</option>
</arg>
<arg>
- <option>-t=</option>
- <group choice='req'>
- <arg choice='plain'>
- <replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
- </arg>
- <arg choice='plain'>
- <replaceable>target_release_number_expression</replaceable>
- </arg>
- <arg choice='plain'>
- <replaceable>target_release_codename</replaceable>
- </arg>
- </group>
+ <option>-t=</option>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ <replaceable>target_release</replaceable>
+ </arg>
</arg>
<group choice="req">
=<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
</arg>
<arg choice='plain'>
- /<replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
- </arg>
- <arg choice='plain'>
- /<replaceable>target_release_codename</replaceable>
+ /<replaceable>target_release</replaceable>
</arg>
</group>
</arg>
=<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
</arg>
<arg choice='plain'>
- /<replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
- </arg>
- <arg choice='plain'>
- /<replaceable>target_release_codename</replaceable>
+ /<replaceable>target_release</replaceable>
</arg>
</group>
</arg>
<para><command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be
considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT
library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as &dselect;,
- &aptitude;, &synaptic;, &gnome-apt; and &wajig;.</para>
+ &aptitude;, &synaptic; and &wajig;.</para>
<para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the
commands below must be present.</para>
you will properly get another (newer, older or none) source version than
the one you have installed or could install.</para>
- <para>If the <option>--compile</option> options is specified
+ <para>If the <option>--compile</option> option is specified
then the package will be compiled to a binary .deb using
<command>dpkg-buildpackage</command>, if <option>--download-only</option>
is specified then the source package will not be unpacked.</para>
<varlistentry><term><option>-f</option></term><term><option>--fix-broken</option></term>
<listitem><para>Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in
place. This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages
- to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. Any Package that are specified
- must completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when
+ to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. If packages are specified,
+ these have to completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when
running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package
dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's
dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention
<para>Simulate prints out
a series of lines each one representing a dpkg operation, Configure (Conf),
- Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages with
+ Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages
and empty set of square brackets meaning breaks that are of no consequence
(rare).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--only-upgrade</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Do not install new packages; When used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
+ <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line
+ from being upgraded if they are not already installed.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><option>--force-yes</option></term>
<listitem><para>Force yes; This is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue
without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It
<varlistentry><term><option>--purge</option></term>
<listitem><para>Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed.
An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are
- scheduled to be purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent for
+ scheduled to be purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent to the
<option>purge</option> command.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>