1 // $Id: apt.conf,v 1.20 1999/01/30 08:08:54 jgg Exp $
2 /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
3 NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is a completely
6 In some instances involing filenames it is possible to set the default
7 directory when the path is evaluated. This means you can use relative
8 paths within the sub scope.
10 The configuration directives are specified in a tree with {} designating
11 a subscope relative to the tag before the {}. You can further specify
12 a subscope using scope notation eg,
13 APT::Architecture "i386";
14 This is prefixed with the current scope. Scope notation must be used
15 if an option is specified on the command line with -o.
18 // Options for APT in general
22 // Options for apt-get
24 Download-Only "false";
27 Force-Yes "false"; // I would never set this.
30 Show-Upgraded "false";
46 // Some general options
50 // Options for the downloading routines
53 Queue-Mode "host"; // host|access
56 // HTTP method configuration
59 Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128";
60 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
62 // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
64 Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files
65 No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives
77 // Location of the state dir
78 State "/var/state/apt/"
82 userstatus "status.user";
83 status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
87 // Location of the cache dir
88 Cache "/var/cache/apt/" {
90 srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
91 pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
96 sourcelist "sources.list";
100 // Locations of binaries
102 methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods/";
104 dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
105 apt-get "/usr/bin/apt-get";
106 apt-cache "/usr/bin/apt-get";
110 // Things that effect the APT dselect method
112 Clean "auto"; // always|auto|prompt|never
115 PromptAfterUpdate "no";
118 /* Options you can set to see some debugging text They corrispond to names
119 of classes in the source code */
121 pkgProblemResolver "false";
123 pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
126 pkgInitialize "false"; // This one will dump the configuration space