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>
107 <!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
109 <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
110 <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
111 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
112 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
118 <!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
120 <refsect1><title>Author</title>
121 <para>APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.
126 <!-- Should be used in every man page to get the date bottom center of
128 <!ENTITY apt-preamble "
130 <date>14 December 2003</date>
131 <productname>Linux</productname>
135 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
136 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
137 <!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
138 <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
139 <term><option>--help</option></term>
140 <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
146 <term><option>-v</option></term>
147 <term><option>--version</option></term>
148 <listitem><para>Show the program version.
154 <term><option>-c</option></term>
155 <term><option>--config-file</option></term>
156 <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
157 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
158 configuration file. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
164 <term><option>-o</option></term>
165 <term><option>--option</option></term>
166 <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary
167 configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
173 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
174 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
175 <!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
176 <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
177 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
178 options you can override the config file by using something like
179 <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
180 or several other variations.