<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>purge <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>
+ <arg>autoremove</arg>
</group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>purge</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are
+ removed and purged.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>source</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
<literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from being
erased if it is set to off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>autoremove</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
+ installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
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 <literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing the 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> and <literal>build-dep</literal>
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
+ <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>
<refsect1><title>See Also</title>
<para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;,
- &apt-conf;, &apt-config;,
+ &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-secure;,
The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para>
</refsect1>