1 /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
2 NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is (except for the
3 last line) a completely valid file. Most of the options have sane default
4 values, unless you have specific needs you should NOT include arbitrary
5 items in a custom configuration.
7 In some instances involving filenames it is possible to set the default
8 directory when the path is evaluated. This means you can use relative
9 paths within the sub scope.
11 The configuration directives are specified in a tree with {} designating
12 a subscope relative to the tag before the {}. You can further specify
13 a subscope using scope notation eg,
14 APT::Architecture "i386";
15 This is prefixed with the current scope. Scope notation must be used
16 if an option is specified on the command line with -o.
21 // Options for APT in general
25 Build-Essential "build-essential";
27 NeverAutoRemove { "linux-image.*"; }; // packages that should never
28 // considered for autoRemove
30 // Options for apt-get
34 AllowUnauthenticated "false";
35 AutomaticRemove "false";
36 HideAutoRemove "false";
37 Download-Only "false";
40 Force-Yes "false"; // I would never set this.
43 Show-Upgraded "false";
44 Show-Versions "false";
57 Build-Dep-Automatic "true";
65 RecurseDepends "false";
83 Pre-Invoke {"touch /var/lib/apt/pre-update-stamp"; };
84 Post-Invoke {"touch /var/lib/apt/post-update-stamp"; };
89 TrustCDROM "false"; // consider the CDROM always trusted
94 TrustedKeyring "/etc/apt/trusted.gpg";
97 // Some general options
99 Clean-Installed "true";
100 Immediate-Configure "true"; // DO NOT turn this off, see the man page
101 Force-LoopBreak "false"; // DO NOT turn this on, see the man page
102 Cache-Limit "4194304";
105 // consider Recommends, Suggests as important dependencies that should
106 // be installed by default
107 Install-Recommends "true";
108 Install-Suggests "false";
110 // install recommends automatically for packages in this section
111 Install-Recommends-Section { "metapackages"; "universe/metapackages"; };
113 // consider dependencies of packages in this section manual
114 Never-MarkAuto-Sections {"metapackages"; "universe/metapackages"; };
116 // Write progress messages on this fd (for stuff like base-config)
118 // Keep the list of FDs open (normally apt closes all fds when it
123 // Options for the downloading routines
126 Queue-Mode "host"; // host|access
128 Source-Symlinks "true";
130 PDiffs "true"; // try to get the IndexFile diffs
132 // HTTP method configuration
135 Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128";
136 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
140 // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
142 Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files
143 No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives
144 Dl-Limit "7"; // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate
147 // HTTPS method configuration:
148 // - uses the http proxy config
149 // - uses the http cache-control values
150 // - uses the http Dl-Limit values
154 SslCert "/etc/apt/some.pem";
155 CaPath "/etc/ssl/certs";
161 Proxy "ftp://127.0.0.1/";
162 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
164 /* Required script to perform proxy login. This example should work
168 "USER $(PROXY_USER)";
169 "PASS $(PROXY_PASS)";
170 "USER $(SITE_USER)@$(SITE):$(SITE_PORT)";
176 /* Passive mode control, proxy, non-proxy and per-host. Pasv mode
177 is preferred if possible */
179 Proxy::Passive "true";
180 Passive::http.us.debian.org "true"; // Specific per-host setting
187 // You need the trailing slash!
197 Options {"--ignore-time-conflict";} // not very useful on a normal system
202 RefreshInterval "360"; // refresh interval in minutes
203 MaxAge "90"; // max age for a mirror file in days before
205 // mirror failure reporting script
206 ProblemReporting "/usr/lib/apt/apt-report-mirror-failure";
207 // mirror failure reporting url
208 ReportFailures "http://example.com/mirror-failure";
211 // translations can be set here to "none", "environment" or "$locale"
218 // Location of the state dir
223 userstatus "status.user";
224 status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
225 cdroms "cdroms.list";
229 // Location of the cache dir
230 Cache "var/cache/apt/" {
231 Archives "archives/";
232 srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
233 pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
238 SourceList "sources.list";
240 Preferences "preferences";
244 // Locations of binaries
246 methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods/";
249 dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
250 dpkg-source "/usr/bin/dpkg-source";
251 dpkg-buildpackage "/usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage";
252 apt-get "/usr/bin/apt-get";
253 apt-cache "/usr/bin/apt-cache";
256 // Location of the logfile
262 // Things that effect the APT dselect method
265 Clean "auto"; // always|auto|prompt|never
268 PromptAfterUpdate "no";
274 // Probably don't want to use force-downgrade..
275 Options {"--force-overwrite";"--force-downgrade";}
277 // Auto re-mounting of a readonly /usr
278 Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
279 Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};
281 // Prevents daemons from getting cwd as something mountable (default)
284 // Build options for apt-get source --compile
285 Build-Options "-b -uc";
287 // Pre-configure all packages before they are installed using debconf.
288 Pre-Install-Pkgs {"dpkg-preconfigure --apt --priority=low --frontend=dialog";};
290 // Flush the contents of stdin before forking dpkg.
293 // Control the size of the command line passed to dpkg.
297 // controls if apt will apport on the first dpkg error or if it
298 // tries to install as many packages as possible
302 /* Options you can set to see some debugging text They correspond to names
303 of classes in the source code */
306 pkgProblemResolver "false";
307 pkgDepCache::AutoInstall "false"; // what packages apt install to satify dependencies
309 pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
310 pkgAcquire::Auth "false";
312 pkgDPkgProgressReporting "false";
313 pkgOrderList "false";
314 pkgAutoRemove "false"; // show information about automatic removes
316 pkgInitialize "false"; // This one will dump the configuration space
318 Acquire::Ftp "false"; // Show ftp command traffic
319 Acquire::Http "false"; // Show http command traffic
320 Acquire::Https "false"; // Show https debug
321 Acquire::gpgv "false"; // Show the gpgv traffic
322 Acquire::Mirror "false"; // Show debugging of the mirror method
323 aptcdrom "false"; // Show found package files
327 /* Whatever you do, do not use this configuration file!! Take out ONLY
328 the portions you need! */
329 This Is Not A Valid Config File