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<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
%aptent;
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
<!-- The last update date -->
- <date>08 November 2008</date>
+ <date>2012-05-21T00:00:00Z</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refpurpose>APT package handling utility -- command-line interface</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
- <!-- Arguments -->
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>apt-get</command>
- <arg><option>-sqdyfmubV</option></arg>
- <arg>
- <option>-o=
- <replaceable>config_string</replaceable>
- </option>
- </arg>
- <arg>
- <option>-c=
- <replaceable>config_file</replaceable>
- </option>
- </arg>
- <arg>
- <option>-t=</option>
- <arg choice='plain'>
- <replaceable>target_release</replaceable>
- </arg>
- </arg>
-
- <group choice="req">
- <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>
- <arg>
- <group choice='req'>
- <arg choice='plain'>
- =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
- </arg>
- <arg choice='plain'>
- /<replaceable>target_release</replaceable>
- </arg>
- </group>
- </arg>
- </arg>
- </arg>
- <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>
- <group choice='req'>
- <arg choice='plain'>
- =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
- </arg>
- <arg choice='plain'>
- /<replaceable>target_release</replaceable>
- </arg>
- </group>
- </arg>
- </arg>
- </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'>-v</arg>
- <arg choice='plain'>--version</arg>
- </group>
- </arg>
- <arg choice='plain'>
- <group choice='req'>
- <arg choice='plain'>-h</arg>
- <arg choice='plain'>--help</arg>
- </group>
- </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
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>
+ <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>
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
overriding the general settings for individual packages.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>install</term>
+ <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 GNU/Linux system,
+ filename (for instance, in a Debian 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
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. Note the removing a package leaves its
configuration files in system. If a plus sign is appended to the package
installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>purge</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>source</term>
+ <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 while respect the
+ 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>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>
+ <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
tar balls.</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>download</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>download</option></term>
<listitem><para><literal>download</literal> will download the given
- binary package into the current directoy.
+ binary package into the current directory.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>clean</term>
+ <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
from time to time to free up disk space.</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
erased if it is set to off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>autoremove</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>autoremove</option></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>
+ installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are now no longer needed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>changelog</term>
+ <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>http://packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> for
- Debian or <ulink>http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> for
+ 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
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>
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
upgraded.
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>-b</option></term><term><option>--compile</option></term>
<term><option>--build</option></term>
<listitem><para>Compile source packages after downloading them.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term><option>--install-recommends</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Also install recommended packages.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><option>--no-install-recommends</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Do not install recommended packages.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry><term><option>--ignore-hold</option></term>
<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
</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.
+ <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>
<refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
<para><command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
</refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <title>ORIGINAL AUTHORS</title>
- <para>&apt-author.jgunthorpe;</para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <title>CURRENT AUTHORS</title>
- <para>
- &apt-author.team;
- </para>
- &apt-qapage;
- </refsect1>
&manbugs;
</refentry>
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