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.moconnor "
184 <firstname>Mike</firstname>
185 <surname>O'Connor</surname>
189 <!ENTITY apt-author.team "
191 <othername>APT team</othername>
195 <!ENTITY apt-product "
196 <productname>Linux</productname>
201 <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>
205 <!ENTITY apt-author.jgunthorpe "
207 <firstname>Jason</firstname>
208 <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
212 <!ENTITY apt-author.team "
214 <othername>APT team</othername>
218 <!ENTITY apt-copyright "
220 <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder>
221 <year>1998-2001</year>
225 <!ENTITY apt-product "
226 <productname>Linux</productname>
229 <!ENTITY apt-qapage "
231 <ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>
235 <!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
237 <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
238 <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
239 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
240 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
246 <!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
248 <refsect1><title>Author</title>
249 <para>APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.
254 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
255 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
256 <!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
257 <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
258 <term><option>--help</option></term>
259 <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
265 <term><option>-v</option></term>
266 <term><option>--version</option></term>
267 <listitem><para>Show the program version.
273 <term><option>-c</option></term>
274 <term><option>--config-file</option></term>
275 <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
276 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
277 configuration file. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
283 <term><option>-o</option></term>
284 <term><option>--option</option></term>
285 <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
286 configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
287 <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used multiple
288 times to set different options.
294 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
295 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
296 <!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
297 <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
298 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
299 options you can override the config file by using something like
300 <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
301 or several other variations.