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1# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
2# Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc.
aec22160 3# This file is distributed under the same license as the apt-doc package.
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4# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
5#
6#, fuzzy
7msgid ""
8msgstr ""
6cbb88de 9"Project-Id-Version: apt-doc 0.9.5.1\n"
f8b830ab 10"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>\n"
285c5b89 11"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-06-02 19:24+0300\n"
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12"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
13"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
14"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
0c1a7101 15"Language: \n"
2a52e8c5 16"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
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17"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
18"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
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19
20#. type: TH
21#: apt.8:17
22#, no-wrap
23msgid "apt"
24msgstr ""
25
26#. type: TH
27#: apt.8:17
28#, no-wrap
29msgid "16 June 1998"
30msgstr ""
31
32#. type: TH
33#: apt.8:17
34#, no-wrap
b176de3a 35msgid "Debian"
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36msgstr ""
37
38#. type: SH
39#: apt.8:18
40#, no-wrap
41msgid "NAME"
42msgstr ""
43
44#. type: Plain text
45#: apt.8:20
46msgid "apt - Advanced Package Tool"
47msgstr ""
48
49#. type: SH
50#: apt.8:20
51#, no-wrap
52msgid "SYNOPSIS"
53msgstr ""
54
55#. type: Plain text
56#: apt.8:22
57msgid "B<apt>"
58msgstr ""
59
60#. type: SH
61#: apt.8:22
62#, no-wrap
63msgid "DESCRIPTION"
64msgstr ""
65
66#. type: Plain text
67#: apt.8:31
68msgid ""
69"APT is a management system for software packages. For normal day to day "
70"package management there are several frontends available, such as "
71"B<aptitude>(8) for the command line or B<synaptic>(8) for the X Window "
72"System. Some options are only implemented in B<apt-get>(8) though."
73msgstr ""
74
75#. type: SH
76#: apt.8:31
77#, no-wrap
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78msgid "SEE ALSO"
79msgstr ""
80
81#. type: Plain text
4279ef3b 82#: apt.8:38
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83msgid ""
84"B<apt-cache>(8), B<apt-get>(8), B<apt.conf>(5), B<sources.list>(5), "
85"B<apt_preferences>(5), B<apt-secure>(8)"
86msgstr ""
87
88#. type: SH
4279ef3b 89#: apt.8:38
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90#, no-wrap
91msgid "DIAGNOSTICS"
92msgstr ""
93
94#. type: Plain text
4279ef3b 95#: apt.8:40
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96msgid "apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error."
97msgstr ""
98
99#. type: SH
4279ef3b 100#: apt.8:40
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101#, no-wrap
102msgid "BUGS"
103msgstr ""
104
105#. type: Plain text
4279ef3b 106#: apt.8:42
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107msgid "This manpage isn't even started."
108msgstr ""
109
110#. type: Plain text
4279ef3b 111#: apt.8:51
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112msgid ""
113"See E<lt>http://bugs.debian.org/aptE<gt>. If you wish to report a bug in "
114"B<apt>, please see I</usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt> or the "
115"B<reportbug>(1) command."
116msgstr ""
117
118#. type: SH
4279ef3b 119#: apt.8:51
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120#, no-wrap
121msgid "AUTHOR"
122msgstr ""
123
124#. type: Plain text
4279ef3b 125#: apt.8:52
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126msgid "apt was written by the APT team E<lt>apt@packages.debian.orgE<gt>."
127msgstr ""
128
129#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 130#: apt.ent:7
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131#, no-wrap
132msgid ""
133"<!ENTITY apt-author.team \"\n"
134" <author>\n"
135" <othername>APT team</othername>\n"
bcf91c1b 136" <contrib></contrib>\n"
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137" </author>\n"
138"\">\n"
139msgstr ""
140
141#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 142#: apt.ent:13
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143#, no-wrap
144msgid ""
145"<!ENTITY apt-qapage \"\n"
146"\t<para>\n"
147"\t\t<ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>\n"
148"\t</para>\n"
149"\">\n"
150msgstr ""
151
152#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 153#: apt.ent:24
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154#, no-wrap
155msgid ""
156"<!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->\n"
157"<!ENTITY manbugs \"\n"
158" <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>\n"
0c1a7101 159" <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.\n"
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160" If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see\n"
161" <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the\n"
162" &reportbug; command.\n"
163" </para>\n"
164" </refsect1>\n"
165"\">\n"
166msgstr ""
167
168#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 169#: apt.ent:32
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170#, no-wrap
171msgid ""
172"<!-- Boiler plate Author section -->\n"
173"<!ENTITY manauthor \"\n"
174" <refsect1><title>Author</title>\n"
175" <para>APT was written by the APT team "
176"<email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.\n"
177" </para>\n"
178" </refsect1>\n"
179"\">\n"
180msgstr ""
181
182#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 183#: apt.ent:42
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184#, no-wrap
185msgid ""
186"<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to\n"
187" put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->\n"
188"<!ENTITY apt-commonoptions \"\n"
189" <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>\n"
190" <term><option>--help</option></term>\n"
191" <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.\n"
192" </para>\n"
193" </listitem>\n"
194" </varlistentry>\n"
195msgstr ""
196
197#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 198#: apt.ent:50
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199#, no-wrap
200msgid ""
201" <varlistentry>\n"
202" <term><option>-v</option></term>\n"
203" <term><option>--version</option></term>\n"
204" <listitem><para>Show the program version.\n"
205" </para>\n"
206" </listitem>\n"
207" </varlistentry>\n"
208msgstr ""
209
210#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 211#: apt.ent:62
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212#, no-wrap
213msgid ""
214" <varlistentry>\n"
215" <term><option>-c</option></term>\n"
216" <term><option>--config-file</option></term>\n"
217" <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to "
218"use. \n"
219" The program will read the default configuration file and then this \n"
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220" configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before "
221"the\n"
222" default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the "
223"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>\n"
224" environment variable. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.\n"
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225" </para>\n"
226" </listitem>\n"
227" </varlistentry>\n"
228msgstr ""
229
230#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 231#: apt.ent:74
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232#, no-wrap
233msgid ""
234" <varlistentry>\n"
235" <term><option>-o</option></term>\n"
236" <term><option>--option</option></term>\n"
237" <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an "
238"arbitrary\n"
239" configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o "
240"Foo::Bar=bar</option>.\n"
241" <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used "
242"multiple\n"
243" times to set different options.\n"
244" </para>\n"
245" </listitem>\n"
246" </varlistentry>\n"
247"\">\n"
248msgstr ""
249
250#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 251#: apt.ent:85
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252#, no-wrap
253msgid ""
254"<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to\n"
255" put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->\n"
256"<!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb \"\n"
257" <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, "
258"the\n"
259" descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean\n"
260" options you can override the config file by using something like \n"
261" <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>\n"
262" or several other variations.\n"
263" </para>\n"
264"\">\n"
265msgstr ""
266
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45fb8bf7 268#: apt.ent:91
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269#, no-wrap
270msgid ""
271"<!ENTITY file-aptconf \"\n"
272" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>\n"
273" <listitem><para>APT configuration file.\n"
274" Configuration Item: "
275"<literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
276" </varlistentry>\n"
277msgstr ""
278
279#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 280#: apt.ent:97
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281#, no-wrap
282msgid ""
283" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>\n"
284" <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.\n"
285" Configuration Item: "
286"<literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
287" </varlistentry>\n"
288"\">\n"
289msgstr ""
290
291#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 292#: apt.ent:103
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293#, no-wrap
294msgid ""
295"<!ENTITY file-cachearchives \"\n"
296" <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>\n"
297" <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.\n"
298" Configuration Item: "
299"<literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
300" </varlistentry>\n"
301msgstr ""
302
303#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 304#: apt.ent:109
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305#, no-wrap
306msgid ""
307" "
308"<varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>\n"
309" <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.\n"
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310" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> "
311"(<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly "
aec22160 312"appended)</para></listitem>\n"
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313" </varlistentry>\n"
314"\">\n"
315msgstr ""
316
317#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 318#: apt.ent:119
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319#, no-wrap
320msgid ""
321"<!ENTITY file-preferences \"\n"
322" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>\n"
323" <listitem><para>Version preferences file.\n"
324" This is where you would specify &quot;pinning&quot;,\n"
325" i.e. a preference to get certain packages\n"
326" from a separate source\n"
327" or from a different version of a distribution.\n"
328" Configuration Item: "
329"<literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
330" </varlistentry>\n"
331msgstr ""
332
333#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 334#: apt.ent:125
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335#, no-wrap
336msgid ""
337" "
338"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename></term>\n"
339" <listitem><para>File fragments for the version preferences.\n"
340" Configuration Item: "
341"<literal>Dir::Etc::PreferencesParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
342" </varlistentry>\n"
343"\">\n"
344msgstr ""
345
346#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 347#: apt.ent:131
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348#, no-wrap
349msgid ""
350"<!ENTITY file-sourceslist \"\n"
351" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>\n"
352" <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.\n"
353" Configuration Item: "
354"<literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
355" </varlistentry>\n"
356msgstr ""
357
358#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 359#: apt.ent:137
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360#, no-wrap
361msgid ""
362" "
363"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename></term>\n"
364" <listitem><para>File fragments for locations to fetch packages from.\n"
365" Configuration Item: "
366"<literal>Dir::Etc::SourceParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
367" </varlistentry>\n"
368"\">\n"
369msgstr ""
370
371#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 372#: apt.ent:144
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373#, no-wrap
374msgid ""
375"<!ENTITY file-statelists \"\n"
376" <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>\n"
377" <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package "
378"resource specified in\n"
379" &sources-list;\n"
380" Configuration Item: "
381"<literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
382" </varlistentry>\n"
383msgstr ""
384
385#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 386#: apt.ent:150
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387#, no-wrap
388msgid ""
389" "
390"<varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>\n"
391" <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.\n"
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392" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> "
393"(<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly "
aec22160 394"appended)</para></listitem>\n"
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395" </varlistentry>\n"
396"\">\n"
397msgstr ""
398
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401#, no-wrap
402msgid ""
403"<!ENTITY file-trustedgpg \"\n"
404" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg</filename></term>\n"
405" <listitem><para>Keyring of local trusted keys, new keys will be added "
406"here.\n"
407" Configuration Item: "
408"<literal>Dir::Etc::Trusted</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
409" </varlistentry>\n"
410msgstr ""
411
412#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 413#: apt.ent:163
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414#, no-wrap
415msgid ""
416" "
417"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/</filename></term>\n"
418" <listitem><para>File fragments for the trusted keys, additional "
419"keyrings can\n"
420" be stored here (by other packages or the administrator).\n"
421" Configuration Item "
422"<literal>Dir::Etc::TrustedParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
423" </varlistentry>\n"
424"\">\n"
425msgstr ""
426
427#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 428#: apt.ent:171
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429#, no-wrap
430msgid ""
431"<!ENTITY file-extended_states \"\n"
432" "
433"<varlistentry><term><filename>/var/lib/apt/extended_states</filename></term>\n"
434" <listitem><para>Status list of auto-installed packages.\n"
435" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::extended_states</literal>.\n"
436" </para></listitem>\n"
437" </varlistentry>\n"
438"\">\n"
439msgstr ""
440
441#. type: Plain text
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443#, no-wrap
444msgid ""
445"<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is the section header for the following paragraphs - "
446"comparable\n"
447" to the other headers like NAME and DESCRIPTION and should therefore be "
448"uppercase. -->\n"
449"<!ENTITY translation-title \"TRANSLATION\">\n"
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450msgstr ""
451
452#. type: Plain text
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454#, no-wrap
455msgid ""
456"<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is a placeholder. You should write here who has "
d8b3cbb6 457"contributed\n"
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458" to the translation in the past, who is responsible now and maybe "
459"further information\n"
460" specially related to your translation. -->\n"
461"<!ENTITY translation-holder \"\n"
462" The english translation was done by John Doe "
463"<email>john@doe.org</email> in 2009,\n"
464" 2010 and Daniela Acme <email>daniela@acme.us</email> in 2010 together "
465"with the\n"
466" Debian Dummy l10n Team "
467"<email>debian-l10n-dummy@lists.debian.org</email>.\n"
468"\">\n"
469msgstr ""
470
471#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 472#: apt.ent:195
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473#, no-wrap
474msgid ""
475"<!-- TRANSLATOR: As a translation is allowed to have 20% of "
476"untranslated/fuzzy strings\n"
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477" in a shipped manpage newer/modified paragraphs will maybe appear in "
478"english in\n"
479" the generated manpage. This sentence is therefore here to tell the "
480"reader that this\n"
481" is not a mistake by the translator - obviously the target is that at "
482"least for stable\n"
483" releases this sentence is not needed. :) -->\n"
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484"<!ENTITY translation-english \"\n"
485" Note that this translated document may contain untranslated parts.\n"
486" This is done on purpose, to avoid losing content when the\n"
487" translation is lagging behind the original content.\n"
488"\">\n"
489msgstr ""
490
c77d6597 491#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 492#: apt.ent:198
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493msgid ""
494"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -o=config_string "
495"e.g. -o=Debug::pkgProblemResolver=1 --> <!ENTITY synopsis-config-string "
496"\"config_string\">"
497msgstr ""
498
499#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 500#: apt.ent:201
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501msgid ""
502"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -c=config_file e.g. -c=./apt.conf --> <!ENTITY "
503"synopsis-config-file \"config_file\">"
504msgstr ""
505
506#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 507#: apt.ent:204
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508msgid ""
509"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -t=target_release or pkg/target_release "
510"e.g. -t=squeeze apt/experimental --> <!ENTITY synopsis-target-release "
511"\"target_release\">"
512msgstr ""
513
514#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 515#: apt.ent:207
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516msgid ""
517"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -a=architecture e.g. -a=armel --> <!ENTITY "
518"synopsis-architecture \"architecture\">"
519msgstr ""
520
521#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 522#: apt.ent:210
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523msgid ""
524"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-get install pkg e.g. apt-get install awesome "
525"--> <!ENTITY synopsis-pkg \"pkg\">"
526msgstr ""
527
528#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 529#: apt.ent:213
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530msgid ""
531"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in pkg=pkg_version_number e.g. apt=0.8.15 --> "
532"<!ENTITY synopsis-pkg-ver-number \"pkg_version_number\">"
533msgstr ""
534
535#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 536#: apt.ent:216
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537msgid ""
538"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache pkgnames prefix e.g. apt-cache "
539"pkgnames apt --> <!ENTITY synopsis-prefix \"prefix\">"
540msgstr ""
541
542#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 543#: apt.ent:219
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544msgid ""
545"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache search regex e.g. apt-cache search "
546"awesome --> <!ENTITY synopsis-regex \"regex\">"
547msgstr ""
548
549#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 550#: apt.ent:222
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551msgid ""
552"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cdrom -d=cdrom_mount_point e.g. apt-cdrom "
553"-d=/media/cdrom --> <!ENTITY synopsis-cdrom-mount \"cdrom_mount_point\">"
554msgstr ""
555
556#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 557#: apt.ent:225
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558msgid ""
559"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates -t=temporary_directory "
560"e.g. apt-extracttemplates -t=/tmp --> <!ENTITY synopsis-tmp-directory "
561"\"temporary_directory\">"
562msgstr ""
563
564#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 565#: apt.ent:228
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566msgid ""
567"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates filename --> <!ENTITY "
568"synopsis-filename \"filename\">"
569msgstr ""
570
c086ac18 571#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 572#: apt.ent:231
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573msgid ""
574"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
575"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-path \"path\">"
576msgstr ""
577
c77d6597 578#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 579#: apt.ent:234
c77d6597 580msgid ""
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581"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
582"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-override "
583"\"override-file\">"
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584msgstr ""
585
586#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 587#: apt.ent:237
c77d6597 588msgid ""
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589"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
590"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-pathprefix "
591"\"pathprefix\">"
592msgstr ""
593
594#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 595#: apt.ent:240
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596msgid ""
597"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
598"generate section --> <!ENTITY synopsis-section \"section\">"
599msgstr ""
600
601#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 602#: apt.ent:243
c086ac18 603msgid ""
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604"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-key export keyid e.g. apt-key export "
605"473041FA --> <!ENTITY synopsis-keyid \"keyid\">"
606msgstr ""
607
2a52e8c5 608#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
45fb8bf7 609#: apt-cache.8.xml:26 apt-cdrom.8.xml:25 apt-config.8.xml:26 apt-get.8.xml:26 apt-key.8.xml:25 apt-mark.8.xml:26 apt-secure.8.xml:25
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610msgid "8"
611msgstr ""
612
bcf91c1b 613#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><refmiscinfo>
89fd753d 614#: apt-cache.8.xml:27 apt-cdrom.8.xml:26 apt-config.8.xml:27 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:27 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:27 apt-get.8.xml:27 apt-key.8.xml:26 apt-mark.8.xml:27 apt-secure.8.xml:26 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:27 apt.conf.5.xml:32 apt_preferences.5.xml:26 sources.list.5.xml:27
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615msgid "APT"
616msgstr ""
617
2a52e8c5 618#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 619#: apt-cache.8.xml:33
30549c0c 620msgid "query the APT cache"
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621msgstr ""
622
2a52e8c5 623#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
89fd753d 624#: apt-cache.8.xml:38 apt-cdrom.8.xml:37 apt-config.8.xml:38 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:38 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:38 apt-get.8.xml:38 apt-key.8.xml:37 apt-mark.8.xml:38 apt-secure.8.xml:50 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:38 apt.conf.5.xml:41 apt_preferences.5.xml:36 sources.list.5.xml:36
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625msgid "Description"
626msgstr ""
627
628#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 629#: apt-cache.8.xml:39
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630msgid ""
631"<command>apt-cache</command> performs a variety of operations on APT's "
632"package cache. <command>apt-cache</command> does not manipulate the state of "
633"the system but does provide operations to search and generate interesting "
634"output from the package metadata."
635msgstr ""
636
637#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 638#: apt-cache.8.xml:44 apt-cdrom.8.xml:51 apt-config.8.xml:44 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:54 apt-get.8.xml:44
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639msgid ""
640"Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, "
641"one of the commands below must be present."
642msgstr ""
643
2a52e8c5 644#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 645#: apt-cache.8.xml:49
2a52e8c5 646msgid ""
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647"<literal>gencaches</literal> creates APT's package cache. This is done "
648"implicitly by all commands needing this cache if it is missing or outdated."
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649msgstr ""
650
2b9b27c3 651#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
aec22160 652#: apt-cache.8.xml:53 apt-cache.8.xml:142 apt-cache.8.xml:163 apt-cache.8.xml:185 apt-cache.8.xml:190 apt-cache.8.xml:206 apt-cache.8.xml:224 apt-cache.8.xml:236
2b9b27c3 653msgid "&synopsis-pkg;"
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654msgstr ""
655
656#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 657#: apt-cache.8.xml:54
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658msgid ""
659"<literal>showpkg</literal> displays information about the packages listed on "
660"the command line. Remaining arguments are package names. The available "
661"versions and reverse dependencies of each package listed are listed, as well "
662"as forward dependencies for each version. Forward (normal) dependencies are "
663"those packages upon which the package in question depends; reverse "
664"dependencies are those packages that depend upon the package in "
665"question. Thus, forward dependencies must be satisfied for a package, but "
666"reverse dependencies need not be. For instance, <command>apt-cache showpkg "
667"libreadline2</command> would produce output similar to the following:"
668msgstr ""
669
670#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
c086ac18 671#: apt-cache.8.xml:66
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672#, no-wrap
673msgid ""
674"Package: libreadline2\n"
675"Versions: 2.1-12(/var/state/apt/lists/foo_Packages),\n"
676"Reverse Depends: \n"
677" libreadlineg2,libreadline2\n"
678" libreadline2-altdev,libreadline2\n"
679"Dependencies:\n"
680"2.1-12 - libc5 (2 5.4.0-0) ncurses3.0 (0 (null))\n"
681"Provides:\n"
682"2.1-12 - \n"
683"Reverse Provides: \n"
684msgstr ""
685
686#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 687#: apt-cache.8.xml:78
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688msgid ""
689"Thus it may be seen that libreadline2, version 2.1-12, depends on libc5 and "
690"ncurses3.0 which must be installed for libreadline2 to work. In turn, "
691"libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev depend on libreadline2. If "
692"libreadline2 is installed, libc5 and ncurses3.0 (and ldso) must also be "
693"installed; libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev do not have to be "
694"installed. For the specific meaning of the remainder of the output it is "
695"best to consult the apt source code."
696msgstr ""
697
2a52e8c5 698#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 699#: apt-cache.8.xml:87
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700msgid ""
701"<literal>stats</literal> displays some statistics about the cache. No "
702"further arguments are expected. Statistics reported are:"
703msgstr ""
704
705#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 706#: apt-cache.8.xml:90
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707msgid ""
708"<literal>Total package names</literal> is the number of package names found "
709"in the cache."
710msgstr ""
711
712#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 713#: apt-cache.8.xml:94
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714msgid ""
715"<literal>Normal packages</literal> is the number of regular, ordinary "
716"package names; these are packages that bear a one-to-one correspondence "
717"between their names and the names used by other packages for them in "
718"dependencies. The majority of packages fall into this category."
719msgstr ""
720
721#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 722#: apt-cache.8.xml:100
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723msgid ""
724"<literal>Pure virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
725"exist only as a virtual package name; that is, packages only \"provide\" the "
726"virtual package name, and no package actually uses the name. For instance, "
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727"\"mail-transport-agent\" in the Debian system is a pure virtual package; "
728"several packages provide \"mail-transport-agent\", but there is no package "
729"named \"mail-transport-agent\"."
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730msgstr ""
731
732#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 733#: apt-cache.8.xml:108
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734msgid ""
735"<literal>Single virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages with "
736"only one package providing a particular virtual package. For example, in the "
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737"Debian system, \"X11-text-viewer\" is a virtual package, but only one "
738"package, xless, provides \"X11-text-viewer\"."
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739msgstr ""
740
741#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 742#: apt-cache.8.xml:114
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743msgid ""
744"<literal>Mixed virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
745"either provide a particular virtual package or have the virtual package name "
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746"as the package name. For instance, in the Debian system, \"debconf\" is both "
747"an actual package, and provided by the debconf-tiny package."
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748msgstr ""
749
750#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 751#: apt-cache.8.xml:121
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752msgid ""
753"<literal>Missing</literal> is the number of package names that were "
754"referenced in a dependency but were not provided by any package. Missing "
43be0ac4 755"packages may be an evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a "
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756"package (real or virtual) has been dropped from the distribution. Usually "
757"they are referenced from Conflicts or Breaks statements."
758msgstr ""
759
760#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 761#: apt-cache.8.xml:128
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762msgid ""
763"<literal>Total distinct</literal> versions is the number of package versions "
764"found in the cache; this value is therefore at least equal to the number of "
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765"total package names. If more than one distribution is being accessed (for "
766"instance, \"stable\" and \"unstable\"), this value can be considerably "
767"larger than the number of total package names."
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768msgstr ""
769
770#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
c086ac18 771#: apt-cache.8.xml:135
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772msgid ""
773"<literal>Total dependencies</literal> is the number of dependency "
774"relationships claimed by all of the packages in the cache."
775msgstr ""
776
2a52e8c5 777#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 778#: apt-cache.8.xml:143
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779msgid ""
780"<literal>showsrc</literal> displays all the source package records that "
781"match the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all "
1d254cb2 782"records that declare the name to be a binary package."
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783msgstr ""
784
2a52e8c5 785#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 786#: apt-cache.8.xml:149
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787msgid ""
788"<literal>dump</literal> shows a short listing of every package in the "
789"cache. It is primarily for debugging."
790msgstr ""
791
2a52e8c5 792#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 793#: apt-cache.8.xml:154
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794msgid ""
795"<literal>dumpavail</literal> prints out an available list to stdout. This is "
796"suitable for use with &dpkg; and is used by the &dselect; method."
797msgstr ""
798
2a52e8c5 799#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 800#: apt-cache.8.xml:159
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801msgid ""
802"<literal>unmet</literal> displays a summary of all unmet dependencies in the "
803"package cache."
804msgstr ""
805
2a52e8c5 806#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 807#: apt-cache.8.xml:164
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808msgid ""
809"<literal>show</literal> performs a function similar to <command>dpkg "
810"--print-avail</command>; it displays the package records for the named "
811"packages."
812msgstr ""
813
2b9b27c3 814#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
c086ac18 815#: apt-cache.8.xml:169
2b9b27c3 816msgid "&synopsis-regex;"
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817msgstr ""
818
819#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 820#: apt-cache.8.xml:170
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821msgid ""
822"<literal>search</literal> performs a full text search on all available "
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823"package lists for the POSIX regex pattern given, see &regex;. It searches "
824"the package names and the descriptions for an occurrence of the regular "
825"expression and prints out the package name and the short description, "
826"including virtual package names. If <option>--full</option> is given then "
827"output identical to <literal>show</literal> is produced for each matched "
828"package, and if <option>--names-only</option> is given then the long "
829"description is not searched, only the package name is."
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830msgstr ""
831
832#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 833#: apt-cache.8.xml:181
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834msgid ""
835"Separate arguments can be used to specify multiple search patterns that are "
836"and'ed together."
837msgstr ""
838
2a52e8c5 839#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 840#: apt-cache.8.xml:186
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841msgid ""
842"<literal>depends</literal> shows a listing of each dependency a package has "
843"and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency."
844msgstr ""
845
2a52e8c5 846#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 847#: apt-cache.8.xml:191
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848msgid ""
849"<literal>rdepends</literal> shows a listing of each reverse dependency a "
850"package has."
851msgstr ""
852
853#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
aec22160 854#: apt-cache.8.xml:195
2b9b27c3 855msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-prefix;</replaceable></optional>"
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856msgstr ""
857
858#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 859#: apt-cache.8.xml:196
2a52e8c5 860msgid ""
63fc5550 861"This command prints the name of each package APT knows. The optional "
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862"argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable "
863"for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated "
864"extremely quickly. This command is best used with the "
865"<option>--generate</option> option."
866msgstr ""
867
63fc5550 868#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 869#: apt-cache.8.xml:201
63fc5550 870msgid ""
82cb5862 871"Note that a package which APT knows of is not necessarily available to "
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872"download, installable or installed, e.g. virtual packages are also listed in "
873"the generated list."
874msgstr ""
875
2a52e8c5 876#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 877#: apt-cache.8.xml:207
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878msgid ""
879"<literal>dotty</literal> takes a list of packages on the command line and "
880"generates output suitable for use by dotty from the <ulink "
881"url=\"http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/\">GraphViz</ulink> "
882"package. The result will be a set of nodes and edges representing the "
883"relationships between the packages. By default the given packages will trace "
884"out all dependent packages; this can produce a very large graph. To limit "
885"the output to only the packages listed on the command line, set the "
886"<literal>APT::Cache::GivenOnly</literal> option."
887msgstr ""
888
889#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 890#: apt-cache.8.xml:216
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891msgid ""
892"The resulting nodes will have several shapes; normal packages are boxes, "
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893"pure virtual packages are triangles, mixed virtual packages are diamonds, "
894"missing packages are hexagons. Orange boxes mean recursion was stopped (leaf "
895"packages), blue lines are pre-depends, green lines are conflicts."
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896msgstr ""
897
898#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 899#: apt-cache.8.xml:221
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900msgid "Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages."
901msgstr ""
902
2a52e8c5 903#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 904#: apt-cache.8.xml:225
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905msgid ""
906"The same as <literal>dotty</literal>, only for xvcg from the <ulink "
907"url=\"http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html\">VCG "
908"tool</ulink>."
909msgstr ""
910
911#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
aec22160 912#: apt-cache.8.xml:229
2b9b27c3 913msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</optional>"
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914msgstr ""
915
916#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 917#: apt-cache.8.xml:230
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918msgid ""
919"<literal>policy</literal> is meant to help debug issues relating to the "
920"preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the priorities of each "
921"source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information about the priority "
922"selection of the named package."
923msgstr ""
924
2a52e8c5 925#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 926#: apt-cache.8.xml:237
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927msgid ""
928"<literal>apt-cache</literal>'s <literal>madison</literal> command attempts "
929"to mimic the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian "
930"archive management tool, <literal>madison</literal>. It displays available "
931"versions of a package in a tabular format. Unlike the original "
932"<literal>madison</literal>, it can only display information for the "
933"architecture for which APT has retrieved package lists "
934"(<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>)."
935msgstr ""
936
2b9b27c3 937#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
2ad3eaf6 938#: apt-cache.8.xml:248 apt-config.8.xml:84 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:52 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:504 apt-get.8.xml:258 apt-mark.8.xml:108 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:48
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939msgid "options"
940msgstr ""
941
2a52e8c5 942#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 943#: apt-cache.8.xml:253
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944msgid ""
945"Select the file to store the package cache. The package cache is the primary "
946"cache used by all operations. Configuration Item: "
947"<literal>Dir::Cache::pkgcache</literal>."
948msgstr ""
949
2a52e8c5 950#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 951#: apt-cache.8.xml:259
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952msgid ""
953"Select the file to store the source cache. The source is used only by "
954"<literal>gencaches</literal> and it stores a parsed version of the package "
955"information from remote sources. When building the package cache the source "
956"cache is used to avoid reparsing all of the package files. Configuration "
957"Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache</literal>."
958msgstr ""
959
2a52e8c5 960#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 961#: apt-cache.8.xml:267
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962msgid ""
963"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
964"More q's will produce more quietness up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
965"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quietness level, overriding the "
966"configuration file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
967msgstr ""
968
2a52e8c5 969#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 970#: apt-cache.8.xml:274
2a52e8c5 971msgid ""
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973"<literal>depends</literal>. Causes only Depends and Pre-Depends relations to "
974"be printed. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Important</literal>."
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975msgstr ""
976
b6c6b52f 977#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c7c71e20 978#: apt-cache.8.xml:288
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979msgid ""
980"Per default the <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> "
c77d6597 981"print all dependencies. This can be tweaked with these flags which will omit "
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982"the specified dependency type. Configuration Item: "
983"<literal>APT::Cache::Show<replaceable>DependencyType</replaceable></literal> "
984"e.g. <literal>APT::Cache::ShowRecommends</literal>."
985msgstr ""
986
2a52e8c5 987#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c7c71e20 988#: apt-cache.8.xml:295
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989msgid ""
990"Print full package records when searching. Configuration Item: "
991"<literal>APT::Cache::ShowFull</literal>."
992msgstr ""
993
2a52e8c5 994#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c7c71e20 995#: apt-cache.8.xml:300
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996msgid ""
997"Print full records for all available versions. This is the default; to turn "
998"it off, use <option>--no-all-versions</option>. If "
999"<option>--no-all-versions</option> is specified, only the candidate version "
c7c71e20 1000"will be displayed (the one which would be selected for installation). This "
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1001"option is only applicable to the <literal>show</literal> command. "
1002"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::AllVersions</literal>."
1003msgstr ""
1004
2a52e8c5 1005#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c7c71e20 1006#: apt-cache.8.xml:309
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1007msgid ""
1008"Perform automatic package cache regeneration, rather than use the cache as "
1009"it is. This is the default; to turn it off, use "
1010"<option>--no-generate</option>. Configuration Item: "
1011"<literal>APT::Cache::Generate</literal>."
1012msgstr ""
1013
2a52e8c5 1014#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c7c71e20 1015#: apt-cache.8.xml:315
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1016msgid ""
1017"Only search on the package names, not the long descriptions. Configuration "
1018"Item: <literal>APT::Cache::NamesOnly</literal>."
1019msgstr ""
1020
2a52e8c5 1021#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c7c71e20 1022#: apt-cache.8.xml:320
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1023msgid ""
1024"Make <literal>pkgnames</literal> print all names, including virtual packages "
1025"and missing dependencies. Configuration Item: "
1026"<literal>APT::Cache::AllNames</literal>."
1027msgstr ""
1028
2a52e8c5 1029#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c7c71e20 1030#: apt-cache.8.xml:326
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1031msgid ""
1032"Make <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> recursive so "
1033"that all packages mentioned are printed once. Configuration Item: "
1034"<literal>APT::Cache::RecurseDepends</literal>."
1035msgstr ""
1036
2a52e8c5 1037#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c7c71e20 1038#: apt-cache.8.xml:333
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1039msgid ""
1040"Limit the output of <literal>depends</literal> and "
1041"<literal>rdepends</literal> to packages which are currently installed. "
1042"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Installed</literal>."
1043msgstr ""
1044
2a52e8c5 1045#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
2ad3eaf6 1046#: apt-cache.8.xml:343 apt-get.8.xml:518 apt-key.8.xml:174 apt-mark.8.xml:125 apt.conf.5.xml:1118 apt_preferences.5.xml:698
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1047msgid "Files"
1048msgstr ""
1049
2a52e8c5 1050#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
2ad3eaf6 1051#: apt-cache.8.xml:350 apt-cdrom.8.xml:144 apt-config.8.xml:109 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:70 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:607 apt-get.8.xml:528 apt-key.8.xml:195 apt-mark.8.xml:131 apt-secure.8.xml:192 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:63 apt.conf.5.xml:1124 apt_preferences.5.xml:705 sources.list.5.xml:252
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1052msgid "See Also"
1053msgstr ""
1054
1055#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c7c71e20 1056#: apt-cache.8.xml:351
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1057msgid "&apt-conf;, &sources-list;, &apt-get;"
1058msgstr ""
1059
1060#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
2ad3eaf6 1061#: apt-cache.8.xml:355 apt-cdrom.8.xml:149 apt-config.8.xml:114 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:74 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:611 apt-get.8.xml:534 apt-mark.8.xml:135 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:67
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1062msgid "Diagnostics"
1063msgstr ""
1064
1065#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c7c71e20 1066#: apt-cache.8.xml:356
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1067msgid ""
1068"<command>apt-cache</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
1069"on error."
1070msgstr ""
1071
2a52e8c5 1072#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 1073#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:32
25838be6 1074msgid "APT CD-ROM management utility"
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1075msgstr ""
1076
2a52e8c5 1077#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1078#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:38
2a52e8c5 1079msgid ""
1b85f81a 1080"<command>apt-cdrom</command> is used to add a new CD-ROM to APT's list of "
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1081"available sources. <command>apt-cdrom</command> takes care of determining "
1082"the structure of the disc as well as correcting for several possible "
1083"mis-burns and verifying the index files."
1084msgstr ""
1085
1086#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1087#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:45
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1088msgid ""
1089"It is necessary to use <command>apt-cdrom</command> to add CDs to the APT "
bfcd7854 1090"system; it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disc in a multi-CD set "
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1091"must be inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns."
1092msgstr ""
1093
aec22160 1094#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1095#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:56
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1096msgid ""
1097"<literal>add</literal> is used to add a new disc to the source list. It will "
bfcd7854 1098"unmount the CD-ROM device, prompt for a disc to be inserted and then proceed "
2a52e8c5 1099"to scan it and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper "
bfcd7854 1100"<filename>.disk</filename> directory you will be prompted for a descriptive "
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1101"title."
1102msgstr ""
1103
aec22160 1104#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1105#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:64
2a52e8c5 1106msgid ""
25838be6 1107"APT uses a CD-ROM ID to track which disc is currently in the drive and "
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1108"maintains a database of these IDs in "
1109"<filename>&statedir;/cdroms.list</filename>"
1110msgstr ""
1111
aec22160 1112#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1113#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:72
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1114msgid ""
1115"A debugging tool to report the identity of the current disc as well as the "
1116"stored file name"
1117msgstr ""
1118
2a52e8c5 1119#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
aec22160 1120#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:80 apt-key.8.xml:160
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1121msgid "Options"
1122msgstr ""
1123
2a52e8c5 1124#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 1125#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:85
2a52e8c5 1126msgid ""
834f9cd4 1127"Mount point; specify the location to mount the CD-ROM. This mount point must "
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1128"be listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and properly configured. "
1129"Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::cdrom::mount</literal>."
1130msgstr ""
1131
2a52e8c5 1132#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 1133#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:94
2a52e8c5 1134msgid ""
bfcd7854 1135"Rename a disc; change the label of a disc or override the disc's given "
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1136"label. This option will cause <command>apt-cdrom</command> to prompt for a "
1137"new label. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Rename</literal>."
1138msgstr ""
1139
2a52e8c5 1140#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 1141#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:103
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1142msgid ""
1143"No mounting; prevent <command>apt-cdrom</command> from mounting and "
1144"unmounting the mount point. Configuration Item: "
1145"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoMount</literal>."
1146msgstr ""
1147
2a52e8c5 1148#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 1149#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:111
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1150msgid ""
1151"Fast Copy; Assume the package files are valid and do not check every "
1152"package. This option should be used only if <command>apt-cdrom</command> has "
1153"been run on this disc before and did not detect any errors. Configuration "
1154"Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Fast</literal>."
1155msgstr ""
1156
2a52e8c5 1157#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 1158#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:121
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1159msgid ""
1160"Thorough Package Scan; This option may be needed with some old Debian "
1161"1.1/1.2 discs that have Package files in strange places. It takes much "
1162"longer to scan the CD but will pick them all up."
1163msgstr ""
1164
2a52e8c5 1165#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 1166#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:132
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1167msgid ""
1168"No Changes; Do not change the &sources-list; file and do not write index "
1169"files. Everything is still checked however. Configuration Item: "
1170"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoAct</literal>."
1171msgstr ""
1172
1173#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 1174#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:145
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1175msgid "&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;"
1176msgstr ""
1177
1178#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 1179#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:150
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1180msgid ""
1181"<command>apt-cdrom</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
1182"on error."
1183msgstr ""
1184
2a52e8c5 1185#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 1186#: apt-config.8.xml:33
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1187msgid "APT Configuration Query program"
1188msgstr ""
1189
2a52e8c5 1190#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1191#: apt-config.8.xml:39
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1192msgid ""
1193"<command>apt-config</command> is an internal program used by various "
1194"portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses "
1195"the main configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> in a "
4b2dad2e 1196"manner that is easy to use for scripted applications."
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1197msgstr ""
1198
2a52e8c5 1199#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1200#: apt-config.8.xml:51
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1201msgid ""
1202"shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell "
1203"script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell variable and "
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1204"the second the configuration value to query. As output it lists shell "
1205"assignment commands for each value present. In a shell script it should be "
1206"used as follows:"
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1207msgstr ""
1208
1209#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
c77d6597 1210#: apt-config.8.xml:59
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1211#, no-wrap
1212msgid ""
1213"OPTS=\"-f\"\n"
1214"RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::options`\n"
1215"eval $RES\n"
1216msgstr ""
1217
1218#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1219#: apt-config.8.xml:64
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1220msgid ""
1221"This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value of "
1222"MyApp::options with a default of <option>-f</option>."
1223msgstr ""
1224
1225#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1226#: apt-config.8.xml:68
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1227msgid ""
1228"The configuration item may be postfixed with a /[fdbi]. f returns file "
1229"names, d returns directories, b returns true or false and i returns an "
1230"integer. Each of the returns is normalized and verified internally."
1231msgstr ""
1232
1233#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1234#: apt-config.8.xml:77
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1235msgid "Just show the contents of the configuration space."
1236msgstr ""
1237
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1238#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1239#: apt-config.8.xml:90
1240msgid ""
1241"Include options which have an empty value. This is the default, so use "
1242"--no-empty to remove them from the output."
1243msgstr ""
1244
2b9b27c3 1245#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
aa2218b2 1246#: apt-config.8.xml:95
2b9b27c3 1247msgid "&percnt;f &#x0022;&percnt;v&#x0022;;&percnt;n"
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1248msgstr ""
1249
1250#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1251#: apt-config.8.xml:96
1252msgid ""
1253"Defines the output of each config option. &percnt;t will be replaced with "
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1254"its individual name, &percnt;f with its full hierarchical name and &percnt;v "
1255"with its value. Use uppercase letters and special characters in the value "
1256"will be encoded to ensure that it can e.g. be safely used in a quoted-string "
1257"as defined by RFC822. Additionally &percnt;n will be replaced by a newline, "
1258"and &percnt;N by a tab. A &percnt; can be printed by using &percnt;&percnt;."
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1259msgstr ""
1260
2a52e8c5 1261#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2b9b27c3 1262#: apt-config.8.xml:110 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:71 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:608 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:64
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1263msgid "&apt-conf;"
1264msgstr ""
1265
1266#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c086ac18 1267#: apt-config.8.xml:115
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1268msgid ""
1269"<command>apt-config</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
1270"on error."
1271msgstr ""
1272
2a52e8c5 1273#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
0c1a7101 1274#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:26 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:26 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:26
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1275msgid "1"
1276msgstr ""
1277
1278#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 1279#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:33
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1280msgid ""
1281"Utility to extract <command>debconf</command> config and templates from "
1282"Debian packages"
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1283msgstr ""
1284
2a52e8c5 1285#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1286#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:39
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1287msgid ""
1288"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> will take one or more Debian package "
1289"files as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated "
1290"config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains "
1291"config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in the "
1292"format:"
1293msgstr ""
1294
1295#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1296#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:44
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1297msgid "package version template-file config-script"
1298msgstr ""
1299
1300#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1301#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:45
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1302msgid ""
1303"template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory "
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1304"specified by the <option>-t</option> or <option>--tempdir</option> "
1305"(<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>) directory, with "
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1306"filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXX</filename> and "
1307"<filename>package.config.XXXX</filename>"
1308msgstr ""
1309
2a52e8c5 1310#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2b9b27c3 1311#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:58
2a52e8c5 1312msgid ""
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1313"Temporary directory in which to write extracted <command>debconf</command> "
1314"template files and config scripts. Configuration Item: "
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1315"<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>"
1316msgstr ""
1317
1318#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2b9b27c3 1319#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:75
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1320msgid ""
1321"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> returns zero on normal operation, "
1322"decimal 100 on error."
1323msgstr ""
1324
2a52e8c5 1325#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 1326#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:33
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1327msgid "Utility to generate index files"
1328msgstr ""
1329
2a52e8c5 1330#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1331#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:39
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1332msgid ""
1333"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is the command line tool that generates "
1334"the index files that APT uses to access a distribution source. The index "
1335"files should be generated on the origin site based on the content of that "
1336"site."
1337msgstr ""
1338
1339#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1340#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:43
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1341msgid ""
1342"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is a superset of the &dpkg-scanpackages; "
1343"program, incorporating its entire functionality via the "
1344"<literal>packages</literal> command. It also contains a contents file "
1345"generator, <literal>contents</literal>, and an elaborate means to 'script' "
1346"the generation process for a complete archive."
1347msgstr ""
1348
1349#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1350#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:49
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1351msgid ""
1352"Internally <command>apt-ftparchive</command> can make use of binary "
1353"databases to cache the contents of a .deb file and it does not rely on any "
1354"external programs aside from &gzip;. When doing a full generate it "
1355"automatically performs file-change checks and builds the desired compressed "
1356"output files."
1357msgstr ""
1358
2a52e8c5 1359#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1360#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:60
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1361msgid ""
1362"The packages command generates a package file from a directory tree. It "
1363"takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .deb files, "
1364"emitting a package record to stdout for each. This command is approximately "
1365"equivalent to &dpkg-scanpackages;."
1366msgstr ""
1367
1368#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1369#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:65 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:89
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1370msgid "The option <option>--db</option> can be used to specify a binary caching DB."
1371msgstr ""
1372
2a52e8c5 1373#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1374#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:70
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1375msgid ""
1376"The <literal>sources</literal> command generates a source index file from a "
1377"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it "
1378"for .dsc files, emitting a source record to stdout for each. This command is "
1379"approximately equivalent to &dpkg-scansources;."
1380msgstr ""
1381
1382#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1383#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:75
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1384msgid ""
1385"If an override file is specified then a source override file will be looked "
1386"for with an extension of .src. The --source-override option can be used to "
1387"change the source override file that will be used."
1388msgstr ""
1389
2a52e8c5 1390#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1391#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:82
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1392msgid ""
1393"The <literal>contents</literal> command generates a contents file from a "
1394"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it for "
1395".deb files, and reads the file list from each file. It then sorts and writes "
1396"to stdout the list of files matched to packages. Directories are not written "
1397"to the output. If multiple packages own the same file then each package is "
1398"separated by a comma in the output."
1399msgstr ""
1400
2a52e8c5 1401#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1402#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:94
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1403msgid ""
1404"The <literal>release</literal> command generates a Release file from a "
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1405"directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for uncompressed "
1406"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Sources</filename> files and the "
1407"ones compressed with <command>gzip</command>, <command>bzip2</command> or "
1408"<command>lzma</command> as well as <filename>Release</filename> and "
1409"<filename>md5sum.txt</filename> files by default "
1410"(<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns</literal>). Additional "
1411"filename patterns can be added by listing them in "
1412"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns</literal>. It then writes to "
1413"stdout a Release file containing a MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 digest for each "
1414"file."
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1415msgstr ""
1416
1417#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1418#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:104
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1419msgid ""
1420"Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are taken from "
1421"the corresponding variables under "
1422"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release</literal>, "
1423"e.g. <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin</literal>. The supported "
1424"fields are: <literal>Origin</literal>, <literal>Label</literal>, "
1425"<literal>Suite</literal>, <literal>Version</literal>, "
1426"<literal>Codename</literal>, <literal>Date</literal>, "
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1427"<literal>Valid-Until</literal>, <literal>Architectures</literal>, "
1428"<literal>Components</literal>, <literal>Description</literal>."
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1429msgstr ""
1430
2a52e8c5 1431#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1432#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:117
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1433msgid ""
1434"The <literal>generate</literal> command is designed to be runnable from a "
1435"cron script and builds indexes according to the given config file. The "
1436"config language provides a flexible means of specifying which index files "
1437"are built from which directories, as well as providing a simple means of "
1438"maintaining the required settings."
1439msgstr ""
1440
2a52e8c5 1441#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1442#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:126
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1443msgid ""
1444"The <literal>clean</literal> command tidies the databases used by the given "
1445"configuration file by removing any records that are no longer necessary."
1446msgstr ""
1447
1448#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
c77d6597 1449#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:132
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1450msgid "The Generate Configuration"
1451msgstr ""
1452
1453#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1454#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:134
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1455msgid ""
1456"The <literal>generate</literal> command uses a configuration file to "
1457"describe the archives that are going to be generated. It follows the typical "
1458"ISC configuration format as seen in ISC tools like bind 8 and dhcpd. "
1459"&apt-conf; contains a description of the syntax. Note that the generate "
1460"configuration is parsed in sectional manner, but &apt-conf; is parsed in a "
1461"tree manner. This only effects how the scope tag is handled."
1462msgstr ""
1463
1464#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1465#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:142
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1466msgid "The generate configuration has 4 separate sections, each described below."
1467msgstr ""
1468
1469#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
c77d6597 1470#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:144
aec22160 1471msgid "<literal>Dir</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
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1472msgstr ""
1473
1474#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1475#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:146
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1476msgid ""
1477"The <literal>Dir</literal> section defines the standard directories needed "
1478"to locate the files required during the generation process. These "
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1479"directories are prepended certain relative paths defined in later sections "
1480"to produce a complete an absolute path."
2a52e8c5
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1481msgstr ""
1482
2a52e8c5 1483#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1484#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:153
2a52e8c5
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1485msgid ""
1486"Specifies the root of the FTP archive, in a standard Debian configuration "
1487"this is the directory that contains the <filename>ls-LR</filename> and dist "
1488"nodes."
1489msgstr ""
1490
2a52e8c5 1491#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1492#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:160
2a52e8c5
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1493msgid "Specifies the location of the override files."
1494msgstr ""
1495
2a52e8c5 1496#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1497#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:165
2a52e8c5
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1498msgid "Specifies the location of the cache files"
1499msgstr ""
1500
2a52e8c5 1501#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1502#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:170
2a52e8c5
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1503msgid ""
1504"Specifies the location of the file list files, if the "
1505"<literal>FileList</literal> setting is used below."
1506msgstr ""
1507
1508#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
c77d6597 1509#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:176
aec22160 1510msgid "<literal>Default</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
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1511msgstr ""
1512
1513#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1514#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:178
2a52e8c5
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1515msgid ""
1516"The <literal>Default</literal> section specifies default values, and "
1517"settings that control the operation of the generator. Other sections may "
1518"override these defaults with a per-section setting."
1519msgstr ""
1520
2a52e8c5 1521#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1522#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:184
2a52e8c5
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1523msgid ""
1524"Sets the default compression schemes to use for the Package index files. It "
1525"is a string that contains a space separated list of at least one of: '.' (no "
1526"compression), 'gzip' and 'bzip2'. The default for all compression schemes is "
1527"'. gzip'."
1528msgstr ""
1529
2a52e8c5 1530#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1531#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:192
2a52e8c5
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1532msgid ""
1533"Sets the default list of file extensions that are package files. This "
1534"defaults to '.deb'."
1535msgstr ""
1536
2a52e8c5 1537#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1538#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:198
2a52e8c5
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1539msgid ""
1540"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
1541"controls the compression for the Sources files."
1542msgstr ""
1543
2a52e8c5 1544#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1545#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:204
2a52e8c5
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1546msgid ""
1547"Sets the default list of file extensions that are source files. This "
1548"defaults to '.dsc'."
1549msgstr ""
1550
2a52e8c5 1551#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1552#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:210
2a52e8c5
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1553msgid ""
1554"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
1555"controls the compression for the Contents files."
1556msgstr ""
1557
2a52e8c5 1558#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1559#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:216
2a52e8c5 1560msgid ""
b81dbe40
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1561"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
1562"controls the compression for the Translation-en master file."
1563msgstr ""
1564
b81dbe40 1565#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1566#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:222
b81dbe40 1567msgid ""
2a52e8c5
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1568"Specifies the number of kilobytes to delink (and replace with hard links) "
1569"per run. This is used in conjunction with the per-section "
1570"<literal>External-Links</literal> setting."
1571msgstr ""
1572
2a52e8c5 1573#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1574#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:229
2a52e8c5
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1575msgid ""
1576"Specifies the mode of all created index files. It defaults to 0644. All "
1577"index files are set to this mode with no regard to the umask."
1578msgstr ""
1579
b81dbe40 1580#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1581#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:236 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:382
b81dbe40
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1582msgid ""
1583"Sets if long descriptions should be included in the Packages file or split "
1584"out into a master Translation-en file."
1585msgstr ""
1586
2a52e8c5 1587#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
c77d6597 1588#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:242
aec22160 1589msgid "<literal>TreeDefault</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
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1590msgstr ""
1591
1592#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1593#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:244
2a52e8c5
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1594msgid ""
1595"Sets defaults specific to <literal>Tree</literal> sections. All of these "
1596"variables are substitution variables and have the strings $(DIST), "
1597"$(SECTION) and $(ARCH) replaced with their respective values."
1598msgstr ""
1599
2a52e8c5 1600#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1601#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:251
2a52e8c5
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1602msgid ""
1603"Sets the number of kilobytes of contents files that are generated each "
1604"day. The contents files are round-robined so that over several days they "
1605"will all be rebuilt."
1606msgstr ""
1607
2a52e8c5 1608#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1609#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:258
2a52e8c5
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1610msgid ""
1611"Controls the number of days a contents file is allowed to be checked without "
1612"changing. If this limit is passed the mtime of the contents file is "
1613"updated. This case can occur if the package file is changed in such a way "
1614"that does not result in a new contents file [override edit for instance]. A "
1615"hold off is allowed in hopes that new .debs will be installed, requiring a "
1616"new file anyhow. The default is 10, the units are in days."
1617msgstr ""
1618
2a52e8c5 1619#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1620#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:269
2a52e8c5
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1621msgid ""
1622"Sets the top of the .deb directory tree. Defaults to "
1623"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/</filename>"
1624msgstr ""
1625
2a52e8c5 1626#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1627#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:275
2a52e8c5
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1628msgid ""
1629"Sets the top of the source package directory tree. Defaults to "
1630"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/</filename>"
1631msgstr ""
1632
2a52e8c5 1633#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1634#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:281
2a52e8c5
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1635msgid ""
1636"Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to "
1637"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/Packages</filename>"
1638msgstr ""
1639
2a52e8c5 1640#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1641#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:287
2a52e8c5 1642msgid ""
b39c1859 1643"Sets the output Sources file. Defaults to "
2a52e8c5
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1644"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/Sources</filename>"
1645msgstr ""
1646
b81dbe40 1647#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1648#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:293
b81dbe40
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1649msgid ""
1650"Set the output Translation-en master file with the long descriptions if they "
1651"should be not included in the Packages file. Defaults to "
1652"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/i18n/Translation-en</filename>"
1653msgstr ""
1654
2a52e8c5 1655#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1656#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:300
2a52e8c5
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1657msgid ""
1658"Sets the path prefix that causes a symlink to be considered an internal link "
1659"instead of an external link. Defaults to "
1660"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/</filename>"
1661msgstr ""
1662
2a52e8c5 1663#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1664#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:307
2a52e8c5
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1665msgid ""
1666"Sets the output Contents file. Defaults to "
1667"<filename>$(DIST)/Contents-$(ARCH)</filename>. If this setting causes "
1668"multiple Packages files to map onto a single Contents file (such as the "
1669"default) then <command>apt-ftparchive</command> will integrate those "
1670"package files together automatically."
1671msgstr ""
1672
2a52e8c5 1673#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1674#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:316
2a52e8c5
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1675msgid "Sets header file to prepend to the contents output."
1676msgstr ""
1677
2a52e8c5 1678#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1679#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:321
2a52e8c5
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1680msgid ""
1681"Sets the binary cache database to use for this section. Multiple sections "
1682"can share the same database."
1683msgstr ""
1684
2a52e8c5 1685#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1686#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:327
2a52e8c5
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1687msgid ""
1688"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
1689"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
1690"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory."
1691msgstr ""
1692
2a52e8c5 1693#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1694#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:334
2a52e8c5
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1695msgid ""
1696"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
1697"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
1698"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory. "
1699"This is used when processing source indexes."
1700msgstr ""
1701
1702#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
c77d6597 1703#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:342
aec22160 1704msgid "<literal>Tree</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
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1705msgstr ""
1706
1707#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1708#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:344
2a52e8c5
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1709msgid ""
1710"The <literal>Tree</literal> section defines a standard Debian file tree "
1711"which consists of a base directory, then multiple sections in that base "
1712"directory and finally multiple Architectures in each section. The exact "
1713"pathing used is defined by the <literal>Directory</literal> substitution "
1714"variable."
1715msgstr ""
1716
1717#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1718#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:349
2a52e8c5
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1719msgid ""
1720"The <literal>Tree</literal> section takes a scope tag which sets the "
1721"<literal>$(DIST)</literal> variable and defines the root of the tree (the "
1722"path is prefixed by <literal>ArchiveDir</literal>). Typically this is a "
b6c6b52f 1723"setting such as <filename>dists/&stable-codename;</filename>."
2a52e8c5
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1724msgstr ""
1725
1726#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1727#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:354
2a52e8c5
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1728msgid ""
1729"All of the settings defined in the <literal>TreeDefault</literal> section "
1730"can be use in a <literal>Tree</literal> section as well as three new "
1731"variables."
1732msgstr ""
1733
b39c1859 1734#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
c77d6597 1735#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:360
2a52e8c5
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1736#, no-wrap
1737msgid ""
1738"for i in Sections do \n"
1739" for j in Architectures do\n"
1740" Generate for DIST=scope SECTION=i ARCH=j\n"
b39c1859
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1741" "
1742msgstr ""
1743
1744#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1745#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:357
b39c1859
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1746msgid ""
1747"When processing a <literal>Tree</literal> section "
1748"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> performs an operation similar to: "
1749"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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1750msgstr ""
1751
2a52e8c5 1752#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1753#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:368
2a52e8c5
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1754msgid ""
1755"This is a space separated list of sections which appear under the "
1756"distribution, typically this is something like <literal>main contrib "
1757"non-free</literal>"
1758msgstr ""
1759
2a52e8c5 1760#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1761#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:375
2a52e8c5
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1762msgid ""
1763"This is a space separated list of all the architectures that appear under "
1764"search section. The special architecture 'source' is used to indicate that "
1765"this tree has a source archive."
1766msgstr ""
1767
2a52e8c5 1768#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1769#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:388
2a52e8c5
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1770msgid ""
1771"Sets the binary override file. The override file contains section, priority "
1772"and maintainer address information."
1773msgstr ""
1774
2a52e8c5 1775#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1776#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:394
2a52e8c5
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1777msgid ""
1778"Sets the source override file. The override file contains section "
1779"information."
1780msgstr ""
1781
2a52e8c5 1782#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1783#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:400 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:446
2a52e8c5
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1784msgid "Sets the binary extra override file."
1785msgstr ""
1786
2a52e8c5 1787#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1788#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:405 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:451
2a52e8c5
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1789msgid "Sets the source extra override file."
1790msgstr ""
1791
1792#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
c77d6597 1793#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:410
aec22160 1794msgid "<literal>BinDirectory</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
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1795msgstr ""
1796
1797#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
c77d6597 1798#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:412
2a52e8c5
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1799msgid ""
1800"The <literal>bindirectory</literal> section defines a binary directory tree "
1801"with no special structure. The scope tag specifies the location of the "
1802"binary directory and the settings are similar to the <literal>Tree</literal> "
1803"section with no substitution variables or "
1804"<literal>Section</literal><literal>Architecture</literal> settings."
1805msgstr ""
1806
1807#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1808#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:420
2a52e8c5
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1809msgid "Sets the Packages file output."
1810msgstr ""
1811
1812#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1813#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:425
2a52e8c5
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1814msgid ""
1815"Sets the Sources file output. At least one of <literal>Packages</literal> or "
1816"<literal>Sources</literal> is required."
1817msgstr ""
1818
1819#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1820#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:431
2a52e8c5
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1821msgid "Sets the Contents file output. (optional)"
1822msgstr ""
1823
1824#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1825#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:436
2a52e8c5
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1826msgid "Sets the binary override file."
1827msgstr ""
1828
1829#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1830#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:441
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1831msgid "Sets the source override file."
1832msgstr ""
1833
1834#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1835#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:456
2a52e8c5
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1836msgid "Sets the cache DB."
1837msgstr ""
1838
2a52e8c5 1839#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1840#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:461
2a52e8c5
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1841msgid "Appends a path to all the output paths."
1842msgstr ""
1843
2a52e8c5 1844#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1845#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:466
2a52e8c5
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1846msgid "Specifies the file list file."
1847msgstr ""
1848
1849#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
c77d6597 1850#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:473
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1851msgid "The Binary Override File"
1852msgstr ""
1853
1854#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1855#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:474
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1856msgid ""
1857"The binary override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scanpackages;. It "
1858"contains 4 fields separated by spaces. The first field is the package name, "
1859"the second is the priority to force that package to, the third is the the "
1860"section to force that package to and the final field is the maintainer "
1861"permutation field."
1862msgstr ""
1863
1864#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
c77d6597 1865#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:480
2a52e8c5
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1866#, no-wrap
1867msgid "old [// oldn]* => new"
1868msgstr ""
1869
1870#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
c77d6597 1871#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:482
2a52e8c5
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1872#, no-wrap
1873msgid "new"
1874msgstr ""
1875
1876#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1877#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:479
2a52e8c5
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1878msgid ""
1879"The general form of the maintainer field is: <placeholder "
1880"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> or simply, <placeholder "
1881"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"1\"/> The first form allows a double-slash "
1882"separated list of old email addresses to be specified. If any of those are "
1883"found then new is substituted for the maintainer field. The second form "
1884"unconditionally substitutes the maintainer field."
1885msgstr ""
1886
1887#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
c77d6597 1888#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:490
2a52e8c5
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1889msgid "The Source Override File"
1890msgstr ""
1891
1892#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1893#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:492
2a52e8c5
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1894msgid ""
1895"The source override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scansources;. It "
1896"contains 2 fields separated by spaces. The first fields is the source "
1897"package name, the second is the section to assign it."
1898msgstr ""
1899
1900#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
c77d6597 1901#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:497
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1902msgid "The Extra Override File"
1903msgstr ""
1904
1905#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 1906#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:499
2a52e8c5
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1907msgid ""
1908"The extra override file allows any arbitrary tag to be added or replaced in "
1909"the output. It has 3 columns, the first is the package, the second is the "
1910"tag and the remainder of the line is the new value."
1911msgstr ""
1912
2a52e8c5 1913#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1914#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:510
2a52e8c5 1915msgid ""
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1916"Generate the given checksum. These options default to on, when turned off "
1917"the generated index files will not have the checksum fields where possible. "
1918"Configuration Items: "
1919"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> and "
1920"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Index</replaceable>::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> "
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1921"where <literal><replaceable>Index</replaceable></literal> can be "
1922"<literal>Packages</literal>, <literal>Sources</literal> or "
1923"<literal>Release</literal> and "
1924"<literal><replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> can be "
1925"<literal>MD5</literal>, <literal>SHA1</literal> or "
1926"<literal>SHA256</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1927msgstr ""
1928
2a52e8c5 1929#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1930#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:521
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1931msgid ""
1932"Use a binary caching DB. This has no effect on the generate command. "
1933"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DB</literal>."
1934msgstr ""
1935
1936#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1937#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:527
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1938msgid ""
1939"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
1940"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
1941"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
1942"file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
1943msgstr ""
1944
2a52e8c5 1945#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1946#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:535
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1947msgid ""
1948"Perform Delinking. If the <literal>External-Links</literal> setting is used "
1949"then this option actually enables delinking of the files. It defaults to on "
1950"and can be turned off with <option>--no-delink</option>. Configuration "
1951"Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DeLinkAct</literal>."
1952msgstr ""
1953
2a52e8c5 1954#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1955#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:543
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1956msgid ""
1957"Perform contents generation. When this option is set and package indexes are "
1958"being generated with a cache DB then the file listing will also be extracted "
1959"and stored in the DB for later use. When using the generate command this "
1960"option also allows the creation of any Contents files. The default is on. "
1961"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Contents</literal>."
1962msgstr ""
1963
2a52e8c5 1964#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1965#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:553
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1966msgid ""
1967"Select the source override file to use with the <literal>sources</literal> "
1968"command. Configuration Item: "
1969"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::SourceOverride</literal>."
1970msgstr ""
1971
2a52e8c5 1972#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1973#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:559
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1974msgid ""
1975"Make the caching databases read only. Configuration Item: "
1976"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>."
1977msgstr ""
1978
43be0ac4 1979#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1980#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:564
43be0ac4 1981msgid ""
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1982"Accept in the <literal>packages</literal> and <literal>contents</literal> "
1983"commands only package files matching <literal>*_arch.deb</literal> or "
1984"<literal>*_all.deb</literal> instead of all package files in the given "
1985"path. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Architecture</literal>."
1986msgstr ""
1987
0fd68707 1988#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 1989#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:572
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1990msgid ""
1991"&apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in a cachedb. If "
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1992"packages are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this "
1993"will lead to problems as the now outdated cached metadata like size and "
1994"checksums will be used. With this option enabled this will no longer happen "
1995"as it will be checked if the file was changed. Note that this option is set "
1996"to \"<literal>false</literal>\" by default as it is not recommend to upload "
1997"multiply versions/builds of a package with the same versionnumber, so in "
1998"theory nobody will have these problems and therefore all these extra checks "
1999"are useless."
2000msgstr ""
2001
b39c1859 2002#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2003#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:584
b39c1859 2004msgid ""
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2005"This configuration option defaults to \"<literal>true</literal>\" and should "
2006"only be set to <literal>\"false\"</literal> if the Archive generated with "
2007"&apt-ftparchive; also provides <filename>Translation</filename> files. Note "
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2008"that the <filename>Translation-en</filename> master file can only be created "
2009"in the generate command."
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2010msgstr ""
2011
2a52e8c5 2012#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
aec22160 2013#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:596 apt.conf.5.xml:1112 apt_preferences.5.xml:545 sources.list.5.xml:211
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2014msgid "Examples"
2015msgstr ""
2016
2017#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><programlisting>
c77d6597 2018#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:602
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2019#, no-wrap
2020msgid ""
2021"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> packages "
2022"<replaceable>directory</replaceable> | <command>gzip</command> > "
2023"<filename>Packages.gz</filename>\n"
2024msgstr ""
2025
2026#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 2027#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:598
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2028msgid ""
2029"To create a compressed Packages file for a directory containing binary "
2030"packages (.deb): <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2031msgstr ""
2032
2033#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 2034#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:612
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2035msgid ""
2036"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
2037"100 on error."
2038msgstr ""
2039
2a52e8c5 2040#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 2041#: apt-get.8.xml:33
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2042msgid "APT package handling utility -- command-line interface"
2043msgstr ""
2044
2a52e8c5 2045#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 2046#: apt-get.8.xml:39
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2047msgid ""
2048"<command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, "
2049"and may be considered the user's \"back-end\" to other tools using the APT "
2050"library. Several \"front-end\" interfaces exist, such as &dselect;, "
b6c6b52f 2051"&aptitude;, &synaptic; and &wajig;."
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2052msgstr ""
2053
2a52e8c5 2054#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2055#: apt-get.8.xml:49
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2056msgid ""
2057"<literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files "
2058"from their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the "
2059"location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. For "
2060"example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and scans the "
2061"<filename>Packages.gz</filename> files, so that information about new and "
2062"updated packages is available. An <literal>update</literal> should always be "
2063"performed before an <literal>upgrade</literal> or "
2064"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal>. Please be aware that the overall progress "
2065"meter will be incorrect as the size of the package files cannot be known in "
2066"advance."
2067msgstr ""
2068
2a52e8c5 2069#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2070#: apt-get.8.xml:61
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2071msgid ""
2072"<literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all "
2073"packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in "
2074"<filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed "
2075"with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no "
2076"circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not "
2077"already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently "
2078"installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install "
2079"status of another package will be left at their current version. An "
2080"<literal>update</literal> must be performed first so that "
2081"<command>apt-get</command> knows that new versions of packages are "
2082"available."
2083msgstr ""
2084
2a52e8c5 2085#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2086#: apt-get.8.xml:74
2a52e8c5 2087msgid ""
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2088"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of "
2089"<literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies "
2090"with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a \"smart\" "
2091"conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most "
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2092"important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The "
2093"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> command may therefore remove some packages. "
2094"The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of "
2095"locations from which to retrieve desired package files. See also "
2096"&apt-preferences; for a mechanism for overriding the general settings for "
2097"individual packages."
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2098msgstr ""
2099
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2100#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2101#: apt-get.8.xml:87
2102msgid ""
2103"<literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> is used in conjunction with the "
2104"traditional Debian packaging front-end, "
2105"&dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> follows the changes made by "
2106"&dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal> field of available packages, and "
2107"performs the actions necessary to realize that state (for instance, the "
2108"removal of old and the installation of new packages)."
2109msgstr ""
2110
2a52e8c5 2111#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2112#: apt-get.8.xml:98
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2113msgid ""
2114"<literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more packages desired for "
2115"installation or upgrading. Each package is a package name, not a fully "
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2116"qualified filename (for instance, in a Debian system, "
2117"<package>apt-utils</package> would be the argument provided, not "
2118"<filename>apt-utils_&apt-product-version;_amd64.deb</filename>). All "
2119"packages required by the package(s) specified for installation will also be "
2120"retrieved and installed. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> "
2121"file is used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is appended to the "
2122"package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be "
2123"removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate "
2124"a package to install. These latter features may be used to override "
2125"decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system."
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2126msgstr ""
2127
2128#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2129#: apt-get.8.xml:116
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2130msgid ""
2131"A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by "
2132"following the package name with an equals and the version of the package to "
2133"select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for "
2134"install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by following "
2135"the package name with a slash and the version of the distribution or the "
2136"Archive name (stable, testing, unstable)."
2137msgstr ""
2138
2139#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2140#: apt-get.8.xml:123
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2141msgid ""
2142"Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must be "
2143"used with care."
2144msgstr ""
2145
2146#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2147#: apt-get.8.xml:126
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2148msgid ""
2149"This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or more "
2150"already-installed packages without upgrading every package you have on your "
2151"system. Unlike the \"upgrade\" target, which installs the newest version of "
2152"all currently installed packages, \"install\" will install the newest "
2153"version of only the package(s) specified. Simply provide the name of the "
2154"package(s) you wish to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and "
2155"its dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and installed."
2156msgstr ""
2157
2158#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2159#: apt-get.8.xml:137
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2160msgid ""
2161"Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to create an alternative "
2162"installation policy for individual packages."
2163msgstr ""
2164
2165#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2166#: apt-get.8.xml:141
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2167msgid ""
2168"If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one "
2169"of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression, and "
2170"it is applied to all package names in the database. Any matches are then "
2171"installed (or removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' "
2172"matches 'how-lo' and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular "
2173"expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular "
2174"expression."
2175msgstr ""
2176
2a52e8c5 2177#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2178#: apt-get.8.xml:151
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2179msgid ""
2180"<literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except "
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2181"that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package "
2182"leaves its configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to "
2183"the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be "
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2184"installed instead of removed."
2185msgstr ""
2186
2a52e8c5 2187#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2188#: apt-get.8.xml:159
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2189msgid ""
2190"<literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except "
2191"that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted "
2192"too)."
2193msgstr ""
2194
2a52e8c5 2195#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2196#: apt-get.8.xml:164
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2197msgid ""
2198"<literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source "
2199"packages. APT will examine the available packages to decide which source "
2200"package to fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory "
2e30ddbe 2201"the newest available version of that source package while respecting the "
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2202"default release, set with the option "
2203"<literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>, the <option>-t</option> option or "
82cb5862 2204"per package with the <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible."
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2205msgstr ""
2206
2207#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2208#: apt-get.8.xml:172
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2209msgid ""
2210"Source packages are tracked separately from binary packages via "
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2211"<literal>deb-src</literal> lines in the &sources-list; file. This means that "
2212"you will need to add such a line for each repository you want to get sources "
2213"from; otherwise you will probably get either the wrong (too old/too new) "
2214"source versions or none at all."
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2215msgstr ""
2216
2217#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2218#: apt-get.8.xml:178
bcf91c1b 2219msgid ""
43be0ac4 2220"If the <option>--compile</option> option is specified then the package will "
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2221"be compiled to a binary .deb using <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> for "
2222"the architecture as defined by the <command>--host-architecture</command> "
2223"option. If <option>--download-only</option> is specified then the source "
2224"package will not be unpacked."
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2225msgstr ""
2226
2227#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2228#: apt-get.8.xml:185
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2229msgid ""
2230"A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name "
2231"with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism used "
2232"for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source package "
2233"name and version, implicitly enabling the "
2234"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option."
2235msgstr ""
2236
2237#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2238#: apt-get.8.xml:191
2a52e8c5 2239msgid ""
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2240"Note that source packages are not installed and tracked in the "
2241"<command>dpkg</command> database like binary packages; they are simply "
2242"downloaded to the current directory, like source tarballs."
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2243msgstr ""
2244
2a52e8c5 2245#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2246#: apt-get.8.xml:197
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2247msgid ""
2248"<literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an "
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2249"attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default "
2250"the dependencies are satisfied to build the package natively. If desired a "
2251"host-architecture can be specified with the "
2252"<option>--host-architecture</option> option instead."
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2253msgstr ""
2254
2a52e8c5 2255#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2256#: apt-get.8.xml:204
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2257msgid ""
2258"<literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache "
2259"and checks for broken dependencies."
2260msgstr ""
2261
2262#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2263#: apt-get.8.xml:209
2a52e8c5 2264msgid ""
30549c0c 2265"<literal>download</literal> will download the given binary package into the "
c77d6597 2266"current directory."
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2267msgstr ""
2268
2269#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2270#: apt-get.8.xml:215
30549c0c 2271msgid ""
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2272"<literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved "
2273"package files. It removes everything but the lock file from "
2274"<filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and "
2275"<filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>. When APT is used as a "
2276"&dselect; method, <literal>clean</literal> is run automatically. Those who "
2277"do not use dselect will likely want to run <literal>apt-get clean</literal> "
2278"from time to time to free up disk space."
2279msgstr ""
2280
2a52e8c5 2281#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2282#: apt-get.8.xml:225
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2283msgid ""
2284"Like <literal>clean</literal>, <literal>autoclean</literal> clears out the "
2285"local repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only "
2286"removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely "
2287"useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without it "
2288"growing out of control. The configuration option "
2289"<literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from "
2290"being erased if it is set to off."
2291msgstr ""
2292
2a52e8c5 2293#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2294#: apt-get.8.xml:235
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2295msgid ""
2296"<literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were "
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2297"automatically installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are "
2298"now no longer needed."
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2299msgstr ""
2300
2a52e8c5 2301#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2302#: apt-get.8.xml:240
2a52e8c5 2303msgid ""
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2304"<literal>changelog</literal> downloads a package changelog and displays it "
2305"through <command>sensible-pager</command>. The server name and base "
2306"directory is defined in the <literal>APT::Changelogs::Server</literal> "
2ad3eaf6 2307"variable (e.g. <ulink "
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2308"url=\"http://packages.debian.org/changelogs\">packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> "
2309"for Debian or <ulink "
2310"url=\"http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs\">changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> "
2311"for Ubuntu). By default it displays the changelog for the version that is "
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2312"installed. However, you can specify the same options as for the "
2313"<option>install</option> command."
2314msgstr ""
2315
30549c0c 2316#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2317#: apt-get.8.xml:263
30549c0c 2318msgid ""
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2319"Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing. "
2320"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>."
2321msgstr ""
2322
30549c0c 2323#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2324#: apt-get.8.xml:268
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2325msgid ""
2326"Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing. Configuration "
2327"Item: <literal>APT::Install-Suggests</literal>."
2328msgstr ""
2329
2a52e8c5 2330#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2331#: apt-get.8.xml:273
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2332msgid ""
2333"Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed. "
2334"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>."
2335msgstr ""
2336
2a52e8c5 2337#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2338#: apt-get.8.xml:278
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2339msgid ""
2340"Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place. This "
2341"option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages to permit APT "
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2342"to deduce a likely solution. If packages are specified, these have to "
2343"completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when "
2344"running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package "
2345"dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's dependency "
2346"structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention (which usually "
2347"means using &dselect; or <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some "
2348"of the offending packages). Use of this option together with "
2349"<option>-m</option> may produce an error in some situations. Configuration "
2350"Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>."
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2351msgstr ""
2352
2a52e8c5 2353#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2354#: apt-get.8.xml:293
2a52e8c5 2355msgid ""
2ad3eaf6 2356"Ignore missing packages; if packages cannot be retrieved or fail the "
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2357"integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back those "
2358"packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with "
2359"<option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is "
2360"selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the command "
2361"line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently held back. "
2362"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Missing</literal>."
2363msgstr ""
2364
2a52e8c5 2365#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2366#: apt-get.8.xml:304
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2367msgid ""
2368"Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with "
2369"<option>--ignore-missing</option> to force APT to use only the .debs it has "
2370"already downloaded. Configuration Item: "
2371"<literal>APT::Get::Download</literal>."
2372msgstr ""
2373
2374#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2375#: apt-get.8.xml:311
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2376msgid ""
2377"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
2378"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
2379"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
2ad3eaf6 2380"file. Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>; you should never "
2a52e8c5 2381"use -qq without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT "
2ad3eaf6 2382"may decide to do something you did not expect. Configuration Item: "
2a52e8c5
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2383"<literal>quiet</literal>."
2384msgstr ""
2385
2a52e8c5 2386#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2387#: apt-get.8.xml:326
2a52e8c5
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2388msgid ""
2389"No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not "
2390"actually change the system. Configuration Item: "
2391"<literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>."
2392msgstr ""
2393
2394#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2395#: apt-get.8.xml:330
2a52e8c5 2396msgid ""
2ad3eaf6
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2397"Simulated runs performed as a user will automatically deactivate locking "
2398"(<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal>), and if the option "
2399"<literal>APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note</literal> is set (as it is by "
2400"default) a notice will also be displayed indicating that this is only a "
2401"simulation. Runs performed as root do not trigger either NoLocking or the "
2402"notice - superusers should know what they are doing without further warnings "
2403"from <literal>apt-get</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2404msgstr ""
2405
2406#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2407#: apt-get.8.xml:338
2a52e8c5 2408msgid ""
2ad3eaf6
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2409"Simulated runs print out a series of lines, each representing a "
2410"<command>dpkg</command> operation: configure (<literal>Conf</literal>), "
2411"remove (<literal>Remv</literal>) or unpack "
2412"(<literal>Inst</literal>). Square brackets indicate broken packages, and "
2413"empty square brackets indicate breaks that are of no consequence (rare)."
2a52e8c5
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2414msgstr ""
2415
2a52e8c5 2416#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2417#: apt-get.8.xml:346
2a52e8c5
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2418msgid ""
2419"Automatic yes to prompts; assume \"yes\" as answer to all prompts and run "
2420"non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held "
2421"package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an "
2422"essential package occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort. "
2423"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>."
2424msgstr ""
2425
c77d6597
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2426#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2427#: apt-get.8.xml:354
2428msgid ""
2429"Automatic \"no\" to all prompts. Configuration Item: "
2430"<literal>APT::Get::Assume-No</literal>."
2431msgstr ""
2432
2a52e8c5 2433#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2434#: apt-get.8.xml:359
2a52e8c5 2435msgid ""
2ad3eaf6 2436"Show upgraded packages; print out a list of all packages that are to be "
2a52e8c5
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2437"upgraded. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>."
2438msgstr ""
2439
2a52e8c5 2440#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2441#: apt-get.8.xml:365
2a52e8c5
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2442msgid ""
2443"Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages. Configuration Item: "
2444"<literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>."
2445msgstr ""
2446
c77d6597
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2447#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2448#: apt-get.8.xml:371
2449msgid ""
2450"This option controls the architecture packages are built for by "
2451"<command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies "
2452"are satisfied. By default is it not set which means that the host "
2453"architecture is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by "
2454"<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>). Configuration Item: "
2455"<literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>"
2456msgstr ""
2457
2a52e8c5 2458#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2459#: apt-get.8.xml:381
2a52e8c5
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2460msgid ""
2461"Compile source packages after downloading them. Configuration Item: "
2462"<literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>."
2463msgstr ""
2464
2a52e8c5 2465#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2466#: apt-get.8.xml:386
2a52e8c5 2467msgid ""
2ad3eaf6 2468"Ignore package holds; this causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a "
2a52e8c5
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2469"hold placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with "
2470"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired "
2471"holds. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>."
2472msgstr ""
2473
2a52e8c5 2474#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2475#: apt-get.8.xml:393
2a52e8c5 2476msgid ""
2ad3eaf6 2477"Do not upgrade packages; when used in conjunction with "
2a52e8c5
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2478"<literal>install</literal>, <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent "
2479"packages on the command line from being upgraded if they are already "
2480"installed. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>."
2481msgstr ""
2482
2a52e8c5 2483#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2484#: apt-get.8.xml:400
2a52e8c5 2485msgid ""
2ad3eaf6 2486"Do not install new packages; when used in conjunction with "
c086ac18
DK
2487"<literal>install</literal>, <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will install "
2488"upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests to install "
2489"new packages. Configuration Item: "
2490"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>."
a7307a87
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2491msgstr ""
2492
a7307a87 2493#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2494#: apt-get.8.xml:408
a7307a87 2495msgid ""
2ad3eaf6 2496"Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue "
2a52e8c5
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2497"without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It should "
2498"not be used except in very special situations. Using "
2499"<literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system! "
2500"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>."
2501msgstr ""
2502
2a52e8c5 2503#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2504#: apt-get.8.xml:416
2a52e8c5
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2505msgid ""
2506"Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each URI "
2ad3eaf6 2507"will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected MD5 "
2a52e8c5
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2508"hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match the file "
2509"name on the remote site! This also works with the <literal>source</literal> "
2510"and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the "
2511"<literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it "
2512"is up to the user to decompress any compressed files. Configuration Item: "
2513"<literal>APT::Get::Print-URIs</literal>."
2514msgstr ""
2515
2a52e8c5 2516#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2517#: apt-get.8.xml:427
2a52e8c5
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2518msgid ""
2519"Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed. An asterisk "
2520"(\"*\") will be displayed next to packages which are scheduled to be "
b39c1859 2521"purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent to the "
2a52e8c5
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2522"<option>purge</option> command. Configuration Item: "
2523"<literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>."
2524msgstr ""
2525
2a52e8c5 2526#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2527#: apt-get.8.xml:435
2a52e8c5 2528msgid ""
2ad3eaf6 2529"Re-install packages that are already installed and at the newest version. "
2a52e8c5
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2530"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>."
2531msgstr ""
2532
2a52e8c5 2533#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c086ac18 2534#: apt-get.8.xml:440
2a52e8c5 2535msgid ""
2ad3eaf6
JR
2536"This option is on by default; use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to "
2537"turn it off. When it is on, <command>apt-get</command> will automatically "
2538"manage the contents of <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that "
2539"obsolete files are erased. The only reason to turn it off is if you "
2540"frequently change your sources list. Configuration Item: "
2a52e8c5
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2541"<literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>."
2542msgstr ""
2543
2a52e8c5 2544#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2545#: apt-get.8.xml:450
2a52e8c5 2546msgid ""
2ad3eaf6 2547"This option controls the default input to the policy engine; it creates a "
2a52e8c5
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2548"default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. This "
2549"overrides the general settings in "
2550"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>. Specifically pinned packages are "
2551"not affected by the value of this option. In short, this option lets you "
2552"have simple control over which distribution packages will be retrieved "
2553"from. Some common examples might be <option>-t '2.1*'</option>, <option>-t "
2554"unstable</option> or <option>-t sid</option>. Configuration Item: "
2555"<literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>; see also the &apt-preferences; "
2556"manual page."
2557msgstr ""
2558
2a52e8c5 2559#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2560#: apt-get.8.xml:465
2a52e8c5
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2561msgid ""
2562"Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered "
2ad3eaf6 2563"related to <option>--assume-yes</option>; where "
2a52e8c5
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2564"<option>--assume-yes</option> will answer yes to any prompt, "
2565"<option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no. Configuration Item: "
2566"<literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>."
2567msgstr ""
2568
2a52e8c5 2569#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2570#: apt-get.8.xml:472
2a52e8c5
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2571msgid ""
2572"If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without "
2573"prompting. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>."
2574msgstr ""
2575
2a52e8c5 2576#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2577#: apt-get.8.xml:478
2a52e8c5
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2578msgid ""
2579"If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or "
2ad3eaf6
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2580"<literal>remove</literal>, then this option acts like running the "
2581"<literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing unused dependency "
2a52e8c5
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2582"packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>."
2583msgstr ""
2584
2a52e8c5 2585#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2586#: apt-get.8.xml:485
2a52e8c5
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2587msgid ""
2588"Only has meaning for the <literal>source</literal> and "
2589"<literal>build-dep</literal> commands. Indicates that the given source "
2590"names are not to be mapped through the binary table. This means that if "
2591"this option is specified, these commands will only accept source package "
2592"names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names and looking "
2593"up the corresponding source package. Configuration Item: "
2594"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>."
2595msgstr ""
2596
2a52e8c5 2597#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2598#: apt-get.8.xml:496
2a52e8c5
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2599msgid ""
2600"Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive. Configuration "
2601"Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, "
2602"<literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and "
2603"<literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>."
2604msgstr ""
2605
2a52e8c5 2606#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2607#: apt-get.8.xml:502
2a52e8c5
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2608msgid ""
2609"Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies. Configuration Item: "
2610"<literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>."
2611msgstr ""
2612
2a52e8c5 2613#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2ad3eaf6 2614#: apt-get.8.xml:507
2a52e8c5
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2615msgid ""
2616"Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it. This "
2617"is useful for tools like pbuilder. Configuration Item: "
2618"<literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>."
2619msgstr ""
2620
2a52e8c5 2621#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2ad3eaf6 2622#: apt-get.8.xml:529
2a52e8c5
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2623msgid ""
2624"&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, "
2625"&apt-config;, &apt-secure;, The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, "
2626"&apt-preferences;, the APT Howto."
2627msgstr ""
2628
2629#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2ad3eaf6 2630#: apt-get.8.xml:535
2a52e8c5
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2631msgid ""
2632"<command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on "
2633"error."
2634msgstr ""
2635
2a52e8c5 2636#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
45fb8bf7 2637#: apt-key.8.xml:32
2a52e8c5
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2638msgid "APT key management utility"
2639msgstr ""
2640
2a52e8c5 2641#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2642#: apt-key.8.xml:39
2a52e8c5
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2643msgid ""
2644"<command>apt-key</command> is used to manage the list of keys used by apt to "
2645"authenticate packages. Packages which have been authenticated using these "
2646"keys will be considered trusted."
2647msgstr ""
2648
2649#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
45fb8bf7 2650#: apt-key.8.xml:45
2a52e8c5
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2651msgid "Commands"
2652msgstr ""
2653
2a52e8c5 2654#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2655#: apt-key.8.xml:50
2a52e8c5 2656msgid ""
c086ac18
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2657"Add a new key to the list of trusted keys. The key is read from the "
2658"filename given with the parameter &synopsis-param-filename; or if the "
2659"filename is <literal>-</literal> from standard input."
2a52e8c5
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2660msgstr ""
2661
2a52e8c5 2662#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2663#: apt-key.8.xml:63
2a52e8c5
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2664msgid "Remove a key from the list of trusted keys."
2665msgstr ""
2666
2a52e8c5 2667#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2668#: apt-key.8.xml:74
c77d6597 2669msgid "Output the key &synopsis-param-keyid; to standard output."
2a52e8c5
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2670msgstr ""
2671
2a52e8c5 2672#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2673#: apt-key.8.xml:85
2a52e8c5
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2674msgid "Output all trusted keys to standard output."
2675msgstr ""
2676
2a52e8c5 2677#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2678#: apt-key.8.xml:96
2a52e8c5
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2679msgid "List trusted keys."
2680msgstr ""
2681
2a52e8c5 2682#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2683#: apt-key.8.xml:107
2a52e8c5
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2684msgid "List fingerprints of trusted keys."
2685msgstr ""
2686
2a52e8c5 2687#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2688#: apt-key.8.xml:118
2a52e8c5
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2689msgid ""
2690"Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you can download the "
2691"public key."
2692msgstr ""
2693
2694#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2695#: apt-key.8.xml:130
2a52e8c5 2696msgid ""
c77d6597
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2697"Update the local keyring with the archive keyring and remove from the local "
2698"keyring the archive keys which are no longer valid. The archive keyring is "
2699"shipped in the <literal>archive-keyring</literal> package of your "
2700"distribution, e.g. the <literal>debian-archive-keyring</literal> package in "
2701"Debian."
2a52e8c5
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2702msgstr ""
2703
782486e8 2704#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2705#: apt-key.8.xml:144
782486e8 2706msgid ""
c77d6597
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2707"Work similar to the <command>update</command> command above, but get the "
2708"archive keyring from an URI instead and validate it against a master key. "
2709"This requires an installed &wget; and an APT build configured to have a "
2710"server to fetch from and a master keyring to validate. APT in Debian does "
2711"not support this command and relies on <command>update</command> instead, "
2712"but Ubuntu's APT does."
782486e8
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2713msgstr ""
2714
b39c1859 2715#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2716#: apt-key.8.xml:161
b39c1859
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2717msgid ""
2718"Note that options need to be defined before the commands described in the "
2719"previous section."
2720msgstr ""
2721
2a52e8c5 2722#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2723#: apt-key.8.xml:164
b39c1859
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2724msgid ""
2725"With this option it is possible to specify a specific keyring file the "
2726"command should operate on. The default is that a command is executed on the "
2727"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> file as well as on all parts in the "
c77d6597 2728"<filename>trusted.gpg.d</filename> directory, though "
b39c1859
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2729"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> is the primary keyring which means that "
2730"e.g. new keys are added to this one."
2731msgstr ""
2732
2a52e8c5 2733#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
45fb8bf7 2734#: apt-key.8.xml:179
2a52e8c5
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2735msgid "<filename>/etc/apt/trustdb.gpg</filename>"
2736msgstr ""
2737
2738#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2739#: apt-key.8.xml:180
2a52e8c5
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2740msgid "Local trust database of archive keys."
2741msgstr ""
2742
2743#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
45fb8bf7 2744#: apt-key.8.xml:183
2a52e8c5
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2745msgid "<filename>/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg</filename>"
2746msgstr ""
2747
2748#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2749#: apt-key.8.xml:184
2a52e8c5
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2750msgid "Keyring of Debian archive trusted keys."
2751msgstr ""
2752
2753#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
45fb8bf7 2754#: apt-key.8.xml:187
2a52e8c5
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2755msgid "<filename>/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-removed-keys.gpg</filename>"
2756msgstr ""
2757
2758#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2759#: apt-key.8.xml:188
2a52e8c5
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2760msgid "Keyring of Debian archive removed trusted keys."
2761msgstr ""
2762
2763#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2764#: apt-key.8.xml:197
2a52e8c5
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2765msgid "&apt-get;, &apt-secure;"
2766msgstr ""
2767
2a52e8c5 2768#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 2769#: apt-mark.8.xml:33
2a52e8c5
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2770msgid "mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed"
2771msgstr ""
2772
2a52e8c5 2773#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 2774#: apt-mark.8.xml:39
2a52e8c5
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2775msgid ""
2776"<command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has been marked as "
2777"being automatically installed."
2778msgstr ""
2779
2780#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 2781#: apt-mark.8.xml:43
2a52e8c5
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2782msgid ""
2783"When you request that a package is installed, and as a result other packages "
2784"are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the dependencies are marked as "
2785"being automatically installed. Once these automatically installed packages "
2786"are no longer depended on by any manually installed packages, they will be "
bcf91c1b 2787"removed by e.g. <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>."
2a52e8c5
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2788msgstr ""
2789
2a52e8c5 2790#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2791#: apt-mark.8.xml:52
2a52e8c5 2792msgid ""
782486e8 2793"<literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a package as being automatically "
2a52e8c5
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2794"installed, which will cause the package to be removed when no more manually "
2795"installed packages depend on this package."
2796msgstr ""
2797
2a52e8c5 2798#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2799#: apt-mark.8.xml:60
2a52e8c5 2800msgid ""
782486e8 2801"<literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a package as being manually "
2a52e8c5
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2802"installed, which will prevent the package from being automatically removed "
2803"if no other packages depend on it."
2804msgstr ""
2805
bcf91c1b 2806#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2807#: apt-mark.8.xml:68
bcf91c1b 2808msgid ""
782486e8
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2809"<literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a package as hold back, which will "
2810"prevent the package from being automatically installed, upgraded or "
2811"removed. The command is only a wrapper around <command>dpkg "
2812"--set-selections</command> and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; "
d6aaf2a1 2813"and not effected by the <option>--file</option> option."
bcf91c1b
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2814msgstr ""
2815
782486e8 2816#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2817#: apt-mark.8.xml:78
782486e8
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2818msgid ""
2819"<literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a previously set hold on a "
2820"package to allow all actions again."
2a52e8c5
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2821msgstr ""
2822
2a52e8c5 2823#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2824#: apt-mark.8.xml:84
2a52e8c5 2825msgid ""
782486e8
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2826"<literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a list of automatically "
2827"installed packages with each package on a new line. All automatically "
2828"installed packages will be listed if no package is given. If packages are "
2829"given only those which are automatically installed will be shown."
2a52e8c5
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2830msgstr ""
2831
782486e8 2832#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2833#: apt-mark.8.xml:92
782486e8
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2834msgid ""
2835"<literal>showmanual</literal> can be used in the same way as "
2836"<literal>showauto</literal> except that it will print a list of manually "
2837"installed packages instead."
2a52e8c5
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2838msgstr ""
2839
2a52e8c5 2840#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 2841#: apt-mark.8.xml:99
782486e8
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2842msgid ""
2843"<literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list of packages on hold in "
2844"the same way as for the other show commands."
2a52e8c5
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2845msgstr ""
2846
2a52e8c5 2847#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2b9b27c3 2848#: apt-mark.8.xml:115
782486e8 2849msgid ""
2b9b27c3 2850"Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the parameter "
aec22160
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2851"&synopsis-param-filename; instead of from the default location, which is "
2852"<filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined by the "
2853"Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>."
bcf91c1b
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2854msgstr ""
2855
2a52e8c5 2856#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 2857#: apt-mark.8.xml:136
2a52e8c5
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2858msgid ""
2859"<command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on "
2860"error."
2861msgstr ""
2862
2a52e8c5 2863#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
45fb8bf7 2864#: apt-secure.8.xml:47
2a52e8c5
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2865msgid "Archive authentication support for APT"
2866msgstr ""
2867
2868#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2869#: apt-secure.8.xml:52
2a52e8c5
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2870msgid ""
2871"Starting with version 0.6, <command>apt</command> contains code that does "
2872"signature checking of the Release file for all archives. This ensures that "
2873"packages in the archive can't be modified by people who have no access to "
2874"the Release file signing key."
2875msgstr ""
2876
2877#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2878#: apt-secure.8.xml:60
2a52e8c5
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2879msgid ""
2880"If a package comes from a archive without a signature or with a signature "
2881"that apt does not have a key for that package is considered untrusted and "
2882"installing it will result in a big warning. <command>apt-get</command> will "
2883"currently only warn for unsigned archives, future releases might force all "
2884"sources to be verified before downloading packages from them."
2885msgstr ""
2886
2887#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2888#: apt-secure.8.xml:69
2a52e8c5
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2889msgid ""
2890"The package frontends &apt-get;, &aptitude; and &synaptic; support this new "
2891"authentication feature."
2892msgstr ""
2893
2894#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
45fb8bf7 2895#: apt-secure.8.xml:74
2a52e8c5
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2896msgid "Trusted archives"
2897msgstr ""
2898
2899#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2900#: apt-secure.8.xml:77
2a52e8c5
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2901msgid ""
2902"The chain of trust from an apt archive to the end user is made up of "
2903"different steps. <command>apt-secure</command> is the last step in this "
2904"chain, trusting an archive does not mean that the packages that you trust it "
2905"do not contain malicious code but means that you trust the archive "
43be0ac4 2906"maintainer. It's the archive maintainer responsibility to ensure that the "
2a52e8c5
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2907"archive integrity is correct."
2908msgstr ""
2909
2910#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2911#: apt-secure.8.xml:85
2a52e8c5
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2912msgid ""
2913"apt-secure does not review signatures at a package level. If you require "
2914"tools to do this you should look at <command>debsig-verify</command> and "
2915"<command>debsign</command> (provided in the debsig-verify and devscripts "
2916"packages respectively)."
2917msgstr ""
2918
2919#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2920#: apt-secure.8.xml:92
2a52e8c5
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2921msgid ""
2922"The chain of trust in Debian starts when a maintainer uploads a new package "
2923"or a new version of a package to the Debian archive. This upload in order to "
2924"become effective needs to be signed by a key of a maintainer within the "
2925"Debian maintainer's keyring (available in the debian-keyring "
2926"package). Maintainer's keys are signed by other maintainers following "
2927"pre-established procedures to ensure the identity of the key holder."
2928msgstr ""
2929
2930#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2931#: apt-secure.8.xml:102
2a52e8c5
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2932msgid ""
2933"Once the uploaded package is verified and included in the archive, the "
2934"maintainer signature is stripped off, an MD5 sum of the package is computed "
2935"and put in the Packages file. The MD5 sum of all of the packages files are "
2936"then computed and put into the Release file. The Release file is then signed "
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2937"by the archive key (which is created once a year) and distributed through "
2938"the FTP server. This key is also on the Debian keyring."
2a52e8c5
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2939msgstr ""
2940
2941#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2942#: apt-secure.8.xml:112
2a52e8c5
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2943msgid ""
2944"Any end user can check the signature of the Release file, extract the MD5 "
2945"sum of a package from it and compare it with the MD5 sum of the package he "
2946"downloaded. Prior to version 0.6 only the MD5 sum of the downloaded Debian "
2947"package was checked. Now both the MD5 sum and the signature of the Release "
2948"file are checked."
2949msgstr ""
2950
2951#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2952#: apt-secure.8.xml:119
2a52e8c5
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2953msgid ""
2954"Notice that this is distinct from checking signatures on a per package "
2955"basis. It is designed to prevent two possible attacks:"
2956msgstr ""
2957
2958#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2959#: apt-secure.8.xml:124
2a52e8c5
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2960msgid ""
2961"<literal>Network \"man in the middle\" attacks</literal>. Without signature "
2962"checking, a malicious agent can introduce himself in the package download "
2963"process and provide malicious software either by controlling a network "
2964"element (router, switch, etc.) or by redirecting traffic to a rogue server "
2965"(through arp or DNS spoofing attacks)."
2966msgstr ""
2967
2968#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 2969#: apt-secure.8.xml:132
2a52e8c5
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2970msgid ""
2971"<literal>Mirror network compromise</literal>. Without signature checking, a "
2972"malicious agent can compromise a mirror host and modify the files in it to "
2973"propagate malicious software to all users downloading packages from that "
2974"host."
2975msgstr ""
2976
2977#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2978#: apt-secure.8.xml:139
2a52e8c5
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2979msgid ""
2980"However, it does not defend against a compromise of the Debian master server "
2981"itself (which signs the packages) or against a compromise of the key used to "
2982"sign the Release files. In any case, this mechanism can complement a "
2983"per-package signature."
2984msgstr ""
2985
2986#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
45fb8bf7 2987#: apt-secure.8.xml:145
2a52e8c5
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2988msgid "User configuration"
2989msgstr ""
2990
2991#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 2992#: apt-secure.8.xml:147
2a52e8c5
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2993msgid ""
2994"<command>apt-key</command> is the program that manages the list of keys used "
2995"by apt. It can be used to add or remove keys although an installation of "
2996"this release will automatically provide the default Debian archive signing "
2997"keys used in the Debian package repositories."
2998msgstr ""
2999
3000#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3001#: apt-secure.8.xml:154
2a52e8c5
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3002msgid ""
3003"In order to add a new key you need to first download it (you should make "
3004"sure you are using a trusted communication channel when retrieving it), add "
3005"it with <command>apt-key</command> and then run <command>apt-get "
3006"update</command> so that apt can download and verify the "
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MV
3007"<filename>InRelease</filename> or <filename>Release.gpg</filename> files "
3008"from the archives you have configured."
2a52e8c5
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3009msgstr ""
3010
3011#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
45fb8bf7 3012#: apt-secure.8.xml:163
2a52e8c5
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3013msgid "Archive configuration"
3014msgstr ""
3015
3016#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3017#: apt-secure.8.xml:165
2a52e8c5
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3018msgid ""
3019"If you want to provide archive signatures in an archive under your "
3020"maintenance you have to:"
3021msgstr ""
3022
3023#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 3024#: apt-secure.8.xml:170
2a52e8c5 3025msgid ""
43be0ac4 3026"<emphasis>Create a toplevel Release file</emphasis>, if it does not exist "
2a52e8c5
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3027"already. You can do this by running <command>apt-ftparchive "
3028"release</command> (provided in apt-utils)."
3029msgstr ""
3030
3031#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 3032#: apt-secure.8.xml:175
2a52e8c5 3033msgid ""
30549c0c
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3034"<emphasis>Sign it</emphasis>. You can do this by running <command>gpg "
3035"--clearsign -o InRelease Release</command> and <command>gpg -abs -o "
3036"Release.gpg Release</command>."
2a52e8c5
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3037msgstr ""
3038
3039#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
45fb8bf7 3040#: apt-secure.8.xml:179
2a52e8c5 3041msgid ""
43be0ac4 3042"<emphasis>Publish the key fingerprint</emphasis>, that way your users will "
2a52e8c5
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3043"know what key they need to import in order to authenticate the files in the "
3044"archive."
3045msgstr ""
3046
3047#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3048#: apt-secure.8.xml:186
2a52e8c5
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3049msgid ""
3050"Whenever the contents of the archive changes (new packages are added or "
3051"removed) the archive maintainer has to follow the first two steps previously "
3052"outlined."
3053msgstr ""
3054
3055#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3056#: apt-secure.8.xml:194
2a52e8c5
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3057msgid ""
3058"&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-ftparchive;, "
3059"&debsign; &debsig-verify;, &gpg;"
3060msgstr ""
3061
3062#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3063#: apt-secure.8.xml:198
2a52e8c5
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3064msgid ""
3065"For more background information you might want to review the <ulink "
49206fad 3066"url=\"http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch7\">Debian "
2a52e8c5
DK
3067"Security Infrastructure</ulink> chapter of the Securing Debian Manual "
3068"(available also in the harden-doc package) and the <ulink "
3069"url=\"http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/strong_distro.html\" >Strong "
3070"Distribution HOWTO</ulink> by V. Alex Brennen."
3071msgstr ""
3072
3073#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
45fb8bf7 3074#: apt-secure.8.xml:211
2a52e8c5
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3075msgid "Manpage Authors"
3076msgstr ""
3077
3078#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
45fb8bf7 3079#: apt-secure.8.xml:213
2a52e8c5
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3080msgid ""
3081"This man-page is based on the work of Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Isaac "
3082"Jones, Colin Walters, Florian Weimer and Michael Vogt."
3083msgstr ""
3084
2a52e8c5 3085#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 3086#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:33
2a52e8c5
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3087msgid "Utility to sort package index files"
3088msgstr ""
3089
2a52e8c5 3090#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 3091#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:39
2a52e8c5
DK
3092msgid ""
3093"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> will take an index file (Source index or "
3094"Package index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package "
3095"name. It will also sort the internal fields of each record according to the "
3096"internal sorting rules."
3097msgstr ""
3098
3099#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 3100#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:45
2a52e8c5
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3101msgid "All output is sent to stdout, the input must be a seekable file."
3102msgstr ""
3103
2a52e8c5 3104#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
c77d6597 3105#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:54
2a52e8c5
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3106msgid ""
3107"Use Source index field ordering. Configuration Item: "
3108"<literal>APT::SortPkgs::Source</literal>."
3109msgstr ""
3110
3111#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 3112#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:68
2a52e8c5
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3113msgid ""
3114"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
3115"100 on error."
3116msgstr ""
3117
d5aa88bf
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3118#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><contrib>
3119#: apt.conf.5.xml:20
3120msgid "Initial documentation of Debug::*."
2a52e8c5
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3121msgstr ""
3122
89fd753d
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3123#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><email>
3124#: apt.conf.5.xml:21
3125msgid "dburrows@debian.org"
3126msgstr ""
3127
2a52e8c5 3128#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
89fd753d 3129#: apt.conf.5.xml:31 apt_preferences.5.xml:25 sources.list.5.xml:26
2a52e8c5
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3130msgid "5"
3131msgstr ""
3132
3133#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
89fd753d 3134#: apt.conf.5.xml:38
2a52e8c5
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3135msgid "Configuration file for APT"
3136msgstr ""
3137
3138#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3139#: apt.conf.5.xml:42
2a52e8c5
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3140msgid ""
3141"<filename>apt.conf</filename> is the main configuration file for the APT "
b39c1859
MV
3142"suite of tools, but by far not the only place changes to options can be "
3143"made. All tools therefore share the configuration files and also use a "
3144"common command line parser to provide a uniform environment."
3145msgstr ""
3146
3147#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><para>
89fd753d 3148#: apt.conf.5.xml:47
b39c1859
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3149msgid ""
3150"When an APT tool starts up it will read the configuration files in the "
3151"following order:"
3152msgstr ""
3153
3154#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3155#: apt.conf.5.xml:49
b39c1859
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3156msgid ""
3157"the file specified by the <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar> environment variable (if "
3158"any)"
3159msgstr ""
3160
3161#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3162#: apt.conf.5.xml:51
b39c1859
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3163msgid ""
3164"all files in <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal> in alphanumeric ascending "
c77d6597
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3165"order which have either no or \"<literal>conf</literal>\" as filename "
3166"extension and which only contain alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) "
3167"and period (.) characters. Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has "
3168"ignored a file if the file doesn't match a pattern in the "
30549c0c
MV
3169"<literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> configuration list - in this "
3170"case it will be silently ignored."
b39c1859
MV
3171msgstr ""
3172
3173#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3174#: apt.conf.5.xml:58
b39c1859
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3175msgid "the main configuration file specified by <literal>Dir::Etc::main</literal>"
3176msgstr ""
3177
3178#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3179#: apt.conf.5.xml:60
b39c1859
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3180msgid ""
3181"the command line options are applied to override the configuration "
3182"directives or to load even more configuration files."
3183msgstr ""
3184
3185#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
89fd753d 3186#: apt.conf.5.xml:64
b39c1859 3187msgid "Syntax"
2a52e8c5
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3188msgstr ""
3189
3190#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3191#: apt.conf.5.xml:65
2a52e8c5
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3192msgid ""
3193"The configuration file is organized in a tree with options organized into "
43be0ac4 3194"functional groups. Option specification is given with a double colon "
2a52e8c5 3195"notation, for instance <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> is an option "
43be0ac4 3196"within the APT tool group, for the Get tool. Options do not inherit from "
2a52e8c5
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3197"their parent groups."
3198msgstr ""
3199
3200#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3201#: apt.conf.5.xml:71
2a52e8c5
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3202msgid ""
3203"Syntactically the configuration language is modeled after what the ISC tools "
3204"such as bind and dhcp use. Lines starting with <literal>//</literal> are "
3205"treated as comments (ignored), as well as all text between "
3206"<literal>/*</literal> and <literal>*/</literal>, just like C/C++ comments. "
43be0ac4
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3207"Each line is of the form <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes "
3208"\"true\";</literal>. The trailing semicolon and the quotes are required. The "
3209"value must be on one line, and there is no kind of string concatenation. It "
3210"must not include inside quotes. The behavior of the backslash \"\\\" and "
3211"escaped characters inside a value is undefined and it should not be used. An "
3212"option name may include alphanumerical characters and the \"/-:._+\" "
3213"characters. A new scope can be opened with curly braces, like:"
2a52e8c5
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3214msgstr ""
3215
3216#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
89fd753d 3217#: apt.conf.5.xml:85
2a52e8c5
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3218#, no-wrap
3219msgid ""
3220"APT {\n"
3221" Get {\n"
3222" Assume-Yes \"true\";\n"
3223" Fix-Broken \"true\";\n"
3224" };\n"
3225"};\n"
3226msgstr ""
3227
3228#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3229#: apt.conf.5.xml:93
2a52e8c5
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3230msgid ""
3231"with newlines placed to make it more readable. Lists can be created by "
3232"opening a scope and including a single string enclosed in quotes followed by "
3233"a semicolon. Multiple entries can be included, each separated by a "
3234"semicolon."
3235msgstr ""
3236
3237#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
89fd753d 3238#: apt.conf.5.xml:98
2a52e8c5
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3239#, no-wrap
3240msgid "DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {\"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt\";};\n"
3241msgstr ""
3242
3243#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3244#: apt.conf.5.xml:101
2a52e8c5
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3245msgid ""
3246"In general the sample configuration file in "
3247"<filename>&docdir;examples/apt.conf</filename> &configureindex; is a good "
3248"guide for how it should look."
3249msgstr ""
3250
3251#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3252#: apt.conf.5.xml:105
2a52e8c5
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3253msgid ""
3254"The names of the configuration items are not case-sensitive. So in the "
3255"previous example you could use <literal>dpkg::pre-install-pkgs</literal>."
3256msgstr ""
3257
3258#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3259#: apt.conf.5.xml:108
2a52e8c5 3260msgid ""
63fc5550
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3261"Names for the configuration items are optional if a list is defined as it "
3262"can be see in the <literal>DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs</literal> example "
3263"above. If you don't specify a name a new entry will simply add a new option "
3264"to the list. If you specify a name you can override the option as every "
3265"other option by reassigning a new value to the option."
3266msgstr ""
3267
3268#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3269#: apt.conf.5.xml:113
63fc5550 3270msgid ""
82cb5862
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3271"Two specials are allowed, <literal>#include</literal> (which is deprecated "
3272"and not supported by alternative implementations) and "
63fc5550
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3273"<literal>#clear</literal>: <literal>#include</literal> will include the "
3274"given file, unless the filename ends in a slash, then the whole directory is "
2a52e8c5 3275"included. <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a part of the "
bcf91c1b 3276"configuration tree. The specified element and all its descendants are "
63fc5550 3277"erased. (Note that these lines also need to end with a semicolon.)"
2a52e8c5
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3278msgstr ""
3279
3280#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3281#: apt.conf.5.xml:121
63fc5550
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3282msgid ""
3283"The #clear command is the only way to delete a list or a complete scope. "
3284"Reopening a scope or the ::-style described below will "
01f2b54d 3285"<emphasis>not</emphasis> override previously written entries. Only options "
3286"can be overridden by addressing a new value to it - lists and scopes can't "
3287"be overridden, only cleared."
63fc5550
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3288msgstr ""
3289
3290#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3291#: apt.conf.5.xml:126
2a52e8c5
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3292msgid ""
3293"All of the APT tools take a -o option which allows an arbitrary "
3294"configuration directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a "
3295"full option name (<literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> for instance) "
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3296"followed by an equals sign then the new value of the option. To append a new "
3297"element to a list, add a trailing :: to the name of the list. (As you might "
01f2b54d 3298"suspect: The scope syntax can't be used on the command line.)"
63fc5550
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3299msgstr ""
3300
3301#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3302#: apt.conf.5.xml:133
63fc5550
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3303msgid ""
3304"Note that you can use :: only for appending one item per line to a list and "
3305"that you should not use it in combination with the scope syntax. (The scope "
3306"syntax implicit insert ::) Using both syntaxes together will trigger a bug "
c086ac18 3307"which some users unfortunately depend on: An option with the unusual name "
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3308"\"<literal>::</literal>\" which acts like every other option with a "
3309"name. These introduces many problems including that a user who writes "
3310"multiple lines in this <emphasis>wrong</emphasis> syntax in the hope to "
3311"append to a list will gain the opposite as only the last assignment for this "
3312"option \"<literal>::</literal>\" will be used. Upcoming APT versions will "
3313"raise errors and will stop working if they encounter this misuse, so please "
3314"correct such statements now as long as APT doesn't complain explicit about "
3315"them."
2a52e8c5
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3316msgstr ""
3317
3318#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
89fd753d 3319#: apt.conf.5.xml:145
2a52e8c5
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3320msgid "The APT Group"
3321msgstr ""
3322
3323#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3324#: apt.conf.5.xml:146
2a52e8c5
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3325msgid ""
3326"This group of options controls general APT behavior as well as holding the "
3327"options for all of the tools."
3328msgstr ""
3329
2a52e8c5 3330#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3331#: apt.conf.5.xml:151
2a52e8c5
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3332msgid ""
3333"System Architecture; sets the architecture to use when fetching files and "
3334"parsing package lists. The internal default is the architecture apt was "
3335"compiled for."
3336msgstr ""
3337
c77d6597 3338#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3339#: apt.conf.5.xml:157
c77d6597
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3340msgid ""
3341"All Architectures the system supports. Processors implementing the "
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3342"<literal>amd64</literal> (also called <literal>x86-64</literal>) instruction "
3343"set are e.g. also able to execute binaries compiled for the "
3344"<literal>i386</literal> (<literal>x86</literal>) instruction set; This list "
3345"is use when fetching files and parsing package lists. The internal default "
3346"is always the native architecture (<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>) "
3347"and all foreign architectures it can retrieve by calling <command>dpkg "
3348"--print-foreign-architectures</command>."
c77d6597
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3349msgstr ""
3350
2a52e8c5 3351#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3352#: apt.conf.5.xml:167
2a52e8c5
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3353msgid ""
3354"Default release to install packages from if more than one version "
3355"available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: "
b6c6b52f
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3356"'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', '&stable-codename;', '&testing-codename;', "
3357"'4.0', '5.0*'. See also &apt-preferences;."
2a52e8c5
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3358msgstr ""
3359
2a52e8c5 3360#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3361#: apt.conf.5.xml:173
2a52e8c5
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3362msgid ""
3363"Ignore Held packages; This global option causes the problem resolver to "
3364"ignore held packages in its decision making."
3365msgstr ""
3366
2a52e8c5 3367#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3368#: apt.conf.5.xml:178
2a52e8c5
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3369msgid ""
3370"Defaults to on. When turned on the autoclean feature will remove any "
3371"packages which can no longer be downloaded from the cache. If turned off "
3372"then packages that are locally installed are also excluded from cleaning - "
3373"but note that APT provides no direct means to reinstall them."
3374msgstr ""
3375
2a52e8c5 3376#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3377#: apt.conf.5.xml:185
2a52e8c5 3378msgid ""
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3379"Defaults to on which will cause APT to install essential and important "
3380"packages as fast as possible in the install/upgrade operation. This is done "
3381"to limit the effect of a failing &dpkg; call: If this option is disabled APT "
3382"does treat an important package in the same way as an extra package: Between "
3383"the unpacking of the important package A and his configuration can then be "
3384"many other unpack or configuration calls, e.g. for package B which has no "
3385"relation to A, but causes the dpkg call to fail (e.g. because maintainer "
3386"script of package B generates an error) which results in a system state in "
3387"which package A is unpacked but unconfigured - each package depending on A "
3388"is now no longer guaranteed to work as their dependency on A is not longer "
3389"satisfied. The immediate configuration marker is also applied to all "
3390"dependencies which can generate a problem if the dependencies e.g. form a "
3391"circle as a dependency with the immediate flag is comparable with a "
3392"Pre-Dependency. So in theory it is possible that APT encounters a situation "
b39c1859 3393"in which it is unable to perform immediate configuration, errors out and "
43be0ac4 3394"refers to this option so the user can deactivate the immediate configuration "
b39c1859 3395"temporarily to be able to perform an install/upgrade again. Note the use of "
43be0ac4 3396"the word \"theory\" here as this problem was only encountered by now in real "
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3397"world a few times in non-stable distribution versions and was caused by "
3398"wrong dependencies of the package in question or by a system in an already "
3399"broken state, so you should not blindly disable this option as the mentioned "
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3400"scenario above is not the only problem immediate configuration can help to "
3401"prevent in the first place. Before a big operation like "
3402"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> is run with this option disabled it should "
3403"be tried to explicitly <literal>install</literal> the package APT is unable "
3404"to configure immediately, but please make sure to report your problem also "
3405"to your distribution and to the APT team with the buglink below so they can "
3406"work on improving or correcting the upgrade process."
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3407msgstr ""
3408
2a52e8c5 3409#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3410#: apt.conf.5.xml:208
2a52e8c5
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3411msgid ""
3412"Never Enable this option unless you -really- know what you are doing. It "
3413"permits APT to temporarily remove an essential package to break a "
3414"Conflicts/Conflicts or Conflicts/Pre-Depend loop between two essential "
3415"packages. SUCH A LOOP SHOULD NEVER EXIST AND IS A GRAVE BUG. This option "
3416"will work if the essential packages are not tar, gzip, libc, dpkg, bash or "
3417"anything that those packages depend on."
3418msgstr ""
3419
2a52e8c5 3420#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3421#: apt.conf.5.xml:217
2a52e8c5 3422msgid ""
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3423"APT uses since version 0.7.26 a resizable memory mapped cache file to store "
3424"the 'available' information. <literal>Cache-Start</literal> acts as a hint "
3425"to which size the Cache will grow and is therefore the amount of memory APT "
3426"will request at startup. The default value is 20971520 bytes (~20 MB). Note "
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3427"that this amount of space needs to be available for APT otherwise it will "
3428"likely fail ungracefully, so for memory restricted devices this value should "
3429"be lowered while on systems with a lot of configured sources it should be "
3430"increased. <literal>Cache-Grow</literal> defines in bytes with the default "
3431"of 1048576 (~1 MB) how much the Cache size will be increased in the event "
3432"the space defined by <literal>Cache-Start</literal> is not enough. These "
3433"value will be applied again and again until either the cache is big enough "
3434"to store all information or the size of the cache reaches the "
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3435"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal>. The default of "
3436"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal> is 0 which stands for no limit. If "
3437"<literal>Cache-Grow</literal> is set to 0 the automatic grow of the cache is "
3438"disabled."
2a52e8c5
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3439msgstr ""
3440
2a52e8c5 3441#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3442#: apt.conf.5.xml:233
2a52e8c5
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3443msgid "Defines which package(s) are considered essential build dependencies."
3444msgstr ""
3445
2a52e8c5 3446#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3447#: apt.conf.5.xml:237
2a52e8c5
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3448msgid ""
3449"The Get subsection controls the &apt-get; tool, please see its documentation "
3450"for more information about the options here."
3451msgstr ""
3452
2a52e8c5 3453#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3454#: apt.conf.5.xml:242
2a52e8c5
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3455msgid ""
3456"The Cache subsection controls the &apt-cache; tool, please see its "
3457"documentation for more information about the options here."
3458msgstr ""
3459
2a52e8c5 3460#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3461#: apt.conf.5.xml:247
2a52e8c5
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3462msgid ""
3463"The CDROM subsection controls the &apt-cdrom; tool, please see its "
3464"documentation for more information about the options here."
3465msgstr ""
3466
3467#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
89fd753d 3468#: apt.conf.5.xml:253
2a52e8c5
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3469msgid "The Acquire Group"
3470msgstr ""
3471
aec22160
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3472#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
3473#: apt.conf.5.xml:254
3474msgid ""
3475"The <literal>Acquire</literal> group of options controls the download of "
3476"packages and the URI handlers."
3477msgstr ""
3478
b6c6b52f 3479#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3480#: apt.conf.5.xml:259
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3481msgid ""
3482"Security related option defaulting to true as an expiring validation for a "
3483"Release file prevents longtime replay attacks and can e.g. also help users "
3484"to identify no longer updated mirrors - but the feature depends on the "
3485"correctness of the time on the user system. Archive maintainers are "
3486"encouraged to create Release files with the <literal>Valid-Until</literal> "
3487"header, but if they don't or a stricter value is volitional the following "
3488"<literal>Max-ValidTime</literal> option can be used."
3489msgstr ""
3490
b6c6b52f 3491#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3492#: apt.conf.5.xml:270
c77d6597
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3493msgid ""
3494"Seconds the Release file should be considered valid after it was created "
3495"(indicated by the <literal>Date</literal> header). If the Release file "
3496"itself includes a <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header the earlier date of "
3497"the two is used as the expiration date. The default value is "
c086ac18 3498"<literal>0</literal> which stands for \"for ever valid\". Archive specific "
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3499"settings can be made by appending the label of the archive to the option "
3500"name."
3501msgstr ""
3502
c77d6597 3503#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3504#: apt.conf.5.xml:281
b6c6b52f 3505msgid ""
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3506"Minimum of seconds the Release file should be considered valid after it was "
3507"created (indicated by the <literal>Date</literal> header). Use this if you "
3508"need to use a seldomly updated (local) mirror of a more regular updated "
3509"archive with a <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header instead of completely "
3510"disabling the expiration date checking. Archive specific settings can and "
3511"should be used by appending the label of the archive to the option name."
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3512msgstr ""
3513
2a52e8c5 3514#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3515#: apt.conf.5.xml:292
2a52e8c5
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3516msgid ""
3517"Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for Packages or "
3518"Sources files instead of downloading whole ones. True by default."
3519msgstr ""
3520
b39c1859 3521#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3522#: apt.conf.5.xml:295
b39c1859
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3523msgid ""
3524"Two sub-options to limit the use of PDiffs are also available: With "
3525"<literal>FileLimit</literal> can be specified how many PDiff files are "
c086ac18 3526"downloaded at most to update a file. <literal>SizeLimit</literal> on the "
c77d6597 3527"other hand is the maximum percentage of the size of all patches compared to "
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3528"the size of the targeted file. If one of these limits is exceeded the "
3529"complete file is downloaded instead of the patches."
3530msgstr ""
3531
2a52e8c5 3532#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3533#: apt.conf.5.xml:305
2a52e8c5
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3534msgid ""
3535"Queuing mode; <literal>Queue-Mode</literal> can be one of "
3536"<literal>host</literal> or <literal>access</literal> which determines how "
3537"APT parallelizes outgoing connections. <literal>host</literal> means that "
3538"one connection per target host will be opened, <literal>access</literal> "
3539"means that one connection per URI type will be opened."
3540msgstr ""
3541
2a52e8c5 3542#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3543#: apt.conf.5.xml:313
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3544msgid ""
3545"Number of retries to perform. If this is non-zero APT will retry failed "
3546"files the given number of times."
3547msgstr ""
3548
2a52e8c5 3549#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3550#: apt.conf.5.xml:318
2a52e8c5
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3551msgid ""
3552"Use symlinks for source archives. If set to true then source archives will "
3553"be symlinked when possible instead of copying. True is the default."
3554msgstr ""
3555
2a52e8c5 3556#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3557#: apt.conf.5.xml:323
2a52e8c5
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3558msgid ""
3559"HTTP URIs; http::Proxy is the default http proxy to use. It is in the "
3560"standard form of <literal>http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per "
3561"host proxies can also be specified by using the form "
3562"<literal>http::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
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3563"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
3564"settings is specified, <envar>http_proxy</envar> environment variable will "
3565"be used."
2a52e8c5
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3566msgstr ""
3567
3568#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3569#: apt.conf.5.xml:331
2a52e8c5
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3570msgid ""
3571"Three settings are provided for cache control with HTTP/1.1 compliant proxy "
3572"caches. <literal>No-Cache</literal> tells the proxy to not use its cached "
3573"response under any circumstances, <literal>Max-Age</literal> is sent only "
3574"for index files and tells the cache to refresh its object if it is older "
3575"than the given number of seconds. Debian updates its index files daily so "
3576"the default is 1 day. <literal>No-Store</literal> specifies that the cache "
3577"should never store this request, it is only set for archive files. This may "
3578"be useful to prevent polluting a proxy cache with very large .deb "
3579"files. Note: Squid 2.0.2 does not support any of these options."
3580msgstr ""
3581
3582#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3583#: apt.conf.5.xml:341 apt.conf.5.xml:407
2a52e8c5
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3584msgid ""
3585"The option <literal>timeout</literal> sets the timeout timer used by the "
3586"method, this applies to all things including connection timeout and data "
3587"timeout."
3588msgstr ""
3589
3590#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3591#: apt.conf.5.xml:344
2a52e8c5 3592msgid ""
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3593"The setting <literal>Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth</literal> can be used to "
3594"enabled HTTP pipeling (RFC 2616 section 8.1.2.2) which can be beneficial "
3595"e.g. on high-latency connections. It specifies how many requests are send in "
3596"a pipeline. Previous APT versions had a default of 10 for this setting, but "
3597"the default value is now 0 (= disabled) to avoid problems with the "
3598"ever-growing amount of webservers and proxies which choose to not conform to "
3599"the HTTP/1.1 specification."
2a52e8c5
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3600msgstr ""
3601
63fc5550 3602#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3603#: apt.conf.5.xml:351
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3604msgid ""
3605"<literal>Acquire::http::AllowRedirect</literal> controls if APT will follow "
3606"redirects, which is enabled by default."
3607msgstr ""
3608
3609#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3610#: apt.conf.5.xml:354
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3611msgid ""
3612"The used bandwidth can be limited with "
3613"<literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal> which accepts integer values in "
3614"kilobyte. The default value is 0 which deactivates the limit and tries uses "
01f2b54d 3615"as much as possible of the bandwidth (Note that this option implicit "
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3616"deactivates the download from multiple servers at the same time.)"
3617msgstr ""
3618
bf5c3fe8 3619#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3620#: apt.conf.5.xml:359
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3621msgid ""
3622"<literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different "
3623"User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for "
3624"clients only if the client uses a known identifier."
3625msgstr ""
3626
2a52e8c5 3627#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3628#: apt.conf.5.xml:366
2a52e8c5 3629msgid ""
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3630"HTTPS URIs. Cache-control, Timeout, AllowRedirect, Dl-Limit and proxy "
3631"options are the same as for <literal>http</literal> method and will also "
3632"default to the options from the <literal>http</literal> method if they are "
3633"not explicitly set for https. <literal>Pipeline-Depth</literal> option is "
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3634"not supported yet."
3635msgstr ""
3636
3637#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3638#: apt.conf.5.xml:372
2a52e8c5
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3639msgid ""
3640"<literal>CaInfo</literal> suboption specifies place of file that holds info "
3641"about trusted certificates. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::CaInfo</literal> is "
3642"corresponding per-host option. <literal>Verify-Peer</literal> boolean "
3643"suboption determines whether verify server's host certificate against "
3644"trusted certificates or not. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Peer</literal> "
3645"is corresponding per-host option. <literal>Verify-Host</literal> boolean "
3646"suboption determines whether verify server's hostname or not. "
3647"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Host</literal> is corresponding per-host "
3648"option. <literal>SslCert</literal> determines what certificate to use for "
3649"client authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslCert</literal> is "
3650"corresponding per-host option. <literal>SslKey</literal> determines what "
3651"private key to use for client "
3652"authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslKey</literal> is corresponding "
3653"per-host option. <literal>SslForceVersion</literal> overrides default SSL "
3654"version to use. Can contain 'TLSv1' or 'SSLv3' string. "
3655"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslForceVersion</literal> is corresponding per-host "
3656"option."
3657msgstr ""
3658
2a52e8c5 3659#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3660#: apt.conf.5.xml:391
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3661msgid ""
3662"FTP URIs; ftp::Proxy is the default ftp proxy to use. It is in the standard "
3663"form of <literal>ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per host "
3664"proxies can also be specified by using the form "
3665"<literal>ftp::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
3666"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
3667"settings is specified, <envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable will be "
3668"used. To use a ftp proxy you will have to set the "
3669"<literal>ftp::ProxyLogin</literal> script in the configuration file. This "
3670"entry specifies the commands to send to tell the proxy server what to "
3671"connect to. Please see &configureindex; for an example of how to do "
3672"this. The substitution variables available are "
2a52e8c5
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3673"<literal>$(PROXY_USER)</literal> <literal>$(PROXY_PASS)</literal> "
3674"<literal>$(SITE_USER)</literal> <literal>$(SITE_PASS)</literal> "
3675"<literal>$(SITE)</literal> and <literal>$(SITE_PORT)</literal> Each is taken "
3676"from it's respective URI component."
3677msgstr ""
3678
3679#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3680#: apt.conf.5.xml:410
2a52e8c5
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3681msgid ""
3682"Several settings are provided to control passive mode. Generally it is safe "
3683"to leave passive mode on, it works in nearly every environment. However "
3684"some situations require that passive mode be disabled and port mode ftp used "
3685"instead. This can be done globally, for connections that go through a proxy "
3686"or for a specific host (See the sample config file for examples)."
3687msgstr ""
3688
3689#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3690#: apt.conf.5.xml:417
2a52e8c5
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3691msgid ""
3692"It is possible to proxy FTP over HTTP by setting the "
3693"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable to a http url - see the "
3694"discussion of the http method above for syntax. You cannot set this in the "
3695"configuration file and it is not recommended to use FTP over HTTP due to its "
3696"low efficiency."
3697msgstr ""
3698
3699#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3700#: apt.conf.5.xml:422
2a52e8c5
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3701msgid ""
3702"The setting <literal>ForceExtended</literal> controls the use of RFC2428 "
3703"<literal>EPSV</literal> and <literal>EPRT</literal> commands. The default is "
3704"false, which means these commands are only used if the control connection is "
3705"IPv6. Setting this to true forces their use even on IPv4 connections. Note "
3706"that most FTP servers do not support RFC2428."
3707msgstr ""
3708
2a52e8c5 3709#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
89fd753d 3710#: apt.conf.5.xml:435
2a52e8c5 3711#, no-wrap
82cb5862 3712msgid "/cdrom/::Mount \"foo\";"
2a52e8c5
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3713msgstr ""
3714
3715#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3716#: apt.conf.5.xml:430
2a52e8c5 3717msgid ""
25838be6
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3718"CD-ROM URIs; the only setting for CD-ROM URIs is the mount point, "
3719"<literal>cdrom::Mount</literal> which must be the mount point for the CD-ROM "
2a52e8c5
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3720"drive as specified in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. It is possible to "
3721"provide alternate mount and unmount commands if your mount point cannot be "
3722"listed in the fstab (such as an SMB mount and old mount packages). The "
3723"syntax is to put <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> within the "
3724"cdrom block. It is important to have the trailing slash. Unmount commands "
3725"can be specified using UMount."
3726msgstr ""
3727
2a52e8c5 3728#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3729#: apt.conf.5.xml:441
2a52e8c5
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3730msgid ""
3731"GPGV URIs; the only option for GPGV URIs is the option to pass additional "
3732"parameters to gpgv. <literal>gpgv::Options</literal> Additional options "
3733"passed to gpgv."
3734msgstr ""
3735
bcf91c1b 3736#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
89fd753d 3737#: apt.conf.5.xml:452
bcf91c1b
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3738#, no-wrap
3739msgid ""
3740"Acquire::CompressionTypes::<replaceable>FileExtension</replaceable> "
3741"\"<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable>\";"
3742msgstr ""
3743
3744#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3745#: apt.conf.5.xml:447
bcf91c1b
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3746msgid ""
3747"List of compression types which are understood by the acquire methods. "
3748"Files like <filename>Packages</filename> can be available in various "
3749"compression formats. Per default the acquire methods can decompress "
3750"<command>bzip2</command>, <command>lzma</command> and "
3751"<command>gzip</command> compressed files, with this setting more formats can "
3752"be added on the fly or the used method can be changed. The syntax for this "
3753"is: <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"0\"/>"
3754msgstr ""
3755
3756#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
89fd753d 3757#: apt.conf.5.xml:457
bcf91c1b
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3758#, no-wrap
3759msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order:: \"gz\";"
3760msgstr ""
3761
3762#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
89fd753d 3763#: apt.conf.5.xml:460
bcf91c1b
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3764#, no-wrap
3765msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order { \"lzma\"; \"gz\"; };"
3766msgstr ""
3767
3768#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3769#: apt.conf.5.xml:453
bcf91c1b
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3770msgid ""
3771"Also the <literal>Order</literal> subgroup can be used to define in which "
3772"order the acquire system will try to download the compressed files. The "
3773"acquire system will try the first and proceed with the next compression type "
3774"in this list on error, so to prefer one over the other type simple add the "
3775"preferred type at first - not already added default types will be added at "
3776"run time to the end of the list, so e.g. <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" "
3777"id=\"0\"/> can be used to prefer <command>gzip</command> compressed files "
3778"over <command>bzip2</command> and <command>lzma</command>. If "
3779"<command>lzma</command> should be preferred over <command>gzip</command> and "
3780"<command>bzip2</command> the configure setting should look like this "
3781"<placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"1\"/> It is not needed to add "
3782"<literal>bz2</literal> explicit to the list as it will be added automatic."
3783msgstr ""
3784
3785#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
89fd753d 3786#: apt.conf.5.xml:464
bcf91c1b
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3787#, no-wrap
3788msgid "Dir::Bin::bzip2 \"/bin/bzip2\";"
3789msgstr ""
3790
3791#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3792#: apt.conf.5.xml:462
bcf91c1b
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3793msgid ""
3794"Note that at run time the "
3795"<literal>Dir::Bin::<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable></literal> will be "
3796"checked: If this setting exists the method will only be used if this file "
c77d6597 3797"exists, e.g. for the bzip2 method (the inbuilt) setting is: <placeholder "
bcf91c1b 3798"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> Note also that list entries specified on "
01f2b54d 3799"the command line will be added at the end of the list specified in the "
bcf91c1b 3800"configuration files, but before the default entries. To prefer a type in "
30549c0c
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3801"this case over the ones specified in the configuration files you can set the "
3802"option direct - not in list style. This will not override the defined list, "
3803"it will only prefix the list with this type."
bcf91c1b
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3804msgstr ""
3805
3806#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3807#: apt.conf.5.xml:469
bcf91c1b 3808msgid ""
30549c0c 3809"The special type <literal>uncompressed</literal> can be used to give "
c77d6597 3810"uncompressed files a preference, but note that most archives don't provide "
30549c0c 3811"uncompressed files so this is mostly only useable for local mirrors."
bcf91c1b
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3812msgstr ""
3813
de2c243c 3814#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3815#: apt.conf.5.xml:476
de2c243c 3816msgid ""
3817"When downloading <literal>gzip</literal> compressed indexes (Packages, "
3818"Sources, or Translations), keep them gzip compressed locally instead of "
3819"unpacking them. This saves quite a lot of disk space at the expense of more "
3820"CPU requirements when building the local package caches. False by default."
3821msgstr ""
3822
bf5c3fe8 3823#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3824#: apt.conf.5.xml:484
bf5c3fe8
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3825msgid ""
3826"The Languages subsection controls which <filename>Translation</filename> "
3827"files are downloaded and in which order APT tries to display the "
3828"Description-Translations. APT will try to display the first available "
b39c1859 3829"Description in the Language which is listed at first. Languages can be "
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3830"defined with their short or long Languagecodes. Note that not all archives "
3831"provide <filename>Translation</filename> files for every Language - "
3832"especially the long Languagecodes are rare, so please inform you which ones "
3833"are available before you set here impossible values."
3834msgstr ""
3835
3836#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><programlisting>
89fd753d 3837#: apt.conf.5.xml:500
bf5c3fe8
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3838#, no-wrap
3839msgid "Acquire::Languages { \"environment\"; \"de\"; \"en\"; \"none\"; \"fr\"; };"
3840msgstr ""
3841
3842#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3843#: apt.conf.5.xml:490
bf5c3fe8
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3844msgid ""
3845"The default list includes \"environment\" and "
3846"\"en\". \"<literal>environment</literal>\" has a special meaning here: It "
3847"will be replaced at runtime with the languagecodes extracted from the "
b39c1859 3848"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> environment variable. It will also ensure "
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3849"that these codes are not included twice in the list. If "
3850"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> is set to \"C\" only the "
3851"<filename>Translation-en</filename> file (if available) will be used. To "
3852"force apt to use no Translation file use the setting "
3853"<literal>Acquire::Languages=none</literal>. \"<literal>none</literal>\" is "
3854"another special meaning code which will stop the search for a fitting "
3855"<filename>Translation</filename> file. This can be used by the system "
3856"administrator to let APT know that it should download also this files "
b39c1859 3857"without actually use them if the environment doesn't specify this "
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3858"languages. So the following example configuration will result in the order "
3859"\"en, de\" in an english and in \"de, en\" in a german localization. Note "
3860"that \"fr\" is downloaded, but not used if APT is not used in a french "
3861"localization, in such an environment the order would be \"fr, de, en\". "
3862"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
3863msgstr ""
3864
c086ac18 3865#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3866#: apt.conf.5.xml:501
c086ac18
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3867msgid ""
3868"Note: To prevent problems resulting from APT being executed in different "
3869"environments (e.g. by different users or by other programs) all Translation "
3870"files which are found in <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists/</filename> will be "
3871"added to the end of the list (after an implicit "
3872"\"<literal>none</literal>\")."
3873msgstr ""
3874
2a52e8c5 3875#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
89fd753d 3876#: apt.conf.5.xml:512
2a52e8c5
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3877msgid "Directories"
3878msgstr ""
3879
3880#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3881#: apt.conf.5.xml:514
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3882msgid ""
3883"The <literal>Dir::State</literal> section has directories that pertain to "
3884"local state information. <literal>lists</literal> is the directory to place "
3885"downloaded package lists in and <literal>status</literal> is the name of the "
3886"dpkg status file. <literal>preferences</literal> is the name of the APT "
c086ac18
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3887"<filename>preferences</filename> file. <literal>Dir::State</literal> "
3888"contains the default directory to prefix on all sub items if they do not "
3889"start with <filename>/</filename> or <filename>./</filename>."
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3890msgstr ""
3891
3892#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3893#: apt.conf.5.xml:521
2a52e8c5
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3894msgid ""
3895"<literal>Dir::Cache</literal> contains locations pertaining to local cache "
3896"information, such as the two package caches <literal>srcpkgcache</literal> "
3897"and <literal>pkgcache</literal> as well as the location to place downloaded "
3898"archives, <literal>Dir::Cache::archives</literal>. Generation of caches can "
3899"be turned off by setting their names to be blank. This will slow down "
3900"startup but save disk space. It is probably preferred to turn off the "
3901"pkgcache rather than the srcpkgcache. Like <literal>Dir::State</literal> the "
3902"default directory is contained in <literal>Dir::Cache</literal>"
3903msgstr ""
3904
3905#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3906#: apt.conf.5.xml:530
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3907msgid ""
3908"<literal>Dir::Etc</literal> contains the location of configuration files, "
3909"<literal>sourcelist</literal> gives the location of the sourcelist and "
3910"<literal>main</literal> is the default configuration file (setting has no "
3911"effect, unless it is done from the config file specified by "
3912"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>)."
3913msgstr ""
3914
3915#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3916#: apt.conf.5.xml:536
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3917msgid ""
3918"The <literal>Dir::Parts</literal> setting reads in all the config fragments "
3919"in lexical order from the directory specified. After this is done then the "
3920"main config file is loaded."
3921msgstr ""
3922
3923#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3924#: apt.conf.5.xml:540
2a52e8c5
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3925msgid ""
3926"Binary programs are pointed to by "
3927"<literal>Dir::Bin</literal>. <literal>Dir::Bin::Methods</literal> specifies "
3928"the location of the method handlers and <literal>gzip</literal>, "
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3929"<literal>bzip2</literal>, <literal>lzma</literal>, <literal>dpkg</literal>, "
3930"<literal>apt-get</literal> <literal>dpkg-source</literal> "
3931"<literal>dpkg-buildpackage</literal> and <literal>apt-cache</literal> "
3932"specify the location of the respective programs."
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3933msgstr ""
3934
3935#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3936#: apt.conf.5.xml:548
2a52e8c5
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3937msgid ""
3938"The configuration item <literal>RootDir</literal> has a special meaning. If "
3939"set, all paths in <literal>Dir::</literal> will be relative to "
3940"<literal>RootDir</literal>, <emphasis>even paths that are specified "
3941"absolutely</emphasis>. So, for instance, if <literal>RootDir</literal> is "
3942"set to <filename>/tmp/staging</filename> and "
3943"<literal>Dir::State::status</literal> is set to "
3944"<filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>, then the status file will be "
3945"looked up in <filename>/tmp/staging/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>."
3946msgstr ""
3947
b6c6b52f 3948#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3949#: apt.conf.5.xml:561
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3950msgid ""
3951"The <literal>Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> list can be used to specify "
3952"which files APT should silently ignore while parsing the files in the "
3953"fragment directories. Per default a file which end with "
3954"<literal>.disabled</literal>, <literal>~</literal>, <literal>.bak</literal> "
3955"or <literal>.dpkg-[a-z]+</literal> is silently ignored. As seen in the last "
3956"default value these patterns can use regular expression syntax."
3957msgstr ""
3958
2a52e8c5 3959#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
89fd753d 3960#: apt.conf.5.xml:570
2a52e8c5
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3961msgid "APT in DSelect"
3962msgstr ""
3963
3964#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 3965#: apt.conf.5.xml:572
2a52e8c5
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3966msgid ""
3967"When APT is used as a &dselect; method several configuration directives "
3968"control the default behaviour. These are in the <literal>DSelect</literal> "
3969"section."
3970msgstr ""
3971
2a52e8c5 3972#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3973#: apt.conf.5.xml:577
2a52e8c5
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3974msgid ""
3975"Cache Clean mode; this value may be one of always, prompt, auto, pre-auto "
3976"and never. always and prompt will remove all packages from the cache after "
3977"upgrading, prompt (the default) does so conditionally. auto removes only "
3978"those packages which are no longer downloadable (replaced with a new version "
3979"for instance). pre-auto performs this action before downloading new "
3980"packages."
3981msgstr ""
3982
3983#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3984#: apt.conf.5.xml:586
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3985msgid ""
3986"The contents of this variable is passed to &apt-get; as command line options "
3987"when it is run for the install phase."
3988msgstr ""
3989
2a52e8c5 3990#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3991#: apt.conf.5.xml:591
2a52e8c5
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3992msgid ""
3993"The contents of this variable is passed to &apt-get; as command line options "
3994"when it is run for the update phase."
3995msgstr ""
3996
2a52e8c5 3997#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 3998#: apt.conf.5.xml:596
2a52e8c5
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3999msgid ""
4000"If true the [U]pdate operation in &dselect; will always prompt to continue. "
4001"The default is to prompt only on error."
4002msgstr ""
4003
4004#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
89fd753d 4005#: apt.conf.5.xml:602
2a52e8c5
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4006msgid "How APT calls dpkg"
4007msgstr ""
4008
4009#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 4010#: apt.conf.5.xml:603
2a52e8c5
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4011msgid ""
4012"Several configuration directives control how APT invokes &dpkg;. These are "
4013"in the <literal>DPkg</literal> section."
4014msgstr ""
4015
4016#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4017#: apt.conf.5.xml:608
2a52e8c5
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4018msgid ""
4019"This is a list of options to pass to dpkg. The options must be specified "
4020"using the list notation and each list item is passed as a single argument to "
4021"&dpkg;."
4022msgstr ""
4023
2a52e8c5 4024#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4025#: apt.conf.5.xml:614
2a52e8c5
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4026msgid ""
4027"This is a list of shell commands to run before/after invoking &dpkg;. Like "
4028"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
4029"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>, should any "
4030"fail APT will abort."
4031msgstr ""
4032
2a52e8c5 4033#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4034#: apt.conf.5.xml:621
2a52e8c5
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4035msgid ""
4036"This is a list of shell commands to run before invoking dpkg. Like "
4037"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
4038"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>, should any "
4039"fail APT will abort. APT will pass to the commands on standard input the "
4040"filenames of all .deb files it is going to install, one per line."
4041msgstr ""
4042
4043#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4044#: apt.conf.5.xml:627
2a52e8c5
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4045msgid ""
4046"Version 2 of this protocol dumps more information, including the protocol "
4047"version, the APT configuration space and the packages, files and versions "
4048"being changed. Version 2 is enabled by setting "
4049"<literal>DPkg::Tools::options::cmd::Version</literal> to "
4050"2. <literal>cmd</literal> is a command given to "
4051"<literal>Pre-Install-Pkgs</literal>."
4052msgstr ""
4053
2a52e8c5 4054#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4055#: apt.conf.5.xml:635
2a52e8c5
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4056msgid ""
4057"APT chdirs to this directory before invoking dpkg, the default is "
4058"<filename>/</filename>."
4059msgstr ""
4060
2a52e8c5 4061#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4062#: apt.conf.5.xml:640
2a52e8c5
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4063msgid ""
4064"These options are passed to &dpkg-buildpackage; when compiling packages, the "
4065"default is to disable signing and produce all binaries."
4066msgstr ""
4067
3e9c4f70 4068#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
89fd753d 4069#: apt.conf.5.xml:645
5e312de7 4070msgid "dpkg trigger usage (and related options)"
3e9c4f70
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4071msgstr ""
4072
4073#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
89fd753d 4074#: apt.conf.5.xml:646
3e9c4f70
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4075msgid ""
4076"APT can call dpkg in a way so it can make aggressive use of triggers over "
30549c0c 4077"multiple calls of dpkg. Without further options dpkg will use triggers only "
5e312de7 4078"in between his own run. Activating these options can therefore decrease the "
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4079"time needed to perform the install / upgrade. Note that it is intended to "
4080"activate these options per default in the future, but as it changes the way "
01f2b54d 4081"APT calling dpkg drastically it needs a lot more testing. <emphasis>These "
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4082"options are therefore currently experimental and should not be used in "
4083"productive environments.</emphasis> Also it breaks the progress reporting so "
4084"all frontends will currently stay around half (or more) of the time in the "
4085"100% state while it actually configures all packages."
4086msgstr ""
4087
4088#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><literallayout>
89fd753d 4089#: apt.conf.5.xml:661
3e9c4f70
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4090#, no-wrap
4091msgid ""
4092"DPkg::NoTriggers \"true\";\n"
5e312de7
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4093"PackageManager::Configure \"smart\";\n"
4094"DPkg::ConfigurePending \"true\";\n"
d5081aee 4095"DPkg::TriggersPending \"true\";"
3e9c4f70
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4096msgstr ""
4097
4098#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
89fd753d 4099#: apt.conf.5.xml:655
3e9c4f70 4100msgid ""
01f2b54d 4101"Note that it is not guaranteed that APT will support these options or that "
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4102"these options will not cause (big) trouble in the future. If you have "
4103"understand the current risks and problems with these options, but are brave "
4104"enough to help testing them create a new configuration file and test a "
4105"combination of options. Please report any bugs, problems and improvements "
4106"you encounter and make sure to note which options you have used in your "
3e9c4f70 4107"reports. Asking dpkg for help could also be useful for debugging proposes, "
5e312de7
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4108"see e.g. <command>dpkg --audit</command>. A defensive option combination "
4109"would be <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
3e9c4f70
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4110msgstr ""
4111
3e9c4f70 4112#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4113#: apt.conf.5.xml:668
3e9c4f70 4114msgid ""
43be0ac4 4115"Add the no triggers flag to all dpkg calls (except the ConfigurePending "
3e9c4f70 4116"call). See &dpkg; if you are interested in what this actually means. In "
43be0ac4
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4117"short: dpkg will not run the triggers when this flag is present unless it is "
4118"explicitly called to do so in an extra call. Note that this option exists "
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4119"(undocumented) also in older apt versions with a slightly different meaning: "
4120"Previously these option only append --no-triggers to the configure calls to "
4121"dpkg - now apt will add these flag also to the unpack and remove calls."
4122msgstr ""
4123
3e9c4f70 4124#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4125#: apt.conf.5.xml:676
5e312de7
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4126msgid ""
4127"Valid values are \"<literal>all</literal>\", \"<literal>smart</literal>\" "
4128"and \"<literal>no</literal>\". \"<literal>all</literal>\" is the default "
4129"value and causes APT to configure all packages explicit. The "
4130"\"<literal>smart</literal>\" way is it to configure only packages which need "
4131"to be configured before another package can be unpacked (Pre-Depends) and "
4132"let the rest configure by dpkg with a call generated by the next "
4133"option. \"<literal>no</literal>\" on the other hand will not configure "
43be0ac4 4134"anything and totally rely on dpkg for configuration (which will at the "
5e312de7 4135"moment fail if a Pre-Depends is encountered). Setting this option to "
43be0ac4 4136"another than the all value will implicitly activate also the next option per "
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4137"default as otherwise the system could end in an unconfigured status which "
4138"could be unbootable!"
3e9c4f70
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4139msgstr ""
4140
3e9c4f70 4141#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4142#: apt.conf.5.xml:687
3e9c4f70
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4143msgid ""
4144"If this option is set apt will call <command>dpkg --configure "
4145"--pending</command> to let dpkg handle all required configurations and "
5e312de7
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4146"triggers. This option is activated automatic per default if the previous "
4147"option is not set to <literal>all</literal>, but deactivating could be "
4148"useful if you want to run APT multiple times in a row - e.g. in an "
43be0ac4
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4149"installer. In these sceneries you could deactivate this option in all but "
4150"the last run."
5e312de7
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4151msgstr ""
4152
5e312de7 4153#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4154#: apt.conf.5.xml:694
5e312de7
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4155msgid ""
4156"Useful for <literal>smart</literal> configuration as a package which has "
a874991b
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4157"pending triggers is not considered as <literal>installed</literal> and dpkg "
4158"treats them as <literal>unpacked</literal> currently which is a dealbreaker "
4159"for Pre-Dependencies (see debbugs #526774). Note that this will process all "
4160"triggers, not only the triggers needed to configure this package."
5e312de7
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4161msgstr ""
4162
5e312de7 4163#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4164#: apt.conf.5.xml:700
5e312de7
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4165msgid ""
4166"As the configuration can be deferred to be done at the end by dpkg it can be "
4167"tried to order the unpack series only by critical needs, e.g. by "
4168"Pre-Depends. Default is true and therefore the \"old\" method of ordering in "
01f2b54d 4169"various steps by everything. While both method were present in earlier APT "
5e312de7
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4170"versions the <literal>OrderCritical</literal> method was unused, so this "
4171"method is very experimental and needs further improvements before becoming "
4172"really useful."
4173msgstr ""
4174
5e312de7 4175#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
89fd753d 4176#: apt.conf.5.xml:715
5e312de7
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4177#, no-wrap
4178msgid ""
4179"OrderList::Score {\n"
4180"\tDelete 500;\n"
4181"\tEssential 200;\n"
4182"\tImmediate 10;\n"
4183"\tPreDepends 50;\n"
4184"};"
4185msgstr ""
4186
4187#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4188#: apt.conf.5.xml:708
5e312de7
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4189msgid ""
4190"Essential packages (and there dependencies) should be configured immediately "
4191"after unpacking. It will be a good idea to do this quite early in the "
4192"upgrade process as these these configure calls require currently also "
4193"<literal>DPkg::TriggersPending</literal> which will run quite a few triggers "
4194"(which maybe not needed). Essentials get per default a high score but the "
01f2b54d 4195"immediate flag is relatively low (a package which has a Pre-Depends is "
4196"higher rated). These option and the others in the same group can be used to "
4197"change the scoring. The following example shows the settings with there "
4198"default values. <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
3e9c4f70
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4199msgstr ""
4200
2a52e8c5 4201#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
89fd753d 4202#: apt.conf.5.xml:728
2a52e8c5
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4203msgid "Periodic and Archives options"
4204msgstr ""
4205
4206#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 4207#: apt.conf.5.xml:729
2a52e8c5
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4208msgid ""
4209"<literal>APT::Periodic</literal> and <literal>APT::Archives</literal> groups "
4210"of options configure behavior of apt periodic updates, which is done by "
4211"<literal>/etc/cron.daily/apt</literal> script. See header of this script for "
4212"the brief documentation of these options."
4213msgstr ""
4214
4215#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
89fd753d 4216#: apt.conf.5.xml:737
2a52e8c5
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4217msgid "Debug options"
4218msgstr ""
4219
4220#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 4221#: apt.conf.5.xml:739
2a52e8c5
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4222msgid ""
4223"Enabling options in the <literal>Debug::</literal> section will cause "
4224"debugging information to be sent to the standard error stream of the program "
4225"utilizing the <literal>apt</literal> libraries, or enable special program "
4226"modes that are primarily useful for debugging the behavior of "
4227"<literal>apt</literal>. Most of these options are not interesting to a "
4228"normal user, but a few may be:"
4229msgstr ""
4230
4231#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4232#: apt.conf.5.xml:750
2a52e8c5
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4233msgid ""
4234"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> enables output about the "
4235"decisions made by <literal>dist-upgrade, upgrade, install, remove, "
4236"purge</literal>."
4237msgstr ""
4238
4239#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4240#: apt.conf.5.xml:758
2a52e8c5
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4241msgid ""
4242"<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal> disables all file locking. This can be "
4243"used to run some operations (for instance, <literal>apt-get -s "
4244"install</literal>) as a non-root user."
4245msgstr ""
4246
4247#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4248#: apt.conf.5.xml:767
2a52e8c5
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4249msgid ""
4250"<literal>Debug::pkgDPkgPM</literal> prints out the actual command line each "
4251"time that <literal>apt</literal> invokes &dpkg;."
4252msgstr ""
4253
4254#. TODO: provide a
4255#. motivating example, except I haven't a clue why you'd want
4256#. to do this.
4257#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4258#: apt.conf.5.xml:775
2a52e8c5
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4259msgid ""
4260"<literal>Debug::IdentCdrom</literal> disables the inclusion of statfs data "
25838be6 4261"in CD-ROM IDs."
2a52e8c5
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4262msgstr ""
4263
4264#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 4265#: apt.conf.5.xml:785
2a52e8c5
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4266msgid "A full list of debugging options to apt follows."
4267msgstr ""
4268
2a52e8c5 4269#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4270#: apt.conf.5.xml:794
2a52e8c5
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4271msgid "Print information related to accessing <literal>cdrom://</literal> sources."
4272msgstr ""
4273
2a52e8c5 4274#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4275#: apt.conf.5.xml:805
2a52e8c5
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4276msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using FTP."
4277msgstr ""
4278
2a52e8c5 4279#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4280#: apt.conf.5.xml:816
2a52e8c5
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4281msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTP."
4282msgstr ""
4283
2a52e8c5 4284#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4285#: apt.conf.5.xml:827
2a52e8c5
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4286msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTPS."
4287msgstr ""
4288
2a52e8c5 4289#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4290#: apt.conf.5.xml:838
2a52e8c5
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4291msgid ""
4292"Print information related to verifying cryptographic signatures using "
4293"<literal>gpg</literal>."
4294msgstr ""
4295
2a52e8c5 4296#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4297#: apt.conf.5.xml:849
2a52e8c5
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4298msgid ""
4299"Output information about the process of accessing collections of packages "
4300"stored on CD-ROMs."
4301msgstr ""
4302
2a52e8c5 4303#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4304#: apt.conf.5.xml:859
2a52e8c5
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4305msgid "Describes the process of resolving build-dependencies in &apt-get;."
4306msgstr ""
4307
2a52e8c5 4308#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4309#: apt.conf.5.xml:869
2a52e8c5
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4310msgid ""
4311"Output each cryptographic hash that is generated by the "
4312"<literal>apt</literal> libraries."
4313msgstr ""
4314
2a52e8c5 4315#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4316#: apt.conf.5.xml:879
2a52e8c5
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4317msgid ""
4318"Do not include information from <literal>statfs</literal>, namely the number "
4319"of used and free blocks on the CD-ROM filesystem, when generating an ID for "
4320"a CD-ROM."
4321msgstr ""
4322
2a52e8c5 4323#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4324#: apt.conf.5.xml:890
2a52e8c5
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4325msgid ""
4326"Disable all file locking. For instance, this will allow two instances of "
4327"<quote><literal>apt-get update</literal></quote> to run at the same time."
4328msgstr ""
4329
2a52e8c5 4330#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4331#: apt.conf.5.xml:902
2a52e8c5
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4332msgid "Log when items are added to or removed from the global download queue."
4333msgstr ""
4334
2a52e8c5 4335#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4336#: apt.conf.5.xml:912
2a52e8c5
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4337msgid ""
4338"Output status messages and errors related to verifying checksums and "
4339"cryptographic signatures of downloaded files."
4340msgstr ""
4341
2a52e8c5 4342#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4343#: apt.conf.5.xml:922
2a52e8c5
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4344msgid ""
4345"Output information about downloading and applying package index list diffs, "
4346"and errors relating to package index list diffs."
4347msgstr ""
4348
2a52e8c5 4349#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4350#: apt.conf.5.xml:934
2a52e8c5
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4351msgid ""
4352"Output information related to patching apt package lists when downloading "
4353"index diffs instead of full indices."
4354msgstr ""
4355
2a52e8c5 4356#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4357#: apt.conf.5.xml:945
2a52e8c5
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4358msgid "Log all interactions with the sub-processes that actually perform downloads."
4359msgstr ""
4360
2a52e8c5 4361#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4362#: apt.conf.5.xml:956
2a52e8c5
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4363msgid ""
4364"Log events related to the automatically-installed status of packages and to "
4365"the removal of unused packages."
4366msgstr ""
4367
2a52e8c5 4368#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4369#: apt.conf.5.xml:966
2a52e8c5
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4370msgid ""
4371"Generate debug messages describing which packages are being automatically "
4372"installed to resolve dependencies. This corresponds to the initial "
4373"auto-install pass performed in, e.g., <literal>apt-get install</literal>, "
4374"and not to the full <literal>apt</literal> dependency resolver; see "
4375"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> for that."
4376msgstr ""
4377
2a52e8c5 4378#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4379#: apt.conf.5.xml:980
2a52e8c5
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4380msgid ""
4381"Generate debug messages describing which package is marked as "
4382"keep/install/remove while the ProblemResolver does his work. Each addition "
4383"or deletion may trigger additional actions; they are shown indented two "
4384"additional space under the original entry. The format for each line is "
4385"<literal>MarkKeep</literal>, <literal>MarkDelete</literal> or "
4386"<literal>MarkInstall</literal> followed by <literal>package-name &lt;a.b.c "
4387"-&gt; d.e.f | x.y.z&gt; (section)</literal> where <literal>a.b.c</literal> "
4388"is the current version of the package, <literal>d.e.f</literal> is the "
4389"version considered for installation and <literal>x.y.z</literal> is a newer "
4390"version, but not considered for installation (because of a low pin "
4391"score). The later two can be omitted if there is none or if it is the same "
4392"version as the installed. <literal>section</literal> is the name of the "
4393"section the package appears in."
4394msgstr ""
4395
2a52e8c5 4396#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4397#: apt.conf.5.xml:1002
2a52e8c5
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4398msgid "Dump the default configuration to standard error on startup."
4399msgstr ""
4400
2a52e8c5 4401#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4402#: apt.conf.5.xml:1012
2a52e8c5
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4403msgid ""
4404"When invoking &dpkg;, output the precise command line with which it is being "
4405"invoked, with arguments separated by a single space character."
4406msgstr ""
4407
2a52e8c5 4408#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4409#: apt.conf.5.xml:1023
2a52e8c5
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4410msgid ""
4411"Output all the data received from &dpkg; on the status file descriptor and "
4412"any errors encountered while parsing it."
4413msgstr ""
4414
2a52e8c5 4415#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4416#: apt.conf.5.xml:1034
2a52e8c5
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4417msgid ""
4418"Generate a trace of the algorithm that decides the order in which "
4419"<literal>apt</literal> should pass packages to &dpkg;."
4420msgstr ""
4421
2a52e8c5 4422#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4423#: apt.conf.5.xml:1046
2a52e8c5
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4424msgid "Output status messages tracing the steps performed when invoking &dpkg;."
4425msgstr ""
4426
2a52e8c5 4427#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4428#: apt.conf.5.xml:1057
2a52e8c5
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4429msgid "Output the priority of each package list on startup."
4430msgstr ""
4431
2a52e8c5 4432#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4433#: apt.conf.5.xml:1067
2a52e8c5
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4434msgid ""
4435"Trace the execution of the dependency resolver (this applies only to what "
4436"happens when a complex dependency problem is encountered)."
4437msgstr ""
4438
2a52e8c5 4439#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4440#: apt.conf.5.xml:1078
2a52e8c5
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4441msgid ""
4442"Display a list of all installed packages with their calculated score used by "
4443"the pkgProblemResolver. The description of the package is the same as "
4444"described in <literal>Debug::pkgDepCache::Marker</literal>"
4445msgstr ""
4446
2a52e8c5 4447#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
89fd753d 4448#: apt.conf.5.xml:1090
2a52e8c5
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4449msgid ""
4450"Print information about the vendors read from "
4451"<filename>/etc/apt/vendors.list</filename>."
4452msgstr ""
4453
4454#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 4455#: apt.conf.5.xml:1113
2a52e8c5
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4456msgid ""
4457"&configureindex; is a configuration file showing example values for all "
4458"possible options."
4459msgstr ""
4460
4461#. ? reading apt.conf
4462#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
89fd753d 4463#: apt.conf.5.xml:1125
2a52e8c5
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4464msgid "&apt-cache;, &apt-config;, &apt-preferences;."
4465msgstr ""
4466
2a52e8c5 4467#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 4468#: apt_preferences.5.xml:32
2a52e8c5
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4469msgid "Preference control file for APT"
4470msgstr ""
4471
4472#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 4473#: apt_preferences.5.xml:37
2a52e8c5 4474msgid ""
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4475"The APT preferences file <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> and the "
4476"fragment files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename> folder "
4477"can be used to control which versions of packages will be selected for "
2a52e8c5
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4478"installation."
4479msgstr ""
4480
4481#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 4482#: apt_preferences.5.xml:42
2a52e8c5
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4483msgid ""
4484"Several versions of a package may be available for installation when the "
4485"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one distribution (for "
4486"example, <literal>stable</literal> and <literal>testing</literal>). APT "
4487"assigns a priority to each version that is available. Subject to dependency "
4488"constraints, <command>apt-get</command> selects the version with the highest "
4489"priority for installation. The APT preferences file overrides the "
4490"priorities that APT assigns to package versions by default, thus giving the "
4491"user control over which one is selected for installation."
4492msgstr ""
4493
4494#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 4495#: apt_preferences.5.xml:52
2a52e8c5
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4496msgid ""
4497"Several instances of the same version of a package may be available when the "
4498"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one source. In this "
4499"case <command>apt-get</command> downloads the instance listed earliest in "
4500"the &sources-list; file. The APT preferences file does not affect the "
4501"choice of instance, only the choice of version."
4502msgstr ""
4503
b39c1859 4504#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 4505#: apt_preferences.5.xml:59
b39c1859 4506msgid ""
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4507"Preferences are a strong power in the hands of a system administrator but "
4508"they can become also their biggest nightmare if used without care! APT will "
4509"not questioning the preferences so wrong settings will therefore lead to "
4510"uninstallable packages or wrong decisions while upgrading packages. Even "
4511"more problems will arise if multiply distribution releases are mixed without "
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4512"a good understanding of the following paragraphs. Packages included in a "
4513"specific release aren't tested in and therefore doesn't always work as "
4514"expected in older or newer releases or together with other packages from "
4515"different releases. You have been warned."
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4516msgstr ""
4517
4518#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 4519#: apt_preferences.5.xml:70
0fd68707 4520msgid ""
b39c1859
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4521"Note that the files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d</filename> "
4522"directory are parsed in alphanumeric ascending order and need to obey the "
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4523"following naming convention: The files have either no or "
4524"\"<literal>pref</literal>\" as filename extension and only contain "
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4525"alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) and period (.) characters. "
4526"Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file if the file "
4527"doesn't match a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> "
4528"configuration list - in this case it will be silently ignored."
b39c1859
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4529msgstr ""
4530
4531#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
30549c0c 4532#: apt_preferences.5.xml:79
2a52e8c5
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4533msgid "APT's Default Priority Assignments"
4534msgstr ""
4535
4536#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
30549c0c 4537#: apt_preferences.5.xml:94
2a52e8c5
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4538#, no-wrap
4539msgid ""
4540"<command>apt-get install -t testing "
4541"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command>\n"
4542msgstr ""
4543
4544#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
30549c0c 4545#: apt_preferences.5.xml:97
2a52e8c5
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4546#, no-wrap
4547msgid "APT::Default-Release \"stable\";\n"
4548msgstr ""
4549
4550#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
30549c0c 4551#: apt_preferences.5.xml:81
2a52e8c5
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4552msgid ""
4553"If there is no preferences file or if there is no entry in the file that "
4554"applies to a particular version then the priority assigned to that version "
4555"is the priority of the distribution to which that version belongs. It is "
4556"possible to single out a distribution, \"the target release\", which "
4557"receives a higher priority than other distributions do by default. The "
4558"target release can be set on the <command>apt-get</command> command line or "
4559"in the APT configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename>. Note "
4560"that this has precedence over any general priority you set in the "
4561"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> file described later, but not over "
4562"specifically pinned packages. For example, <placeholder "
4563"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/> <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
4564"id=\"1\"/>"
4565msgstr ""
4566
aec22160
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4567#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4568#: apt_preferences.5.xml:101
4569msgid ""
4570"If the target release has been specified then APT uses the following "
4571"algorithm to set the priorities of the versions of a package. Assign:"
4572msgstr ""
4573
2a52e8c5 4574#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
30549c0c 4575#: apt_preferences.5.xml:106
b6c6b52f 4576msgid "priority 1"
2a52e8c5
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4577msgstr ""
4578
4579#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
30549c0c 4580#: apt_preferences.5.xml:107
b6c6b52f
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4581msgid ""
4582"to the versions coming from archives which in their "
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4583"<filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" but "
4584"<emphasis>not</emphasis> as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the debian "
4585"<literal>experimental</literal> archive."
b6c6b52f
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4586msgstr ""
4587
4588#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
782486e8 4589#: apt_preferences.5.xml:113
b6c6b52f
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4590msgid "priority 100"
4591msgstr ""
4592
4593#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
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4594#: apt_preferences.5.xml:114
4595msgid ""
4596"to the version that is already installed (if any) and to the versions coming "
4597"from archives which in their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked "
4598"as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" and \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the debian "
4599"backports archive since <literal>squeeze-backports</literal>."
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4600msgstr ""
4601
4602#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
782486e8 4603#: apt_preferences.5.xml:121
2a52e8c5
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4604msgid "priority 500"
4605msgstr ""
4606
4607#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4608#: apt_preferences.5.xml:122
2a52e8c5
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4609msgid ""
4610"to the versions that are not installed and do not belong to the target "
4611"release."
4612msgstr ""
4613
4614#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
782486e8 4615#: apt_preferences.5.xml:126
2a52e8c5
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4616msgid "priority 990"
4617msgstr ""
4618
4619#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4620#: apt_preferences.5.xml:127
2a52e8c5
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4621msgid "to the versions that are not installed and belong to the target release."
4622msgstr ""
4623
2a52e8c5 4624#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
782486e8 4625#: apt_preferences.5.xml:132
2a52e8c5
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4626msgid ""
4627"If the target release has not been specified then APT simply assigns "
4628"priority 100 to all installed package versions and priority 500 to all "
782486e8 4629"uninstalled package versions, except versions coming from archives which in "
b6c6b52f 4630"their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" "
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4631"- these versions get the priority 1 or priority 100 if it is additionally "
4632"marked as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\"."
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4633msgstr ""
4634
4635#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
782486e8 4636#: apt_preferences.5.xml:139
2a52e8c5
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4637msgid ""
4638"APT then applies the following rules, listed in order of precedence, to "
4639"determine which version of a package to install."
4640msgstr ""
4641
4642#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4643#: apt_preferences.5.xml:142
2a52e8c5
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4644msgid ""
4645"Never downgrade unless the priority of an available version exceeds 1000. "
4646"(\"Downgrading\" is installing a less recent version of a package in place "
4647"of a more recent version. Note that none of APT's default priorities "
4648"exceeds 1000; such high priorities can only be set in the preferences file. "
4649"Note also that downgrading a package can be risky.)"
4650msgstr ""
4651
4652#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4653#: apt_preferences.5.xml:148
2a52e8c5
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4654msgid "Install the highest priority version."
4655msgstr ""
4656
4657#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4658#: apt_preferences.5.xml:149
2a52e8c5
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4659msgid ""
4660"If two or more versions have the same priority, install the most recent one "
4661"(that is, the one with the higher version number)."
4662msgstr ""
4663
4664#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4665#: apt_preferences.5.xml:152
2a52e8c5
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4666msgid ""
4667"If two or more versions have the same priority and version number but either "
4668"the packages differ in some of their metadata or the "
4669"<literal>--reinstall</literal> option is given, install the uninstalled one."
4670msgstr ""
4671
4672#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
782486e8 4673#: apt_preferences.5.xml:158
2a52e8c5
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4674msgid ""
4675"In a typical situation, the installed version of a package (priority 100) "
4676"is not as recent as one of the versions available from the sources listed in "
4677"the &sources-list; file (priority 500 or 990). Then the package will be "
4678"upgraded when <command>apt-get install "
4679"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
4680"upgrade</command> is executed."
4681msgstr ""
4682
4683#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
782486e8 4684#: apt_preferences.5.xml:165
2a52e8c5
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4685msgid ""
4686"More rarely, the installed version of a package is <emphasis>more</emphasis> "
4687"recent than any of the other available versions. The package will not be "
4688"downgraded when <command>apt-get install "
4689"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
4690"upgrade</command> is executed."
4691msgstr ""
4692
4693#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
782486e8 4694#: apt_preferences.5.xml:170
2a52e8c5
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4695msgid ""
4696"Sometimes the installed version of a package is more recent than the version "
4697"belonging to the target release, but not as recent as a version belonging to "
4698"some other distribution. Such a package will indeed be upgraded when "
4699"<command>apt-get install <replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> "
4700"or <command>apt-get upgrade</command> is executed, because at least "
4701"<emphasis>one</emphasis> of the available versions has a higher priority "
4702"than the installed version."
4703msgstr ""
4704
4705#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
782486e8 4706#: apt_preferences.5.xml:179
2a52e8c5
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4707msgid "The Effect of APT Preferences"
4708msgstr ""
4709
4710#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
782486e8 4711#: apt_preferences.5.xml:181
2a52e8c5
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4712msgid ""
4713"The APT preferences file allows the system administrator to control the "
4714"assignment of priorities. The file consists of one or more multi-line "
4715"records separated by blank lines. Records can have one of two forms, a "
4716"specific form and a general form."
4717msgstr ""
4718
4719#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4720#: apt_preferences.5.xml:187
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4721msgid ""
4722"The specific form assigns a priority (a \"Pin-Priority\") to one or more "
4723"specified packages and specified version or version range. For example, the "
4724"following record assigns a high priority to all versions of the "
4725"<filename>perl</filename> package whose version number begins with "
4726"\"<literal>5.8</literal>\". Multiple packages can be separated by spaces."
4727msgstr ""
4728
4729#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
782486e8 4730#: apt_preferences.5.xml:194
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4731#, no-wrap
4732msgid ""
4733"Package: perl\n"
4734"Pin: version 5.8*\n"
4735"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
4736msgstr ""
4737
4738#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4739#: apt_preferences.5.xml:200
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4740msgid ""
4741"The general form assigns a priority to all of the package versions in a "
4742"given distribution (that is, to all the versions of packages that are listed "
4743"in a certain <filename>Release</filename> file) or to all of the package "
4744"versions coming from a particular Internet site, as identified by the site's "
4745"fully qualified domain name."
4746msgstr ""
4747
4748#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4749#: apt_preferences.5.xml:206
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4750msgid ""
4751"This general-form entry in the APT preferences file applies only to groups "
4752"of packages. For example, the following record assigns a high priority to "
4753"all package versions available from the local site."
4754msgstr ""
4755
4756#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
782486e8 4757#: apt_preferences.5.xml:211
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4758#, no-wrap
4759msgid ""
4760"Package: *\n"
4761"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
4762"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
4763msgstr ""
4764
4765#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4766#: apt_preferences.5.xml:216
2a52e8c5 4767msgid ""
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4768"A note of caution: the keyword used here is \"<literal>origin</literal>\" "
4769"which can be used to match a hostname. The following record will assign a "
4770"high priority to all versions available from the server identified by the "
4771"hostname \"ftp.de.debian.org\""
4772msgstr ""
4773
4774#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
782486e8 4775#: apt_preferences.5.xml:220
b81dbe40
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4776#, no-wrap
4777msgid ""
4778"Package: *\n"
4779"Pin: origin \"ftp.de.debian.org\"\n"
4780"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
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4781msgstr ""
4782
4783#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4784#: apt_preferences.5.xml:224
b81dbe40
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4785msgid ""
4786"This should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be confused with the Origin of a "
4787"distribution as specified in a <filename>Release</filename> file. What "
4788"follows the \"Origin:\" tag in a <filename>Release</filename> file is not an "
4789"Internet address but an author or vendor name, such as \"Debian\" or "
4790"\"Ximian\"."
4791msgstr ""
4792
4793#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4794#: apt_preferences.5.xml:229
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4795msgid ""
4796"The following record assigns a low priority to all package versions "
4797"belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "
4798"\"<literal>unstable</literal>\"."
4799msgstr ""
4800
4801#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
782486e8 4802#: apt_preferences.5.xml:233
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4803#, no-wrap
4804msgid ""
4805"Package: *\n"
4806"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
4807"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
4808msgstr ""
4809
4810#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4811#: apt_preferences.5.xml:238
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4812msgid ""
4813"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
4814"belonging to any distribution whose Codename is "
b6c6b52f 4815"\"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal>\"."
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4816msgstr ""
4817
4818#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
782486e8 4819#: apt_preferences.5.xml:242
2a52e8c5
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4820#, no-wrap
4821msgid ""
4822"Package: *\n"
b6c6b52f 4823"Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
2a52e8c5
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4824"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
4825msgstr ""
4826
4827#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
782486e8 4828#: apt_preferences.5.xml:247
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4829msgid ""
4830"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
4831"belonging to any release whose Archive name is \"<literal>stable</literal>\" "
4832"and whose release Version number is \"<literal>3.0</literal>\"."
4833msgstr ""
4834
4835#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
782486e8 4836#: apt_preferences.5.xml:252
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4837#, no-wrap
4838msgid ""
4839"Package: *\n"
4840"Pin: release a=stable, v=3.0\n"
4841"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
4842msgstr ""
4843
4844#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
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4845#: apt_preferences.5.xml:262
4846msgid "Regular expressions and glob() syntax"
4847msgstr ""
4848
4849#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4850#: apt_preferences.5.xml:264
4851msgid ""
4852"APT also supports pinning by glob() expressions and regular expressions "
4853"surrounded by /. For example, the following example assigns the priority 500 "
4854"to all packages from experimental where the name starts with gnome (as a "
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4855"glob()-like expression) or contains the word kde (as a POSIX extended "
4856"regular expression surrounded by slashes)."
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4857msgstr ""
4858
4859#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
4860#: apt_preferences.5.xml:273
4861#, no-wrap
4862msgid ""
4863"Package: gnome* /kde/\n"
4864"Pin: release n=experimental\n"
4865"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
4866msgstr ""
4867
4868#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4869#: apt_preferences.5.xml:279
4870msgid ""
4871"The rule for those expressions is that they can occur anywhere where a "
c77d6597 4872"string can occur. Thus, the following pin assigns the priority 990 to all "
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4873"packages from a release starting with karmic."
4874msgstr ""
4875
4876#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
4877#: apt_preferences.5.xml:285
4878#, no-wrap
4879msgid ""
4880"Package: *\n"
4881"Pin: release n=karmic*\n"
4882"Pin-Priority: 990\n"
4883msgstr ""
4884
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4885#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4886#: apt_preferences.5.xml:291
4887msgid ""
4888"If a regular expression occurs in a <literal>Package</literal> field, the "
4889"behavior is the same as if this regular expression were replaced with a list "
4890"of all package names it matches. It is undecided whether this will change in "
4891"the future, thus you should always list wild-card pins first, so later "
4892"specific pins override it. The pattern \"<literal>*</literal>\" in a "
4893"Package field is not considered a glob() expression in itself."
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4894msgstr ""
4895
4896#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
2b9b27c3 4897#: apt_preferences.5.xml:307
2a52e8c5
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4898msgid "How APT Interprets Priorities"
4899msgstr ""
4900
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4901#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
4902#: apt_preferences.5.xml:310
4903msgid ""
4904"Priorities (P) assigned in the APT preferences file must be positive or "
4905"negative integers. They are interpreted as follows (roughly speaking):"
4906msgstr ""
4907
2a52e8c5 4908#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 4909#: apt_preferences.5.xml:315
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4910msgid "P &gt; 1000"
4911msgstr ""
4912
4913#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 4914#: apt_preferences.5.xml:316
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4915msgid ""
4916"causes a version to be installed even if this constitutes a downgrade of the "
4917"package"
4918msgstr ""
4919
4920#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 4921#: apt_preferences.5.xml:320
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4922msgid "990 &lt; P &lt;=1000"
4923msgstr ""
4924
4925#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 4926#: apt_preferences.5.xml:321
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4927msgid ""
4928"causes a version to be installed even if it does not come from the target "
4929"release, unless the installed version is more recent"
4930msgstr ""
4931
4932#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 4933#: apt_preferences.5.xml:326
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4934msgid "500 &lt; P &lt;=990"
4935msgstr ""
4936
4937#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 4938#: apt_preferences.5.xml:327
2a52e8c5
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4939msgid ""
4940"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4941"belonging to the target release or the installed version is more recent"
4942msgstr ""
4943
4944#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 4945#: apt_preferences.5.xml:332
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4946msgid "100 &lt; P &lt;=500"
4947msgstr ""
4948
4949#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 4950#: apt_preferences.5.xml:333
2a52e8c5
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4951msgid ""
4952"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4953"belonging to some other distribution or the installed version is more recent"
4954msgstr ""
4955
4956#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 4957#: apt_preferences.5.xml:338
2a52e8c5
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4958msgid "0 &lt; P &lt;=100"
4959msgstr ""
4960
4961#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 4962#: apt_preferences.5.xml:339
2a52e8c5
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4963msgid ""
4964"causes a version to be installed only if there is no installed version of "
4965"the package"
4966msgstr ""
4967
4968#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 4969#: apt_preferences.5.xml:343
2a52e8c5
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4970msgid "P &lt; 0"
4971msgstr ""
4972
4973#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 4974#: apt_preferences.5.xml:344
2a52e8c5
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4975msgid "prevents the version from being installed"
4976msgstr ""
4977
2a52e8c5 4978#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 4979#: apt_preferences.5.xml:349
2a52e8c5
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4980msgid ""
4981"If any specific-form records match an available package version then the "
4982"first such record determines the priority of the package version. Failing "
4983"that, if any general-form records match an available package version then "
4984"the first such record determines the priority of the package version."
4985msgstr ""
4986
4987#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 4988#: apt_preferences.5.xml:355
2a52e8c5
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4989msgid ""
4990"For example, suppose the APT preferences file contains the three records "
4991"presented earlier:"
4992msgstr ""
4993
4994#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 4995#: apt_preferences.5.xml:359
2a52e8c5
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4996#, no-wrap
4997msgid ""
4998"Package: perl\n"
4999"Pin: version 5.8*\n"
5000"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
5001"\n"
5002"Package: *\n"
5003"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
5004"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
5005"\n"
5006"Package: *\n"
5007"Pin: release unstable\n"
5008"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
5009msgstr ""
5010
5011#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5012#: apt_preferences.5.xml:372
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5013msgid "Then:"
5014msgstr ""
5015
5016#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5017#: apt_preferences.5.xml:374
2a52e8c5
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5018msgid ""
5019"The most recent available version of the <literal>perl</literal> package "
5020"will be installed, so long as that version's version number begins with "
5021"\"<literal>5.8</literal>\". If <emphasis>any</emphasis> 5.8* version of "
5022"<literal>perl</literal> is available and the installed version is 5.9*, then "
5023"<literal>perl</literal> will be downgraded."
5024msgstr ""
5025
5026#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5027#: apt_preferences.5.xml:379
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5028msgid ""
5029"A version of any package other than <literal>perl</literal> that is "
5030"available from the local system has priority over other versions, even "
5031"versions belonging to the target release."
5032msgstr ""
5033
5034#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5035#: apt_preferences.5.xml:383
2a52e8c5
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5036msgid ""
5037"A version of a package whose origin is not the local system but some other "
5038"site listed in &sources-list; and which belongs to an "
5039"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution is only installed if it is selected "
5040"for installation and no version of the package is already installed."
5041msgstr ""
5042
5043#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
2b9b27c3 5044#: apt_preferences.5.xml:393
2a52e8c5
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5045msgid "Determination of Package Version and Distribution Properties"
5046msgstr ""
5047
5048#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5049#: apt_preferences.5.xml:395
2a52e8c5
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5050msgid ""
5051"The locations listed in the &sources-list; file should provide "
5052"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> files to "
5053"describe the packages available at that location."
5054msgstr ""
5055
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5056#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
5057#: apt_preferences.5.xml:399
5058msgid ""
5059"The <filename>Packages</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
5060"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable>/<replaceable>component</replaceable>/<replaceable>arch</replaceable></filename>: "
5061"for example, "
5062"<filename>.../dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages</filename>. It "
5063"consists of a series of multi-line records, one for each package available "
5064"in that directory. Only two lines in each record are relevant for setting "
5065"APT priorities:"
5066msgstr ""
5067
2a52e8c5 5068#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5069#: apt_preferences.5.xml:407
2a52e8c5
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5070msgid "the <literal>Package:</literal> line"
5071msgstr ""
5072
5073#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5074#: apt_preferences.5.xml:408
2a52e8c5
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5075msgid "gives the package name"
5076msgstr ""
5077
5078#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5079#: apt_preferences.5.xml:411 apt_preferences.5.xml:461
2a52e8c5
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5080msgid "the <literal>Version:</literal> line"
5081msgstr ""
5082
5083#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5084#: apt_preferences.5.xml:412
2a52e8c5
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5085msgid "gives the version number for the named package"
5086msgstr ""
5087
5088#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
aec22160 5089#: apt_preferences.5.xml:417
2a52e8c5 5090msgid ""
aec22160
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5091"The <filename>Release</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
5092"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable></filename>: for "
5093"example, <filename>.../dists/stable/Release</filename>, or "
5094"<filename>.../dists/&stable-codename;/Release</filename>. It consists of a "
5095"single multi-line record which applies to <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the "
5096"packages in the directory tree below its parent. Unlike the "
5097"<filename>Packages</filename> file, nearly all of the lines in a "
5098"<filename>Release</filename> file are relevant for setting APT priorities:"
2a52e8c5
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5099msgstr ""
5100
5101#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5102#: apt_preferences.5.xml:428
2a52e8c5
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5103msgid "the <literal>Archive:</literal> or <literal>Suite:</literal> line"
5104msgstr ""
5105
5106#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5107#: apt_preferences.5.xml:429
2a52e8c5
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5108msgid ""
5109"names the archive to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
5110"For example, the line \"Archive: stable\" or \"Suite: stable\" specifies "
5111"that all of the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
5112"<filename>Release</filename> file are in a <literal>stable</literal> "
5113"archive. Specifying this value in the APT preferences file would require "
5114"the line:"
5115msgstr ""
5116
5117#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5118#: apt_preferences.5.xml:439
2a52e8c5
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5119#, no-wrap
5120msgid "Pin: release a=stable\n"
5121msgstr ""
5122
5123#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5124#: apt_preferences.5.xml:445
2a52e8c5
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5125msgid "the <literal>Codename:</literal> line"
5126msgstr ""
5127
5128#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5129#: apt_preferences.5.xml:446
2a52e8c5
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5130msgid ""
5131"names the codename to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
b6c6b52f
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5132"For example, the line \"Codename: &testing-codename;\" specifies that all of "
5133"the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
2a52e8c5 5134"<filename>Release</filename> file belong to a version named "
b6c6b52f
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5135"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal>. Specifying this value in the APT "
5136"preferences file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
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5137msgstr ""
5138
5139#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5140#: apt_preferences.5.xml:455
2a52e8c5 5141#, no-wrap
b6c6b52f 5142msgid "Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
2a52e8c5
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5143msgstr ""
5144
5145#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5146#: apt_preferences.5.xml:462
2a52e8c5
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5147msgid ""
5148"names the release version. For example, the packages in the tree might "
b176de3a
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5149"belong to Debian release version 3.0. Note that there is normally no "
5150"version number for the <literal>testing</literal> and "
2a52e8c5
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5151"<literal>unstable</literal> distributions because they have not been "
5152"released yet. Specifying this in the APT preferences file would require one "
5153"of the following lines."
5154msgstr ""
5155
5156#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5157#: apt_preferences.5.xml:471
2a52e8c5
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5158#, no-wrap
5159msgid ""
5160"Pin: release v=3.0\n"
5161"Pin: release a=stable, v=3.0\n"
5162"Pin: release 3.0\n"
5163msgstr ""
5164
5165#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5166#: apt_preferences.5.xml:480
2a52e8c5
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5167msgid "the <literal>Component:</literal> line"
5168msgstr ""
5169
5170#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5171#: apt_preferences.5.xml:481
2a52e8c5
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5172msgid ""
5173"names the licensing component associated with the packages in the directory "
5174"tree of the <filename>Release</filename> file. For example, the line "
5175"\"Component: main\" specifies that all the packages in the directory tree "
5176"are from the <literal>main</literal> component, which entails that they are "
5177"licensed under terms listed in the Debian Free Software Guidelines. "
5178"Specifying this component in the APT preferences file would require the "
5179"line:"
5180msgstr ""
5181
5182#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5183#: apt_preferences.5.xml:490
2a52e8c5
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5184#, no-wrap
5185msgid "Pin: release c=main\n"
5186msgstr ""
5187
5188#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5189#: apt_preferences.5.xml:496
2a52e8c5
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5190msgid "the <literal>Origin:</literal> line"
5191msgstr ""
5192
5193#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5194#: apt_preferences.5.xml:497
2a52e8c5
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5195msgid ""
5196"names the originator of the packages in the directory tree of the "
5197"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
5198"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this origin in the APT preferences "
5199"file would require the line:"
5200msgstr ""
5201
5202#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5203#: apt_preferences.5.xml:503
2a52e8c5
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5204#, no-wrap
5205msgid "Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5206msgstr ""
5207
5208#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
2b9b27c3 5209#: apt_preferences.5.xml:509
2a52e8c5
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5210msgid "the <literal>Label:</literal> line"
5211msgstr ""
5212
5213#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
2b9b27c3 5214#: apt_preferences.5.xml:510
2a52e8c5
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5215msgid ""
5216"names the label of the packages in the directory tree of the "
5217"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
5218"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this label in the APT preferences "
5219"file would require the line:"
5220msgstr ""
5221
5222#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5223#: apt_preferences.5.xml:516
2a52e8c5
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5224#, no-wrap
5225msgid "Pin: release l=Debian\n"
5226msgstr ""
5227
2a52e8c5 5228#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5229#: apt_preferences.5.xml:523
2a52e8c5
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5230msgid ""
5231"All of the <filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> "
5232"files retrieved from locations listed in the &sources-list; file are stored "
5233"in the directory <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists</filename>, or in the file "
5234"named by the variable <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> in the "
5235"<filename>apt.conf</filename> file. For example, the file "
5236"<filename>debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Release</filename> "
5237"contains the <filename>Release</filename> file retrieved from the site "
5238"<literal>debian.lcs.mit.edu</literal> for <literal>binary-i386</literal> "
5239"architecture files from the <literal>contrib</literal> component of the "
5240"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution."
5241msgstr ""
5242
5243#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
2b9b27c3 5244#: apt_preferences.5.xml:536
2a52e8c5
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5245msgid "Optional Lines in an APT Preferences Record"
5246msgstr ""
5247
5248#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5249#: apt_preferences.5.xml:538
2a52e8c5
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5250msgid ""
5251"Each record in the APT preferences file can optionally begin with one or "
5252"more lines beginning with the word <literal>Explanation:</literal>. This "
5253"provides a place for comments."
5254msgstr ""
5255
2a52e8c5 5256#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
2b9b27c3 5257#: apt_preferences.5.xml:547
2a52e8c5
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5258msgid "Tracking Stable"
5259msgstr ""
5260
5261#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5262#: apt_preferences.5.xml:555
2a52e8c5
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5263#, no-wrap
5264msgid ""
5265"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated\n"
5266"Explanation: package versions other than those in the stable distro\n"
5267"Package: *\n"
5268"Pin: release a=stable\n"
5269"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
5270"\n"
5271"Package: *\n"
5272"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5273"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
5274msgstr ""
5275
5276#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5277#: apt_preferences.5.xml:549
2a52e8c5
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5278msgid ""
5279"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
5280"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
5281"<literal>stable</literal> distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
5282"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> "
5283"distributions. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
5284msgstr ""
5285
5286#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5287#: apt_preferences.5.xml:572 apt_preferences.5.xml:618 apt_preferences.5.xml:676
2a52e8c5
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5288#, no-wrap
5289msgid ""
5290"apt-get install <replaceable>package-name</replaceable>\n"
5291"apt-get upgrade\n"
5292"apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
5293msgstr ""
5294
5295#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5296#: apt_preferences.5.xml:567
2a52e8c5
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5297msgid ""
5298"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
5299"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
5300"<literal>stable</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
5301"id=\"0\"/>"
5302msgstr ""
5303
5304#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5305#: apt_preferences.5.xml:584
2a52e8c5
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5306#, no-wrap
5307msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/testing\n"
5308msgstr ""
5309
5310#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5311#: apt_preferences.5.xml:578
2a52e8c5
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5312msgid ""
5313"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
5314"latest version from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution; the package "
5315"will not be upgraded again unless this command is given again. <placeholder "
5316"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
5317msgstr ""
5318
5319#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
2b9b27c3 5320#: apt_preferences.5.xml:590
2a52e8c5
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5321msgid "Tracking Testing or Unstable"
5322msgstr ""
5323
5324#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5325#: apt_preferences.5.xml:599
2a52e8c5
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5326#, no-wrap
5327msgid ""
5328"Package: *\n"
5329"Pin: release a=testing\n"
5330"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
5331"\n"
5332"Package: *\n"
5333"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
5334"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
5335"\n"
5336"Package: *\n"
5337"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5338"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
5339msgstr ""
5340
5341#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5342#: apt_preferences.5.xml:592
2a52e8c5
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5343msgid ""
5344"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a high priority "
5345"to package versions from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution, a "
5346"lower priority to package versions from the <literal>unstable</literal> "
5347"distribution, and a prohibitively low priority to package versions from "
5348"other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions. <placeholder "
5349"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
5350msgstr ""
5351
5352#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5353#: apt_preferences.5.xml:613
2a52e8c5
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5354msgid ""
5355"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
5356"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
5357"<literal>testing</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
5358"id=\"0\"/>"
5359msgstr ""
5360
5361#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5362#: apt_preferences.5.xml:633
2a52e8c5
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5363#, no-wrap
5364msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/unstable\n"
5365msgstr ""
5366
5367#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5368#: apt_preferences.5.xml:624
2a52e8c5
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5369msgid ""
5370"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
5371"latest version from the <literal>unstable</literal> distribution. "
5372"Thereafter, <command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to "
5373"the most recent <literal>testing</literal> version if that is more recent "
5374"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
5375"<literal>unstable</literal> version if that is more recent than the "
5376"installed version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
5377msgstr ""
5378
5379#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
2b9b27c3 5380#: apt_preferences.5.xml:640
2a52e8c5
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5381msgid "Tracking the evolution of a codename release"
5382msgstr ""
5383
5384#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5385#: apt_preferences.5.xml:654
2a52e8c5
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5386#, no-wrap
5387msgid ""
5388"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated package "
5389"versions\n"
b6c6b52f
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5390"Explanation: other than those in the distribution codenamed with "
5391"&testing-codename; or sid\n"
2a52e8c5 5392"Package: *\n"
b6c6b52f 5393"Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
2a52e8c5
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5394"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
5395"\n"
5396"Explanation: Debian unstable is always codenamed with sid\n"
5397"Package: *\n"
b81dbe40 5398"Pin: release n=sid\n"
2a52e8c5
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5399"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
5400"\n"
5401"Package: *\n"
5402"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
5403"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
5404msgstr ""
5405
5406#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5407#: apt_preferences.5.xml:642
2a52e8c5
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5408msgid ""
5409"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
5410"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
5411"specified codename of a distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
5412"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions, "
5413"codenames and archives. Note that with this APT preference APT will follow "
5414"the migration of a release from the archive <literal>testing</literal> to "
5415"<literal>stable</literal> and later <literal>oldstable</literal>. If you "
5416"want to follow for example the progress in <literal>testing</literal> "
5417"notwithstanding the codename changes you should use the example "
5418"configurations above. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
5419msgstr ""
5420
5421#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5422#: apt_preferences.5.xml:671
2a52e8c5
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5423msgid ""
5424"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
5425"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest version(s) in "
b6c6b52f
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5426"the release codenamed with <literal>&testing-codename;</literal>. "
5427"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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5428msgstr ""
5429
5430#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
2b9b27c3 5431#: apt_preferences.5.xml:691
2a52e8c5
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5432#, no-wrap
5433msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/sid\n"
5434msgstr ""
5435
5436#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
2b9b27c3 5437#: apt_preferences.5.xml:682
2a52e8c5
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5438msgid ""
5439"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
5440"latest version from the <literal>sid</literal> distribution. Thereafter, "
5441"<command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to the most "
b6c6b52f
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5442"recent <literal>&testing-codename;</literal> version if that is more recent "
5443"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
5444"<literal>sid</literal> version if that is more recent than the installed "
5445"version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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5446msgstr ""
5447
5448#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
2b9b27c3 5449#: apt_preferences.5.xml:706
2a52e8c5
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5450msgid "&apt-get; &apt-cache; &apt-conf; &sources-list;"
5451msgstr ""
5452
2a52e8c5 5453#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
0c1a7101 5454#: sources.list.5.xml:33
2a52e8c5
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5455msgid "Package resource list for APT"
5456msgstr ""
5457
5458#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 5459#: sources.list.5.xml:37
2a52e8c5
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5460msgid ""
5461"The package resource list is used to locate archives of the package "
5462"distribution system in use on the system. At this time, this manual page "
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5463"documents only the packaging system used by the Debian system. This control "
5464"file is <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>."
2a52e8c5
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5465msgstr ""
5466
5467#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 5468#: sources.list.5.xml:42
2a52e8c5
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5469msgid ""
5470"The source list is designed to support any number of active sources and a "
5471"variety of source media. The file lists one source per line, with the most "
5472"preferred source listed first. The format of each line is: <literal>type uri "
5473"args</literal> The first item, <literal>type</literal> determines the format "
43be0ac4 5474"for <literal>args</literal>. <literal>uri</literal> is a Universal Resource "
2a52e8c5
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5475"Identifier (URI), which is a superset of the more specific and well-known "
5476"Universal Resource Locator, or URL. The rest of the line can be marked as a "
5477"comment by using a #."
5478msgstr ""
5479
5480#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
0c1a7101 5481#: sources.list.5.xml:53
2a52e8c5
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5482msgid "sources.list.d"
5483msgstr ""
5484
5485#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
0c1a7101 5486#: sources.list.5.xml:54
2a52e8c5
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5487msgid ""
5488"The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d</filename> directory provides a way to "
5489"add sources.list entries in separate files. The format is the same as for "
5490"the regular <filename>sources.list</filename> file. File names need to end "
5491"with <filename>.list</filename> and may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z), "
5492"digits (0-9), underscore (_), hyphen (-) and period (.) characters. "
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5493"Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file if the file "
5494"doesn't match a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> "
5495"configuration list - in this case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
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5496msgstr ""
5497
5498#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
30549c0c 5499#: sources.list.5.xml:65
2a52e8c5
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5500msgid "The deb and deb-src types"
5501msgstr ""
5502
5503#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
30549c0c 5504#: sources.list.5.xml:66
2a52e8c5
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5505msgid ""
5506"The <literal>deb</literal> type describes a typical two-level Debian "
5507"archive, <filename>distribution/component</filename>. Typically, "
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5508"<literal>distribution</literal> is generally an archivename like "
5509"<literal>stable</literal> or <literal>testing</literal> or a codename like "
5510"<literal>&stable-codename;</literal> or "
5511"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal> while component is one of "
5512"<literal>main</literal> <literal>contrib</literal> or "
5513"<literal>non-free</literal>. The <literal>deb-src</literal> type describes a "
2a52e8c5
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5514"debian distribution's source code in the same form as the "
5515"<literal>deb</literal> type. A <literal>deb-src</literal> line is required "
5516"to fetch source indexes."
5517msgstr ""
5518
5519#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
30549c0c 5520#: sources.list.5.xml:78
2a52e8c5
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5521msgid ""
5522"The format for a <filename>sources.list</filename> entry using the "
43be0ac4 5523"<literal>deb</literal> and <literal>deb-src</literal> types is:"
2a52e8c5
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5524msgstr ""
5525
5526#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
30549c0c 5527#: sources.list.5.xml:81
2a52e8c5 5528#, no-wrap
c77d6597 5529msgid "deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]"
2a52e8c5
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5530msgstr ""
5531
5532#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
30549c0c 5533#: sources.list.5.xml:83
2a52e8c5
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5534msgid ""
5535"The URI for the <literal>deb</literal> type must specify the base of the "
5536"Debian distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs. "
5537"<literal>distribution</literal> can specify an exact path, in which case the "
5538"components must be omitted and <literal>distribution</literal> must end with "
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5539"a slash (/). This is useful for when the case only a particular sub-section "
5540"of the archive denoted by the URI is of interest. If "
2a52e8c5
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5541"<literal>distribution</literal> does not specify an exact path, at least one "
5542"<literal>component</literal> must be present."
5543msgstr ""
5544
5545#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
30549c0c 5546#: sources.list.5.xml:92
2a52e8c5
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5547msgid ""
5548"<literal>distribution</literal> may also contain a variable, "
5549"<literal>$(ARCH)</literal> which expands to the Debian architecture (i386, "
5550"m68k, powerpc, ...) used on the system. This permits "
5551"architecture-independent <filename>sources.list</filename> files to be "
5552"used. In general this is only of interest when specifying an exact path, "
5553"<literal>APT</literal> will automatically generate a URI with the current "
5554"architecture otherwise."
5555msgstr ""
5556
5557#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
30549c0c 5558#: sources.list.5.xml:100
2a52e8c5
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5559msgid ""
5560"Since only one distribution can be specified per line it may be necessary to "
5561"have multiple lines for the same URI, if a subset of all available "
5562"distributions or components at that location is desired. APT will sort the "
5563"URI list after it has generated a complete set internally, and will collapse "
5564"multiple references to the same Internet host, for instance, into a single "
5565"connection, so that it does not inefficiently establish an FTP connection, "
5566"close it, do something else, and then re-establish a connection to that same "
5567"host. This feature is useful for accessing busy FTP sites with limits on the "
5568"number of simultaneous anonymous users. APT also parallelizes connections to "
5569"different hosts to more effectively deal with sites with low bandwidth."
5570msgstr ""
5571
5572#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
30549c0c 5573#: sources.list.5.xml:112
2a52e8c5 5574msgid ""
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5575"<literal>options</literal> is always optional and needs to be surounded by "
5576"square brackets. It can consist of multiple settings in the form "
5577"<literal><replaceable>setting</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>. "
5578"Multiple settings are separated by spaces. The following settings are "
5579"supported by APT, note though that unsupported settings will be ignored "
5580"silently:"
5581msgstr ""
5582
5583#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
5584#: sources.list.5.xml:117
5585msgid ""
5586"<literal>arch=<replaceable>arch1</replaceable>,<replaceable>arch2</replaceable>,…</literal> "
5587"can be used to specify for which architectures packages information should "
5588"be downloaded. If this option is not set all architectures defined by the "
5589"<literal>APT::Architectures</literal> option will be downloaded."
5590msgstr ""
5591
5592#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
5593#: sources.list.5.xml:121
5594msgid ""
5595"<literal>trusted=yes</literal> can be set to indicate that packages from "
4d704f20 5596"this source are always authenticated even if the "
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5597"<filename>Release</filename> file is not signed or the signature can't be "
5598"checked. This disables parts of &apt-secure; and should therefore only be "
5599"used in a local and trusted context. <literal>trusted=no</literal> is the "
4d704f20
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5600"opposite which handles even correctly authenticated sources as not "
5601"authenticated."
c77d6597
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5602msgstr ""
5603
5604#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5605#: sources.list.5.xml:128
5606msgid ""
2a52e8c5
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5607"It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most "
5608"preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting by "
5609"speed from fastest to slowest (CD-ROM followed by hosts on a local network, "
5610"followed by distant Internet hosts, for example)."
5611msgstr ""
5612
5613#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
c77d6597 5614#: sources.list.5.xml:133
2a52e8c5
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5615msgid "Some examples:"
5616msgstr ""
5617
5618#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
c77d6597 5619#: sources.list.5.xml:135
2a52e8c5
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5620#, no-wrap
5621msgid ""
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5622"deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main contrib non-free\n"
5623"deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib "
5624"non-free\n"
2a52e8c5
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5625" "
5626msgstr ""
5627
5628#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
c77d6597 5629#: sources.list.5.xml:141
2a52e8c5
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5630msgid "URI specification"
5631msgstr ""
5632
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5633#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
5634#: sources.list.5.xml:143
5635msgid "The currently recognized URI types are:"
2a52e8c5
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5636msgstr ""
5637
5638#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 5639#: sources.list.5.xml:147
2a52e8c5
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5640msgid ""
5641"The file scheme allows an arbitrary directory in the file system to be "
5642"considered an archive. This is useful for NFS mounts and local mirrors or "
5643"archives."
5644msgstr ""
5645
5646#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 5647#: sources.list.5.xml:154
2a52e8c5 5648msgid ""
25838be6 5649"The cdrom scheme allows APT to use a local CD-ROM drive with media "
2a52e8c5
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5650"swapping. Use the &apt-cdrom; program to create cdrom entries in the source "
5651"list."
5652msgstr ""
5653
5654#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 5655#: sources.list.5.xml:161
2a52e8c5
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5656msgid ""
5657"The http scheme specifies an HTTP server for the archive. If an environment "
5658"variable <envar>http_proxy</envar> is set with the format "
5659"http://server:port/, the proxy server specified in <envar>http_proxy</envar> "
5660"will be used. Users of authenticated HTTP/1.1 proxies may use a string of "
43be0ac4 5661"the format http://user:pass@server:port/. Note that this is an insecure "
2a52e8c5
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5662"method of authentication."
5663msgstr ""
5664
5665#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 5666#: sources.list.5.xml:172
2a52e8c5
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5667msgid ""
5668"The ftp scheme specifies an FTP server for the archive. APT's FTP behavior "
5669"is highly configurable; for more information see the &apt-conf; manual "
5670"page. Please note that a ftp proxy can be specified by using the "
5671"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable. It is possible to specify a "
5672"http proxy (http proxy servers often understand ftp urls) using this method "
5673"and ONLY this method. ftp proxies using http specified in the configuration "
5674"file will be ignored."
5675msgstr ""
5676
2a52e8c5 5677#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 5678#: sources.list.5.xml:183
2a52e8c5
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5679msgid ""
5680"The copy scheme is identical to the file scheme except that packages are "
5681"copied into the cache directory instead of used directly at their location. "
5682"This is useful for people using a zip disk to copy files around with APT."
5683msgstr ""
5684
2a52e8c5 5685#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 5686#: sources.list.5.xml:190
2a52e8c5
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5687msgid ""
5688"The rsh/ssh method invokes rsh/ssh to connect to a remote host as a given "
5689"user and access the files. It is a good idea to do prior arrangements with "
5690"RSA keys or rhosts. Access to files on the remote uses standard "
5691"<command>find</command> and <command>dd</command> commands to perform the "
5692"file transfers from the remote."
5693msgstr ""
5694
43be0ac4 5695#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
aec22160
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5696#: sources.list.5.xml:198
5697msgid "adding more recognizable URI types"
43be0ac4
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5698msgstr ""
5699
5700#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
aec22160 5701#: sources.list.5.xml:200
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5702msgid ""
5703"APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages "
5704"which should follow the nameing scheme "
aec22160
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5705"<package>apt-transport-<replaceable>method</replaceable></package>. The APT "
5706"team e.g. maintains also the <package>apt-transport-https</package> package "
b39c1859 5707"which provides access methods for https-URIs with features similar to the "
43be0ac4 5708"http method, but other methods for using e.g. debtorrent are also available, "
aec22160 5709"see &apt-transport-debtorrent;."
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5710msgstr ""
5711
2a52e8c5 5712#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 5713#: sources.list.5.xml:212
2a52e8c5
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5714msgid ""
5715"Uses the archive stored locally (or NFS mounted) at /home/jason/debian for "
5716"stable/main, stable/contrib, and stable/non-free."
5717msgstr ""
5718
5719#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
aec22160 5720#: sources.list.5.xml:214
2a52e8c5
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5721#, no-wrap
5722msgid "deb file:/home/jason/debian stable main contrib non-free"
5723msgstr ""
5724
5725#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 5726#: sources.list.5.xml:216
2a52e8c5
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5727msgid "As above, except this uses the unstable (development) distribution."
5728msgstr ""
5729
5730#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
aec22160 5731#: sources.list.5.xml:217
2a52e8c5
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5732#, no-wrap
5733msgid "deb file:/home/jason/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
5734msgstr ""
5735
5736#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 5737#: sources.list.5.xml:219
2a52e8c5
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5738msgid "Source line for the above"
5739msgstr ""
5740
5741#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
aec22160 5742#: sources.list.5.xml:220
2a52e8c5
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5743#, no-wrap
5744msgid "deb-src file:/home/jason/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
5745msgstr ""
5746
5747#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 5748#: sources.list.5.xml:222
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5749msgid ""
5750"The first line gets package information for the architectures in "
5751"<literal>APT::Architectures</literal> while the second always retrieves "
5752"<literal>amd64</literal> and <literal>armel</literal>."
5753msgstr ""
5754
5755#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
aec22160 5756#: sources.list.5.xml:224
c77d6597
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5757#, no-wrap
5758msgid ""
5759"deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main\n"
5760"deb [ arch=amd64,armel ] http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main"
5761msgstr ""
5762
5763#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 5764#: sources.list.5.xml:227
2a52e8c5
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5765msgid ""
5766"Uses HTTP to access the archive at archive.debian.org, and uses only the "
5767"hamm/main area."
5768msgstr ""
5769
5770#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
aec22160 5771#: sources.list.5.xml:229
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5772#, no-wrap
5773msgid "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive hamm main"
5774msgstr ""
5775
5776#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 5777#: sources.list.5.xml:231
2a52e8c5
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5778msgid ""
5779"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
b6c6b52f 5780"directory, and uses only the &stable-codename;/contrib area."
2a52e8c5
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5781msgstr ""
5782
5783#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
aec22160 5784#: sources.list.5.xml:233
2a52e8c5 5785#, no-wrap
b6c6b52f 5786msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; contrib"
2a52e8c5
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5787msgstr ""
5788
5789#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 5790#: sources.list.5.xml:235
2a52e8c5
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5791msgid ""
5792"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
5793"directory, and uses only the unstable/contrib area. If this line appears as "
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5794"well as the one in the previous example in <filename>sources.list</filename> "
5795"a single FTP session will be used for both resource lines."
2a52e8c5
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5796msgstr ""
5797
5798#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
aec22160 5799#: sources.list.5.xml:239
2a52e8c5 5800#, no-wrap
30549c0c 5801msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable contrib"
2a52e8c5
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5802msgstr ""
5803
5804#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
aec22160 5805#: sources.list.5.xml:248
2a52e8c5 5806#, no-wrap
30549c0c 5807msgid "deb http://ftp.tlh.debian.org/universe unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/"
2a52e8c5
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5808msgstr ""
5809
5810#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 5811#: sources.list.5.xml:241
2a52e8c5 5812msgid ""
30549c0c 5813"Uses HTTP to access the archive at ftp.tlh.debian.org, under the universe "
2a52e8c5
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5814"directory, and uses only files found under "
5815"<filename>unstable/binary-i386</filename> on i386 machines, "
30549c0c 5816"<filename>unstable/binary-amd64</filename> on amd64, and so forth for other "
2a52e8c5 5817"supported architectures. [Note this example only illustrates how to use the "
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5818"substitution variable; official debian archives are not structured like "
5819"this] <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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5820msgstr ""
5821
5822#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
aec22160 5823#: sources.list.5.xml:253
2a52e8c5
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5824msgid "&apt-cache; &apt-conf;"
5825msgstr ""
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5826
5827#. type: <title></title>
5828#: guide.sgml:4
5829msgid "APT User's Guide"
5830msgstr ""
5831
5832#. type: <author></author>
5833#: guide.sgml:6 offline.sgml:6
5834msgid "<name>Jason Gunthorpe </name><email>jgg@debian.org</email>"
5835msgstr ""
5836
5837#. type: <version></version>
5838#: guide.sgml:7
5839msgid "$Id: guide.sgml,v 1.7 2003/04/26 23:26:13 doogie Exp $"
5840msgstr ""
5841
5842#. type: <abstract></abstract>
5843#: guide.sgml:11
5844msgid ""
5845"This document provides an overview of how to use the the APT package "
5846"manager."
5847msgstr ""
5848
5849#. type: <copyrightsummary></copyrightsummary>
5850#: guide.sgml:15
5851msgid "Copyright &copy; Jason Gunthorpe, 1998."
5852msgstr ""
5853
5854#. type: <p></p>
5855#: guide.sgml:21 offline.sgml:22
5856msgid ""
5857"\"APT\" and this document are free software; you can redistribute them "
5858"and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as "
5859"published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, "
5860"or (at your option) any later version."
5861msgstr ""
5862
5863#. type: <p></p>
5864#: guide.sgml:24 offline.sgml:25
5865msgid ""
b176de3a 5866"For more details, on Debian systems, see the file "
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5867"/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full license."
5868msgstr ""
5869
5870#. type: <heading></heading>
5871#: guide.sgml:32
5872msgid "General"
5873msgstr ""
5874
5875#. type: <p></p>
5876#: guide.sgml:38
5877msgid ""
5878"The APT package currently contains two sections, the APT "
5879"<prgn>dselect</prgn> method and the <prgn>apt-get</prgn> command line user "
5880"interface. Both provide a way to install and remove packages as well as "
5881"download new packages from the Internet."
5882msgstr ""
5883
5884#. type: <heading></heading>
5885#: guide.sgml:39
5886msgid "Anatomy of the Package System"
5887msgstr ""
5888
5889#. type: <p></p>
5890#: guide.sgml:44
5891msgid ""
5892"The Debian packaging system has a large amount of information associated "
5893"with each package to help assure that it integrates cleanly and easily into "
5894"the system. The most prominent of its features is the dependency system."
5895msgstr ""
5896
5897#. type: <p></p>
5898#: guide.sgml:52
5899msgid ""
5900"The dependency system allows individual programs to make use of shared "
5901"elements in the system such as libraries. It simplifies placing infrequently "
5902"used portions of a program in separate packages to reduce the number of "
5903"things the average user is required to install. Also, it allows for choices "
5904"in mail transport agents, X servers and so on."
5905msgstr ""
5906
5907#. type: <p></p>
5908#: guide.sgml:57
5909msgid ""
5910"The first step to understanding the dependency system is to grasp the "
5911"concept of a simple dependency. The meaning of a simple dependency is that a "
5912"package requires another package to be installed at the same time to work "
5913"properly."
5914msgstr ""
5915
5916#. type: <p></p>
5917#: guide.sgml:63
5918msgid ""
5919"For instance, mailcrypt is an emacs extension that aids in encrypting email "
b39c1859 5920"with GPG. Without GPGP installed mailcrypt is useless, so mailcrypt has a "
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5921"simple dependency on GPG. Also, because it is an emacs extension it has a "
5922"simple dependency on emacs, without emacs it is completely useless."
5923msgstr ""
5924
5925#. type: <p></p>
5926#: guide.sgml:73
5927msgid ""
5928"The other important dependency to understand is a conflicting dependency. It "
5929"means that a package, when installed with another package, will not work and "
5930"may possibly be extremely harmful to the system. As an example consider a "
5931"mail transport agent such as sendmail, exim or qmail. It is not possible to "
5932"have two mail transport agents installed because both need to listen to the "
5933"network to receive mail. Attempting to install two will seriously damage the "
5934"system so all mail transport agents have a conflicting dependency with all "
5935"other mail transport agents."
5936msgstr ""
5937
5938#. type: <p></p>
5939#: guide.sgml:83
5940msgid ""
5941"As an added complication there is the possibility for a package to pretend "
5942"to be another package. Consider that exim and sendmail for many intents are "
5943"identical, they both deliver mail and understand a common interface. Hence, "
5944"the package system has a way for them to declare that they are both "
5945"mail-transport-agents. So, exim and sendmail both declare that they provide "
5946"a mail-transport-agent and other packages that need a mail transport agent "
5947"depend on mail-transport-agent. This can add a great deal of confusion when "
5948"trying to manually fix packages."
5949msgstr ""
5950
5951#. type: <p></p>
5952#: guide.sgml:88
5953msgid ""
5954"At any given time a single dependency may be met by packages that are "
5955"already installed or it may not be. APT attempts to help resolve dependency "
5956"issues by providing a number of automatic algorithms that help in selecting "
5957"packages for installation."
5958msgstr ""
5959
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5960#. type: <heading></heading>
5961#: guide.sgml:96
5962msgid "apt-get"
5963msgstr ""
5964
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5965#. type: <p></p>
5966#: guide.sgml:102
5967msgid ""
5968"<prgn>apt-get</prgn> provides a simple way to install packages from the "
5969"command line. Unlike <prgn>dpkg</prgn>, <prgn>apt-get</prgn> does not "
5970"understand .deb files, it works with the package's proper name and can only "
5971"install .deb archives from a <em>Source</em>."
5972msgstr ""
5973
5974#. type: <p></p>
5975#: guide.sgml:109
5976msgid ""
5977"The first <footnote><p>If you are using an http proxy server you must set "
5978"the http_proxy environment variable first, see "
5979"sources.list(5)</p></footnote> thing that should be done before using "
5980"<prgn>apt-get</prgn> is to fetch the package lists from the <em>Sources</em> "
5981"so that it knows what packages are available. This is done with <tt>apt-get "
5982"update</tt>. For instance,"
5983msgstr ""
5984
5985#. type: <example></example>
5986#: guide.sgml:116
5987#, no-wrap
5988msgid ""
5989"# apt-get update\n"
5990"Get http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/binary-i386/ Packages\n"
5991"Get http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
5992"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
5993"Building Dependency Tree... Done"
5994msgstr ""
5995
5996#. type: <p><taglist>
5997#: guide.sgml:120
5998msgid "Once updated there are several commands that can be used:"
5999msgstr ""
6000
2b9b27c3
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6001#. type: <tag></tag>
6002#: guide.sgml:121
6003msgid "upgrade"
6004msgstr ""
6005
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6006#. type: <p></p>
6007#: guide.sgml:131
6008msgid ""
6009"Upgrade will attempt to gently upgrade the whole system. Upgrade will never "
6010"install a new package or remove an existing package, nor will it ever "
6011"upgrade a package that might cause some other package to break. This can be "
6012"used daily to relatively safely upgrade the system. Upgrade will list all of "
6013"the packages that it could not upgrade, this usually means that they depend "
6014"on new packages or conflict with some other package. <prgn>dselect</prgn> or "
6015"<tt>apt-get install</tt> can be used to force these packages to install."
6016msgstr ""
6017
2b9b27c3
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6018#. type: <tag></tag>
6019#: guide.sgml:131
6020msgid "install"
6021msgstr ""
6022
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6023#. type: <p></p>
6024#: guide.sgml:140
6025msgid ""
6026"Install is used to install packages by name. The package is automatically "
6027"fetched and installed. This can be useful if you already know the name of "
6028"the package to install and do not want to go into a GUI to select it. Any "
6029"number of packages may be passed to install, they will all be "
6030"fetched. Install automatically attempts to resolve dependency problems with "
6031"the listed packages and will print a summary and ask for confirmation if "
6032"anything other than its arguments are changed."
6033msgstr ""
6034
2b9b27c3
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6035#. type: <tag></tag>
6036#: guide.sgml:140
6037msgid "dist-upgrade"
6038msgstr ""
6039
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6040#. type: <p></p>
6041#: guide.sgml:149
6042msgid ""
6043"Dist-upgrade is a complete upgrader designed to simplify upgrading between "
6044"releases of Debian. It uses a sophisticated algorithm to determine the best "
6045"set of packages to install, upgrade and remove to get as much of the system "
6046"to the newest release. In some situations it may be desired to use "
6047"dist-upgrade rather than spend the time manually resolving dependencies in "
6048"<prgn>dselect</prgn>. Once dist-upgrade has completed then "
6049"<prgn>dselect</prgn> can be used to install any packages that may have been "
6050"left out."
6051msgstr ""
6052
6053#. type: <p></p>
6054#: guide.sgml:152
6055msgid ""
6056"It is important to closely look at what dist-upgrade is going to do, its "
6057"decisions may sometimes be quite surprising."
6058msgstr ""
6059
6060#. type: <p></p>
6061#: guide.sgml:163
6062msgid ""
6063"<prgn>apt-get</prgn> has several command line options that are detailed in "
6064"its man page, <manref section=\"8\" name=\"apt-get\">. The most useful "
6065"option is <tt>-d</tt> which does not install the fetched files. If the "
6066"system has to download a large number of package it would be undesired to "
6067"start installing them in case something goes wrong. When <tt>-d</tt> is used "
6068"the downloaded archives can be installed by simply running the command that "
6069"caused them to be downloaded again without <tt>-d</tt>."
6070msgstr ""
6071
6072#. type: <heading></heading>
6073#: guide.sgml:168
6074msgid "DSelect"
6075msgstr ""
6076
6077#. type: <p></p>
6078#: guide.sgml:173
6079msgid ""
6080"The APT <prgn>dselect</prgn> method provides the complete APT system with "
6081"the <prgn>dselect</prgn> package selection GUI. <prgn>dselect</prgn> is used "
6082"to select the packages to be installed or removed and APT actually installs "
6083"them."
6084msgstr ""
6085
6086#. type: <p></p>
6087#: guide.sgml:184
6088msgid ""
b39c1859
MV
6089"To enable the APT method you need to select [A]ccess in <prgn>dselect</prgn> "
6090"and then choose the APT method. You will be prompted for a set of "
6091"<em>Sources</em> which are places to fetch archives from. These can be "
25838be6 6092"remote Internet sites, local Debian mirrors or CD-ROMs. Each source can "
b39c1859 6093"provide a fragment of the total Debian archive, APT will automatically "
6f33340f
JR
6094"combine them to form a complete set of packages. If you have a CD-ROM then "
6095"it is a good idea to specify it first and then specify a mirror so that you "
43be0ac4 6096"have access to the latest bug fixes. APT will automatically use packages on "
25838be6 6097"your CD-ROM before downloading from the Internet."
43be0ac4
MV
6098msgstr ""
6099
6100#. type: <example></example>
6101#: guide.sgml:198
6102#, no-wrap
6103msgid ""
6104" Set up a list of distribution source locations\n"
6105"\t \n"
6106" Please give the base URL of the debian distribution.\n"
6107" The access schemes I know about are: http file\n"
6108"\t \n"
6109" For example:\n"
6110" file:/mnt/debian,\n"
6111" ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian,\n"
6112" http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian,\n"
6113" \n"
6114" \n"
6115" URL [http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian]:"
6116msgstr ""
6117
6118#. type: <p></p>
6119#: guide.sgml:205
6120msgid ""
6121"The <em>Sources</em> setup starts by asking for the base of the Debian "
6122"archive, defaulting to a HTTP mirror. Next it asks for the distribution to "
6123"get."
6124msgstr ""
6125
6126#. type: <example></example>
6127#: guide.sgml:212
6128#, no-wrap
6129msgid ""
6130" Please give the distribution tag to get or a path to the\n"
6131" package file ending in a /. The distribution\n"
6132" tags are typically something like: stable unstable testing non-US\n"
6133" \n"
6134" Distribution [stable]:"
6135msgstr ""
6136
6137#. type: <p></p>
6138#: guide.sgml:222
6139msgid ""
6140"The distribution refers to the Debian version in the archive, "
6141"<em>stable</em> refers to the latest released version and <em>unstable</em> "
6142"refers to the developmental version. <em>non-US</em> is only available on "
6143"some mirrors and refers to packages that contain encryption technology or "
6144"other things that cannot be exported from the United States. Importing these "
6145"packages into the US is legal however."
6146msgstr ""
6147
6148#. type: <example></example>
6149#: guide.sgml:228
6150#, no-wrap
6151msgid ""
6152" Please give the components to get\n"
6153" The components are typically something like: main contrib non-free\n"
6154" \n"
6155" Components [main contrib non-free]:"
6156msgstr ""
6157
6158#. type: <p></p>
6159#: guide.sgml:236
6160msgid ""
6161"The components list refers to the list of sub distributions to fetch. The "
6162"distribution is split up based on software licenses, main being DFSG free "
6163"packages while contrib and non-free contain things that have various "
6164"restrictions placed on their use and distribution."
6165msgstr ""
6166
6167#. type: <p></p>
6168#: guide.sgml:240
6169msgid ""
6170"Any number of sources can be added, the setup script will continue to prompt "
6171"until you have specified all that you want."
6172msgstr ""
6173
6174#. type: <p></p>
6175#: guide.sgml:247
6176msgid ""
6177"Before starting to use <prgn>dselect</prgn> it is necessary to update the "
b39c1859 6178"available list by selecting [U]pdate from the menu. This is a superset of "
43be0ac4
MV
6179"<tt>apt-get update</tt> that makes the fetched information available to "
6180"<prgn>dselect</prgn>. [U]pdate must be performed even if <tt>apt-get "
6181"update</tt> has been run before."
6182msgstr ""
6183
6184#. type: <p></p>
6185#: guide.sgml:253
6186msgid ""
6187"You can then go on and make your selections using [S]elect and then perform "
6188"the installation using [I]nstall. When using the APT method the [C]onfig and "
6189"[R]emove commands have no meaning, the [I]nstall command performs both of "
6190"them together."
6191msgstr ""
6192
6193#. type: <p></p>
6194#: guide.sgml:258
6195msgid ""
6196"By default APT will automatically remove the package (.deb) files once they "
6197"have been successfully installed. To change this behavior place "
6198"<tt>Dselect::clean \"prompt\";</tt> in /etc/apt/apt.conf."
6199msgstr ""
6200
6201#. type: <heading></heading>
6202#: guide.sgml:264
6203msgid "The Interface"
6204msgstr ""
6205
6206#. type: <p></p>
6207#: guide.sgml:278
6208msgid ""
6209"Both that APT <prgn>dselect</prgn> method and <prgn>apt-get</prgn> share the "
6210"same interface. It is a simple system that generally tells you what it will "
6211"do and then goes and does it. <footnote><p>The <prgn>dselect</prgn> method "
6212"actually is a set of wrapper scripts to <prgn>apt-get</prgn>. The method "
6213"actually provides more functionality than is present in <prgn>apt-get</prgn> "
6214"alone.</p></footnote> After printing out a summary of what will happen APT "
6215"then will print out some informative status messages so that you can "
6216"estimate how far along it is and how much is left to do."
6217msgstr ""
6218
6219#. type: <heading></heading>
6220#: guide.sgml:280
6221msgid "Startup"
6222msgstr ""
6223
6224#. type: <p></p>
6225#: guide.sgml:284
6226msgid ""
6227"Before all operations except update, APT performs a number of actions to "
6228"prepare its internal state. It also does some checks of the system's "
6229"state. At any time these operations can be performed by running <tt>apt-get "
6230"check</tt>."
6231msgstr ""
6232
6233#. type: <example></example>
6234#: guide.sgml:289
6235#, no-wrap
6236msgid ""
6237"# apt-get check\n"
6238"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
6239"Building Dependency Tree... Done"
6240msgstr ""
6241
6242#. type: <p></p>
6243#: guide.sgml:297
6244msgid ""
6245"The first thing it does is read all the package files into memory. APT uses "
6246"a caching scheme so this operation will be faster the second time it is "
6247"run. If some of the package files are not found then they will be ignored "
6248"and a warning will be printed when apt-get exits."
6249msgstr ""
6250
6251#. type: <p></p>
6252#: guide.sgml:303
6253msgid ""
6254"The final operation performs a detailed analysis of the system's "
6255"dependencies. It checks every dependency of every installed or unpacked "
6256"package and considers if it is OK. Should this find a problem then a report "
6257"will be printed out and <prgn>apt-get</prgn> will refuse to run."
6258msgstr ""
6259
6260#. type: <example></example>
6261#: guide.sgml:320
6262#, no-wrap
6263msgid ""
6264"# apt-get check\n"
6265"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
6266"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
6267"You might want to run apt-get -f install' to correct these.\n"
6268"Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:\n"
6269" 9fonts: Depends: xlib6g but it is not installed\n"
6270" uucp: Depends: mailx but it is not installed\n"
6271" blast: Depends: xlib6g (>= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
6272" adduser: Depends: perl-base but it is not installed\n"
6273" aumix: Depends: libgpmg1 but it is not installed\n"
6274" debiandoc-sgml: Depends: sgml-base but it is not installed\n"
6275" bash-builtins: Depends: bash (>= 2.01) but 2.0-3 is installed\n"
6276" cthugha: Depends: svgalibg1 but it is not installed\n"
6277" Depends: xlib6g (>= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
6278" libreadlineg2: Conflicts:libreadline2 (<< 2.1-2.1)"
6279msgstr ""
6280
6281#. type: <p></p>
6282#: guide.sgml:329
6283msgid ""
6284"In this example the system has many problems, including a serious problem "
6285"with libreadlineg2. For each package that has unmet dependencies a line is "
6286"printed out indicating the package with the problem and the dependencies "
6287"that are unmet. A short explanation of why the package has a dependency "
6288"problem is also included."
6289msgstr ""
6290
6291#. type: <p></p>
6292#: guide.sgml:337
6293msgid ""
6294"There are two ways a system can get into a broken state like this. The first "
6295"is caused by <prgn>dpkg</prgn> missing some subtle relationships between "
6296"packages when performing upgrades. <footnote><p>APT however considers all "
6297"known dependencies and attempts to prevent broken "
6298"packages</p></footnote>. The second is if a package installation fails "
6299"during an operation. In this situation a package may have been unpacked "
6300"without its dependents being installed."
6301msgstr ""
6302
6303#. type: <p></p>
6304#: guide.sgml:345
6305msgid ""
6306"The second situation is much less serious than the first because APT places "
6307"certain constraints on the order that packages are installed. In both cases "
6308"supplying the <tt>-f</tt> option to <prgn>apt-get</prgn> will cause APT to "
6309"deduce a possible solution to the problem and then continue on. The APT "
6310"<prgn>dselect</prgn> method always supplies the <tt>-f</tt> option to allow "
6311"for easy continuation of failed maintainer scripts."
6312msgstr ""
6313
6314#. type: <p></p>
6315#: guide.sgml:351
6316msgid ""
6317"However, if the <tt>-f</tt> option is used to correct a seriously broken "
6318"system caused by the first case then it is possible that it will either fail "
6319"immediately or the installation sequence will fail. In either case it is "
6320"necessary to manually use dpkg (possibly with forcing options) to correct "
6321"the situation enough to allow APT to proceed."
6322msgstr ""
6323
6324#. type: <heading></heading>
6325#: guide.sgml:356
6326msgid "The Status Report"
6327msgstr ""
6328
6329#. type: <p></p>
6330#: guide.sgml:363
6331msgid ""
6332"Before proceeding <prgn>apt-get</prgn> will present a report on what will "
6333"happen. Generally the report reflects the type of operation being performed "
6334"but there are several common elements. In all cases the lists reflect the "
6335"final state of things, taking into account the <tt>-f</tt> option and any "
6336"other relevant activities to the command being executed."
6337msgstr ""
6338
6339#. type: <heading></heading>
6340#: guide.sgml:364
6341msgid "The Extra Package list"
6342msgstr ""
6343
6344#. type: <example></example>
6345#: guide.sgml:372
6346#, no-wrap
6347msgid ""
6348"The following extra packages will be installed:\n"
6349" libdbd-mysql-perl xlib6 zlib1 xzx libreadline2 libdbd-msql-perl\n"
6350" mailpgp xdpkg fileutils pinepgp zlib1g xlib6g perl-base\n"
6351" bin86 libgdbm1 libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 bcc xbuffy\n"
6352" squake pgp-i python-base debmake ldso perl libreadlineg2\n"
6353" ssh"
6354msgstr ""
6355
6356#. type: <p></p>
6357#: guide.sgml:379
6358msgid ""
6359"The Extra Package list shows all of the packages that will be installed or "
6360"upgraded in excess of the ones mentioned on the command line. It is only "
6361"generated for an <tt>install</tt> command. The listed packages are often the "
6362"result of an Auto Install."
6363msgstr ""
6364
6365#. type: <heading></heading>
6366#: guide.sgml:382
6367msgid "The Packages to Remove"
6368msgstr ""
6369
6370#. type: <example></example>
6371#: guide.sgml:389
6372#, no-wrap
6373msgid ""
6374"The following packages will be REMOVED:\n"
6375" xlib6-dev xpat2 tk40-dev xkeycaps xbattle xonix\n"
6376" xdaliclock tk40 tk41 xforms0.86 ghostview xloadimage xcolorsel\n"
6377" xadmin xboard perl-debug tkined xtetris libreadline2-dev perl-suid\n"
6378" nas xpilot xfig"
6379msgstr ""
6380
6381#. type: <p></p>
6382#: guide.sgml:399
6383msgid ""
6384"The Packages to Remove list shows all of the packages that will be removed "
6385"from the system. It can be shown for any of the operations and should be "
6386"given a careful inspection to ensure nothing important is to be taken "
6387"off. The <tt>-f</tt> option is especially good at generating packages to "
6388"remove so extreme care should be used in that case. The list may contain "
6389"packages that are going to be removed because they are only partially "
6390"installed, possibly due to an aborted installation."
6391msgstr ""
6392
6393#. type: <heading></heading>
6394#: guide.sgml:402
6395msgid "The New Packages list"
6396msgstr ""
6397
6398#. type: <example></example>
6399#: guide.sgml:406
6400#, no-wrap
6401msgid ""
6402"The following NEW packages will installed:\n"
6403" zlib1g xlib6g perl-base libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 pgp-i python-base"
6404msgstr ""
6405
6406#. type: <p></p>
6407#: guide.sgml:411
6408msgid ""
6409"The New Packages list is simply a reminder of what will happen. The packages "
6410"listed are not presently installed in the system but will be when APT is "
6411"done."
6412msgstr ""
6413
6414#. type: <heading></heading>
6415#: guide.sgml:414
6416msgid "The Kept Back list"
6417msgstr ""
6418
6419#. type: <example></example>
6420#: guide.sgml:419
6421#, no-wrap
6422msgid ""
6423"The following packages have been kept back\n"
6424" compface man-db tetex-base msql libpaper svgalib1\n"
6425" gs snmp arena lynx xpat2 groff xscreensaver"
6426msgstr ""
6427
6428#. type: <p></p>
6429#: guide.sgml:428
6430msgid ""
6431"Whenever the whole system is being upgraded there is the possibility that "
6432"new versions of packages cannot be installed because they require new things "
6433"or conflict with already installed things. In this case the package will "
6434"appear in the Kept Back list. The best way to convince packages listed there "
6435"to install is with <tt>apt-get install</tt> or by using <prgn>dselect</prgn> "
6436"to resolve their problems."
6437msgstr ""
6438
6439#. type: <heading></heading>
6440#: guide.sgml:431
6441msgid "Held Packages warning"
6442msgstr ""
6443
6444#. type: <example></example>
6445#: guide.sgml:435
6446#, no-wrap
6447msgid ""
6448"The following held packages will be changed:\n"
6449" cvs"
6450msgstr ""
6451
6452#. type: <p></p>
6453#: guide.sgml:441
6454msgid ""
6455"Sometimes you can ask APT to install a package that is on hold, in such a "
6456"case it prints out a warning that the held package is going to be "
6457"changed. This should only happen during dist-upgrade or install."
6458msgstr ""
6459
6460#. type: <heading></heading>
6461#: guide.sgml:444
6462msgid "Final summary"
6463msgstr ""
6464
6465#. type: <p></p>
6466#: guide.sgml:447
6467msgid "Finally, APT will print out a summary of all the changes that will occur."
6468msgstr ""
6469
6470#. type: <example></example>
6471#: guide.sgml:452
6472#, no-wrap
6473msgid ""
6474"206 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 23 to remove and 51 not "
6475"upgraded.\n"
6476"12 packages not fully installed or removed.\n"
6477"Need to get 65.7M/66.7M of archives. After unpacking 26.5M will be used."
6478msgstr ""
6479
6480#. type: <p></p>
6481#: guide.sgml:470
6482msgid ""
6483"The first line of the summary simply is a reduced version of all of the "
6484"lists and includes the number of upgrades - that is packages already "
6485"installed that have new versions available. The second line indicates the "
6486"number of poorly configured packages, possibly the result of an aborted "
6487"installation. The final line shows the space requirements that the "
6488"installation needs. The first pair of numbers refer to the size of the "
6489"archive files. The first number indicates the number of bytes that must be "
6490"fetched from remote locations and the second indicates the total size of all "
6491"the archives required. The next number indicates the size difference between "
6492"the presently installed packages and the newly installed packages. It is "
6493"roughly equivalent to the space required in /usr after everything is "
6494"done. If a large number of packages are being removed then the value may "
6495"indicate the amount of space that will be freed."
6496msgstr ""
6497
6498#. type: <p></p>
6499#: guide.sgml:473
6500msgid ""
6501"Some other reports can be generated by using the -u option to show packages "
6502"to upgrade, they are similar to the previous examples."
6503msgstr ""
6504
6505#. type: <heading></heading>
6506#: guide.sgml:477
6507msgid "The Status Display"
6508msgstr ""
6509
6510#. type: <p></p>
6511#: guide.sgml:481
6512msgid ""
6513"During the download of archives and package files APT prints out a series of "
6514"status messages."
6515msgstr ""
6516
6517#. type: <example></example>
6518#: guide.sgml:490
6519#, no-wrap
6520msgid ""
6521"# apt-get update\n"
6522"Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US/ Packages\n"
6523"Get:2 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
6524"Hit http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/main Packages\n"
6525"Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/binary-i386/ "
6526"Packages\n"
6527"Get:5 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/non-free Packages\n"
6528"11% [5 testing/non-free `Waiting for file' 0/32.1k 0%] 2203b/s 1m52s"
6529msgstr ""
6530
6531#. type: <p></p>
6532#: guide.sgml:500
6533msgid ""
6534"The lines starting with <em>Get</em> are printed out when APT begins to "
6535"fetch a file while the last line indicates the progress of the download. The "
6536"first percent value on the progress line indicates the total percent done of "
6537"all files. Unfortunately since the size of the Package files is unknown "
6538"<tt>apt-get update</tt> estimates the percent done which causes some "
6539"inaccuracies."
6540msgstr ""
6541
6542#. type: <p></p>
6543#: guide.sgml:509
6544msgid ""
6545"The next section of the status line is repeated once for each download "
6546"thread and indicates the operation being performed and some useful "
6547"information about what is happening. Sometimes this section will simply read "
6548"<em>Forking</em> which means the OS is loading the download module. The "
6549"first word after the [ is the fetch number as shown on the history "
6550"lines. The next word is the short form name of the object being "
6551"downloaded. For archives it will contain the name of the package that is "
6552"being fetched."
6553msgstr ""
6554
6555#. type: <p></p>
6556#: guide.sgml:524
6557msgid ""
6558"Inside of the single quote is an informative string indicating the progress "
6559"of the negotiation phase of the download. Typically it progresses from "
6560"<em>Connecting</em> to <em>Waiting for file</em> to <em>Downloading</em> or "
6561"<em>Resuming</em>. The final value is the number of bytes downloaded from "
6562"the remote site. Once the download begins this is represented as "
6563"<tt>102/10.2k</tt> indicating that 102 bytes have been fetched and 10.2 "
6564"kilobytes is expected. The total size is always shown in 4 figure notation "
6565"to preserve space. After the size display is a percent meter for the file "
6566"itself. The second last element is the instantaneous average speed. This "
6567"values is updated every 5 seconds and reflects the rate of data transfer for "
6568"that period. Finally is shown the estimated transfer time. This is updated "
6569"regularly and reflects the time to complete everything at the shown transfer "
6570"rate."
6571msgstr ""
6572
6573#. type: <p></p>
6574#: guide.sgml:530
6575msgid ""
6576"The status display updates every half second to provide a constant feedback "
6577"on the download progress while the Get lines scroll back whenever a new file "
6578"is started. Since the status display is constantly updated it is unsuitable "
6579"for logging to a file, use the <tt>-q</tt> option to remove the status "
6580"display."
6581msgstr ""
6582
6583#. type: <heading></heading>
6584#: guide.sgml:535
6585msgid "Dpkg"
6586msgstr ""
6587
6588#. type: <p></p>
6589#: guide.sgml:542
6590msgid ""
6591"APT uses <prgn>dpkg</prgn> for installing the archives and will switch over "
6592"to the <prgn>dpkg</prgn> interface once downloading is "
6593"completed. <prgn>dpkg</prgn> will also ask a number of questions as it "
6594"processes the packages and the packages themselves may also ask several "
6595"questions. Before each question there is usually a description of what it is "
6596"asking and the questions are too varied to discuss completely here."
6597msgstr ""
6598
6599#. type: <title></title>
6600#: offline.sgml:4
6601msgid "Using APT Offline"
6602msgstr ""
6603
6604#. type: <version></version>
6605#: offline.sgml:7
6606msgid "$Id: offline.sgml,v 1.8 2003/02/12 15:06:41 doogie Exp $"
6607msgstr ""
6608
6609#. type: <abstract></abstract>
6610#: offline.sgml:12
6611msgid ""
6612"This document describes how to use APT in a non-networked environment, "
6613"specifically a 'sneaker-net' approach for performing upgrades."
6614msgstr ""
6615
6616#. type: <copyrightsummary></copyrightsummary>
6617#: offline.sgml:16
6618msgid "Copyright &copy; Jason Gunthorpe, 1999."
6619msgstr ""
6620
6621#. type: <heading></heading>
6622#: offline.sgml:32
6623msgid "Introduction"
6624msgstr ""
6625
6626#. type: <heading></heading>
6627#: offline.sgml:34 offline.sgml:65 offline.sgml:180
6628msgid "Overview"
6629msgstr ""
6630
6631#. type: <p></p>
6632#: offline.sgml:40
6633msgid ""
6634"Normally APT requires direct access to a Debian archive, either from a local "
6635"media or through a network. Another common complaint is that a Debian "
6636"machine is on a slow link, such as a modem and another machine has a very "
6637"fast connection but they are physically distant."
6638msgstr ""
6639
6640#. type: <p></p>
6641#: offline.sgml:51
6642msgid ""
6643"The solution to this is to use large removable media such as a Zip disc or a "
6644"SuperDisk disc. These discs are not large enough to store the entire Debian "
6645"archive but can easily fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea is "
6646"to use APT to generate a list of packages that are required and then fetch "
6647"them onto the disc using another machine with good connectivity. It is even "
6648"possible to use another Debian machine with APT or to use a completely "
6649"different OS and a download tool like wget. Let <em>remote host</em> mean "
6650"the machine downloading the packages, and <em>target host</em> the one with "
6651"bad or no connection."
6652msgstr ""
6653
6654#. type: <p></p>
6655#: offline.sgml:57
6656msgid ""
6657"This is achieved by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The "
b39c1859 6658"essential premise to tell APT to look on a disc for it's archive files. Note "
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6659"that the disc should be formated with a filesystem that can handle long file "
6660"names such as ext2, fat32 or vfat."
6661msgstr ""
6662
6663#. type: <heading></heading>
6664#: offline.sgml:63
6665msgid "Using APT on both machines"
6666msgstr ""
6667
6668#. type: <p><example>
6669#: offline.sgml:71
6670msgid ""
6671"APT being available on both machines gives the simplest configuration. The "
6672"basic idea is to place a copy of the status file on the disc and use the "
6673"remote machine to fetch the latest package files and decide which packages "
6674"to download. The disk directory structure should look like:"
6675msgstr ""
6676
6677#. type: <example></example>
6678#: offline.sgml:80
6679#, no-wrap
6680msgid ""
6681" /disc/\n"
6682" archives/\n"
6683" partial/\n"
6684" lists/\n"
6685" partial/\n"
6686" status\n"
6687" sources.list\n"
6688" apt.conf"
6689msgstr ""
6690
6691#. type: <heading></heading>
6692#: offline.sgml:88
6693msgid "The configuration file"
6694msgstr ""
6695
6696#. type: <p></p>
6697#: offline.sgml:96
6698msgid ""
6699"The configuration file should tell APT to store its files on the disc and to "
6700"use the configuration files on the disc as well. The sources.list should "
6701"contain the proper sites that you wish to use from the remote machine, and "
6702"the status file should be a copy of <em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> from the "
6703"<em>target host</em>. Please note, if you are using a local archive you must "
6704"use copy URIs, the syntax is identical to file URIs."
6705msgstr ""
6706
6707#. type: <p><example>
6708#: offline.sgml:100
6709msgid ""
6710"<em>apt.conf</em> must contain the necessary information to make APT use the "
6711"disc:"
6712msgstr ""
6713
6714#. type: <example></example>
6715#: offline.sgml:124
6716#, no-wrap
6717msgid ""
6718" APT\n"
6719" {\n"
6720" /* This is not necessary if the two machines are the same arch, it "
6721"tells\n"
6722" the remote APT what architecture the target machine is */\n"
6723" Architecture \"i386\";\n"
6724" \n"
6725" Get::Download-Only \"true\";\n"
6726" };\n"
6727" \n"
6728" Dir\n"
6729" {\n"
6730" /* Use the disc for state information and redirect the status file from\n"
6731" the /var/lib/dpkg default */\n"
6732" State \"/disc/\";\n"
6733" State::status \"status\";\n"
6734"\n"
6735" // Binary caches will be stored locally\n"
6736" Cache::archives \"/disc/archives/\";\n"
6737" Cache \"/tmp/\";\n"
6738" \n"
6739" // Location of the source list.\n"
6740" Etc \"/disc/\";\n"
6741" };"
6742msgstr ""
6743
6744#. type: </example></p>
6745#: offline.sgml:129
6746msgid ""
6747"More details can be seen by examining the apt.conf man page and the sample "
6748"configuration file in <em>/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf</em>."
6749msgstr ""
6750
6751#. type: <p><example>
6752#: offline.sgml:136
6753msgid ""
6754"On the target machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy "
6755"<em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> to it. You will also need to create the "
6756"directories outlined in the Overview, <em>archives/partial/</em> and "
b39c1859 6757"<em>lists/partial/</em>. Then take the disc to the remote machine and "
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6758"configure the sources.list. On the remote machine execute the following:"
6759msgstr ""
6760
6761#. type: <example></example>
6762#: offline.sgml:142
6763#, no-wrap
6764msgid ""
6765" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
6766" # apt-get update\n"
6767" [ APT fetches the package files ]\n"
6768" # apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
6769" [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade the target machine ]"
6770msgstr ""
6771
6772#. type: </example></p>
6773#: offline.sgml:149
6774msgid ""
b39c1859 6775"The dist-upgrade command can be replaced with any other standard APT "
43be0ac4 6776"commands, particularly dselect-upgrade. You can even use an APT front end "
b39c1859 6777"such as <em>dselect</em>. However this presents a problem in communicating "
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6778"your selections back to the local computer."
6779msgstr ""
6780
6781#. type: <p><example>
6782#: offline.sgml:153
6783msgid ""
6784"Now the disc contains all of the index files and archives needed to upgrade "
6785"the target machine. Take the disc back and run:"
6786msgstr ""
6787
6788#. type: <example></example>
6789#: offline.sgml:159
6790#, no-wrap
6791msgid ""
6792" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
6793" # apt-get check\n"
6794" [ APT generates a local copy of the cache files ]\n"
6795" # apt-get --no-d -o dir::state::status=/var/lib/dpkg/status dist-upgrade\n"
6796" [ Or any other APT command ]"
6797msgstr ""
6798
6799#. type: <p></p>
6800#: offline.sgml:165
6801msgid ""
6802"It is necessary for proper function to re-specify the status file to be the "
6803"local one. This is very important!"
6804msgstr ""
6805
6806#. type: <p></p>
6807#: offline.sgml:172
6808msgid ""
6809"If you are using dselect you can do the very risky operation of copying "
6810"disc/status to /var/lib/dpkg/status so that any selections you made on the "
6811"remote machine are updated. I highly recommend that people only make "
6812"selections on the local machine - but this may not always be possible. DO "
6813"NOT copy the status file if dpkg or APT have been run in the mean time!!"
6814msgstr ""
6815
6816#. type: <heading></heading>
6817#: offline.sgml:178
6818msgid "Using APT and wget"
6819msgstr ""
6820
6821#. type: <p></p>
6822#: offline.sgml:185
6823msgid ""
6824"<em>wget</em> is a popular and portable download tool that can run on nearly "
6825"any machine. Unlike the method above this requires that the Debian machine "
6826"already has a list of available packages."
6827msgstr ""
6828
6829#. type: <p></p>
6830#: offline.sgml:190
6831msgid ""
6832"The basic idea is to create a disc that has only the archive files "
6833"downloaded from the remote site. This is done by using the --print-uris "
6834"option to apt-get and then preparing a wget script to actually fetch the "
6835"packages."
6836msgstr ""
6837
6838#. type: <heading></heading>
6839#: offline.sgml:196
6840msgid "Operation"
6841msgstr ""
6842
6843#. type: <p><example>
6844#: offline.sgml:200
6845msgid ""
6846"Unlike the previous technique no special configuration files are "
6847"required. We merely use the standard APT commands to generate the file list."
6848msgstr ""
6849
6850#. type: <example></example>
6851#: offline.sgml:205
6852#, no-wrap
6853msgid ""
6854" # apt-get dist-upgrade \n"
6855" [ Press no when prompted, make sure you are happy with the actions ]\n"
6856" # apt-get -qq --print-uris dist-upgrade > uris\n"
6857" # awk '{print \"wget -O \" $2 \" \" $1}' < uris > /disc/wget-script"
6858msgstr ""
6859
6860#. type: </example></p>
6861#: offline.sgml:210
6862msgid ""
6863"Any command other than dist-upgrade could be used here, including "
6864"dselect-upgrade."
6865msgstr ""
6866
6867#. type: <p></p>
6868#: offline.sgml:216
6869msgid ""
6870"The /disc/wget-script file will now contain a list of wget commands to "
6871"execute in order to fetch the necessary archives. This script should be run "
6872"with the current directory as the disc's mount point so as to save the "
6873"output on the disc."
6874msgstr ""
6875
6876#. type: <p><example>
6877#: offline.sgml:219
6878msgid "The remote machine would do something like"
6879msgstr ""
6880
6881#. type: <example></example>
6882#: offline.sgml:223
6883#, no-wrap
6884msgid ""
6885" # cd /disc\n"
6886" # sh -x ./wget-script\n"
6887" [ wait.. ]"
6888msgstr ""
6889
6890#. type: </example><example>
6891#: offline.sgml:228
6892msgid ""
6893"Once the archives are downloaded and the disc returned to the Debian machine "
6894"installation can proceed using,"
6895msgstr ""
6896
6897#. type: <example></example>
6898#: offline.sgml:230
6899#, no-wrap
6900msgid " # apt-get -o dir::cache::archives=\"/disc/\" dist-upgrade"
6901msgstr ""
6902
6903#. type: </example></p>
6904#: offline.sgml:234
6905msgid "Which will use the already fetched archives on the disc."
6906msgstr ""