doc/apt.ent

   1 <!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- -->
   2
   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">
  10
  11 <!-- Cross references to other man pages -->
  12 <!ENTITY apt-conf "<citerefentry>
  13     <refentrytitle><filename>apt.conf</filename></refentrytitle>
  14     <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  15   </citerefentry>"
  16 >
  17
  18 <!ENTITY apt-get "<citerefentry>
  19     <refentrytitle><command>apt-get</command></refentrytitle>
  20     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  21   </citerefentry>"
  22 >
  23
  24 <!ENTITY apt-config "<citerefentry>
  25     <refentrytitle><command>apt-config</command></refentrytitle>
  26     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  27   </citerefentry>"
  28 >
  29
  30 <!ENTITY apt-cdrom "<citerefentry>
  31     <refentrytitle><command>apt-cdrom</command></refentrytitle>
  32     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  33   </citerefentry>"
  34 >
  35
  36 <!ENTITY apt-cache "<citerefentry>
  37     <refentrytitle><command>apt-cache</command></refentrytitle>
  38     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  39   </citerefentry>"
  40 >
  41
  42 <!ENTITY apt-preferences "<citerefentry>
  43     <refentrytitle><command>apt_preferences</command></refentrytitle>
  44     <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  45   </citerefentry>"
  46 >
  47
  48 <!ENTITY apt-key "<citerefentry>
  49     <refentrytitle><command>apt-key</command></refentrytitle>
  50     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  51   </citerefentry>"
  52 >
  53
  54 <!ENTITY apt-secure "<citerefentry>
  55     <refentrytitle>apt-secure</refentrytitle>
  56     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  57   </citerefentry>"
  58 >
  59
  60 <!ENTITY apt-ftparchive "<citerefentry>
  61     <refentrytitle><filename>apt-ftparchive</filename></refentrytitle>
  62     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  63   </citerefentry>"
  64 >
  65
  66
  67 <!ENTITY sources-list "<citerefentry>
  68     <refentrytitle><filename>sources.list</filename></refentrytitle>
  69     <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  70   </citerefentry>"
  71 >
  72
  73 <!ENTITY reportbug "<citerefentry>
  74     <refentrytitle><command>reportbug</command></refentrytitle>
  75     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  76   </citerefentry>"
  77 >
  78
  79 <!ENTITY dpkg "<citerefentry>
  80     <refentrytitle><command>dpkg</command></refentrytitle>
  81     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  82   </citerefentry>"
  83 >
  84
  85 <!ENTITY dpkg-buildpackage "<citerefentry>
  86     <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-buildpackage</command></refentrytitle>
  87     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  88   </citerefentry>"
  89 >
  90
  91 <!ENTITY gzip "<citerefentry>
  92     <refentrytitle><command>gzip</command></refentrytitle>
  93     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  94   </citerefentry>"
  95 >
  96
  97 <!ENTITY dpkg-scanpackages "<citerefentry>
  98     <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scanpackages</command></refentrytitle>
  99     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 100   </citerefentry>"
 101 >
 102
 103 <!ENTITY dpkg-scansources "<citerefentry>
 104     <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scansources</command></refentrytitle>
 105     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 106   </citerefentry>"
 107 >
 108
 109 <!ENTITY dselect "<citerefentry>
 110     <refentrytitle><command>dselect</command></refentrytitle>
 111     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 112   </citerefentry>"
 113 >
 114
 115 <!ENTITY aptitude "<citerefentry>
 116     <refentrytitle><command>aptitude</command></refentrytitle>
 117     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
 118   </citerefentry>"
 119 >
 120
 121 <!ENTITY synaptic "<citerefentry>
 122     <refentrytitle><command>synaptic</command></refentrytitle>
 123     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
 124   </citerefentry>"
 125 >
 126
 127 <!ENTITY debsign "<citerefentry>
 128     <refentrytitle><command>debsign</command></refentrytitle>
 129     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 130   </citerefentry>"
 131 >
 132
 133 <!ENTITY debsig-verify "<citerefentry>
 134     <refentrytitle><command>debsig-verify</command></refentrytitle>
 135     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 136   </citerefentry>"
 137 >
 138
 139 <!ENTITY gpg "<citerefentry>
 140     <refentrytitle><command>gpg</command></refentrytitle>
 141     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 142   </citerefentry>"
 143 >
 144
 145 <!ENTITY gnome-apt "<citerefentry>
 146     <refentrytitle><command>gnome-apt</command></refentrytitle>
 147     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 148   </citerefentry>"
 149 >
 150
 151 <!ENTITY wajig "<citerefentry>
 152     <refentrytitle><command>wajig</command></refentrytitle>
 153     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 154   </citerefentry>"
 155 >
 156
 157 <!-- Boiler plate docinfo section -->
 158 <!ENTITY apt-docinfo "
 159  <refentryinfo>
 160    <address><email>apt@packages.debian.org</email></address>
 161    <author>
 162      <firstname>Jason</firstname> <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
 163      <contrib></contrib>
 164    </author>
 165    <copyright><year>1998-2001</year> <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>
 166    <date>28 October 2008</date>
 167    <productname>Linux</productname>
 168
 169  </refentryinfo>
 170 ">
 171
 172 <!ENTITY apt-email "
 173    <address>
 174     <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>
 175    </address>
 176 ">
 177
 178 <!ENTITY apt-author.jgunthorpe "
 179    <author>
 180     <firstname>Jason</firstname>
 181     <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
 182     <contrib></contrib>
 183    </author>
 184 ">
 185
 186 <!ENTITY apt-author.moconnor "
 187    <author>
 188     <firstname>Mike</firstname>
 189     <surname>O'Connor</surname>
 190     <contrib></contrib>
 191    </author>
 192 ">
 193
 194 <!ENTITY apt-author.team "
 195    <author>
 196     <othername>APT team</othername>
 197     <contrib></contrib>
 198    </author>
 199 ">
 200
 201 <!ENTITY apt-product "
 202    <productname>Linux</productname>
 203 ">
 204
 205 <!ENTITY apt-copyright "
 206     <copyright>
 207      <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder>
 208      <year>1998-2001</year>
 209     </copyright>
 210 ">
 211
 212 <!ENTITY apt-product "
 213    <productname>Linux</productname>
 214 ">
 215
 216 <!ENTITY apt-qapage "
 217         <para>
 218                 <ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>
 219         </para>
 220 ">
 221
 222 <!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
 223 <!ENTITY manbugs "
 224  <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
 225    <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
 226    If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
 227    <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
 228    &reportbug; command.
 229    </para>
 230  </refsect1>
 231 ">
 232
 233 <!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
 234 <!ENTITY manauthor "
 235  <refsect1><title>Author</title>
 236    <para>APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.
 237    </para>
 238  </refsect1>
 239 ">
 240
 241 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
 242      put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
 243 <!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
 244      <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
 245      <term><option>--help</option></term>
 246      <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
 247      </para>
 248      </listitem>
 249      </varlistentry>
 250
 251      <varlistentry>
 252       <term><option>-v</option></term>
 253       <term><option>--version</option></term>
 254       <listitem><para>Show the program version.
 255      </para>
 256      </listitem>
 257      </varlistentry>
 258
 259      <varlistentry>
 260       <term><option>-c</option></term>
 261       <term><option>--config-file</option></term>
 262      <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
 263      The program will read the default configuration file and then this
 264      configuration file. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
 265      </para>
 266      </listitem>
 267      </varlistentry>
 268
 269      <varlistentry>
 270       <term><option>-o</option></term>
 271       <term><option>--option</option></term>
 272      <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
 273       configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
 274       <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used multiple
 275       times to set different options.
 276      </para>
 277      </listitem>
 278      </varlistentry>
 279 ">
 280
 281 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
 282      put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
 283 <!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
 284    <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
 285    descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
 286    options you can override the config file by using something like
 287    <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
 288    or several other variations.
 289    </para>
 290 ">
 291
 292 <!ENTITY file-aptconf "
 293      <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>
 294      <listitem><para>APT configuration file.
 295      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>
 296      </varlistentry>
 297
 298      <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>
 299      <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.
 300      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>
 301      </varlistentry>
 302 ">
 303
 304 <!ENTITY file-cachearchives "
 305      <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>
 306      <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.
 307      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>
 308      </varlistentry>
 309
 310      <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>
 311      <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.
 312      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> (implicit partial). </para></listitem>
 313      </varlistentry>
 314 ">
 315
 316 <!ENTITY file-preferences "
 317      <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>
 318      <listitem><para>Version preferences file.
 319      This is where you would specify &quot;pinning&quot;,
 320      i.e. a preference to get certain packages
 321      from a separate source
 322      or from a different version of a distribution.
 323      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>
 324      </varlistentry>
 325
 326      <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename></term>
 327      <listitem><para>File fragments for the version preferences.
 328      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::PreferencesParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
 329      </varlistentry>
 330 ">
 331
 332 <!ENTITY file-sourceslist "
 333      <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>
 334      <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.
 335      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>
 336      </varlistentry>
 337
 338      <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename></term>
 339      <listitem><para>File fragments for locations to fetch packages from.
 340      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
 341      </varlistentry>
 342 ">
 343
 344 <!ENTITY file-statelists "
 345      <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>
 346      <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
 347      &sources-list;
 348      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>
 349      </varlistentry>
 350
 351      <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>
 352      <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.
 353      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> (implicit partial).</para></listitem>
 354      </varlistentry>
 355 ">
 356
 357 <!ENTITY file-trustedgpg "
 358      <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg</filename></term>
 359      <listitem><para>Keyring of local trusted keys, new keys will be added here.
 360      Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Trusted</literal>.</para></listitem>
 361      </varlistentry>
 362
 363      <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/</filename></term>
 364      <listitem><para>File fragments for the trusted keys, additional keyrings can
 365      be stored here (by other packages or the administrator).
 366      Configuration Item <literal>Dir::Etc::TrustedParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
 367      </varlistentry>
 368 ">