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1<!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- -->
2
3<!-- Some common paths.. -->
4<!ENTITY docdir "/usr/share/doc/apt/">
5<!ENTITY guidesdir "/usr/share/doc/apt-doc/">
6<!ENTITY configureindex "<filename>&docdir;examples/configure-index.gz</filename>">
7<!ENTITY aptconfdir "<filename>/etc/apt.conf</filename>">
8<!ENTITY statedir "/var/lib/apt">
9<!ENTITY cachedir "/var/cache/apt">
10
11<!-- Cross references to other man pages -->
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
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
60<!ENTITY apt-ftparchive "<citerefentry>
61 <refentrytitle><filename>apt-ftparchive</filename></refentrytitle>
62 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
63 </citerefentry>"
64>
65
66
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>1</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>1</manvolnum>
100 </citerefentry>"
101>
102
103<!ENTITY dpkg-scansources "<citerefentry>
104 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scansources</command></refentrytitle>
105 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
106 </citerefentry>"
107>
108
109<!ENTITY dselect "<citerefentry>
110 <refentrytitle><command>dselect</command></refentrytitle>
111 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
112 </citerefentry>"
113>
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>
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
157<!-- Boiler plate docinfo section -->
158<!ENTITY apt-docinfo "
159 <refentryinfo>
160 <address><email>apt@packages.debian.org</email></address>
161 <author>
162 <firstname>Jason</firstname> <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
163 <contrib></contrib>
164 </author>
165 <copyright><year>1998-2001</year> <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>
166 <date>28 October 2008</date>
167 <productname>Linux</productname>
168
169 </refentryinfo>
170">
171
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>
182 <contrib></contrib>
183 </author>
184">
185
186<!ENTITY apt-author.moconnor "
187 <author>
188 <firstname>Mike</firstname>
189 <surname>O'Connor</surname>
190 <contrib></contrib>
191 </author>
192">
193
194<!ENTITY apt-author.team "
195 <author>
196 <othername>APT team</othername>
197 <contrib></contrib>
198 </author>
199">
200
201<!ENTITY apt-product "
202 <productname>Linux</productname>
203">
204
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
216<!ENTITY apt-qapage "
217 <para>
218 <ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>
219 </para>
220">
221
222<!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
223<!ENTITY manbugs "
224 <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
225 <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
226 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
227 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
228 &reportbug; command.
229 </para>
230 </refsect1>
231">
232
233<!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
234<!ENTITY manauthor "
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
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 "
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>
250
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.
263 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
264 configuration file. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
265 </para>
266 </listitem>
267 </varlistentry>
268
269 <varlistentry>
270 <term><option>-o</option></term>
271 <term><option>--option</option></term>
272 <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
273 configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
274 <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used multiple
275 times to set different options.
276 </para>
277 </listitem>
278 </varlistentry>
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 "
284 <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
285 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
286 options you can override the config file by using something like
287 <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
288 or several other variations.
289 </para>
290">
291
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">