if (End->Type != pkgCache::Dep::PreDepends &&
End->Type != pkgCache::Dep::Depends &&
End->Type != pkgCache::Dep::Suggests &&
- End->Type != pkgCache::Dep::Recommends &&
- End->Type != pkgCache::Dep::DpkgBreaks)
+ End->Type != pkgCache::Dep::Recommends)
continue;
// Important deps only
if (Important == true)
if (End->Type != pkgCache::Dep::PreDepends &&
- End->Type != pkgCache::Dep::Depends &&
- End->Type != pkgCache::Dep::DpkgBreaks)
+ End->Type != pkgCache::Dep::Depends)
continue;
// Verify the or group
bool Recurse = _config->FindB("APT::Cache::RecurseDepends",false);
bool Installed = _config->FindB("APT::Cache::Installed",false);
+ bool Important = _config->FindB("APT::Cache::Important",false);
bool DidSomething;
do
{
for (pkgCache::DepIterator D = Ver.DependsList(); D.end() == false; D++)
{
-
+ // Important deps only
+ if (Important == true)
+ if (D->Type != pkgCache::Dep::PreDepends &&
+ D->Type != pkgCache::Dep::Depends)
+ continue;
+
pkgCache::PkgIterator Trg = D.TargetPkg();
if((Installed && Trg->CurrentVer != 0) || !Installed)
if (SrcList->FindIndex(F,Indx) == false &&
_system->FindIndex(F,Indx) == false)
return _error->Error(_("Cache is out of sync, can't x-ref a package file"));
- printf(_("%4i %s\n"),
+
+ printf("%4i %s\n",
Plcy.GetPriority(F),Indx->Describe(true).c_str());
// Print the reference information for the package
" show - Show a readable record for the package\n"
" depends - Show raw dependency information for a package\n"
" rdepends - Show reverse dependency information for a package\n"
- " pkgnames - List the names of all packages\n"
- " dotty - Generate package graphs for GraphVis\n"
+ " pkgnames - List the names of all packages in the system\n"
+ " dotty - Generate package graphs for GraphViz\n"
" xvcg - Generate package graphs for xvcg\n"
" policy - Show policy settings\n"
"\n"
{
string Ver = Parse->Version();
- // Skip name mismatches
- if (IsMatch == true && Parse->Package() != Src)
- continue;
+ // show name mismatches
+ if (IsMatch == true && Parse->Package() != Src)
+ ioprintf(c1out, _("No source package '%s' picking '%s' instead"), Parse->Package().c_str(), Src.c_str());
if (VerTag.empty() == false)
{
"requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable\n"
"distribution that some required packages have not yet been created\n"
"or been moved out of Incoming.") << endl;
+ /*
if (Packages == 1)
{
c1out << endl;
"the package is simply not installable and a bug report against\n"
"that package should be filed.") << endl;
}
+ */
c1out << _("The following information may help to resolve the situation:") << endl;
c1out << endl;
{
// We successfully installed something; skip remaining alternatives
skipAlternatives = hasAlternatives;
- if(_config->FindB("APT::Get::Build-Dep-Automatic", false) == true)
+ if(_config->FindB("APT::Get::Build-Dep-Automatic", true) == true)
Cache->MarkAuto(Pkg, true);
continue;
}
{0,"only-source","APT::Get::Only-Source",0},
{0,"arch-only","APT::Get::Arch-Only",0},
{0,"auto-remove","APT::Get::AutomaticRemove",0},
+ {0,"build-dep-automatic","APT::Get::Build-Dep-Automatic",0},
{0,"allow-unauthenticated","APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated",0},
{0,"install-recommends","APT::Install-Recommends",CommandLine::Boolean},
{0,"fix-policy","APT::Get::Fix-Policy-Broken",0},
- apt (0.7.17) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
++apt (0.7.21) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ [ Osamu Aoki ]
+ * Updated cron script to support backups by hardlinks and
+ verbose levels. All features turned off by default.
+ * Added more error handlings. Closes: #438803, #462734, #454989,
+ * Refactored condition structure to make download and upgrade performed
+ if only previous steps succeeded. Closes: #341970
+ * Documented all cron script related configuration items in
+ configure-index.
+
+ [ Michael Vogt ]
- * apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
- - when checking for new important deps, skip critical ones
- (LP: #236360)
- * document --install-recommends and --no-install-recommends
- (thanks to Dereck Wonnacott, LP: #126180)
- * make "apt-get build-dep" installed packages marked automatic
- by default. This can be changed by setting the value of
- APT::Get::Build-Dep-Automatic to false (thanks to Aaron
- Haviland, closes: #44874, LP: #248268)
+ * apt-pkg/indexcopy.cc:
+ - support having CDs with no Packages file (just a Packages.gz)
+ by not forcing a verification on non-existing files
+ (LP: #255545)
- * cmdline/apt-cache.cc:
+ - remove the gettext from a string that consists entirely
+ of variables (LP: #56792)
+ * doc/makefile:
+ - add examples/apt-https-method-example.conf
+ * apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h:
+ - add missing checks for Owner == 0 in end()
+ * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
+ - fix potential hang when in a backgroud process group
- - fix SIGHUP handling (closes: #463030)
+ * apt-pkg/indexrecords.cc:
+ - fix some i18n issues
+ * apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h:
+ - add new strprintf() function to make i18n strings easier
+ * methods/gpgv.cc:
+ - fix compiler warning
+ * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
+ - fix "apt-get source pkg=ver" if binary name != source name
+ and show a message (LP: #202219)
+ * apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc:
+ - make strings i18n able
+
+ [ Dereck Wonnacott ]
+ * apt-ftparchive might write corrupt Release files (LP: #46439)
+ * Apply --important option to apt-cache depends (LP: #16947)
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:34:24 +0200
+
+ apt (0.7.20) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Eugene V. Lyubimkin ]
+ * debian/changelog:
+ - Fixed place of 'merged install-recommends and install-task branches'
+ from 0.6.46.1 to 0.7.0. (Closes: #439866)
+ * buildlib/config.{sub,guess}:
+ - Renewed. This fixes lintian errors.
+ * doc/apt.conf.5.xml, debian/apt-transport-https:
+ - Documented briefly 'APT::https' group of options. (Closes: #507398)
+ - Applied patch from Daniel Burrows to document 'Debug' group of options.
+ (Closes: #457265)
+ - Mentioned 'APT::Periodic' and 'APT::Archives' groups of options.
+ (Closes: #438559)
+
+ [ Michael Vogt ]
++ * apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
++ - when checking for new important deps, skip critical ones
++ (LP: #236360)
++ * document --install-recommends and --no-install-recommends
++ (thanks to Dereck Wonnacott, LP: #126180)
+ * make "apt-get build-dep" installed packages marked automatic
+ by default. This can be changed by setting the value of
+ APT::Get::Build-Dep-Automatic to false (thanks to Aaron
+ Haviland, closes: #44874, LP: #248268)
+
+ -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin <jackyf.devel@gmail.com> Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:57:00 +0200
+
+ apt (0.7.20~exp2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Eugene V. Lyubimkin ]
+ * doc/examples/sources.list:
+ - Removed obsolete commented non-us deb-src entry, replaced it with
+ 'deb-src security.debian.org' one. (Closes: #411298)
+ * apt-pkg/contrib/mmap.cc:
+ - Added instruction how to work around MMap error in MMap error message.
+ (Closes: #385674, 436028)
+
+ [ Christian Perrier ]
+ * Translations:
+ - French corrected (remove awful use of first person)
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:30:14 +0100
+
+ apt (0.7.19) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Eugene V. Lyubimkin ]
+ * doc/sources.list.5.xml:
+ - Mentioned allowed characters in file names in /etc/apt/sources.list.d.
+ Thanks to Matthias Urlichs. (Closes: #426913)
+ * doc/apt-get.8.xml:
+ - Explicitly say that 'dist-upgrade' command may remove packages.
+ - Included '-v'/'--version' as a command to synopsis.
+ * cmdline/apt-cache.cc:
+ - Advanced built-in help. Patch by Andre Felipe Machado. (Closes: #286061)
+ - Fixed typo 'GraphVis' -> 'GraphViz'. (Closes: #349038)
+ - Removed asking to file a release-critical bug against a package if there
+ is a request to install only one package and it is not installable.
+ (Closes: #419521)
+
+
+ [ Michael Vogt ]
+ - fix SIGHUP handling (closes: #463030)
+
+ [ Christian Perrier ]
+ * Translations:
+ - French updated
+ - Bulgarian updated. Closes: #505476
+ - Slovak updated. Closes: #505483
+ - Swedish updated. Closes: #505491
+ - Japanese updated. Closes: #505495
+ - Korean updated. Closes: #505506
+ - Catalan updated. Closes: #505513
+ - British English updated. Closes: #505539
+ - Italian updated. Closes: #505518, #505683
+ - Polish updated. Closes: #505569
+ - German updated. Closes: #505614
+ - Spanish updated. Closes: #505757
+ - Romanian updated. Closes: #505762
+ - Simplified Chinese updated. Closes: #505727
+ - Portuguese updated. Closes: #505902
+ - Czech updated. Closes: #505909
+ - Norwegian Bokmål updated. Closes: #505934
+ - Brazilian Portuguese updated. Closes: #505949
+ - Basque updated. Closes: #506085
+ - Russian updated. Closes: #506452
+ - Marathi updated.
+ - Ukrainian updated. Closes: #506545
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:33:54 +0100
+
+ apt (0.7.18) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Christian Perrier ]
+ * Translations:
+ - French updated
+ - Thai updated. Closes: #505067
+
+ [ Eugene V. Lyubimkin ]
+ * doc/examples/configure-index:
+ - Removed obsoleted header line. (Closes: #417638)
+ - Changed 'linux-kernel' to 'linux-image'.
+ * doc/sources.list.5.xml:
+ - Fixed typo and grammar in 'sources.list.d' section. Thanks to
+ Timothy G Abbott <tabbott@MIT.EDU>. (Closes: #478098)
+ * doc/apt-get.8.xml:
+ - Advanced descriptions for 'remove' and 'purge' options.
+ (Closes: #274283)
+ * debian/rules:
+ - Target 'apt' need to depend on 'build-doc'. Thanks for Peter Green.
+ Fixes FTBFS. (Closes: #504181)
+
+ [ Michael Vogt ]
+ * fix depend on libdb4.4 (closes: #501253)
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:13:39 +0100
+
+ apt (0.7.17) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Eugene V. Lyubimkin ]
+ * debian/control:
+ - 'Vcs-Bzr' field is official, used it.
+ - Bumped 'Standards-Version' to 3.8.0, no changes needed.
+ - Actualized 'Uploaders' field.
+ * doc/:
+ - Substituded 'apt-archive' with 'apt-ftparchive' in docs.
+ Patch based on work of Andre Felipe Machado. (Closes: #350865)
+ - Mentioned '/<release>' and '=<version>' for 'apt-get install' and
+ '=<version>' for 'apt-get source' in apt-get manpage. Patch based on
+ work of Andre Felipe Machado. (Closes: #399673)
+ - Mentioned more short options in the apt-get manpage. Documented 'xvcg'
+ option in the apt-cache manpage. The part of patch by Andre Felipe
+ Machado. (Closes: #176106, #355945)
+ - Documented that 'apt-get install' command should be used for upgrading
+ some of installed packages. Based on patch by Nori Heikkinen and
+ Andre Felipe Machado. (Closes: #267087)
+ - Mentioned 'apt_preferences(5)' in apt manpage. (Closes: #274295)
+ - Documented 'APT::Default-Release' in apt.conf manpage. (Closes: #430399)
+ - APT::Install-Recommends is now true by default, mentioned this in
+ configure-index example. (Closes: #463268)
+ - Added 'APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated' to configure-index example.
+ (Closes: #320225)
+ - Documented '--no-install-recommends' option in apt-get manpage.
+ (Closes: #462962)
+ - Documented 'Acquire::PDiffs' in apt.conf manpage. (Closes: #376029)
+ - Added 'copy', 'rsh', 'ssh' to the list of recognized URI schemes in
+ sources.list manpage, as they are already described under in the manpage.
+ - Removed notice that ssh/rsh access cannot use password authentication
+ from sources.list manpage. Thanks to Steffen Joeris. (Closes: #434894)
+ - Added '(x)' to some referrings to manpages in apt-get manpage. Patch by
+ Andre Felipe Machado. (Closes: #309893)
+ - Added 'dist-upgrade' apt-get synopsis in apt-get manpage.
+ (Closes: #323866)
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:14:56 +0100
+
+ apt (0.7.17~exp4) experimental; urgency=low
+
+ * debian/rules:
+ - Fixed lintian warnings "debian/rules ignores make errors".
+ * debian/control:
+ - Substituted outdated "Source-Version" fields with "binary:Version".
+ - Added 'python-apt' to Suggests, as apt-mark need it for work.
+ - Drop Debian revision from 'doc-base' build dependency, this fixes
+ appropriate lintian warning.
+ * debian/libapt-pkg-doc.doc-base.*:
+ - Changed section: from old 'Devel' to 'Debian'. This fixes appropriate
+ lintian warnings.
+ * debian/{postrm,prerm,preinst}:
+ - Added 'set -e', fixes lintian warnings
+ 'maintainer-script-ignores-error'.
+ * dselect/makefile:
+ - Removed unneeded 'LOCAL' entry. This allows cleaning rule to run smoothly.
+ * share/lintian-overrides:
+ - Added with override of 'apt must depend on python'. Script 'apt-mark'
+ needs apt-python for working and checks this on fly. We don't want
+ python in most cases.
+ * cmdline/apt-key:
+ - Added 'unset GREP_OPTIONS' to the script. This prevents 'apt-key update'
+ failure when GREP_OPTIONS contains options that modify grep output.
+ (Closes: #428752)
+
+ -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin <jackyf.devel@gmail.com> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:45:17 +0300
+
+ apt (0.7.17~exp3) experimental; urgency=low
+
+ * apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc:
+ - fix a merge mistake that prevents the fallback to the
+ uncompressed 'Packages' to work correctly (closes: #409284)
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:36:24 +0100
+
apt (0.7.17~exp2) experimental; urgency=low
[ Eugene V. Lyubimkin ]
* apt-pkg/algorithm.cc:
- Strip username and password from source URL in error message.
(Closes: #425150)
+
+ [ Michael Vogt ]
+ * fix various -Wall warnings
- -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin <jackyf.devel@gmail.com> Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:45:17 +0300
-
+ -- Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:06:38 +0100
apt (0.7.17~exp1) experimental; urgency=low
* support for unattended-upgrades (via unattended-upgrades
package)
* added apt-transport-https method
+ * merged "install-recommends" branch (ABI break):
+ - new "--install-recommends"
+ - install new recommends on "upgrade" if --install-recommends is
+ given
+ - new "--fix-policy" option to install all packages with unmet
+ important dependencies (usefull with --install-recommends to
+ see what not-installed recommends are on the system)
+ - fix of recommended packages display (only show CandidateVersion
+ fix or-group handling)
+ * merged "install-task" branch (use with "apt-get install taskname^")
-- Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:48:07 +0100
apt (0.6.46.1) unstable; urgency=low
- * merged "install-recommends" branch (ABI break):
- - new "--install-recommends"
- - install new recommends on "upgrade" if --install-recommends is
- given
- - new "--fix-policy" option to install all packages with unmet
- important dependencies (usefull with --install-recommends to
- see what not-installed recommends are on the system)
- - fix of recommended packages display (only show CandidateVersion
- fix or-group handling)
- * merged "install-task" branch (use with "apt-get install taskname^")
* methods/gzip.cc:
- deal with empty files
* Applied patch from Daniel Schepler to make apt bin-NMU able.
<arg>rdepends <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>pkgnames <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>prefix</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>dotty <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+ <arg>xvcg <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>policy <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkgs</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>madison <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkgs</replaceable></arg></arg>
</group>
<para>Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>xvcg <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem><para>The same as <literal>dotty</literal>, only for xvcg from the
+ <ulink url="http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html">VCG tool</ulink>.
+ </para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>policy <replaceable>[ pkg(s) ]</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para><literal>policy</literal> is meant to help debug issues relating to the
preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>-i</option></term><term><option>--important</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Print only important dependencies; for use with unmet. Causes only Depends and
+ <listitem><para>Print only important dependencies; for use with unmet and depends. Causes only Depends and
Pre-Depends relations to be printed.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Important</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
<!-- The last update date -->
- <date>29 February 2004</date>
+ <date>08 November 2008</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>apt-get</command>
- <arg><option>-hvs</option></arg>
- <arg><option>-o=<replaceable>config string</replaceable></option></arg>
- <arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <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>
+ <group choice='req'>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ <replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ <replaceable>target_release_number_expression</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ </group>
+ </arg>
+
<group choice="req">
- <arg>update</arg>
- <arg>upgrade</arg>
- <arg>dselect-upgrade</arg>
- <arg>install <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>remove <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>purge <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>source <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>build-dep <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>check</arg>
- <arg>clean</arg>
- <arg>autoclean</arg>
- <arg>autoremove</arg>
+ <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_name</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>
+ =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
+ </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>
<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
- library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as dselect(8),
- aptitude, synaptic, gnome-apt and wajig.</para>
+ library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as &dselect;,
+ &aptitude;, &synaptic;, &gnome-apt; and &wajig;.</para>
<para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the
commands below must be present.</para>
with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a "smart" conflict
resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important
packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary.
+ So, <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> command may remove some packages.
The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of locations
from which to retrieve desired package files.
See also &apt-preferences; for a mechanism for
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>install</term>
- <listitem><para><literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more packages desired for
- installation. Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
- filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux 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 be retrieved and
- installed. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is used to locate
- the desired packages. If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with
- no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is
- installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to
- install. These latter features may be used to override decisions made by
- apt-get's conflict resolution system.</para>
+ <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,
+ 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
+ be retrieved and installed.
+ The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is
+ used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is
+ appended to the package name (with no intervening space),
+ the identified package will be removed if it is installed.
+ Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a
+ package to install. These latter features may be used
+ to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict
+ resolution system.
+ </para>
<para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by
following the package name with an equals and the version of the package
<para>Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must
be used with care.</para>
+ <para>This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or
+ more already-installed packages without upgrading every package
+ you have on your system. Unlike the "upgrade" target, which
+ installs the newest version of all currently installed packages,
+ "install" will install the newest version of only the package(s)
+ specified. Simply provide the name of the package(s) you wish
+ to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and its
+ dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and
+ installed.
+ </para>
+
<para>Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to
create an alternative installation policy for
individual packages.</para>
<varlistentry><term>remove</term>
<listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are
- removed instead of installed. If a plus sign is appended to the package
+ removed instead of installed. Note the removing a package leaves its
+ configuration files in system. If a plus sign is appended to the package
name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be
installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>purge</term>
<listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are
- removed and purged.</para></listitem>
+ removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>source</term>
&apt-cmdblurb;
<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--no-install-recommends</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</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::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><term><option>--purge</option></term>
<listitem><para>Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed.
An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are
- scheduled to be purged.
+ scheduled to be purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent for
+ <option>purge</option> command.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments
+ <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.
Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</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;
+ &apt-qapage;
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
&manbugs;
-
</refentry>
- // $Id: configure-index,v 1.10 2004/07/17 19:37:16 mdz Exp $
/* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is (except for the
last line) a completely valid file. Most of the options have sane default
Architecture "i386";
Build-Essential "build-essential";
- NeverAutoRemove { "linux-kernel.*"; }; // packages that should never
+ NeverAutoRemove { "linux-image.*"; }; // packages that should never
// considered for autoRemove
// Options for apt-get
Get
{
Arch-Only "false";
+ AllowUnauthenticated "false";
AutomaticRemove "false";
HideAutoRemove "false";
Download-Only "false";
// consider Recommends, Suggests as important dependencies that should
// be installed by default
- Install-Recommends "false";
+ Install-Recommends "true";
Install-Suggests "false";
// consider dependencies of packages in this section manual
// Keep the list of FDs open (normally apt closes all fds when it
// does a ExecFork)
Keep-Fds {};
+
+ // control parameters for cron jobs by /etc/cron.daily/apt
+ Periodic
+ {
+ BackupArchiveInterval "0";
+ // - Backup after n-days if archive contents changed.(0=disable)
+
+ BackupLevel "3";
+ // - Backup level.(0=disable), 1 is invalid.
+
+ // APT::Archives::MaxAge "0"; (old, deprecated)
+ MaxAge "0"; // (new)
+ // - Set maximum allowed age of a cache package file. If a cache
+ // package file is older it is deleted (0=disable)
+
+ // APT::Archives::MinAge "2"; (old, deprecated)
+ MinAge "2"; // (new)
+ // - Set minimum age of a package file. If a file is younger it
+ // will not be deleted (0=disable). Usefull to prevent races
+ // and to keep backups of the packages for emergency.
+
+ // APT::Archives::MaxSize "0"; (old, deprecated)
+ MaxSize "0"; // (new)
+ // - Set maximum size of the cache in MB (0=disable). If the cache
+ // is bigger, cached package files are deleted until the size
+ // requirement is met (the biggest packages will be deleted
+ // first).
+
+ Update-Package-Lists "0";
+ // - Do "apt-get update" automatically every n-days (0=disable)
+ //
+ Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
+ // - Do "apt-get upgrade --download-only" every n-days (0=disable)
+ //
+ Unattended-Upgrade "0";
+ // - Run the "unattended-upgrade" security upgrade script
+ // every n-days (0=disabled)
+ // Requires the package "unattended-upgrades" and will write
+ // a log in /var/log/unattended-upgrades
+ //
+ AutocleanInterval "0";
+ // - Do "apt-get autoclean" every n-days (0=disable)
+
+ Verbose "0";
+ // - Send report mail to root
+ // 0: no report (or null string)
+ // 1: progress report (actually any string)
+ // 2: + command outputs (remove -qq, remove 2>/dev/null, add -d)
+ // 3: + trace on
+ };
};
// Options for the downloading routines
// Location of the cache dir
Cache "var/cache/apt/" {
Archives "archives/";
+ // backup directory created by /etc/cron.daily/apt
+ Backup "backup/";
srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
};
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