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3 <!-- Boiler plate docinfo section -->
6 <address><email>apt@packages.debian.org</email></address>
8 <firstname>Jason</firstname> <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
11 <copyright><year>1998-2001</year> <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>
12 <date>28 October 2008</date>
13 <productname>Linux</productname>
17 <!ENTITY apt-author.team "
19 <othername>APT team</othername>
26 <ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>
30 <!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
32 <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
33 <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
34 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
35 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
41 <!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
43 <refsect1><title>Author</title>
44 <para>APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.
49 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
50 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
51 <!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
52 <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
53 <term><option>--help</option></term>
54 <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
60 <term><option>-v</option></term>
61 <term><option>--version</option></term>
62 <listitem><para>Show the program version.
68 <term><option>-c</option></term>
69 <term><option>--config-file</option></term>
70 <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
71 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
72 configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before the
73 default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>
74 environment variable. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
80 <term><option>-o</option></term>
81 <term><option>--option</option></term>
82 <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
83 configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
84 <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used multiple
85 times to set different options.
91 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
92 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
93 <!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
94 <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
95 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
96 options you can override the config file by using something like
97 <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
98 or several other variations.
102 <!ENTITY file-aptconf "
103 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>
104 <listitem><para>APT configuration file.
105 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>
108 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>
109 <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.
110 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>
114 <!ENTITY file-cachearchives "
115 <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>
116 <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.
117 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>
120 <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>
121 <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.
122 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> (implicit partial). </para></listitem>
126 <!ENTITY file-preferences "
127 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>
128 <listitem><para>Version preferences file.
129 This is where you would specify "pinning",
130 i.e. a preference to get certain packages
131 from a separate source
132 or from a different version of a distribution.
133 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>
136 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename></term>
137 <listitem><para>File fragments for the version preferences.
138 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::PreferencesParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
142 <!ENTITY file-sourceslist "
143 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>
144 <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.
145 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>
148 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename></term>
149 <listitem><para>File fragments for locations to fetch packages from.
150 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
154 <!ENTITY file-statelists "
155 <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>
156 <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
158 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>
161 <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>
162 <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.
163 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> (implicit partial).</para></listitem>
167 <!ENTITY file-trustedgpg "
168 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg</filename></term>
169 <listitem><para>Keyring of local trusted keys, new keys will be added here.
170 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Trusted</literal>.</para></listitem>
173 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/</filename></term>
174 <listitem><para>File fragments for the trusted keys, additional keyrings can
175 be stored here (by other packages or the administrator).
176 Configuration Item <literal>Dir::Etc::TrustedParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
180 <!ENTITY file-extended_states "
181 <varlistentry><term><filename>/var/lib/apt/extended_states</filename></term>
182 <listitem><para>Status list of auto-installed packages.
183 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::extended_states</literal>.
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193 to the translation in the past, who is responsible now and maybe further information
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196 The english translation was done by John Doe <email>john@doe.org</email> in 2009,
197 2010 and Daniela Acme <email>daniela@acme.us</email> in 2010 together with the
198 Debian Dummy l10n Team <email>debian-l10n-dummy@lists.debian.org</email>.
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202 in a shipped manpage newer/modified paragraphs will maybe appear in english in
203 the generated manpage. This sentence is therefore here to tell the reader that this
204 is not a mistake by the translator - obviously the target is that at least for stable
205 releases this sentence is not needed. :) -->
206 <!ENTITY translation-english "
207 Note that this translated document may contain untranslated parts.
208 This is done on purpose, to avoid losing content when the
209 translation is lagging behind the original content.
212 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -o=config_string e.g. -o=Debug::pkgProblemResolver=1 -->
213 <!ENTITY synopsis-config-string "config_string">
215 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -c=config_file e.g. -c=./apt.conf -->
216 <!ENTITY synopsis-config-file "config_file">
218 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -t=target_release or pkg/target_release e.g. -t=squeeze apt/experimental -->
219 <!ENTITY synopsis-target-release "target_release">
221 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -a=architecture e.g. -a=armel -->
222 <!ENTITY synopsis-architecture "architecture">
224 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-get install pkg e.g. apt-get install awesome -->
225 <!ENTITY synopsis-pkg "pkg">
227 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in pkg=pkg_version_number e.g. apt=0.8.15 -->
228 <!ENTITY synopsis-pkg-ver-number "pkg_version_number">
230 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache pkgnames prefix e.g. apt-cache pkgnames apt -->
231 <!ENTITY synopsis-prefix "prefix">
233 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache search regex e.g. apt-cache search awesome -->
234 <!ENTITY synopsis-regex "regex">
236 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cdrom -d=cdrom_mount_point e.g. apt-cdrom -d=/media/cdrom -->
237 <!ENTITY synopsis-cdrom-mount "cdrom_mount_point">
239 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates -t=temporary_directory e.g. apt-extracttemplates -t=/tmp -->
240 <!ENTITY synopsis-tmp-directory "temporary_directory">
242 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates filename -->
243 <!ENTITY synopsis-filename "filename">
245 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameters for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive packages path override pathprefix -->
246 <!ENTITY synopsis-path "path">
247 <!ENTITY synopsis-pathprefix "pathprefix">
248 <!ENTITY synopsis-section "section">
249 <!ENTITY synopsis-override "override">
251 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-key export keyid e.g. apt-key export 473041FA -->
252 <!ENTITY synopsis-keyid "keyid">