1 <!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- -->
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">
11 <!-- Cross references to other man pages -->
12 <!ENTITY apt-conf "<citerefentry>
13 <refentrytitle><filename>apt.conf</filename></refentrytitle>
14 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
18 <!ENTITY apt-get "<citerefentry>
19 <refentrytitle><command>apt-get</command></refentrytitle>
20 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
24 <!ENTITY apt-config "<citerefentry>
25 <refentrytitle><command>apt-config</command></refentrytitle>
26 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
30 <!ENTITY apt-cdrom "<citerefentry>
31 <refentrytitle><command>apt-cdrom</command></refentrytitle>
32 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
36 <!ENTITY apt-cache "<citerefentry>
37 <refentrytitle><command>apt-cache</command></refentrytitle>
38 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
42 <!ENTITY apt-preferences "<citerefentry>
43 <refentrytitle><command>apt_preferences</command></refentrytitle>
44 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
48 <!ENTITY apt-key "<citerefentry>
49 <refentrytitle><command>apt-key</command></refentrytitle>
50 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
54 <!ENTITY apt-secure "<citerefentry>
55 <refentrytitle>apt-secure</refentrytitle>
56 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
60 <!ENTITY apt-ftparchive "<citerefentry>
61 <refentrytitle><filename>apt-ftparchive</filename></refentrytitle>
62 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
67 <!ENTITY sources-list "<citerefentry>
68 <refentrytitle><filename>sources.list</filename></refentrytitle>
69 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
73 <!ENTITY reportbug "<citerefentry>
74 <refentrytitle><command>reportbug</command></refentrytitle>
75 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
79 <!ENTITY dpkg "<citerefentry>
80 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg</command></refentrytitle>
81 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
85 <!ENTITY dpkg-buildpackage "<citerefentry>
86 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-buildpackage</command></refentrytitle>
87 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
91 <!ENTITY gzip "<citerefentry>
92 <refentrytitle><command>gzip</command></refentrytitle>
93 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
97 <!ENTITY dpkg-scanpackages "<citerefentry>
98 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scanpackages</command></refentrytitle>
99 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
103 <!ENTITY dpkg-scansources "<citerefentry>
104 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scansources</command></refentrytitle>
105 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
109 <!ENTITY dselect "<citerefentry>
110 <refentrytitle><command>dselect</command></refentrytitle>
111 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
115 <!ENTITY aptitude "<citerefentry>
116 <refentrytitle><command>aptitude</command></refentrytitle>
117 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
121 <!ENTITY synaptic "<citerefentry>
122 <refentrytitle><command>synaptic</command></refentrytitle>
123 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
127 <!ENTITY debsign "<citerefentry>
128 <refentrytitle><command>debsign</command></refentrytitle>
129 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
133 <!ENTITY debsig-verify "<citerefentry>
134 <refentrytitle><command>debsig-verify</command></refentrytitle>
135 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
139 <!ENTITY gpg "<citerefentry>
140 <refentrytitle><command>gpg</command></refentrytitle>
141 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
145 <!-- Boiler plate docinfo section -->
146 <!ENTITY apt-docinfo "
148 <address><email>apt@packages.debian.org</email></address>
149 <author><firstname>Jason</firstname> <surname>Gunthorpe</surname></author>
150 <copyright><year>1998-2001</year> <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>
151 <date>28 October 2008</date>
152 <productname>Linux</productname>
159 <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>
163 <!ENTITY apt-author.jgunthorpe "
165 <firstname>Jason</firstname>
166 <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
170 <!ENTITY apt-author.team "
172 <othername>APT team</othername>
176 <!ENTITY apt-product "
177 <productname>Linux</productname>
182 <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>
186 <!ENTITY apt-author.jgunthorpe "
188 <firstname>Jason</firstname>
189 <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
193 <!ENTITY apt-author.team "
195 <othername>APT team</othername>
199 <!ENTITY apt-copyright "
201 <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder>
202 <year>1998-2001</year>
206 <!ENTITY apt-product "
207 <productname>Linux</productname>
210 <!ENTITY apt-qapage "
212 <ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>
216 <!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
218 <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
219 <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
220 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
221 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
227 <!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
229 <refsect1><title>Author</title>
230 <para>APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.
235 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
236 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
237 <!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
238 <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
239 <term><option>--help</option></term>
240 <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
246 <term><option>-v</option></term>
247 <term><option>--version</option></term>
248 <listitem><para>Show the program version.
254 <term><option>-c</option></term>
255 <term><option>--config-file</option></term>
256 <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
257 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
258 configuration file. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
264 <term><option>-o</option></term>
265 <term><option>--option</option></term>
266 <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
267 configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
268 <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used multiple
269 times to set different options.
275 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
276 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
277 <!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
278 <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
279 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
280 options you can override the config file by using something like
281 <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
282 or several other variations.