1 /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
2 NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is (except for the
3 last line) a completely valid file. Most of the options have sane default
4 values, unless you have specific needs you should NOT include arbitrary
5 items in a custom configuration.
7 In some instances involving filenames it is possible to set the default
8 directory when the path is evaluated. This means you can use relative
9 paths within the sub scope.
11 The configuration directives are specified in a tree with {} designating
12 a subscope relative to the tag before the {}. You can further specify
13 a subscope using scope notation eg,
14 APT::Architecture "i386";
15 This is prefixed with the current scope. Scope notation must be used
16 if an option is specified on the command line with -o.
21 // Options for APT in general
25 Build-Essential "build-essential";
27 NeverAutoRemove { "linux-image.*"; }; // packages that should never
28 // considered for autoRemove
30 // Options for apt-get
34 AllowUnauthenticated "false";
35 AutomaticRemove "false";
36 HideAutoRemove "false";
37 Download-Only "false";
40 Force-Yes "false"; // I would never set this.
43 Show-Upgraded "false";
44 Show-Versions "false";
57 Build-Dep-Automatic "true";
65 RecurseDepends "false";
83 Pre-Invoke {"touch /var/lib/apt/pre-update-stamp"; };
84 Post-Invoke {"touch /var/lib/apt/post-update-stamp"; };
89 TrustCDROM "false"; // consider the CDROM always trusted
94 TrustedKeyring "/etc/apt/trusted.gpg";
97 // Some general options
99 Clean-Installed "true";
100 Immediate-Configure "true"; // DO NOT turn this off, see the man page
101 Force-LoopBreak "false"; // DO NOT turn this on, see the man page
102 Cache-Limit "4194304";
105 // consider Recommends, Suggests as important dependencies that should
106 // be installed by default
107 Install-Recommends "true";
108 Install-Suggests "false";
110 // install recommends automatically for packages in this section
111 Install-Recommends-Section { "metapackages"; "universe/metapackages"; };
113 // consider dependencies of packages in this section manual
114 Never-MarkAuto-Sections {"metapackages"; "universe/metapackages"; };
116 // Write progress messages on this fd (for stuff like base-config)
118 // Keep the list of FDs open (normally apt closes all fds when it
123 // Options for the downloading routines
126 Queue-Mode "host"; // host|access
128 Source-Symlinks "true";
130 PDiffs "true"; // try to get the IndexFile diffs
132 // HTTP method configuration
135 Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128";
136 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
139 AllowRedirect "true";
141 // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
143 Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files
144 No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives
145 Dl-Limit "7"; // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate
148 // HTTPS method configuration:
149 // - uses the http proxy config
150 // - uses the http cache-control values
151 // - uses the http Dl-Limit values
155 SslCert "/etc/apt/some.pem";
156 CaPath "/etc/ssl/certs";
158 AllowRedirect "true";
163 Proxy "ftp://127.0.0.1/";
164 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
166 /* Required script to perform proxy login. This example should work
170 "USER $(PROXY_USER)";
171 "PASS $(PROXY_PASS)";
172 "USER $(SITE_USER)@$(SITE):$(SITE_PORT)";
178 /* Passive mode control, proxy, non-proxy and per-host. Pasv mode
179 is preferred if possible */
181 Proxy::Passive "true";
182 Passive::http.us.debian.org "true"; // Specific per-host setting
189 // You need the trailing slash!
199 Options {"--ignore-time-conflict";} // not very useful on a normal system
204 RefreshInterval "360"; // refresh interval in minutes
205 MaxAge "90"; // max age for a mirror file in days before
207 // mirror failure reporting script
208 ProblemReporting "/usr/lib/apt/apt-report-mirror-failure";
209 // mirror failure reporting url
210 ReportFailures "http://example.com/mirror-failure";
213 // translations can be set here to "none", "environment" or "$locale"
220 // Location of the state dir
225 userstatus "status.user";
226 status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
227 cdroms "cdroms.list";
231 // Location of the cache dir
232 Cache "var/cache/apt/" {
233 Archives "archives/";
234 srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
235 pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
240 SourceList "sources.list";
242 Preferences "preferences";
246 // Locations of binaries
248 methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods/";
251 dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
252 dpkg-source "/usr/bin/dpkg-source";
253 dpkg-buildpackage "/usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage";
254 apt-get "/usr/bin/apt-get";
255 apt-cache "/usr/bin/apt-cache";
258 // Location of the logfile
264 // Things that effect the APT dselect method
267 Clean "auto"; // always|auto|prompt|never
270 PromptAfterUpdate "no";
276 // Probably don't want to use force-downgrade..
277 Options {"--force-overwrite";"--force-downgrade";}
279 // Auto re-mounting of a readonly /usr
280 Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
281 Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};
283 // Prevents daemons from getting cwd as something mountable (default)
286 // Build options for apt-get source --compile
287 Build-Options "-b -uc";
289 // Pre-configure all packages before they are installed using debconf.
290 Pre-Install-Pkgs {"dpkg-preconfigure --apt --priority=low --frontend=dialog";};
292 // Flush the contents of stdin before forking dpkg.
295 // Control the size of the command line passed to dpkg.
299 // controls if apt will apport on the first dpkg error or if it
300 // tries to install as many packages as possible
304 /* Options you can set to see some debugging text They correspond to names
305 of classes in the source code */
308 pkgProblemResolver "false";
309 pkgDepCache::AutoInstall "false"; // what packages apt install to satify dependencies
311 pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
312 pkgAcquire::Auth "false";
314 pkgDPkgProgressReporting "false";
315 pkgOrderList "false";
316 pkgAutoRemove "false"; // show information about automatic removes
318 pkgInitialize "false"; // This one will dump the configuration space
320 Acquire::Ftp "false"; // Show ftp command traffic
321 Acquire::Http "false"; // Show http command traffic
322 Acquire::Https "false"; // Show https debug
323 Acquire::gpgv "false"; // Show the gpgv traffic
324 Acquire::Mirror "false"; // Show debugging of the mirror method
325 aptcdrom "false"; // Show found package files
329 /* Whatever you do, do not use this configuration file!! Take out ONLY
330 the portions you need! */
331 This Is Not A Valid Config File