&apt-email;
&apt-product;
<!-- The last update date -->
- <date>30 October 2008</date>
+ <date>05 November 2008</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>apt-get</command>
- <arg><option>-hvsqdyfmubV</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-vsqdyfmubV</option></arg>
<arg>
<option>-o=
<replaceable>config_string</replaceable>
<option>-t=</option>
<group choice='req'>
<arg choice='plain'>
- target_release_name
+ <replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
</arg>
<arg choice='plain'>
- target_release_number_expression
+ <replaceable>target_release_number_expression</replaceable>
</arg>
</group>
</arg>
<group choice="req">
- <arg>update</arg>
- <arg>upgrade</arg>
- <arg>dselect-upgrade</arg>
- <arg>install
+ <arg choice='plain'>update</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>upgrade</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>dselect-upgrade</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>dist-upgrade</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>install
<arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
- <group choice='opt'>
- <arg>
- =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
- </arg>
- <arg>
- /<replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
- </arg>
- </group>
+ <arg>
+ <group choice='req'>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ /<replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ </group>
+ </arg>
</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'>remove <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>purge <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>source
<arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
<arg>
=<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
</arg>
</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>
+ <arg choice='plain'>build-dep <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>check</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>clean</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>autoclean</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>autoremove</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ <group choice='req'>
+ <arg choice='plain'>-h</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>--help</arg>
+ </group>
+ </arg>
</group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<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 &dselect;,
+ &aptitude;, &synaptic;, &gnome-apt; 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>