X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/89497574da3dd40076d955efc936b54e76a8c59c..766761fd836d9e247daea924809965c21cc65dc7:/doc/apt.8.xml?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/apt.8.xml b/doc/apt.8.xml index 2499c2e7c..0529a90fb 100644 --- a/doc/apt.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt.8.xml @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ &apt-email; &apt-product; - 2013-11-25T00:00:00Z + 2015-10-20T00:00:00Z @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ , , (&apt-get;) Performs the requested action on one or more packages specified via ®ex;, &glob; or exact match. The requested action - can be overidden for specific packages by append a plus (+) to the + can be overridden for specific packages by append a plus (+) to the package name to install this package or a minus (-) to remove it. A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by @@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ Removing a package removes all packaged data, but leaves usually small (modified) user configuration files behind, in case the - remove was an accident. Just issuing an installtion request for the - accidentally removed package will restore it funcation as before in - that case. On the other hand you can get right of these leftovers - via calling purge even on already removed - packages. Note that this does not effect any data or configuration + remove was an accident. Just issuing an installation request for the + accidentally removed package will restore its function as before in + that case. On the other hand you can get rid of these leftovers + by calling purge even on already removed + packages. Note that this does not affect any data or configuration stored in your home directory. @@ -101,17 +101,17 @@ and are now no longer needed as dependencies changed or the package(s) needing them were removed in the meantime. - Try to ensure that the list does not include applications you have - grown to like even through they there once installed just as a + You should check that the list does not include applications you have + grown to like even though they were once installed just as a dependency of another package. You can mark such a package as manually installed by using &apt-mark;. Packages which you have installed explicitly - via install are never proposed for automatic removal as well. + via install are also never proposed for automatic removal. (&apt-cache;) can be used to search for the given - ®ex; term(s) in the list of the available packages and display + ®ex; term(s) in the list of available packages and display matches. This can e.g. be useful if you are looking for packages having a specific feature. If you are looking for a package including a specific file try &apt-file;. @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Show information about the given package(s) including its dependencies, installation and download size, sources the package is available from, the description of the packages content - and many more. It can e.g. be helpful to look at this information + and much more. It can e.g. be helpful to look at this information before allowing &apt; to remove a package or while searching for new packages to install. @@ -149,18 +149,18 @@ - Script usage and Differences to other APT tools + Script Usage and Differences from Other APT Tools - The &apt; commandline is designed as a end-user tool and it may - change behaviour between versions. While it tries to not break - backward compatibility there is no guarantee for it either if it - seems benefitial for interactive use. + The &apt; commandline is designed as an end-user tool and it may + change behavior between versions. While it tries not to break + backward compatibility this is not guaranteed either if a change + seems beneficial for interactive use. All features of &apt; are available in dedicated APT tools like &apt-get; and &apt-cache; as well. &apt; just changes the default value of some - options (see &apt-conf; and specifically the Binary scope). So prefer using - these commands (potentially with some additional options enabled) in your - scripts as they keep backward compatibility as much as possible. + options (see &apt-conf; and specifically the Binary scope). So you should + prefer using these commands (potentially with some additional options + enabled) in your scripts as they keep backward compatibility as much as possible.