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 <!ENTITY gnome-apt "<citerefentry>
146 <refentrytitle><command>gnome-apt</command></refentrytitle>
147 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
151 <!ENTITY wajig "<citerefentry>
152 <refentrytitle><command>wajig</command></refentrytitle>
153 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
157 <!-- Boiler plate docinfo section -->
158 <!ENTITY apt-docinfo "
160 <address><email>apt@packages.debian.org</email></address>
161 <author><firstname>Jason</firstname> <surname>Gunthorpe</surname></author>
162 <copyright><year>1998-2001</year> <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>
163 <date>28 October 2008</date>
164 <productname>Linux</productname>
171 <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>
175 <!ENTITY apt-author.jgunthorpe "
177 <firstname>Jason</firstname>
178 <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
182 <!ENTITY apt-author.team "
184 <othername>APT team</othername>
188 <!ENTITY apt-product "
189 <productname>Linux</productname>
194 <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>
198 <!ENTITY apt-author.jgunthorpe "
200 <firstname>Jason</firstname>
201 <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
205 <!ENTITY apt-author.team "
207 <othername>APT team</othername>
211 <!ENTITY apt-copyright "
213 <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder>
214 <year>1998-2001</year>
218 <!ENTITY apt-product "
219 <productname>Linux</productname>
222 <!ENTITY apt-qapage "
224 <ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>
228 <!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
230 <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
231 <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
232 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
233 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
239 <!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
241 <refsect1><title>Author</title>
242 <para>APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.
247 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
248 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
249 <!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
250 <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
251 <term><option>--help</option></term>
252 <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
258 <term><option>-v</option></term>
259 <term><option>--version</option></term>
260 <listitem><para>Show the program version.
266 <term><option>-c</option></term>
267 <term><option>--config-file</option></term>
268 <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
269 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
270 configuration file. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
276 <term><option>-o</option></term>
277 <term><option>--option</option></term>
278 <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
279 configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
280 <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used multiple
281 times to set different options.
287 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
288 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
289 <!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
290 <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
291 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
292 options you can override the config file by using something like
293 <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
294 or several other variations.