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--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -42,11 +42,13 @@
dselect-upgradeinstall pkgremove pkg
+ purge pkgsource pkgbuild-dep pkgcheckcleanautoclean
+ autoremove
@@ -151,6 +153,11 @@
installed instead of removed.
+ purge
+ purge is identical to remove except that packages are
+ removed and purged.
+
+
sourcesource causes apt-get to fetch source packages. APT
will examine the available packages to decide which source package to
@@ -203,6 +210,11 @@
APT::Clean-Installed will prevent installed packages from being
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.
+
@@ -279,8 +291,8 @@
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 apt-get
- will abort.
+ package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an essential package
+ occurs then apt-get will abort.
Configuration Item: APT::Get::Assume-Yes.
@@ -359,8 +371,10 @@
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
+ a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string.
+ This overrides the general settings in /etc/apt/preferences.
+ 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
or .
@@ -382,19 +396,27 @@
Configuration Item: APT::Get::Remove.
+
+ If the command is either install or remove,
+ then this option acts like running autoremove command, removing the unused
+ dependency packages. Configuration Item: APT::Get::AutomaticRemove.
+
+
+
- Only has meaning for the source 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
- source command will only accept source package names as
- arguments, rather than accepting binary package names and looking
- up the corresponding source package.
- Configuration Item: APT::Get::Only-Source.
-
-
-
- Download only the diff or tar file of a source archive.
- Configuration Item: APT::Get::Diff-Only and
+ Only has meaning for the
+ source and build-dep
+ 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: APT::Get::Only-Source.
+
+
+
+ Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive.
+ Configuration Item: APT::Get::Diff-Only, APT::Get::Dsc-Only, and
APT::Get::Tar-Only.
@@ -402,7 +424,14 @@
Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies.
Configuration Item: APT::Get::Arch-Only.
+
+
+ Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it.
+ This is useful for tools like pbuilder.
+ Configuration Item: APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated.
+
+
&apt-commonoptions;
@@ -459,8 +488,8 @@
See Also&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;,
- &apt-conf;, &apt-config;,
- The APT User's guide in &docdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.
+ &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-secure;,
+ The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.
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