences; for a mechanism for
79 overriding the general settings for individual packages.</para></listitem>
80 </varlistentry>
81
82 <varlistentry><term><option>dselect-upgrade</option></term>
83 <listitem><para><literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
84 is used in conjunction with the traditional Debian packaging
85 front-end, &dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
86 follows the changes made by &dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal>
87 field of available packages, and performs the actions necessary to realize
88 that state (for instance, the removal of old and the installation of new
89 packages).</para></listitem>
90 </varlistentry>
91
92 <varlistentry><term><option>install</option></term>
93 <listitem>
94 <para><literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more
95 packages desired for installation or upgrading.
96 Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
97 filename (for instance, in a Debian system,
98 <package>apt-utils</package> would be the argument provided, not
99 <filename>apt-utils_&apt-product-version;_amd64.deb</filename>). All packages required
100 by the package(s) specified for installation will also
101 be retrieved and installed.
102 The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is
103 used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is
104 appended to the package name (with no intervening space),
105 the identified package will be removed if it is installed.
106 Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a
107 package to install. These latter features may be used
108 to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict
109 resolution system.
110 </para>
111
112 <para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by
113 following the package name with an equals and the version of the package
114 to select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for
115 install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by
116 following the package name with a slash and the version of the
117 distribution or the Archive name (stable, testing, unstable).</para>
118
119 <para>Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must
120 be used with care.</para>
121
122 <para>This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or
123 more already-installed packages without upgrading every package
124 you have on your system. Unlike the "upgrade" target, which
125 installs the newest version of all currently installed packages,
126 "install" will install the newest version of only the package(s)
127 specified. Simply provide the name of the package(s) you wish
128 to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and its
129 dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and
130 installed.
131 </para>
132
133 <para>Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to
134 create an alternative installation policy for
135 individual packages.</para>
136
137 <para>If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one
138 of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression,
139 and it is applied
140 to all package names in the database. Any matches are then installed (or
141 removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' matches 'how-lo'
142 and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression
143 with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.</para></listitem>
144 </varlistentry>
145
146 <varlistentry><term><option>remove</option></term>
147 <listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are
148 removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its
149 configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the package
150 name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be
151 installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
152 </varlistentry>
153
154 <varlistentry><term><option>purge</option></term>
155 <listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are
156 removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).</para></listitem>
157 </varlistentry>
158
159 <varlistentry><term><option>source</option></term>
160 <listitem><para><literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source packages. APT
161 will examine the available packages to decide which source package to
162 fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory the
163 newest available version of that source package while respecting the
164 default release, set with the option <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>,
165 the <option>-t</option> option or per package with the
166 <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible.</para>
167
168 <para>Source packages are tracked separately
169 from binary packages via <literal>deb-src</literal> lines
170 in the &sources-list; file. This means that you will need to add such a line
171 for each repository you want to get sources from; otherwise you will probably
172 get either the wrong (too old/too new) source versions or none at all.</para>
173
174 <para>If the <option>--compile</option> option is specified
175 then the package will be compiled to a binary .deb using
176 <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> for the architecture as
177 defined by the <command>--host-architecture</command> option.
178 If <option>--download-only</option> is specified then the source package
179 will not be unpacked.</para>
180
181 <para>A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name
182 with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism
183 used for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source
184 package name and version, implicitly enabling the
185 <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option.</para>
186
187 <para>Note that source packages are not installed and tracked in the
188 <command>dpkg</command> database like binary packages; they are simply downloaded
189 to the current directory, like source tarballs.</para></listitem>
190 </varlistentry>
191
192 <varlistentry><term><option>build-dep</option></term>
193 <listitem><para><literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an
194 attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default the dependencies are
195 satisfied to build the package natively. If desired a host-architecture can be specified
196 with the <option>--host-architecture</option> option instead.</para></listitem>
197 </varlistentry>
198
199 <varlistentry><term><option>check</option></term>
200 <listitem><para><literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks
201 for broken dependencies.</para></listitem>
202 </varlistentry>
203
204 <varlistentry><term><option>download</option></term>
205 <listitem><para><literal>download</literal> will download the given
206 binary package into the current directory.
207 </para></listitem>
208 </varlistentry>
209
210 <varlistentry><term><option>clean</option></term>
211 <listitem><para><literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved package
212 files. It removes everything but the lock file from
213 <filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and
214 <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>.</para></listitem>
215 </varlistentry>
216
217 <varlistentry><term><option>autoclean</option></term>
218 <listitem><para>Like <literal>clean</literal>, <literal>autoclean</literal> clears out the local
219 repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only
220 removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely
221 useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without
222 it growing out of control. The configuration option
223 <literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from being
224 erased if it is set to off.</para></listitem>
225 </varlistentry>
226
227 <varlistentry><term><option>autoremove</option></term>
228 <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
229 installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are now no longer needed.</para></listitem>
230 </varlistentry>
231
232 <varlistentry><term><option>changelog</option></term>
233 <listitem><para><literal>changelog</literal> downloads a package changelog and displays
234 it through <command>sensible-pager</command>. The server name and base
235 directory is defined in the <literal>APT::Changelogs::Server</literal>
236 variable (e.g. <ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/changelogs">packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> for
237 Debian or <ulink url="http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs">changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> for
238 Ubuntu).
239 By default it displays the changelog for the version that is
240 installed. However, you can specify the same options as for
241 the <option>install</option> command.
242 </para>
243 </listitem>
244 </varlistentry>
245
246
247
248 </variablelist>
249 </refsect1>
250
251 <refsect1><title>options</title>
252 &apt-cmdblurb;
253
254 <variablelist>
255 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-install-recommends</option></term>
256 <listitem><para>Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing.
257 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>.</para></listitem>
258 </varlistentry>
259
260 <varlistentry><term><option>--install-suggests</option></term>
261 <listitem><para>Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing.
262 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Suggests</literal>.</para></listitem>
263 </varlistentry>
264
265 <varlistentry><term><option>-d</option></term><term><option>--download-only</option></term>
266 <listitem><para>Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed.
267 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
268 </varlistentry>
269
270 <varlistentry><term><option>-f</option></term><term><option>--fix-broken</option></term>
271 <listitem><para>Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in
272 place. This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages
273 to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. If packages are specified,
274 these have to completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when
275 running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package
276 dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's
277 dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention
278 (which usually means using <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of
279 the offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> may produce an
280 error in some situations.
281 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>.</para></listitem>
282 </varlistentry>
283
284 <varlistentry><term><option>-m</option></term><term><option>--ignore-missing</option></term>
285 <term><option>--fix-missing</option></term>
286 <listitem><para>Ignore missing packages; if packages cannot be retrieved or fail the
287 integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back
288 those packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with
289 <option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is
290 selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the
291 command line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently
292 held back.
293 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Missing</literal>.</para></listitem>
294 </varlistentry>
295
296 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-download</option></term>
297 <listitem><para>Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with
298 <option>--ignore-missing</option> to force APT to use only the .debs it has
299 already downloaded.
300 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download</literal>.</para></listitem>
301 </varlistentry>
302
303 <varlistentry><term><option>-q</option></term><term><option>--quiet</option></term>
304 <listitem><para>Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators.
305 More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use
306 <option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file.
307 Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>; you should never use -qq
308 without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may
309 decide to do something you did not expect.
310 Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>.</para></listitem>
311 </varlistentry>
312
313 <varlistentry><term><option>-s</option></term>
314 <term><option>--simulate</option></term>
315 <term><option>--just-print</option></term>
316 <term><option>--dry-run</option></term>
317 <term><option>--recon</option></term>
318 <term><option>--no-act</option></term>
319 <listitem><para>No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not
320 actually change the system.
321 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>.</para>
322
323 <para>Simulated runs performed as a user will automatically deactivate locking
324 (<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal>), and if the option
325 <literal>APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note</literal> is set
326 (as it is by default) a notice will also be displayed indicating that
327 this is only a simulation. Runs performed as root do not trigger either
328 NoLocking or the notice - superusers should know what they are doing
329 without further warnings from <literal>apt-get</literal>.</para>
330
331 <para>Simulated runs print out a series of lines, each representing a <command>dpkg</command>
332 operation: configure (<literal>Conf</literal>), remove (<literal>Remv</literal>)
333 or unpack (<literal>Inst</literal>). Square brackets indicate broken packages, and
334 empty square brackets indicate breaks that are of no consequence (rare).</para></listitem>
335 </varlistentry>
336
337 <varlistentry><term><option>-y</option></term><term><option>--yes</option></term>
338 <term><option>--assume-yes</option></term>
339 <listitem><para>Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run
340 non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held
341 package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an essential package
342 occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort.
343 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
344 </varlistentry>
345
346 <varlistentry><term><option>--assume-no</option></term>
347 <listitem><para>Automatic "no" to all prompts.
348 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-No</literal>.</para></listitem>
349 </varlistentry>
350
351 <varlistentry><term><option>-u</option></term><term><option>--show-upgraded</option></term>
352 <listitem><para>Show upgraded packages; print out a list of all packages that are to be
353 upgraded.
354 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>.</para></listitem>
355 </varlistentry>
356
357 <varlistentry><term><option>-V</option></term><term><option>--verbose-versions</option></term>
358 <listitem><para>Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages.
359 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>.</para></listitem>
360 </varlistentry>
361
362 <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term>
363 <term><option>--host-architecture</option></term>
364 <listitem><para>This option controls the architecture packages are built for
365 by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies
366 are satisfied. By default is it not set which means that the host architecture
367 is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by <literal>APT::Architecture</literal>).
368 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>.
369 </para></listitem>
370 </varlistentry>
371
372 <varlistentry><term><option>-P</option></term>
373 <term><option>--build-profiles</option></term>
374 <listitem><para>This option controls the activated build profiles for which
375 a source package is built by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and
376 how build dependencies are satisfied. By default no build profile is active.
377 More than one build profile can be activated at a time by concatenating them
378 with a comma.
379 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Build-Profiles</literal>.
380 </para></listitem>
381 </varlistentry>
382
383 <varlistentry><term><option>-b</option></term><term><option>--compile</option></term>
384 <term><option>--build</option></term>
385 <listitem><para>Compile source packages after downloading them.
386 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>.</para></listitem>
387 </varlistentry>
388
389 <varlistentry><term><option>--ignore-hold</option></term>
390 <listitem><para>Ignore package holds; this causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a hold
391 placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with
392 <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired holds.
393 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>.</para></listitem>
394 </varlistentry>
395
396 <varlistentry><term><option>--with-new-pkgs</option></term>
397 <listitem><para>Allow installing new packages when used in
398 conjunction with <literal>upgrade</literal>. This is useful if
399 the update of a installed package requires new dependencies to be
400 installed. Instead of holding the package back <literal>upgrade</literal>
401 will upgrade the package and install the new dependencies. Note that
402 <literal>upgrade</literal> with this option will never remove packages,
403 only allow adding new ones.
404 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New</literal>.
405 </para></listitem>
406 </varlistentry>
407
408 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-upgrade</option></term>
409 <listitem><para>Do not upgrade packages; when used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
410 <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line
411 from being upgraded if they are already installed.
412 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem>
413 </varlistentry>
414
415 <varlistentry><term><option>--only-upgrade</option></term>
416 <listitem><para>Do not install new packages; when used in conjunction
417 with <literal>install</literal>, <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will
418 install upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests
419 to install new packages.
420 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem>
421 </varlistentry>
422
423 <varlistentry><term><option>--force-yes</option></term>
424 <listitem><para>Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue
425 without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It
426 should not be used except in very special situations. Using
427 <literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system!
428 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
429 </varlistentry>
430
431 <varlistentry><term><option>--print-uris</option></term>
432 <listitem><para>Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each
433 URI will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected
434 MD5 hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match
435 the file name on the remote site! This also works with the
436 <literal>source</literal> and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the
437 <literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it is
438 up to the user to decompress any compressed files.
439 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Print-URIs</literal>.</para></listitem>
440 </varlistentry>
441
442 <varlistentry><term><option>--purge</option></term>
443 <listitem><para>Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed.
444 An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are
445 scheduled to be purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent to the
446 <option>purge</option> command.
447 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>.</para></listitem>
448 </varlistentry>
449
450 <varlistentry><term><option>--reinstall</option></term>
451 <listitem><para>Re-install packages that are already installed and at the newest version.
452 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>.</para></listitem>
453 </varlistentry>
454
455 <varlistentry><term><option>--list-cleanup</option></term>
456 <listitem><para>This option is on by default; use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to turn
457 it off. When it is on, <command>apt-get</command> will automatically manage the contents
458 of <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that obsolete files are erased.
459 The only reason to turn it off is if you frequently change your sources list.
460 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>.</para></listitem>
461 </varlistentry>
462
463 <varlistentry><term><option>-t</option></term>
464 <term><option>--target-release</option></term>
465 <term><option>--default-release</option></term>
466 <listitem><para>This option controls the default input to the policy engine; it creates
467 a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string.
468 This overrides the general settings in <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>.
469 Specifically pinned packages are not affected by the value
470 of this option. In short, this option
471 lets you have simple control over which distribution packages will be
472 retrieved from. Some common examples might be
473 <option>-t '2.1*'</option>, <option>-t unstable</option>
474 or <option>-t sid</option>.
475 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>;
476 see also the &apt-preferences; manual page.</para></listitem>
477 </varlistentry>
478
479 <varlistentry><term><option>--trivial-only</option></term>
480 <listitem><para>
481 Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered
482 related to <option>--assume-yes</option>; where <option>--assume-yes</option> will answer
483 yes to any prompt, <option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no.
484 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
485 </varlistentry>
486
487 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-remove</option></term>
488 <listitem><para>If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without
489 prompting.
490 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>.</para></listitem>
491 </varlistentry>
492
493 <varlistentry><term><option>--auto-remove</option></term>
494 <listitem><para>If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or <literal>remove</literal>,
495 then this option acts like running the <literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing unused
496 dependency packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>.
497 </para></listitem>
498 </varlistentry>
499
500 <varlistentry><term><option>--only-source</option></term>
501 <listitem><para>Only has meaning for the
502 <literal>source</literal> and <literal>build-dep</literal>
503 commands. Indicates that the given source names are not to be
504 mapped through the binary table. This means that if this option
505 is specified, these commands will only accept source package
506 names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names
507 and looking up the corresponding source package. Configuration
508 Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>.</para></listitem>
509 </varlistentry>
510
511 <varlistentry><term><option>--diff-only</option></term><term><option>--dsc-only</option></term><term><option>--tar-only</option></term>
512 <listitem><para>Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive.
513 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, <literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and
514 <literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
515 </varlistentry>
516
517 <varlistentry><term><option>--arch-only</option></term>
518 <listitem><para>Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies.
519 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
520 </varlistentry>
521
522 <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-unauthenticated</option></term>
523 <listitem><para>Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it.
524 This is useful for tools like pbuilder.
525 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>.</para></listitem>
526 </varlistentry>
527
528 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-allow-insecure-repositories</option></term>
529 <listitem><para>Forbid the update command to acquire unverifiable
530 data from configured sources. Apt will fail at the update command
531 for repositories without valid cryptographically signatures.
532
533 Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories</literal>.</para></listitem>
534 </varlistentry>
535
536 <varlistentry><term><option>--show-progress</option></term>
537 <listitem><para>Show user friendly progress information in the
538 terminal window when packages are installed, upgraded or
539 removed. For a machine parsable version of this data see
540 README.progress-reporting in the apt doc directory.
541 Configuration Item: <literal>Dpkg::Progress</literal> and <literal>Dpkg::Progress-Fancy</literal>.</para></listitem>
542 </varlistentry>
543
544
545 &apt-commonoptions;
546
547 </variablelist>
548 </refsect1>
549
550 <refsect1><title>Files</title>
551 <variablelist>
552 &file-sourceslist;
553 &file-aptconf;
554 &file-preferences;
555 &file-cachearchives;
556 &file-statelists;
557 </variablelist>
558 </refsect1>
559
560 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
561 <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &sources-list;,
562 &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-secure;,
563 The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para>
564 </refsect1>
565
566 <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
567 <para><command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
568 </refsect1>
569 &manbugs;
570</refentry>