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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" | |
| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [ | |
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| 5 | <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> | |
| 6 | %aptent; | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ]> | |
| 9 | ||
| 10 | <refentry> | |
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11 | |
| 12 | <refentryinfo> | |
| 13 | &apt-author.jgunthorpe; | |
| 14 | &apt-author.team; | |
| 15 | &apt-email; | |
| 16 | &apt-product; | |
| 17 | <!-- The last update date --> | |
| 7e4c7441 | 18 | <date>30 October 2008</date> |
| 5e80de29 | 19 | </refentryinfo> |
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20 | |
| 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> | |
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36 | <arg><option>-hvsqdyfmubV</option></arg> |
| 37 | <arg> | |
| 38 | <option>-o= | |
| 39 | <group choice='opt'> | |
| 40 | <arg> | |
| 41 | <replaceable>config_string</replaceable> | |
| 42 | </arg> | |
| 43 | <arg> | |
| 44 | <replaceable>config string</replaceable> | |
| 45 | </arg> | |
| 46 | </group> | |
| 47 | </option> | |
| 48 | </arg> | |
| 49 | <arg> | |
| 50 | <option>-c= | |
| 51 | <replaceable>config_file</replaceable> | |
| 52 | </option> | |
| 53 | </arg> | |
| 54 | <arg> | |
| 55 | <option>-t= | |
| 56 | <group choice='opt'> | |
| 57 | <arg> | |
| 58 | <replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable> | |
| 59 | </arg> | |
| 60 | <arg> | |
| 61 | <replaceable>target_release_number_expression</replaceable> | |
| 62 | </arg> | |
| 63 | </group> | |
| 64 | </option> | |
| 65 | </arg> | |
| 66 | ||
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67 | <group choice="req"> |
| 68 | <arg>update</arg> | |
| 69 | <arg>upgrade</arg> | |
| 70 | <arg>dselect-upgrade</arg> | |
| 77c9def7 | 71 | <arg>install |
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72 | <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable> |
| 73 | <group choice='opt'> | |
| 74 | <arg> | |
| 75 | =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable> | |
| 76 | </arg> | |
| 77 | <arg> | |
| 78 | /<replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable> | |
| 79 | </arg> | |
| 80 | </group> | |
| 81 | </arg> | |
| 82 | </arg> | |
| 24f6490f | 83 | <arg>remove <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg> |
| e47c7d16 | 84 | <arg>purge <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg> |
| 77c9def7 | 85 | <arg>source |
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86 | <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable> |
| 87 | <group choice='opt'> | |
| 88 | <arg> | |
| 89 | =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable> | |
| 90 | </arg> | |
| 91 | </group> | |
| 92 | </arg> | |
| 93 | </arg> | |
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94 | <arg>build-dep <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg> |
| 95 | <arg>check</arg> | |
| 96 | <arg>clean</arg> | |
| 97 | <arg>autoclean</arg> | |
| 0e4fe941 | 98 | <arg>autoremove</arg> |
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99 | </group> |
| 100 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
| 101 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
| 102 | ||
| 103 | <refsect1><title>Description</title> | |
| 104 | <para><command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be | |
| 105 | considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT | |
| 106 | library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as dselect(8), | |
| 107 | aptitude, synaptic, gnome-apt and wajig.</para> | |
| 108 | ||
| 109 | <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the | |
| 110 | commands below must be present.</para> | |
| 111 | ||
| 112 | <variablelist> | |
| 113 | <varlistentry><term>update</term> | |
| 114 | <listitem><para><literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files from | |
| 115 | their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the | |
| 116 | location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. | |
| 117 | For example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and | |
| 118 | scans the <filename>Packages.gz</filename> files, so that information about new | |
| 119 | and updated packages is available. An <literal>update</literal> should always be | |
| 120 | performed before an <literal>upgrade</literal> or <literal>dist-upgrade</literal>. Please | |
| 121 | be aware that the overall progress meter will be incorrect as the size | |
| 122 | of the package files cannot be known in advance.</para></listitem> | |
| 123 | </varlistentry> | |
| 124 | ||
| 125 | <varlistentry><term>upgrade</term> | |
| 126 | <listitem><para><literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all packages | |
| 127 | currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in | |
| 128 | <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed with | |
| 129 | new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances | |
| 130 | are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed | |
| 131 | retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that | |
| 132 | cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package | |
| 133 | will be left at their current version. An <literal>update</literal> must be | |
| 134 | performed first so that <command>apt-get</command> knows that new versions of packages are | |
| 135 | available.</para></listitem> | |
| 136 | </varlistentry> | |
| 137 | ||
| 138 | <varlistentry><term>dselect-upgrade</term> | |
| 139 | <listitem><para><literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> | |
| 140 | is used in conjunction with the traditional Debian packaging | |
| 141 | front-end, &dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> | |
| 142 | follows the changes made by &dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal> | |
| 143 | field of available packages, and performs the actions necessary to realize | |
| 144 | that state (for instance, the removal of old and the installation of new | |
| 145 | packages).</para></listitem> | |
| 146 | </varlistentry> | |
| 147 | ||
| 148 | <varlistentry><term>dist-upgrade</term> | |
| 149 | <listitem><para><literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of | |
| 150 | <literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies | |
| 151 | with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a "smart" conflict | |
| 152 | resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important | |
| 153 | packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. | |
| 154 | The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of locations | |
| 155 | from which to retrieve desired package files. | |
| 156 | See also &apt-preferences; for a mechanism for | |
| 157 | overriding the general settings for individual packages.</para></listitem> | |
| 158 | </varlistentry> | |
| 159 | ||
| 160 | <varlistentry><term>install</term> | |
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161 | <listitem> |
| 162 | <para> | |
| 163 | <literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more | |
| 164 | packages desired for installation or upgrading. | |
| 165 | Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified | |
| 166 | filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux system, | |
| 167 | libc6 would be the argument provided, not | |
| 168 | <literal>libc6_1.9.6-2.deb</literal>). All packages required | |
| 169 | by the package(s) specified for installation will also | |
| 170 | be retrieved and installed. | |
| 171 | The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is | |
| 172 | used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is | |
| 173 | appended to the package name (with no intervening space), | |
| 174 | the identified package will be removed if it is installed. | |
| 175 | Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a | |
| 176 | package to install. These latter features may be used | |
| 177 | to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict | |
| 178 | resolution system. | |
| 179 | </para> | |
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180 | |
| 181 | <para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by | |
| 182 | following the package name with an equals and the version of the package | |
| 183 | to select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for | |
| 184 | install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by | |
| 185 | following the package name with a slash and the version of the | |
| 186 | distribution or the Archive name (stable, testing, unstable).</para> | |
| 187 | ||
| 188 | <para>Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must | |
| 189 | be used with care.</para> | |
| 190 | ||
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191 | <para>This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or |
| 192 | more already-installed packages without upgrading every package | |
| 193 | you have on your system. Unlike the "upgrade" target, which | |
| 194 | installs the newest version of all currently installed packages, | |
| 195 | "install" will install the newest version of only the package(s) | |
| 196 | specified. Simply provide the name of the package(s) you wish | |
| 197 | to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and its | |
| 198 | dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and | |
| 199 | installed. | |
| 200 | </para> | |
| 201 | ||
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202 | <para>Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to |
| 203 | create an alternative installation policy for | |
| 204 | individual packages.</para> | |
| 205 | ||
| 206 | <para>If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one | |
| 207 | of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression, | |
| 208 | and it is applied | |
| 209 | to all package names in the database. Any matches are then installed (or | |
| 210 | removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' matches 'how-lo' | |
| 211 | and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression | |
| 212 | with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.</para></listitem> | |
| 213 | </varlistentry> | |
| 214 | ||
| 215 | <varlistentry><term>remove</term> | |
| 216 | <listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are | |
| 217 | removed instead of installed. If a plus sign is appended to the package | |
| 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 | |
| 224 | removed and purged.</para></listitem> | |
| 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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279 | |
| 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> | |
| 291 | <varlistentry><term><option>-d</option></term><term><option>--download-only</option></term> | |
| 292 | <listitem><para>Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed. | |
| 293 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 294 | </varlistentry> | |
| 295 | ||
| 296 | <varlistentry><term><option>-f</option></term><term><option>--fix-broken</option></term> | |
| 297 | <listitem><para>Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in | |
| 298 | place. This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages | |
| 299 | to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. Any Package that are specified | |
| 300 | must completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when | |
| 301 | running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package | |
| 302 | dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's | |
| 303 | dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention | |
| 304 | (which usually means using &dselect; or <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of | |
| 305 | the offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> may produce an | |
| 306 | error in some situations. | |
| 307 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 308 | </varlistentry> | |
| 309 | ||
| 310 | <varlistentry><term><option>-m</option></term><term><option>--ignore-missing</option></term> | |
| 311 | <term><option>--fix-missing</option></term> | |
| 312 | <listitem><para>Ignore missing packages; If packages cannot be retrieved or fail the | |
| 313 | integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back | |
| 314 | those packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with | |
| 315 | <option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is | |
| 316 | selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the | |
| 317 | command line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently | |
| 318 | held back. | |
| 319 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Missing</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 320 | </varlistentry> | |
| 321 | ||
| 322 | <varlistentry><term><option>--no-download</option></term> | |
| 323 | <listitem><para>Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with | |
| 324 | <option>--ignore-missing</option> to force APT to use only the .debs it has | |
| 325 | already downloaded. | |
| 326 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 327 | </varlistentry> | |
| 328 | ||
| 329 | <varlistentry><term><option>-q</option></term><term><option>--quiet</option></term> | |
| 330 | <listitem><para>Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. | |
| 331 | More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use | |
| 332 | <option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file. | |
| 333 | Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>, you should never use -qq | |
| 334 | without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may | |
| 335 | decided to do something you did not expect. | |
| 336 | Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 337 | </varlistentry> | |
| 338 | ||
| 339 | <varlistentry><term><option>-s</option></term> | |
| 340 | <term><option>--simulate</option></term> | |
| 341 | <term><option>--just-print</option></term> | |
| 342 | <term><option>--dry-run</option></term> | |
| 343 | <term><option>--recon</option></term> | |
| 344 | <term><option>--no-act</option></term> | |
| 345 | <listitem><para>No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not | |
| 346 | actually change the system. | |
| 347 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>.</para> | |
| 348 | ||
| 349 | <para>Simulate prints out | |
| 350 | a series of lines each one representing a dpkg operation, Configure (Conf), | |
| 351 | Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages with | |
| 352 | and empty set of square brackets meaning breaks that are of no consequence | |
| 353 | (rare).</para></listitem> | |
| 354 | </varlistentry> | |
| 355 | ||
| 356 | <varlistentry><term><option>-y</option></term><term><option>--yes</option></term> | |
| 357 | <term><option>--assume-yes</option></term> | |
| 358 | <listitem><para>Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run | |
| 359 | non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held | |
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360 | package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an essential package |
| 361 | occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort. | |
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362 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>.</para></listitem> |
| 363 | </varlistentry> | |
| 364 | ||
| 365 | <varlistentry><term><option>-u</option></term><term><option>--show-upgraded</option></term> | |
| 366 | <listitem><para>Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that are to be | |
| 367 | upgraded. | |
| 368 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 369 | </varlistentry> | |
| 370 | ||
| 371 | <varlistentry><term><option>-V</option></term><term><option>--verbose-versions</option></term> | |
| 372 | <listitem><para>Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages. | |
| 373 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 374 | </varlistentry> | |
| 375 | ||
| 376 | <varlistentry><term><option>-b</option></term><term><option>--compile</option></term> | |
| 377 | <term><option>--build</option></term> | |
| 378 | <listitem><para>Compile source packages after downloading them. | |
| 379 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 380 | </varlistentry> | |
| 381 | ||
| 382 | <varlistentry><term><option>--ignore-hold</option></term> | |
| 383 | <listitem><para>Ignore package Holds; This causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a hold | |
| 384 | placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with | |
| 385 | <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired holds. | |
| 386 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 387 | </varlistentry> | |
| 388 | ||
| 389 | <varlistentry><term><option>--no-upgrade</option></term> | |
| 390 | <listitem><para>Do not upgrade packages; When used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>, | |
| 391 | <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line | |
| 392 | from being upgraded if they are already installed. | |
| 393 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 394 | </varlistentry> | |
| 395 | ||
| 396 | <varlistentry><term><option>--force-yes</option></term> | |
| 397 | <listitem><para>Force yes; This is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue | |
| 398 | without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It | |
| 399 | should not be used except in very special situations. Using | |
| 400 | <literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system! | |
| 401 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 402 | </varlistentry> | |
| 403 | ||
| 404 | <varlistentry><term><option>--print-uris</option></term> | |
| 405 | <listitem><para>Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each | |
| 406 | URI will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected | |
| 407 | md5 hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match | |
| 408 | the file name on the remote site! This also works with the | |
| 409 | <literal>source</literal> and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the | |
| 410 | <literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it is | |
| 411 | up to the user to decompress any compressed files. | |
| 412 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Print-URIs</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 413 | </varlistentry> | |
| 414 | ||
| 415 | <varlistentry><term><option>--purge</option></term> | |
| 416 | <listitem><para>Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed. | |
| 417 | An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are | |
| 418 | scheduled to be purged. | |
| 419 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 420 | </varlistentry> | |
| 421 | ||
| 422 | <varlistentry><term><option>--reinstall</option></term> | |
| 423 | <listitem><para>Re-Install packages that are already installed and at the newest version. | |
| 424 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 425 | </varlistentry> | |
| 426 | ||
| 427 | <varlistentry><term><option>--list-cleanup</option></term> | |
| 428 | <listitem><para>This option defaults to on, use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to turn it | |
| 429 | off. When on <command>apt-get</command> will automatically manage the contents of | |
| 430 | <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that obsolete files are erased. | |
| 431 | The only reason to turn it off is if you frequently change your source | |
| 432 | list. | |
| 433 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 434 | </varlistentry> | |
| 435 | ||
| 436 | <varlistentry><term><option>-t</option></term> | |
| 437 | <term><option>--target-release</option></term> | |
| 438 | <term><option>--default-release</option></term> | |
| 439 | <listitem><para>This option controls the default input to the policy engine, it creates | |
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440 | a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. |
| 441 | This overrides the general settings in <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>. | |
| 442 | Specifically pinned packages are not affected by the value | |
| 443 | of this option. In short, this option | |
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444 | lets you have simple control over which distribution packages will be |
| 445 | retrieved from. Some common examples might be | |
| 446 | <option>-t '2.1*'</option> or <option>-t unstable</option>. | |
| 447 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>; | |
| 448 | see also the &apt-preferences; manual page.</para></listitem> | |
| 449 | </varlistentry> | |
| 450 | ||
| 451 | <varlistentry><term><option>--trivial-only</option></term> | |
| 452 | <listitem><para> | |
| 453 | Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered | |
| 454 | related to <option>--assume-yes</option>, where <option>--assume-yes</option> will answer | |
| 455 | yes to any prompt, <option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no. | |
| 456 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 457 | </varlistentry> | |
| 458 | ||
| 459 | <varlistentry><term><option>--no-remove</option></term> | |
| 460 | <listitem><para>If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without | |
| 461 | prompting. | |
| 462 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 463 | </varlistentry> | |
| 464 | ||
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465 | <varlistentry><term><option>--auto-remove</option></term> |
| 466 | <listitem><para>If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or <literal>remove</literal>, | |
| 467 | then this option acts like running <literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing the unused | |
| 468 | dependency packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>. | |
| 469 | </para></listitem> | |
| 470 | </varlistentry> | |
| 471 | ||
| 24f6490f | 472 | <varlistentry><term><option>--only-source</option></term> |
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473 | <listitem><para>Only has meaning for the |
| 474 | <literal>source</literal> and <literal>build-dep</literal> | |
| 475 | commands. Indicates that the given source names are not to be | |
| 476 | mapped through the binary table. This means that if this option | |
| 477 | is specified, these commands will only accept source package | |
| 478 | names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names | |
| 479 | and looking up the corresponding source package. Configuration | |
| 480 | Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
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481 | </varlistentry> |
| 482 | ||
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483 | <varlistentry><term><option>--diff-only</option></term><term><option>--dsc-only</option></term><term><option>--tar-only</option></term> |
| 484 | <listitem><para>Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive. | |
| 485 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, <literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and | |
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486 | <literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>.</para></listitem> |
| 487 | </varlistentry> | |
| 488 | ||
| 489 | <varlistentry><term><option>--arch-only</option></term> | |
| 490 | <listitem><para>Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies. | |
| 491 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 492 | </varlistentry> | |
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493 | |
| 494 | <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-unauthenticated</option></term> | |
| 495 | <listitem><para>Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it. | |
| e3a1f08d | 496 | This is useful for tools like pbuilder. |
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497 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>.</para></listitem> |
| 498 | </varlistentry> | |
| 24f6490f | 499 | |
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501 | &apt-commonoptions; |
| 502 | ||
| 503 | </variablelist> | |
| 504 | </refsect1> | |
| 505 | ||
| 506 | <refsect1><title>Files</title> | |
| 507 | <variablelist> | |
| 508 | <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term> | |
| 509 | <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from. | |
| 510 | Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 511 | </varlistentry> | |
| 512 | ||
| 513 | <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term> | |
| 514 | <listitem><para>APT configuration file. | |
| 515 | Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 516 | </varlistentry> | |
| 517 | ||
| 518 | <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term> | |
| 519 | <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments | |
| 520 | Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 521 | </varlistentry> | |
| 522 | ||
| 523 | <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term> | |
| 524 | <listitem><para>Version preferences file. | |
| 525 | This is where you would specify "pinning", | |
| 526 | i.e. a preference to get certain packages | |
| 527 | from a separate source | |
| 528 | or from a different version of a distribution. | |
| 529 | Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 530 | </varlistentry> | |
| 531 | ||
| 532 | <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term> | |
| 533 | <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files. | |
| 534 | Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 535 | </varlistentry> | |
| 536 | ||
| 537 | <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term> | |
| 538 | <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit. | |
| 539 | Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> (implicit partial). </para></listitem> | |
| 540 | </varlistentry> | |
| 541 | ||
| 542 | <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term> | |
| 543 | <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in | |
| 544 | &sources-list; | |
| 545 | Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
| 546 | </varlistentry> | |
| 547 | ||
| 548 | <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term> | |
| 549 | <listitem><para> Storage area for state information in transit. | |
| 550 | Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> (implicit partial).</para></listitem> | |
| 551 | </varlistentry> | |
| 552 | </variablelist> | |
| 553 | </refsect1> | |
| 554 | ||
| 555 | <refsect1><title>See Also</title> | |
| 556 | <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;, | |
| 65d71b38 | 557 | &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-secure;, |
| 4d9fb6b0 | 558 | The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para> |
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559 | </refsect1> |
| 560 | ||
| 561 | <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title> | |
| 562 | <para><command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para> | |
| 563 | </refsect1> | |
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564 | <refsect1> |
| 565 | <title>ORIGINAL AUTHORS</title> | |
| 566 | &apt-author.jgunthorpe; | |
| 567 | </refsect1> | |
| 568 | <refsect2> | |
| 569 | <title>CURRENT AUTHORS</title> | |
| 570 | &apt-author.team; | |
| 571 | &apt-qapage; | |
| 572 | </refsect2> | |
| 24f6490f | 573 | &manbugs; |
| 24f6490f | 574 | </refentry> |