1 <!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- -->
3 <!-- Some common paths.. -->
4 <!ENTITY docdir "/usr/share/doc/apt/">
5 <!ENTITY configureindex "<filename>&docdir;examples/configure-index.gz</filename>">
6 <!ENTITY aptconfdir "<filename>/etc/apt.conf</filename>">
7 <!ENTITY statedir "/var/lib/apt">
8 <!ENTITY cachedir "/var/cache/apt">
10 <!-- Cross references to other man pages -->
11 <!ENTITY apt-conf "<citerefentry>
12 <refentrytitle><filename>apt.conf</filename></refentrytitle>
13 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
17 <!ENTITY apt-get "<citerefentry>
18 <refentrytitle><command>apt-get</command></refentrytitle>
19 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
23 <!ENTITY apt-config "<citerefentry>
24 <refentrytitle><command>apt-config</command></refentrytitle>
25 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
29 <!ENTITY apt-cdrom "<citerefentry>
30 <refentrytitle><command>apt-cdrom</command></refentrytitle>
31 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
35 <!ENTITY apt-cache "<citerefentry>
36 <refentrytitle><command>apt-cache</command></refentrytitle>
37 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
41 <!ENTITY apt-preferences "<citerefentry>
42 <refentrytitle><command>apt_preferences</command></refentrytitle>
43 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
47 <!ENTITY sources-list "<citerefentry>
48 <refentrytitle><filename>sources.list</filename></refentrytitle>
49 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
53 <!ENTITY reportbug "<citerefentry>
54 <refentrytitle><command>reportbug</command></refentrytitle>
55 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
59 <!ENTITY dpkg "<citerefentry>
60 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg</command></refentrytitle>
61 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
65 <!ENTITY dpkg-buildpackage "<citerefentry>
66 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-buildpackage</command></refentrytitle>
67 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
71 <!ENTITY gzip "<citerefentry>
72 <refentrytitle><command>gzip</command></refentrytitle>
73 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
77 <!ENTITY dpkg-scanpackages "<citerefentry>
78 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scanpackages</command></refentrytitle>
79 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
83 <!ENTITY dpkg-scansources "<citerefentry>
84 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scansources</command></refentrytitle>
85 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
89 <!ENTITY dselect "<citerefentry>
90 <refentrytitle><command>dselect</command></refentrytitle>
91 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
95 <!-- Boiler plate docinfo section -->
96 <!ENTITY apt-docinfo "
98 <address><email>apt@packages.debian.org</email></address>
99 <author><firstname>Jason</firstname> <surname>Gunthorpe</surname></author>
100 <copyright><year>1998-2001</year> <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>
101 <date>14 December 2003</date>
102 <productname>Linux</productname>
109 <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>
113 <!ENTITY apt-author.jgunthorpe "
115 <firstname>Jason</firstname>
116 <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
120 <!ENTITY apt-author.team "
122 <othername>APT team</othername>
126 <!ENTITY apt-copyright "
128 <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder>
129 <year>1998-2001</year>
133 <!ENTITY apt-product "
134 <productname>Linux</productname>
137 <!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
139 <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
140 <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
141 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
142 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
148 <!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
150 <refsect1><title>Author</title>
151 <para>APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.
156 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
157 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
158 <!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
159 <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
160 <term><option>--help</option></term>
161 <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
167 <term><option>-v</option></term>
168 <term><option>--version</option></term>
169 <listitem><para>Show the program version.
175 <term><option>-c</option></term>
176 <term><option>--config-file</option></term>
177 <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
178 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
179 configuration file. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
185 <term><option>-o</option></term>
186 <term><option>--option</option></term>
187 <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary
188 configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
194 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
195 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
196 <!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
197 <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
198 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
199 options you can override the config file by using something like
200 <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
201 or several other variations.