1 <!ENTITY apt-author.team "
3 <othername>APT team</othername>
10 <ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>
14 <!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
16 <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
17 <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
18 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
19 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
25 <!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
27 <refsect1><title>Author</title>
28 <para>APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.
33 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
34 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
35 <!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
36 <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
37 <term><option>--help</option></term>
38 <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
44 <term><option>-v</option></term>
45 <term><option>--version</option></term>
46 <listitem><para>Show the program version.
52 <term><option>-c</option></term>
53 <term><option>--config-file</option></term>
54 <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
55 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
56 configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before the
57 default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>
58 environment variable. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
64 <term><option>-o</option></term>
65 <term><option>--option</option></term>
66 <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
67 configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
68 <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used multiple
69 times to set different options.
75 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
76 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
77 <!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
78 <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
79 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
80 options you can override the config file by using something like
81 <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
82 or several other variations.
86 <!ENTITY file-aptconf "
87 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>
88 <listitem><para>APT configuration file.
89 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>
92 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>
93 <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.
94 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>
98 <!ENTITY file-cachearchives "
99 <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>
100 <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.
101 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>
104 <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>
105 <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.
106 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> (<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly appended)</para></listitem>
110 <!ENTITY file-preferences "
111 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>
112 <listitem><para>Version preferences file.
113 This is where you would specify "pinning",
114 i.e. a preference to get certain packages
115 from a separate source
116 or from a different version of a distribution.
117 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>
120 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename></term>
121 <listitem><para>File fragments for the version preferences.
122 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::PreferencesParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
126 <!ENTITY file-sourceslist "
127 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>
128 <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.
129 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>
132 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename></term>
133 <listitem><para>File fragments for locations to fetch packages from.
134 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
138 <!ENTITY file-statelists "
139 <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>
140 <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
142 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>
145 <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>
146 <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.
147 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> (<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly appended)</para></listitem>
151 <!ENTITY file-trustedgpg "
152 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg</filename></term>
153 <listitem><para>Keyring of local trusted keys, new keys will be added here.
154 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Trusted</literal>.</para></listitem>
157 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/</filename></term>
158 <listitem><para>File fragments for the trusted keys, additional keyrings can
159 be stored here (by other packages or the administrator).
160 Configuration Item <literal>Dir::Etc::TrustedParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
164 <!ENTITY file-extended_states "
165 <varlistentry><term><filename>/var/lib/apt/extended_states</filename></term>
166 <listitem><para>Status list of auto-installed packages.
167 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::extended_states</literal>.
172 <!-- TRANSLATOR: This is the section header for the following paragraphs - comparable
173 to the other headers like NAME and DESCRIPTION and should therefore be uppercase. -->
174 <!ENTITY translation-title "TRANSLATION">
176 <!-- TRANSLATOR: This is a placeholder. You should write here who has contributed
177 to the translation in the past, who is responsible now and maybe further information
178 specially related to your translation. -->
179 <!ENTITY translation-holder "
180 The english translation was done by John Doe <email>john@doe.org</email> in 2009,
181 2010 and Daniela Acme <email>daniela@acme.us</email> in 2010 together with the
182 Debian Dummy l10n Team <email>debian-l10n-dummy@lists.debian.org</email>.
185 <!-- TRANSLATOR: As a translation is allowed to have 20% of untranslated/fuzzy strings
186 in a shipped manpage newer/modified paragraphs will maybe appear in english in
187 the generated manpage. This sentence is therefore here to tell the reader that this
188 is not a mistake by the translator - obviously the target is that at least for stable
189 releases this sentence is not needed. :) -->
190 <!ENTITY translation-english "
191 Note that this translated document may contain untranslated parts.
192 This is done on purpose, to avoid losing content when the
193 translation is lagging behind the original content.
196 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -o=config_string e.g. -o=Debug::pkgProblemResolver=1 -->
197 <!ENTITY synopsis-config-string "config_string">
199 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -c=config_file e.g. -c=./apt.conf -->
200 <!ENTITY synopsis-config-file "config_file">
202 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -t=target_release or pkg/target_release e.g. -t=squeeze apt/experimental -->
203 <!ENTITY synopsis-target-release "target_release">
205 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -a=architecture e.g. -a=armel -->
206 <!ENTITY synopsis-architecture "architecture">
208 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-get install pkg e.g. apt-get install awesome -->
209 <!ENTITY synopsis-pkg "pkg">
211 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in pkg=pkg_version_number e.g. apt=0.8.15 -->
212 <!ENTITY synopsis-pkg-ver-number "pkg_version_number">
214 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache pkgnames prefix e.g. apt-cache pkgnames apt -->
215 <!ENTITY synopsis-prefix "prefix">
217 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache search regex e.g. apt-cache search awesome -->
218 <!ENTITY synopsis-regex "regex">
220 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cdrom -d=cdrom_mount_point e.g. apt-cdrom -d=/media/cdrom -->
221 <!ENTITY synopsis-cdrom-mount "cdrom_mount_point">
223 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates -t=temporary_directory e.g. apt-extracttemplates -t=/tmp -->
224 <!ENTITY synopsis-tmp-directory "temporary_directory">
226 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates filename -->
227 <!ENTITY synopsis-filename "filename">
229 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive packages path override-file pathprefix -->
230 <!ENTITY synopsis-path "path">
232 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive packages path override-file pathprefix -->
233 <!ENTITY synopsis-override "override-file">
235 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive packages path override-file pathprefix -->
236 <!ENTITY synopsis-pathprefix "pathprefix">
238 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive generate section -->
239 <!ENTITY synopsis-section "section">
241 <!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-key export keyid e.g. apt-key export 473041FA -->
242 <!ENTITY synopsis-keyid "keyid">