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10<refentry>
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12 <refentryinfo>
13 &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
14 &apt-author.team;
15 &apt-email;
16 &apt-product;
17 <!-- The last update date -->
007aba92 18 <date>05 November 2008</date>
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21 <refmeta>
22 <refentrytitle>apt-get</refentrytitle>
23 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
24 </refmeta>
25
26 <!-- Man page title -->
27 <refnamediv>
28 <refname>apt-get</refname>
29 <refpurpose>APT package handling utility -- command-line interface</refpurpose>
30 </refnamediv>
31
32 <!-- Arguments -->
33 <refsynopsisdiv>
34 <cmdsynopsis>
35 <command>apt-get</command>
c74e6100 36 <arg><option>-vsqdyfmubV</option></arg>
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37 <arg>
38 <option>-o=
4a09fd30 39 <replaceable>config_string</replaceable>
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40 </option>
41 </arg>
42 <arg>
43 <option>-c=
44 <replaceable>config_file</replaceable>
45 </option>
46 </arg>
47 <arg>
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48 <option>-t=</option>
49 <group choice='req'>
50 <arg choice='plain'>
fc91816f 51 <replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
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52 </arg>
53 <arg choice='plain'>
fc91816f 54 <replaceable>target_release_number_expression</replaceable>
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55 </arg>
56 </group>
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57 </arg>
58
24f6490f 59 <group choice="req">
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60 <arg choice='plain'>update</arg>
61 <arg choice='plain'>upgrade</arg>
62 <arg choice='plain'>dselect-upgrade</arg>
2a7f6e97 63 <arg choice='plain'>dist-upgrade</arg>
c74e6100 64 <arg choice='plain'>install
ef48e3ae 65 <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
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66 <arg>
67 <group choice='req'>
68 <arg choice='plain'>
69 =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
70 </arg>
71 <arg choice='plain'>
72 /<replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
73 </arg>
74 </group>
75 </arg>
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76 </arg>
77 </arg>
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78 <arg choice='plain'>remove <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
79 <arg choice='plain'>purge <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
80 <arg choice='plain'>source
ef48e3ae 81 <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
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82 <arg>
83 =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
84 </arg>
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85 </arg>
86 </arg>
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87 <arg choice='plain'>build-dep <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
88 <arg choice='plain'>check</arg>
89 <arg choice='plain'>clean</arg>
90 <arg choice='plain'>autoclean</arg>
91 <arg choice='plain'>autoremove</arg>
92 <arg choice='plain'>
93 <group choice='req'>
94 <arg choice='plain'>-h</arg>
95 <arg choice='plain'>--help</arg>
96 </group>
97 </arg>
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98 </group>
99 </cmdsynopsis>
100 </refsynopsisdiv>
101
102 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
103 <para><command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be
104 considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT
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105 library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as &dselect;,
106 &aptitude;, &synaptic;, &gnome-apt; and &wajig;.</para>
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108 <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the
109 commands below must be present.</para>
110
111 <variablelist>
112 <varlistentry><term>update</term>
113 <listitem><para><literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files from
114 their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the
115 location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>.
116 For example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and
117 scans the <filename>Packages.gz</filename> files, so that information about new
118 and updated packages is available. An <literal>update</literal> should always be
119 performed before an <literal>upgrade</literal> or <literal>dist-upgrade</literal>. Please
120 be aware that the overall progress meter will be incorrect as the size
121 of the package files cannot be known in advance.</para></listitem>
122 </varlistentry>
123
124 <varlistentry><term>upgrade</term>
125 <listitem><para><literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all packages
126 currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in
127 <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed with
128 new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances
129 are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed
130 retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that
131 cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package
132 will be left at their current version. An <literal>update</literal> must be
133 performed first so that <command>apt-get</command> knows that new versions of packages are
134 available.</para></listitem>
135 </varlistentry>
136
137 <varlistentry><term>dselect-upgrade</term>
138 <listitem><para><literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
139 is used in conjunction with the traditional Debian packaging
140 front-end, &dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
141 follows the changes made by &dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal>
142 field of available packages, and performs the actions necessary to realize
143 that state (for instance, the removal of old and the installation of new
144 packages).</para></listitem>
145 </varlistentry>
146
147 <varlistentry><term>dist-upgrade</term>
148 <listitem><para><literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of
149 <literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies
150 with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a "smart" conflict
151 resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important
152 packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary.
153 The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of locations
154 from which to retrieve desired package files.
155 See also &apt-preferences; for a mechanism for
156 overriding the general settings for individual packages.</para></listitem>
157 </varlistentry>
158
159 <varlistentry><term>install</term>
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160 <listitem>
161 <para>
162 <literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more
163 packages desired for installation or upgrading.
164 Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
165 filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux system,
166 libc6 would be the argument provided, not
167 <literal>libc6_1.9.6-2.deb</literal>). All packages required
168 by the package(s) specified for installation will also
169 be retrieved and installed.
170 The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is
171 used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is
172 appended to the package name (with no intervening space),
173 the identified package will be removed if it is installed.
174 Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a
175 package to install. These latter features may be used
176 to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict
177 resolution system.
178 </para>
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179
180 <para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by
181 following the package name with an equals and the version of the package
182 to select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for
183 install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by
184 following the package name with a slash and the version of the
185 distribution or the Archive name (stable, testing, unstable).</para>
186
187 <para>Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must
188 be used with care.</para>
189
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190 <para>This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or
191 more already-installed packages without upgrading every package
192 you have on your system. Unlike the "upgrade" target, which
193 installs the newest version of all currently installed packages,
194 "install" will install the newest version of only the package(s)
195 specified. Simply provide the name of the package(s) you wish
196 to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and its
197 dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and
198 installed.
199 </para>
200
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201 <para>Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to
202 create an alternative installation policy for
203 individual packages.</para>
204
205 <para>If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one
206 of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression,
207 and it is applied
208 to all package names in the database. Any matches are then installed (or
209 removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' matches 'how-lo'
210 and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression
211 with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.</para></listitem>
212 </varlistentry>
213
214 <varlistentry><term>remove</term>
215 <listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are
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216 removed instead of installed. Note the removing a package leaves its
217 configuration files in system. If a plus sign is appended to the package
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218 name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be
219 installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
220 </varlistentry>
221
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222 <varlistentry><term>purge</term>
223 <listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are
861aa1bd 224 removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).</para></listitem>
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225 </varlistentry>
226
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227 <varlistentry><term>source</term>
228 <listitem><para><literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source packages. APT
229 will examine the available packages to decide which source package to
230 fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory the
231 newest available version of that source package. Source packages are
232 tracked separately from binary packages via <literal>deb-src</literal> type lines
233 in the &sources-list; file. This probably will mean that you will not
234 get the same source as the package you have installed or as you could
235 install. If the --compile options is specified then the package will be
236 compiled to a binary .deb using dpkg-buildpackage, if --download-only is
237 specified then the source package will not be unpacked.</para>
238
239 <para>A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name
240 with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism
241 used for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source
242 package name and version, implicitly enabling the
243 <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option.</para>
244
245 <para>Note that source packages are not tracked like binary packages, they
246 exist only in the current directory and are similar to downloading source
247 tar balls.</para></listitem>
248 </varlistentry>
249
250 <varlistentry><term>build-dep</term>
251 <listitem><para><literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an
252 attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package.</para></listitem>
253 </varlistentry>
254
255 <varlistentry><term>check</term>
256 <listitem><para><literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks
257 for broken dependencies.</para></listitem>
258 </varlistentry>
259
260 <varlistentry><term>clean</term>
261 <listitem><para><literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved package
262 files. It removes everything but the lock file from
263 <filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and
264 <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>. When APT is used as a
265 &dselect; method, <literal>clean</literal> is run automatically.
266 Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run <literal>apt-get clean</literal>
267 from time to time to free up disk space.</para></listitem>
268 </varlistentry>
269
270 <varlistentry><term>autoclean</term>
271 <listitem><para>Like <literal>clean</literal>, <literal>autoclean</literal> clears out the local
272 repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only
273 removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely
274 useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without
275 it growing out of control. The configuration option
276 <literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from being
277 erased if it is set to off.</para></listitem>
278 </varlistentry>
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280 <varlistentry><term>autoremove</term>
281 <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
282 installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.</para></listitem>
283 </varlistentry>
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284 </variablelist>
285 </refsect1>
286
287 <refsect1><title>options</title>
288 &apt-cmdblurb;
289
290 <variablelist>
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291 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-install-recommends</option></term>
292 <listitem><para>Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing.
293 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>.</para></listitem>
294 </varlistentry>
295
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296 <varlistentry><term><option>-d</option></term><term><option>--download-only</option></term>
297 <listitem><para>Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed.
298 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
299 </varlistentry>
300
301 <varlistentry><term><option>-f</option></term><term><option>--fix-broken</option></term>
302 <listitem><para>Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in
303 place. This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages
304 to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. Any Package that are specified
305 must completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when
306 running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package
307 dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's
308 dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention
309 (which usually means using &dselect; or <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of
310 the offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> may produce an
311 error in some situations.
312 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>.</para></listitem>
313 </varlistentry>
314
315 <varlistentry><term><option>-m</option></term><term><option>--ignore-missing</option></term>
316 <term><option>--fix-missing</option></term>
317 <listitem><para>Ignore missing packages; If packages cannot be retrieved or fail the
318 integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back
319 those packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with
320 <option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is
321 selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the
322 command line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently
323 held back.
324 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Missing</literal>.</para></listitem>
325 </varlistentry>
326
327 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-download</option></term>
328 <listitem><para>Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with
329 <option>--ignore-missing</option> to force APT to use only the .debs it has
330 already downloaded.
331 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download</literal>.</para></listitem>
332 </varlistentry>
333
334 <varlistentry><term><option>-q</option></term><term><option>--quiet</option></term>
335 <listitem><para>Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators.
336 More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use
337 <option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file.
338 Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>, you should never use -qq
339 without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may
340 decided to do something you did not expect.
341 Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>.</para></listitem>
342 </varlistentry>
343
344 <varlistentry><term><option>-s</option></term>
345 <term><option>--simulate</option></term>
346 <term><option>--just-print</option></term>
347 <term><option>--dry-run</option></term>
348 <term><option>--recon</option></term>
349 <term><option>--no-act</option></term>
350 <listitem><para>No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not
351 actually change the system.
352 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>.</para>
353
354 <para>Simulate prints out
355 a series of lines each one representing a dpkg operation, Configure (Conf),
356 Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages with
357 and empty set of square brackets meaning breaks that are of no consequence
358 (rare).</para></listitem>
359 </varlistentry>
360
361 <varlistentry><term><option>-y</option></term><term><option>--yes</option></term>
362 <term><option>--assume-yes</option></term>
363 <listitem><para>Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run
364 non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held
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365 package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an essential package
366 occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort.
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367 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
368 </varlistentry>
369
370 <varlistentry><term><option>-u</option></term><term><option>--show-upgraded</option></term>
371 <listitem><para>Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that are to be
372 upgraded.
373 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>.</para></listitem>
374 </varlistentry>
375
376 <varlistentry><term><option>-V</option></term><term><option>--verbose-versions</option></term>
377 <listitem><para>Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages.
378 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>.</para></listitem>
379 </varlistentry>
380
381 <varlistentry><term><option>-b</option></term><term><option>--compile</option></term>
382 <term><option>--build</option></term>
383 <listitem><para>Compile source packages after downloading them.
384 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>.</para></listitem>
385 </varlistentry>
386
387 <varlistentry><term><option>--ignore-hold</option></term>
388 <listitem><para>Ignore package Holds; This causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a hold
389 placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with
390 <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired holds.
391 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>.</para></listitem>
392 </varlistentry>
393
394 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-upgrade</option></term>
395 <listitem><para>Do not upgrade packages; When used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
396 <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line
397 from being upgraded if they are already installed.
398 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem>
399 </varlistentry>
400
401 <varlistentry><term><option>--force-yes</option></term>
402 <listitem><para>Force yes; This is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue
403 without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It
404 should not be used except in very special situations. Using
405 <literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system!
406 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
407 </varlistentry>
408
409 <varlistentry><term><option>--print-uris</option></term>
410 <listitem><para>Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each
411 URI will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected
412 md5 hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match
413 the file name on the remote site! This also works with the
414 <literal>source</literal> and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the
415 <literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it is
416 up to the user to decompress any compressed files.
417 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Print-URIs</literal>.</para></listitem>
418 </varlistentry>
419
420 <varlistentry><term><option>--purge</option></term>
421 <listitem><para>Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed.
422 An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are
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423 scheduled to be purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent for
424 <option>purge</option> command.
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425 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>.</para></listitem>
426 </varlistentry>
427
428 <varlistentry><term><option>--reinstall</option></term>
429 <listitem><para>Re-Install packages that are already installed and at the newest version.
430 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>.</para></listitem>
431 </varlistentry>
432
433 <varlistentry><term><option>--list-cleanup</option></term>
434 <listitem><para>This option defaults to on, use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to turn it
435 off. When on <command>apt-get</command> will automatically manage the contents of
436 <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that obsolete files are erased.
437 The only reason to turn it off is if you frequently change your source
438 list.
439 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>.</para></listitem>
440 </varlistentry>
441
442 <varlistentry><term><option>-t</option></term>
443 <term><option>--target-release</option></term>
444 <term><option>--default-release</option></term>
445 <listitem><para>This option controls the default input to the policy engine, it creates
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446 a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string.
447 This overrides the general settings in <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>.
448 Specifically pinned packages are not affected by the value
449 of this option. In short, this option
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450 lets you have simple control over which distribution packages will be
451 retrieved from. Some common examples might be
452 <option>-t '2.1*'</option> or <option>-t unstable</option>.
453 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>;
454 see also the &apt-preferences; manual page.</para></listitem>
455 </varlistentry>
456
457 <varlistentry><term><option>--trivial-only</option></term>
458 <listitem><para>
459 Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered
460 related to <option>--assume-yes</option>, where <option>--assume-yes</option> will answer
461 yes to any prompt, <option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no.
462 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
463 </varlistentry>
464
465 <varlistentry><term><option>--no-remove</option></term>
466 <listitem><para>If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without
467 prompting.
468 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>.</para></listitem>
469 </varlistentry>
470
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471 <varlistentry><term><option>--auto-remove</option></term>
472 <listitem><para>If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or <literal>remove</literal>,
473 then this option acts like running <literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing the unused
474 dependency packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>.
475 </para></listitem>
476 </varlistentry>
477
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479 <listitem><para>Only has meaning for the
480 <literal>source</literal> and <literal>build-dep</literal>
481 commands. Indicates that the given source names are not to be
482 mapped through the binary table. This means that if this option
483 is specified, these commands will only accept source package
484 names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names
485 and looking up the corresponding source package. Configuration
486 Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>.</para></listitem>
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488
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489 <varlistentry><term><option>--diff-only</option></term><term><option>--dsc-only</option></term><term><option>--tar-only</option></term>
490 <listitem><para>Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive.
491 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, <literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and
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492 <literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
493 </varlistentry>
494
495 <varlistentry><term><option>--arch-only</option></term>
496 <listitem><para>Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies.
497 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
498 </varlistentry>
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500 <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-unauthenticated</option></term>
501 <listitem><para>Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it.
e3a1f08d 502 This is useful for tools like pbuilder.
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503 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>.</para></listitem>
504 </varlistentry>
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507 &apt-commonoptions;
508
509 </variablelist>
510 </refsect1>
511
512 <refsect1><title>Files</title>
513 <variablelist>
514 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>
515 <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.
516 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>
517 </varlistentry>
518
519 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>
520 <listitem><para>APT configuration file.
521 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>
522 </varlistentry>
523
524 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>
763f9549 525 <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.
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527 </varlistentry>
528
529 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>
530 <listitem><para>Version preferences file.
531 This is where you would specify "pinning",
532 i.e. a preference to get certain packages
533 from a separate source
534 or from a different version of a distribution.
535 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>
536 </varlistentry>
537
538 <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>
539 <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.
540 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>
541 </varlistentry>
542
543 <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>
544 <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.
545 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> (implicit partial). </para></listitem>
546 </varlistentry>
547
548 <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>
549 <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
550 &sources-list;
551 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>
552 </varlistentry>
553
554 <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>
555 <listitem><para> Storage area for state information in transit.
556 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> (implicit partial).</para></listitem>
557 </varlistentry>
558 </variablelist>
559 </refsect1>
560
561 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
562 <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;,
65d71b38 563 &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-secure;,
4d9fb6b0 564 The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para>
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566
567 <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
568 <para><command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
569 </refsect1>
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571 <title>ORIGINAL AUTHORS</title>
4a09fd30 572 <para>&apt-author.jgunthorpe;</para>
77c9def7 573 </refsect1>
4a09fd30 574 <refsect1>
77c9def7 575 <title>CURRENT AUTHORS</title>
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577 &apt-author.team;
578 &apt-qapage;
579 </para>
580 </refsect1>
24f6490f 581 &manbugs;
24f6490f 582</refentry>