APTDCON
Section: User manual (1)
Updated: December 2009
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NAME
aptdcon - command line client for aptdaemon
SYNOPSIS
aptdcon
[
OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
aptdcon
allows to perform package management tasks, e.g. installing or removing
software, using aptdaemon. There isn't any need to be root to run this
programme.
OPTIONS
- -v, --version
-
Show the version number of the aptdcon.
- -h, --help
-
Show information about the usage of the command.
- -d, --debug
-
Show additional information on the command line.
- -i, --install PACKAGES
-
Install the list of PACKAGES. If you want to install more than one package you have to put the package names into quotation marks.
- --reinstall PACKAGES
-
Reinstall the list of PACKAGES. If you want to reinstall more than one package you have to put the package names into quotation marks.
- -r, --remove PACKAGES
-
Remove the list of PACKAGES. If you want to remove more than one package you have to put the package names into quotation marks.
- -p, --purge PACKAGES
-
Purge the list of PACKAGES. If you want to purge more than one package you have to put the package names into quotation marks.
- -u, --upgrade PACKAGES
-
Upgrade the list of PACKAGES. If you want to upgrade more than one package you have to put the package names into quotation marks.
- --upgrade-system
-
Upgrade the whole system.
- --fix-install
-
Try to complete a previously cancelled installation by calling "dpkg --configure -a".
- --fix-depends
-
Try to resolve unsatisified dependencies. Attention: Currently you don't get a confirmation of the changes, which makes this method quite dangerous since it could remove a lot of packages.
- --add-vendor-key PUBLIC_KEY_FILE
-
Install the PUBLIC_KEY_FILE to authenticate and trust packages singed by the
vendor.
- --add-vendor-key-from-keyserver PUBLIC_KEY_ID
-
Download and install the PUBLIC_KEY_ID to authenticate and trust packages
singed by the vendor. Requires the --keyserver to be set.
- --key-server KEYSERVER
-
Download vendor keys from the given KEYSERVER.
- --remove-vendor-key FINGERPRINT
-
Remove the vendor key of the given FINGERPRINT to no longer trust packages
from this vendor.
- --add-repository 'DEB_LINE'
-
Allow to install software from the repository specified by the given
DEB_LINE. You have to put quotation marks around the DEB_LINE since it
normally contains spaces:
'deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main'
- --sources-file SOURCES_FILE
-
Specify an alternative sources file to which the new repository should be
written. SOURCES_FILE should be only the basename:
backports.list
- --list-trusted-vendors
-
Show all trusted software vendors and theirs keys.
- --hide-terminal
-
Do not attach to the interactive terminal of the underlying dpkg call.
- --allow-unauthenticated
-
Allow to install packages which are not from a trusted vendor.
EXAMPLES
The following command will install the package xterm and remove the package eterm in the same run:
-
$ aptdcon --install "xterm" --remove "eterm"
To handle more than one package the names have to be put into quotation marks. The following command will install xterm and eterm:
-
$ aptdcon --install "xterm eterm"
The following command will add the backport repository to the sources.list in
a separate file
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
:
-
$ aptdcon --sources-file backports.list \
--add-repostiry "deb http://archive.backports.org/debian stable main"
DIAGNOSTICS
By default aptdaemon logs to the syslog facility AptDaemon. Furthermore you
can use the -d option to get additional information on the command line.
HOMEPAGE
https://launchpad.net/aptdaemon
BUGS
You can report bugs at the Launchpad site of aptdaemon:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug
AUTHOR
Sebastian Heinlein <devel at glatzor dot de>
SEE ALSO
aptd(1),
org.debian.apt(7),
org.debian.apt.transaction(7)