1 // $Id: apt.conf,v 1.32 1999/04/19 06:03:09 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";
51 // Some general options
53 Immediate-Configure "true"; // DO NOT turn this off, see the man page
56 // Options for the downloading routines
59 Queue-Mode "host"; // host|access
62 // HTTP method configuration
65 Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128";
66 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
69 // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
71 Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files
72 No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives
77 Proxy "ftp://127.0.0.1/";
78 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
80 /* Required script to perform proxy login. This example should work
86 "USER $(SITE_USER)@$(SITE):$(SITE_PORT)";
92 /* Passive mode control, proxy, non-proxy and per-host. Pasv mode
93 is prefered if possible */
95 Proxy::Passive "true";
96 Passive::http.us.debian.org "true"; // Specific per-host setting
103 // You need the trailing slash!
115 // Location of the state dir
116 State "/var/state/apt/"
120 userstatus "status.user";
121 status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
122 cdroms "cdroms.list";
125 // Location of the cache dir
126 Cache "/var/cache/apt/" {
127 archives "archives/";
128 srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
129 pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
134 sourcelist "sources.list";
138 // Locations of binaries
140 methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods/";
142 dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
143 dpkg-source "/usr/bin/dpkg-source";
144 dpkg-buildpackage "/usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage"
145 apt-get "/usr/bin/apt-get";
146 apt-cache "/usr/bin/apt-cache";
150 // Things that effect the APT dselect method
153 Clean "auto"; // always|auto|prompt|never
156 PromptAfterUpdate "no";
161 // Probably don't want to set this one..
162 Options {"--force-downgrade";}
164 // Auto re-mounting of a readonly /usr
165 Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
166 Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};
168 // Prevents daemons from getting cwd as something mountable (default)
171 // Build options for apt-get source --compile
172 Build-Options "-b -uc";
175 /* Options you can set to see some debugging text They corrispond to names
176 of classes in the source code */
179 pkgProblemResolver "false";
181 pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
184 pkgInitialize "false"; // This one will dump the configuration space
186 Acquire::Ftp "false"; // Show ftp command traffic
187 aptcdrom "false"; // Show found package files