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";
58 Show-User-Simulation-Note "true";
66 RecurseDepends "false";
84 Pre-Invoke {"touch /var/lib/apt/pre-update-stamp"; };
85 Post-Invoke {"touch /var/lib/apt/post-update-stamp"; };
90 TrustCDROM "false"; // consider the CDROM always trusted
93 // Some general options
95 Clean-Installed "true";
96 Immediate-Configure "true"; // DO NOT turn this off, see the man page
97 Force-LoopBreak "false"; // DO NOT turn this on, see the man page
98 Cache-Limit "4194304";
101 // consider Recommends, Suggests as important dependencies that should
102 // be installed by default
103 Install-Recommends "true";
104 Install-Suggests "false";
106 // consider dependencies of packages in this section manual
107 Never-MarkAuto-Sections {"metapackages"; "universe/metapackages"; };
109 // Write progress messages on this fd (for stuff like base-config)
111 // Keep the list of FDs open (normally apt closes all fds when it
115 // control parameters for cron jobs by /etc/cron.daily/apt
118 BackupArchiveInterval "0";
119 // - Backup after n-days if archive contents changed.(0=disable)
122 // - Backup level.(0=disable), 1 is invalid.
124 // APT::Archives::MaxAge "0"; (old, deprecated)
126 // - Set maximum allowed age of a cache package file. If a cache
127 // package file is older it is deleted (0=disable)
129 // APT::Archives::MinAge "2"; (old, deprecated)
131 // - Set minimum age of a package file. If a file is younger it
132 // will not be deleted (0=disable). Usefull to prevent races
133 // and to keep backups of the packages for emergency.
135 // APT::Archives::MaxSize "0"; (old, deprecated)
136 MaxSize "0"; // (new)
137 // - Set maximum size of the cache in MB (0=disable). If the cache
138 // is bigger, cached package files are deleted until the size
139 // requirement is met (the biggest packages will be deleted
142 Update-Package-Lists "0";
143 // - Do "apt-get update" automatically every n-days (0=disable)
145 Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
146 // - Do "apt-get upgrade --download-only" every n-days (0=disable)
148 Unattended-Upgrade "0";
149 // - Run the "unattended-upgrade" security upgrade script
150 // every n-days (0=disabled)
151 // Requires the package "unattended-upgrades" and will write
152 // a log in /var/log/unattended-upgrades
154 AutocleanInterval "0";
155 // - Do "apt-get autoclean" every n-days (0=disable)
158 // - Send report mail to root
159 // 0: no report (or null string)
160 // 1: progress report (actually any string)
161 // 2: + command outputs (remove -qq, remove 2>/dev/null, add -d)
166 // Options for the downloading routines
169 Queue-Mode "host"; // host|access
171 Source-Symlinks "true";
173 PDiffs "true"; // try to get the IndexFile diffs
174 PDiffs::FileLimit "4"; // don't use diffs if we would need more than 4 diffs
175 PDiffs::SizeLimit "50"; // don't use diffs if size of all patches excess
176 // 50% of the size of the original file
178 // HTTP method configuration
181 Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128";
182 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
185 AllowRedirect "true";
187 // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
189 Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files
190 No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives
191 Dl-Limit "7"; // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate
192 User-Agent "Debian APT-HTTP/1.3";
197 // HTTPS method configuration: uses the http
199 // - cache-control values
200 // - Dl-Limit, Timout, ... values
201 // if not set explicit for https
203 // see /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt-https-method-example.conf.gz
208 SslCert "/etc/apt/some.pem";
209 CaPath "/etc/ssl/certs";
211 AllowRedirect "true";
214 AllowRedirect "true";
216 // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
218 Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files
219 No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives
220 Dl-Limit "7"; // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate
222 User-Agent "Debian APT-CURL/1.0";
227 Proxy "ftp://127.0.0.1/";
228 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
230 /* Required script to perform proxy login. This example should work
234 "USER $(PROXY_USER)";
235 "PASS $(PROXY_PASS)";
236 "USER $(SITE_USER)@$(SITE):$(SITE_PORT)";
242 /* Passive mode control, proxy, non-proxy and per-host. Pasv mode
243 is preferred if possible */
245 Proxy::Passive "true";
246 Passive::http.us.debian.org "true"; // Specific per-host setting
251 // do auto detection of the cdrom mountpoint
254 // cdrom mountpoint (needs to be defined in fstab if AutoDetect is not used)
257 // You need the trailing slash!
267 Options {"--ignore-time-conflict";} // not very useful on a normal system
276 Order { "gz"; "lzma"; "bz2"; };
292 // Location of the state dir
297 userstatus "status.user";
298 status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
299 cdroms "cdroms.list";
302 // Location of the cache dir
303 Cache "var/cache/apt/" {
304 Archives "archives/";
305 // backup directory created by /etc/cron.daily/apt
307 srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
308 pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
316 Preferences "preferences";
317 PreferencesParts "preferences.d";
318 SourceList "sources.list";
319 SourceParts "sources.list.d";
320 VendorList "vendors.list";
321 VendorParts "vendors.list.d";
322 Trusted "trusted.gpg";
323 TrustedParts "trusted.gpg.d";
326 // Locations of binaries
328 methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods/";
331 dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
332 dpkg-source "/usr/bin/dpkg-source";
333 dpkg-buildpackage "/usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage";
334 apt-get "/usr/bin/apt-get";
335 apt-cache "/usr/bin/apt-cache";
338 // Location of the logfile
346 // Media AutoDetect mount path
347 MountPath "/media/apt";
351 // Things that effect the APT dselect method
354 Clean "auto"; // always|auto|prompt|never
357 PromptAfterUpdate "no";
363 // let apt aggressivly use dpkg triggers
366 ConfigurePending "true";
368 // Probably don't want to use force-downgrade..
369 Options {"--force-overwrite";"--force-downgrade";}
371 // Auto re-mounting of a readonly /usr
372 Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
373 Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};
375 Chroot-Directory "/";
377 // Prevents daemons from getting cwd as something mountable (default)
380 // Build options for apt-get source --compile
381 Build-Options "-b -uc";
383 // Pre-configure all packages before they are installed using debconf.
384 Pre-Install-Pkgs {"dpkg-preconfigure --apt --priority=low --frontend=dialog";};
386 // Flush the contents of stdin before forking dpkg.
389 // Control the size of the command line passed to dpkg.
393 // controls if apt will apport on the first dpkg error or if it
394 // tries to install as many packages as possible
398 /* Options you can set to see some debugging text They correspond to names
399 of classes in the source code */
402 pkgProblemResolver "false";
403 pkgProblemResolver::ShowScores "false";
404 pkgDepCache::AutoInstall "false"; // what packages apt install to satify dependencies
405 pkgDepCache::Marker "false";
408 pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
409 pkgAcquire::Auth "false";
411 pkgDPkgProgressReporting "false";
412 pkgOrderList "false";
413 pkgAutoRemove "false"; // show information about automatic removes
415 pkgInitialize "false"; // This one will dump the configuration space
417 Acquire::Ftp "false"; // Show ftp command traffic
418 Acquire::Http "false"; // Show http command traffic
419 Acquire::Https "false"; // Show https debug
420 Acquire::gpgv "false"; // Show the gpgv traffic
421 aptcdrom "false"; // Show found package files
423 acquire::netrc "false"; // netrc parser
427 /* Whatever you do, do not use this configuration file!! Take out ONLY
428 the portions you need! */
429 This Is Not A Valid Config File