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diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 11b53e5e7..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;
+
Descriptionapt-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
@@ -268,23 +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.
- download
+ download will download the given
binary package into the current directory.
- clean
+ clean clears out the local repository of retrieved package
files. It removes everything but the lock file from
&cachedir;/archives/ and
@@ -294,7 +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
@@ -304,17 +232,17 @@
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
+ 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. http://packages.debian.org/changelogs for
- Debian or http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs for
+ 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
@@ -422,6 +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.
@@ -433,6 +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.
@@ -454,9 +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.
@@ -591,16 +535,5 @@
Diagnosticsapt-get returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
-
- ORIGINAL AUTHORS
- &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
-
-
- CURRENT AUTHORS
-
- &apt-author.team;
-
- &apt-qapage;
-
&manbugs;