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1<!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- -->
2
3<!-- Some common paths.. -->
4<!ENTITY docdir "/usr/share/doc/apt/">
4d9fb6b0 5<!ENTITY guidesdir "/usr/share/doc/apt-doc/">
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6<!ENTITY configureindex "<filename>&docdir;examples/configure-index.gz</filename>">
7<!ENTITY aptconfdir "<filename>/etc/apt.conf</filename>">
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8<!ENTITY statedir "/var/lib/apt">
9<!ENTITY cachedir "/var/cache/apt">
10
11<!-- Cross references to other man pages -->
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12<!ENTITY apt-conf "<citerefentry>
13 <refentrytitle><filename>apt.conf</filename></refentrytitle>
14 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
15 </citerefentry>"
16>
17
18<!ENTITY apt-get "<citerefentry>
19 <refentrytitle><command>apt-get</command></refentrytitle>
20 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
21 </citerefentry>"
22>
23
24<!ENTITY apt-config "<citerefentry>
25 <refentrytitle><command>apt-config</command></refentrytitle>
26 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
27 </citerefentry>"
28>
29
30<!ENTITY apt-cdrom "<citerefentry>
31 <refentrytitle><command>apt-cdrom</command></refentrytitle>
32 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
33 </citerefentry>"
34>
35
36<!ENTITY apt-cache "<citerefentry>
37 <refentrytitle><command>apt-cache</command></refentrytitle>
38 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
39 </citerefentry>"
40>
41
42<!ENTITY apt-preferences "<citerefentry>
43 <refentrytitle><command>apt_preferences</command></refentrytitle>
44 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
45 </citerefentry>"
46>
47
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48<!ENTITY apt-key "<citerefentry>
49 <refentrytitle><command>apt-key</command></refentrytitle>
50 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
51 </citerefentry>"
52>
53
54<!ENTITY apt-secure "<citerefentry>
55 <refentrytitle>apt-secure</refentrytitle>
56 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
57 </citerefentry>"
58>
59
60<!ENTITY apt-archive "<citerefentry>
61 <refentrytitle><filename>apt-archive</filename></refentrytitle>
62 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
63 </citerefentry>"
64>
65
66
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67<!ENTITY sources-list "<citerefentry>
68 <refentrytitle><filename>sources.list</filename></refentrytitle>
69 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
70 </citerefentry>"
71>
72
73<!ENTITY reportbug "<citerefentry>
74 <refentrytitle><command>reportbug</command></refentrytitle>
75 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
76 </citerefentry>"
77>
78
79<!ENTITY dpkg "<citerefentry>
80 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg</command></refentrytitle>
81 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
82 </citerefentry>"
83>
84
85<!ENTITY dpkg-buildpackage "<citerefentry>
86 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-buildpackage</command></refentrytitle>
87 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
88 </citerefentry>"
89>
90
91<!ENTITY gzip "<citerefentry>
92 <refentrytitle><command>gzip</command></refentrytitle>
93 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
94 </citerefentry>"
95>
96
97<!ENTITY dpkg-scanpackages "<citerefentry>
98 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scanpackages</command></refentrytitle>
99 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
100 </citerefentry>"
101>
102
103<!ENTITY dpkg-scansources "<citerefentry>
104 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scansources</command></refentrytitle>
105 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
106 </citerefentry>"
107>
108
109<!ENTITY dselect "<citerefentry>
110 <refentrytitle><command>dselect</command></refentrytitle>
111 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
112 </citerefentry>"
113>
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115<!ENTITY aptitude "<citerefentry>
116 <refentrytitle><command>aptitude</command></refentrytitle>
117 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
118 </citerefentry>"
119>
120
121<!ENTITY synaptic "<citerefentry>
122 <refentrytitle><command>synaptic</command></refentrytitle>
123 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
124 </citerefentry>"
125>
126
127<!ENTITY debsign "<citerefentry>
128 <refentrytitle><command>debsign</command></refentrytitle>
129 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
130 </citerefentry>"
131>
132
133<!ENTITY debsig-verify "<citerefentry>
134 <refentrytitle><command>debsig-verify</command></refentrytitle>
135 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
136 </citerefentry>"
137>
138
139<!ENTITY gpg "<citerefentry>
140 <refentrytitle><command>gpg</command></refentrytitle>
141 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
142 </citerefentry>"
143>
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144
145<!-- Boiler plate docinfo section -->
146<!ENTITY apt-docinfo "
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147 <refentryinfo>
148 <address><email>apt@packages.debian.org</email></address>
149 <author><firstname>Jason</firstname> <surname>Gunthorpe</surname></author>
150 <copyright><year>1998-2001</year> <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>
151 <date>14 December 2003</date>
152 <productname>Linux</productname>
153
154 </refentryinfo>
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155">
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157<!ENTITY apt-email "
158 <address>
159 <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>
160 </address>
161">
162
163<!ENTITY apt-author.jgunthorpe "
164 <author>
165 <firstname>Jason</firstname>
166 <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
167 </author>
168">
169
170<!ENTITY apt-author.team "
171 <author>
172 <othername>APT team</othername>
173 </author>
174">
175
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176<!ENTITY apt-product "
177 <productname>Linux</productname>
178">
179
180<!ENTITY apt-email "
181 <address>
182 <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>
183 </address>
184">
185
186<!ENTITY apt-author.jgunthorpe "
187 <author>
188 <firstname>Jason</firstname>
189 <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
190 </author>
191">
192
193<!ENTITY apt-author.team "
194 <author>
195 <othername>APT team</othername>
196 </author>
197">
198
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199<!ENTITY apt-copyright "
200 <copyright>
201 <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder>
202 <year>1998-2001</year>
203 </copyright>
204">
205
206<!ENTITY apt-product "
207 <productname>Linux</productname>
208">
209
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210<!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
211<!ENTITY manbugs "
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212 <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
213 <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
4ba3008f 214 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
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215 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
216 &reportbug; command.
217 </para>
218 </refsect1>
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219">
220
221<!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
222<!ENTITY manauthor "
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223 <refsect1><title>Author</title>
224 <para>APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.
225 </para>
226 </refsect1>
227">
228
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229<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
230 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
231<!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
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232 <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
233 <term><option>--help</option></term>
234 <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
235 </para>
236 </listitem>
237 </varlistentry>
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239 <varlistentry>
240 <term><option>-v</option></term>
241 <term><option>--version</option></term>
242 <listitem><para>Show the program version.
243 </para>
244 </listitem>
245 </varlistentry>
246
247 <varlistentry>
248 <term><option>-c</option></term>
249 <term><option>--config-file</option></term>
250 <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
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251 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
252 configuration file. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
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253 </para>
254 </listitem>
255 </varlistentry>
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257 <varlistentry>
258 <term><option>-o</option></term>
259 <term><option>--option</option></term>
e3a1f08d 260 <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
24f6490f 261 configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
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262 <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used multiple
263 times to set different options.
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264 </para>
265 </listitem>
266 </varlistentry>
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267">
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269<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
270 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
271<!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
24f6490f 272 <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
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273 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
274 options you can override the config file by using something like
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275 <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
276 or several other variations.
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277 </para>
278">
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