1 // $Id: apt.conf,v 1.26 1999/03/02 21:19:06 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 involving 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
48 Immediate-Configure "true"; // DO NOT turn this off, see the man page
51 // Options for the downloading routines
54 Queue-Mode "host"; // host|access
57 // HTTP method configuration
60 Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128";
61 Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
64 // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
66 Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files
67 No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives
79 // Location of the state dir
80 State "/var/state/apt/"
84 userstatus "status.user";
85 status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
89 // Location of the cache dir
90 Cache "/var/cache/apt/" {
92 srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
93 pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
98 sourcelist "sources.list";
102 // Locations of binaries
104 methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods/";
106 dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
107 apt-get "/usr/bin/apt-get";
108 apt-cache "/usr/bin/apt-get";
112 // Things that effect the APT dselect method
114 Clean "auto"; // always|auto|prompt|never
117 PromptAfterUpdate "no";
121 Options {"--force-downgrade";}
122 Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
123 Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};
127 /* Options you can set to see some debugging text They corrispond to names
128 of classes in the source code */
130 pkgProblemResolver "false";
132 pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
135 pkgInitialize "false"; // This one will dump the configuration space