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-product "
127 <productname>Linux</productname>
132 <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>
136 <!ENTITY apt-author.jgunthorpe "
138 <firstname>Jason</firstname>
139 <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
143 <!ENTITY apt-author.team "
145 <othername>APT team</othername>
149 <!ENTITY apt-copyright "
151 <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder>
152 <year>1998-2001</year>
156 <!ENTITY apt-product "
157 <productname>Linux</productname>
160 <!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
162 <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
163 <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
164 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
165 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
171 <!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
173 <refsect1><title>Author</title>
174 <para>APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.
179 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
180 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
181 <!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
182 <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
183 <term><option>--help</option></term>
184 <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
190 <term><option>-v</option></term>
191 <term><option>--version</option></term>
192 <listitem><para>Show the program version.
198 <term><option>-c</option></term>
199 <term><option>--config-file</option></term>
200 <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
201 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
202 configuration file. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
208 <term><option>-o</option></term>
209 <term><option>--option</option></term>
210 <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary
211 configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
217 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
218 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
219 <!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
220 <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
221 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
222 options you can override the config file by using something like
223 <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
224 or several other variations.