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- <date>29 February 2004</date>
+ <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>apt-get</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<!-- Man page title -->
<refpurpose>APT package handling utility -- command-line interface</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
- <!-- Arguments -->
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>apt-get</command>
- <arg><option>-hvs</option></arg>
- <arg><option>-o=<replaceable>config string</replaceable></option></arg>
- <arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
- <group choice="req">
- <arg>update</arg>
- <arg>upgrade</arg>
- <arg>dselect-upgrade</arg>
- <arg>install <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>remove <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>source <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>build-dep <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>check</arg>
- <arg>clean</arg>
- <arg>autoclean</arg>
- </group>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
+ &synopsis-command-apt-get;
+
<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<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(8),
- aptitude, synaptic, gnome-apt and wajig.</para>
+ library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as
+ &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>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>update</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>update</option></term>
<listitem><para><literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files from
their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the
location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>.
of the package files cannot be known in advance.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>upgrade</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>upgrade</option></term>
<listitem><para><literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all packages
currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in
<filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed with
available.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>dselect-upgrade</term>
- <listitem><para><literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
- is used in conjunction with the traditional Debian packaging
- front-end, &dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
- follows the changes made by &dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal>
- field of available packages, and performs the actions necessary to realize
- that state (for instance, the removal of old and the installation of new
- packages).</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term>dist-upgrade</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>dist-upgrade</option></term>
<listitem><para><literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of
<literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies
with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a "smart" conflict
resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important
packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary.
+ The <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> command may therefore remove some packages.
The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of locations
from which to retrieve desired package files.
See also &apt-preferences; for a mechanism for
overriding the general settings for individual packages.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>install</term>
- <listitem><para><literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more packages desired for
- installation. Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
- filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux system, libc6 would be the
- argument provided, not <literal>libc6_1.9.6-2.deb</literal>) All packages required
- by the package(s) specified for installation will also be retrieved and
- installed. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is used to locate
- the desired packages. If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with
- no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is
- installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to
- install. These latter features may be used to override decisions made by
- apt-get's conflict resolution system.</para>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>dselect-upgrade</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
+ is used in conjunction with the traditional Debian packaging
+ front-end, &dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
+ follows the changes made by &dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal>
+ field of available packages, and performs the actions necessary to realize
+ that state (for instance, the removal of old and the installation of new
+ packages).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>install</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more
+ packages desired for installation or upgrading.
+ Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
+ filename (for instance, in a Debian system,
+ <package>apt-utils</package> would be the argument provided, not
+ <filename>apt-utils_&apt-product-version;_amd64.deb</filename>). All packages required
+ by the package(s) specified for installation will also
+ be retrieved and installed.
+ The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is
+ used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is
+ appended to the package name (with no intervening space),
+ the identified package will be removed if it is installed.
+ Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a
+ package to install. These latter features may be used
+ to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict
+ resolution system.
+ </para>
<para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by
following the package name with an equals and the version of the package
<para>Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must
be used with care.</para>
+ <para>This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or
+ more already-installed packages without upgrading every package
+ you have on your system. Unlike the "upgrade" target, which
+ installs the newest version of all currently installed packages,
+ "install" will install the newest version of only the package(s)
+ specified. Simply provide the name of the package(s) you wish
+ to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and its
+ dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and
+ installed.
+ </para>
+
<para>Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to
create an alternative installation policy for
individual packages.</para>
with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>remove</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>remove</option></term>
<listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are
- removed instead of installed. If a plus sign is appended to the package
+ removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its
+ configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the package
name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be
installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>source</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>purge</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are
+ removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>source</option></term>
<listitem><para><literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source packages. APT
will examine the available packages to decide which source package to
fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory the
- newest available version of that source package. Source packages are
- tracked separately from binary packages via <literal>deb-src</literal> type lines
- in the &sources-list; file. This probably will mean that you will not
- get the same source as the package you have installed or as you could
- install. If the --compile options is specified then the package will be
- compiled to a binary .deb using dpkg-buildpackage, if --download-only is
- specified then the source package will not be unpacked.</para>
+ newest available version of that source package while respecting the
+ default release, set with the option <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>,
+ the <option>-t</option> option or per package with the
+ <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible.</para>
+
+ <para>Source packages are tracked separately
+ from binary packages via <literal>deb-src</literal> lines
+ in the &sources-list; file. This means that you will need to add such a line
+ for each repository you want to get sources from; otherwise you will probably
+ get either the wrong (too old/too new) source versions or none at all.</para>
+
+ <para>If the <option>--compile</option> option is specified
+ then the package will be compiled to a binary .deb using
+ <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> for the architecture as
+ defined by the <command>--host-architecture</command> option.
+ If <option>--download-only</option> is specified then the source package
+ will not be unpacked.</para>
<para>A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name
with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism
used for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source
package name and version, implicitly enabling the
<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option.</para>
-
- <para>Note that source packages are not tracked like binary packages, they
- exist only in the current directory and are similar to downloading source
- tar balls.</para></listitem>
+
+ <para>Note that source packages are not installed and tracked in the
+ <command>dpkg</command> database like binary packages; they are simply downloaded
+ to the current directory, like source tarballs.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>build-dep</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>build-dep</option></term>
<listitem><para><literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an
- attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package.</para></listitem>
+ attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default the dependencies are
+ satisfied to build the package natively. If desired a host-architecture can be specified
+ with the <option>--host-architecture</option> option instead.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>check</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>check</option></term>
<listitem><para><literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks
for broken dependencies.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>clean</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>download</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>download</literal> will download the given
+ binary package into the current directory.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>clean</option></term>
<listitem><para><literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved package
files. It removes everything but the lock file from
<filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and
- <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>. When APT is used as a
- &dselect; method, <literal>clean</literal> is run automatically.
- Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run <literal>apt-get clean</literal>
- from time to time to free up disk space.</para></listitem>
+ <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>autoclean</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>autoclean</option></term>
<listitem><para>Like <literal>clean</literal>, <literal>autoclean</literal> clears out the local
repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only
removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely
<literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from being
erased if it is set to off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>autoremove</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
+ installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are now no longer needed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>changelog</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>changelog</literal> downloads a package changelog and displays
+ it through <command>sensible-pager</command>. The server name and base
+ directory is defined in the <literal>APT::Changelogs::Server</literal>
+ variable (e.g. <ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/changelogs">packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> for
+ Debian or <ulink url="http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs">changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> for
+ Ubuntu).
+ By default it displays the changelog for the version that is
+ installed. However, you can specify the same options as for
+ the <option>install</option> command.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
&apt-cmdblurb;
<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--no-install-recommends</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--install-suggests</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Suggests</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><option>-d</option></term><term><option>--download-only</option></term>
<listitem><para>Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
<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
- (which usually means using &dselect; or <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of
+ (which usually means using <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of
the offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> may produce an
error in some situations.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>.</para></listitem>
<varlistentry><term><option>-m</option></term><term><option>--ignore-missing</option></term>
<term><option>--fix-missing</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Ignore missing packages; If packages cannot be retrieved or fail the
+ <listitem><para>Ignore missing packages; if packages cannot be retrieved or fail the
integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back
those packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with
<option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is
<listitem><para>Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators.
More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use
<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file.
- Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>, you should never use -qq
+ Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>; you should never use -qq
without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may
- decided to do something you did not expect.
+ decide to do something you did not expect.
Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
actually change the system.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>.</para>
- <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
- and empty set of square brackets meaning breaks that are of no consequence
- (rare).</para></listitem>
+ <para>Simulated runs performed as a user will automatically deactivate locking
+ (<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal>), and if the option
+ <literal>APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note</literal> is set
+ (as it is by default) a notice will also be displayed indicating that
+ this is only a simulation. Runs performed as root do not trigger either
+ NoLocking or the notice - superusers should know what they are doing
+ without further warnings from <literal>apt-get</literal>.</para>
+
+ <para>Simulated runs print out a series of lines, each representing a <command>dpkg</command>
+ operation: configure (<literal>Conf</literal>), remove (<literal>Remv</literal>)
+ or unpack (<literal>Inst</literal>). Square brackets indicate broken packages, and
+ empty square brackets indicate breaks that are of no consequence (rare).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>-y</option></term><term><option>--yes</option></term>
<term><option>--assume-yes</option></term>
<listitem><para>Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run
non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held
- package or removing an essential package occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal>
- will abort.
+ package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an essential package
+ occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--assume-no</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Automatic "no" to all prompts.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-No</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><option>-u</option></term><term><option>--show-upgraded</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that are to be
+ <listitem><para>Show upgraded packages; print out a list of all packages that are to be
upgraded.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term>
+ <term><option>--host-architecture</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>This option controls the architecture packages are built for
+ by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies
+ are satisfied. By default is it not set which means that the host architecture
+ is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by <literal>APT::Architecture</literal>).
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>-P</option></term>
+ <term><option>--build-profiles</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>This option controls the activated build profiles for which
+ a source package is built by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and
+ how build dependencies are satisfied. By default no build profile is active.
+ More than one build profile can be activated at a time by concatenating them
+ with a comma.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Build-Profiles</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><option>-b</option></term><term><option>--compile</option></term>
<term><option>--build</option></term>
<listitem><para>Compile source packages after downloading them.
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--ignore-hold</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Ignore package Holds; This causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a hold
+ <listitem><para>Ignore package holds; this causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a hold
placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with
<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired holds.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--with-new-pkgs</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Allow installing new packages when used in
+ conjunction with <literal>upgrade</literal>. This is useful if
+ the update of a installed package requires new dependencies to be
+ installed. Instead of holding the package back <literal>upgrade</literal>
+ will upgrade the package and install the new dependencies. Note that
+ <literal>upgrade</literal> with this option will never remove packages,
+ only allow adding new ones.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><option>--no-upgrade</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Do not upgrade packages; When used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
+ <listitem><para>Do not upgrade packages; when used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
<literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line
from being upgraded if they are already installed.
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
+ install upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests
+ to install new packages.
+ 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
+ <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
should not be used except in very special situations. Using
<literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system!
<varlistentry><term><option>--print-uris</option></term>
<listitem><para>Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each
URI will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected
- md5 hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match
+ MD5 hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match
the file name on the remote site! This also works with the
<literal>source</literal> and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the
<literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it is
<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.
+ 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>
<varlistentry><term><option>--reinstall</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Re-Install packages that are already installed and at the newest version.
+ <listitem><para>Re-install packages that are already installed and at the newest version.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--list-cleanup</option></term>
- <listitem><para>This option defaults to on, use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to turn it
- off. When on <command>apt-get</command> will automatically manage the contents of
- <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that obsolete files are erased.
- The only reason to turn it off is if you frequently change your source
- list.
+ <listitem><para>This option is on by default; use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to turn
+ it off. When it is on, <command>apt-get</command> will automatically manage the contents
+ of <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that obsolete files are erased.
+ The only reason to turn it off is if you frequently change your sources list.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>-t</option></term>
<term><option>--target-release</option></term>
<term><option>--default-release</option></term>
- <listitem><para>This option controls the default input to the policy engine, it creates
- a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. The
- preferences file may further override this setting. In short, this option
+ <listitem><para>This option controls the default input to the policy engine; it creates
+ a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string.
+ This overrides the general settings in <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>.
+ Specifically pinned packages are not affected by the value
+ of this option. In short, this option
lets you have simple control over which distribution packages will be
retrieved from. Some common examples might be
- <option>-t '2.1*'</option> or <option>-t unstable</option>.
+ <option>-t '2.1*'</option>, <option>-t unstable</option>
+ or <option>-t sid</option>.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>;
see also the &apt-preferences; manual page.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--trivial-only</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered
- related to <option>--assume-yes</option>, where <option>--assume-yes</option> will answer
+ related to <option>--assume-yes</option>; where <option>--assume-yes</option> will answer
yes to any prompt, <option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--auto-remove</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or <literal>remove</literal>,
+ then this option acts like running the <literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing unused
+ dependency packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><option>--only-source</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Only has meaning for the <literal>source</literal> command. Indicates that the
- given source names are not to be mapped through the binary
- table. This means that if this option is specified, the
- <literal>source</literal> command will only accept source package names as
- arguments, rather than accepting binary package names and looking
- up the corresponding source package.
- Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><option>--diff-only</option></term><term><option>--tar-only</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Download only the diff or tar file of a source archive.
- Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal> and
+ <listitem><para>Only has meaning for the
+ <literal>source</literal> and <literal>build-dep</literal>
+ commands. Indicates that the given source names are not to be
+ mapped through the binary table. This means that if this option
+ is specified, these commands will only accept source package
+ names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names
+ and looking up the corresponding source package. Configuration
+ Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--diff-only</option></term><term><option>--dsc-only</option></term><term><option>--tar-only</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, <literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and
<literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<listitem><para>Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-unauthenticated</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it.
+ This is useful for tools like pbuilder.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--no-allow-insecure-repositories</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Forbid the update command to acquire unverifiable
+ data from configured sources. Apt will fail at the update command
+ for repositories without valid cryptographically signatures.
+
+ Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--show-progress</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Show user friendly progress information in the
+ terminal window when packages are installed, upgraded or
+ removed. For a machine parsable version of this data see
+ README.progress-reporting in the apt doc directory.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>Dpkg::Progress</literal> and <literal>Dpkg::Progress-Fancy</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
&apt-commonoptions;
</variablelist>
<refsect1><title>Files</title>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.
- Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>APT configuration file.
- Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments
- Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>Version preferences file.
- This is where you would specify "pinning",
- i.e. a preference to get certain packages
- from a separate source
- or from a different version of a distribution.
- Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.
- Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.
- Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> (implicit partial). </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
- &sources-list;
- Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>
- <listitem><para> Storage area for state information in transit.
- Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> (implicit partial).</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ &file-sourceslist;
+ &file-aptconf;
+ &file-preferences;
+ &file-cachearchives;
+ &file-statelists;
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>See Also</title>
- <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;,
- &apt-conf;, &apt-config;,
- The APT User's guide in &docdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para>
+ <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &sources-list;,
+ &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-secure;,
+ The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
<para><command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
</refsect1>
-
&manbugs;
-
</refentry>
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