1 // $Id: apt.conf,v 1.34 1999/07/10 05:32:26 jgg Exp $
2 /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
3 NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is a completely
6 In some instances involving filenames it is possible to set the default
7 directory when the path is evaluated. This means you can use relative
8 paths within the sub scope.
10 The configuration directives are specified in a tree with {} designating
11 a subscope relative to the tag before the {}. You can further specify
12 a subscope using scope notation eg,
13 APT::Architecture "i386";
14 This is prefixed with the current scope. Scope notation must be used
15 if an option is specified on the command line with -o.
18 // Options for APT in general
23 // Options for apt-get
26 Download-Only "false";
29 Force-Yes "false"; // I would never set this.
32 Show-Upgraded "false";
54 // Some general options
56 Immediate-Configure "true"; // DO NOT turn this off, see the man page
59 // Options for the downloading routines
62 Queue-Mode "host"; // host|access
65 // HTTP method configuration
68 Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128";
69 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
72 // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
74 Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files
75 No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives
80 Proxy "ftp://127.0.0.1/";
81 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
83 /* Required script to perform proxy login. This example should work
89 "USER $(SITE_USER)@$(SITE):$(SITE_PORT)";
95 /* Passive mode control, proxy, non-proxy and per-host. Pasv mode
96 is prefered if possible */
98 Proxy::Passive "true";
99 Passive::http.us.debian.org "true"; // Specific per-host setting
106 // You need the trailing slash!
118 // Location of the state dir
119 State "/var/state/apt/"
123 userstatus "status.user";
124 status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
125 cdroms "cdroms.list";
128 // Location of the cache dir
129 Cache "/var/cache/apt/" {
130 archives "archives/";
131 srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
132 pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
137 sourcelist "sources.list";
141 // Locations of binaries
143 methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods/";
145 dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
146 dpkg-source "/usr/bin/dpkg-source";
147 dpkg-buildpackage "/usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage"
148 apt-get "/usr/bin/apt-get";
149 apt-cache "/usr/bin/apt-cache";
153 // Things that effect the APT dselect method
156 Clean "auto"; // always|auto|prompt|never
159 PromptAfterUpdate "no";
164 // Probably don't want to set this one..
165 Options {"--force-downgrade";}
167 // Auto re-mounting of a readonly /usr
168 Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
169 Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};
171 // Prevents daemons from getting cwd as something mountable (default)
174 // Build options for apt-get source --compile
175 Build-Options "-b -uc";
178 /* Options you can set to see some debugging text They corrispond to names
179 of classes in the source code */
182 pkgProblemResolver "false";
184 pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
187 pkgInitialize "false"; // This one will dump the configuration space
189 Acquire::Ftp "false"; // Show ftp command traffic
190 aptcdrom "false"; // Show found package files