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2
3<!-- Some common paths.. -->
4<!ENTITY docdir "/usr/share/doc/apt/">
4d9fb6b0 5<!ENTITY guidesdir "/usr/share/doc/apt-doc/">
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6<!ENTITY configureindex "<filename>&docdir;examples/configure-index.gz</filename>">
7<!ENTITY aptconfdir "<filename>/etc/apt.conf</filename>">
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8<!ENTITY statedir "/var/lib/apt">
9<!ENTITY cachedir "/var/cache/apt">
10
11<!-- Cross references to other man pages -->
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12<!ENTITY apt-conf "<citerefentry>
13 <refentrytitle><filename>apt.conf</filename></refentrytitle>
14 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
15 </citerefentry>"
16>
17
18<!ENTITY apt-get "<citerefentry>
19 <refentrytitle><command>apt-get</command></refentrytitle>
20 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
21 </citerefentry>"
22>
23
24<!ENTITY apt-config "<citerefentry>
25 <refentrytitle><command>apt-config</command></refentrytitle>
26 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
27 </citerefentry>"
28>
29
30<!ENTITY apt-cdrom "<citerefentry>
31 <refentrytitle><command>apt-cdrom</command></refentrytitle>
32 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
33 </citerefentry>"
34>
35
36<!ENTITY apt-cache "<citerefentry>
37 <refentrytitle><command>apt-cache</command></refentrytitle>
38 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
39 </citerefentry>"
40>
41
42<!ENTITY apt-preferences "<citerefentry>
43 <refentrytitle><command>apt_preferences</command></refentrytitle>
44 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
45 </citerefentry>"
46>
47
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48<!ENTITY apt-key "<citerefentry>
49 <refentrytitle><command>apt-key</command></refentrytitle>
50 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
51 </citerefentry>"
52>
53
54<!ENTITY apt-secure "<citerefentry>
55 <refentrytitle>apt-secure</refentrytitle>
56 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
57 </citerefentry>"
58>
59
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60<!ENTITY apt-ftparchive "<citerefentry>
61 <refentrytitle><filename>apt-ftparchive</filename></refentrytitle>
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62 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
63 </citerefentry>"
64>
65
66
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67<!ENTITY sources-list "<citerefentry>
68 <refentrytitle><filename>sources.list</filename></refentrytitle>
69 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
70 </citerefentry>"
71>
72
73<!ENTITY reportbug "<citerefentry>
74 <refentrytitle><command>reportbug</command></refentrytitle>
75 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
76 </citerefentry>"
77>
78
79<!ENTITY dpkg "<citerefentry>
80 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg</command></refentrytitle>
339a6808 81 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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82 </citerefentry>"
83>
84
85<!ENTITY dpkg-buildpackage "<citerefentry>
86 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-buildpackage</command></refentrytitle>
87 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
88 </citerefentry>"
89>
90
91<!ENTITY gzip "<citerefentry>
92 <refentrytitle><command>gzip</command></refentrytitle>
93 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
94 </citerefentry>"
95>
96
97<!ENTITY dpkg-scanpackages "<citerefentry>
98 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scanpackages</command></refentrytitle>
339a6808 99 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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100 </citerefentry>"
101>
102
103<!ENTITY dpkg-scansources "<citerefentry>
104 <refentrytitle><command>dpkg-scansources</command></refentrytitle>
339a6808 105 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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106 </citerefentry>"
107>
108
109<!ENTITY dselect "<citerefentry>
110 <refentrytitle><command>dselect</command></refentrytitle>
339a6808 111 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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112 </citerefentry>"
113>
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115<!ENTITY aptitude "<citerefentry>
116 <refentrytitle><command>aptitude</command></refentrytitle>
117 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
118 </citerefentry>"
119>
120
121<!ENTITY synaptic "<citerefentry>
122 <refentrytitle><command>synaptic</command></refentrytitle>
123 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
124 </citerefentry>"
125>
126
127<!ENTITY debsign "<citerefentry>
128 <refentrytitle><command>debsign</command></refentrytitle>
129 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
130 </citerefentry>"
131>
132
133<!ENTITY debsig-verify "<citerefentry>
134 <refentrytitle><command>debsig-verify</command></refentrytitle>
135 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
136 </citerefentry>"
137>
138
139<!ENTITY gpg "<citerefentry>
140 <refentrytitle><command>gpg</command></refentrytitle>
141 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
142 </citerefentry>"
143>
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145<!ENTITY gnome-apt "<citerefentry>
146 <refentrytitle><command>gnome-apt</command></refentrytitle>
147 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
148 </citerefentry>"
149>
150
151<!ENTITY wajig "<citerefentry>
152 <refentrytitle><command>wajig</command></refentrytitle>
153 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
154 </citerefentry>"
155>
156
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157<!-- Boiler plate docinfo section -->
158<!ENTITY apt-docinfo "
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159 <refentryinfo>
160 <address><email>apt@packages.debian.org</email></address>
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161 <author>
162 <firstname>Jason</firstname> <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
163 <contrib></contrib>
164 </author>
24f6490f 165 <copyright><year>1998-2001</year> <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>
2f493cc6 166 <date>28 October 2008</date>
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167 <productname>Linux</productname>
168
169 </refentryinfo>
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170">
171
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172<!ENTITY apt-email "
173 <address>
174 <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>
175 </address>
176">
177
178<!ENTITY apt-author.jgunthorpe "
179 <author>
180 <firstname>Jason</firstname>
181 <surname>Gunthorpe</surname>
f0599b9c 182 <contrib></contrib>
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183 </author>
184">
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186<!ENTITY apt-author.moconnor "
187 <author>
188 <firstname>Mike</firstname>
189 <surname>O'Connor</surname>
f0599b9c 190 <contrib></contrib>
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191 </author>
192">
193
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194<!ENTITY apt-author.team "
195 <author>
196 <othername>APT team</othername>
f0599b9c 197 <contrib></contrib>
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198 </author>
199">
200
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201<!ENTITY apt-product "
202 <productname>Linux</productname>
203">
204
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205<!ENTITY apt-copyright "
206 <copyright>
207 <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder>
208 <year>1998-2001</year>
209 </copyright>
210">
211
212<!ENTITY apt-product "
213 <productname>Linux</productname>
214">
215
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216<!ENTITY apt-qapage "
217 <para>
218 <ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>
219 </para>
220">
221
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222<!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
223<!ENTITY manbugs "
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224 <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
225 <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.
4ba3008f 226 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
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227 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the
228 &reportbug; command.
229 </para>
230 </refsect1>
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231">
232
233<!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
234<!ENTITY manauthor "
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235 <refsect1><title>Author</title>
236 <para>APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.
237 </para>
238 </refsect1>
239">
240
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241<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
242 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
243<!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
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244 <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
245 <term><option>--help</option></term>
246 <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
247 </para>
248 </listitem>
249 </varlistentry>
b2e465d6 250
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251 <varlistentry>
252 <term><option>-v</option></term>
253 <term><option>--version</option></term>
254 <listitem><para>Show the program version.
255 </para>
256 </listitem>
257 </varlistentry>
258
259 <varlistentry>
260 <term><option>-c</option></term>
261 <term><option>--config-file</option></term>
262 <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
b2e465d6 263 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
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264 configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before the
265 default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>
266 environment variable. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
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267 </para>
268 </listitem>
269 </varlistentry>
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271 <varlistentry>
272 <term><option>-o</option></term>
273 <term><option>--option</option></term>
e3a1f08d 274 <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
24f6490f 275 configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
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276 <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used multiple
277 times to set different options.
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278 </para>
279 </listitem>
280 </varlistentry>
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281">
282
283<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
284 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
285<!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
24f6490f 286 <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
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287 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
288 options you can override the config file by using something like
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289 <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>
290 or several other variations.
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291 </para>
292">
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294<!ENTITY file-aptconf "
295 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>
296 <listitem><para>APT configuration file.
297 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>
298 </varlistentry>
299
300 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>
301 <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.
302 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>
303 </varlistentry>
304">
305
306<!ENTITY file-cachearchives "
307 <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>
308 <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.
309 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>
310 </varlistentry>
311
312 <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>
313 <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.
314 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> (implicit partial). </para></listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316">
317
318<!ENTITY file-preferences "
319 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>
320 <listitem><para>Version preferences file.
321 This is where you would specify &quot;pinning&quot;,
322 i.e. a preference to get certain packages
323 from a separate source
324 or from a different version of a distribution.
325 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename></term>
329 <listitem><para>File fragments for the version preferences.
330 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::PreferencesParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
331 </varlistentry>
332">
333
334<!ENTITY file-sourceslist "
335 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>
336 <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.
337 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>
338 </varlistentry>
339
340 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename></term>
341 <listitem><para>File fragments for locations to fetch packages from.
342 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
343 </varlistentry>
344">
345
346<!ENTITY file-statelists "
347 <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>
348 <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
349 &sources-list;
350 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>
351 </varlistentry>
352
353 <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>
354 <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.
355 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> (implicit partial).</para></listitem>
356 </varlistentry>
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359<!ENTITY file-trustedgpg "
360 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg</filename></term>
361 <listitem><para>Keyring of local trusted keys, new keys will be added here.
362 Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Trusted</literal>.</para></listitem>
363 </varlistentry>
364
365 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/</filename></term>
366 <listitem><para>File fragments for the trusted keys, additional keyrings can
367 be stored here (by other packages or the administrator).
368 Configuration Item <literal>Dir::Etc::TrustedParts</literal>.</para></listitem>
369 </varlistentry>
370">
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372<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is the section header for the following paragraphs - comparable
373 to the other headers like NAME and DESCRIPTION and should therefore be uppercase. -->
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374<!ENTITY translation-title "TRANSLATION">
375
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377 to the translation in the past, who is responsible now and maybe further information
378 specially related to your translation. -->
379<!ENTITY translation-holder "
380 The english translation was done by John Doe <email>john@doe.org</email> in 2009,
381 2010 and Daniela Acme <email>daniela@acme.us</email> in 2010 together with the
382 Debian Dummy l10n Team <email>debian-l10n-dummy@lists.debian.org</email>.
383">
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386 in a shipped manpage newer/modified paragraphs will maybe appear in english in
387 the generated manpage. This sentence is therefore here to tell the reader that this
388 is not a mistake by the translator - obviously the target is that at least for stable
389 releases this sentence is not needed. :) -->
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390<!ENTITY translation-english "
391 Note that this translated document may contain untranslated parts.
392 This is done on purpose, to avoid losing content when the
393 translation is lagging behind the original content.
394">