X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/39ad9b28cf43f121b410bd5874eebe9934c81482..191f736c1fa737e0513e8e00c736b8488ee87f7c:/doc/apt-get.8.xml diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml index 1f14c6bd5..620d22106 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - %aptent; @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ &apt-email; &apt-product; - 08 November 2008 + 2012-05-21T00:00:00Z @@ -33,84 +33,8 @@ APT package handling utility -- command-line interface - - - - apt-get - - - - - - - - - - - target_release - - - - - update - upgrade - dselect-upgrade - dist-upgrade - install - pkg - - - - =pkg_version_number - - - /target_release - - - - - - remove pkg - purge pkg - source - pkg - - - - =pkg_version_number - - - /target_release - - - - - - build-dep pkg - check - clean - autoclean - autoremove - - - -v - --version - - - - - -h - --help - - - - - - + &synopsis-command-apt-get; + Description apt-get is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT @@ -121,7 +45,7 @@ commands below must be present. - update + update is used to resynchronize the package index files from their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the location(s) specified in /etc/apt/sources.list. @@ -133,7 +57,7 @@ of the package files cannot be known in advance. - upgrade + upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with @@ -146,7 +70,7 @@ available. - dselect-upgrade + dselect-upgrade is used in conjunction with the traditional Debian packaging front-end, &dselect;. dselect-upgrade @@ -156,7 +80,7 @@ packages). - dist-upgrade + dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict @@ -169,12 +93,12 @@ overriding the general settings for individual packages. - install + install 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 libc6_1.9.6-2.deb). All packages required by the package(s) specified for installation will also @@ -223,7 +147,7 @@ with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression. - remove + remove is identical to install 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 @@ -231,16 +155,16 @@ installed instead of removed. - purge + purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too). - source + source causes apt-get 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 APT::Default-Release, the option or per package with the pkg/release syntax, if possible. @@ -254,8 +178,10 @@ If the option is specified then the package will be compiled to a binary .deb using - dpkg-buildpackage, if - is specified then the source package will not be unpacked. + dpkg-buildpackage for the architecture as + defined by the --host-architecture option. + If is specified then the source package + will not be unpacked. 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 @@ -268,17 +194,25 @@ tar balls. - build-dep + build-dep causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an - attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. + 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 instead. - check + check is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks for broken dependencies. - clean + + download will download the given + binary package into the current directory. + + + + clean clears out the local repository of retrieved package files. It removes everything but the lock file from &cachedir;/archives/ and @@ -288,7 +222,7 @@ from time to time to free up disk space. - autoclean + Like clean, autoclean 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 @@ -298,10 +232,27 @@ erased if it is set to off. - autoremove + autoremove is used to remove packages that were automatically - installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed. + installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are now no longer needed. + + + + changelog downloads a package changelog and displays + it through sensible-pager. The server name and base + directory is defined in the APT::Changelogs::Server + variable (e. g. packages.debian.org/changelogs for + Debian or changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs for + Ubuntu). + By default it displays the changelog for the version that is + installed. However, you can specify the same options as for + the command. + + + + + @@ -314,6 +265,11 @@ Configuration Item: APT::Install-Recommends. + + Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing. + Configuration Item: APT::Install-Suggests. + + Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Download-Only. @@ -394,6 +350,11 @@ Configuration Item: APT::Get::Assume-Yes. + + Automatic "no" to all prompts. + Configuration Item: APT::Get::Assume-No. + + Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that are to be upgraded. @@ -405,6 +366,16 @@ Configuration Item: APT::Get::Show-Versions. + + + This option controls the architecture packages are built for + by apt-get source --compile 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 APT::Architecture). + Configuration Item: APT::Get::Host-Architecture + + + Compile source packages after downloading them. @@ -426,9 +397,10 @@ - Do not install new packages; When used in conjunction with install, - only-upgrade will prevent packages on the command line - from being upgraded if they are not already installed. + Do not install new packages; When used in conjunction + with install, only-upgrade will + install upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests + to install new packages. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Only-Upgrade. @@ -563,16 +535,5 @@ Diagnostics apt-get returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error. - - ORIGINAL AUTHORS - &apt-author.jgunthorpe; - - - CURRENT AUTHORS - - &apt-author.team; - - &apt-qapage; - &manbugs;