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+.TH APTDCON 1 "December 2009" aptdaemon "User manual"
+.SH NAME
+aptdcon \- command line client for aptdaemon
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B aptdcon
+.RI [ OPTIONS ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B 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.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.IP "-v, --version"
+Show the version number of the aptdcon.
+.IP "-h, --help"
+Show information about the usage of the command.
+.IP "-d, --debug"
+Show additional information on the command line.
+.IP "-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.
+.IP "--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.
+.IP "-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.
+.IP "-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.
+.IP "-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.
+.IP --upgrade-system
+Upgrade the whole system.
+.IP --fix-install
+Try to complete a previously cancelled installation by calling "dpkg --configure -a".
+.IP --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.
+.IP "--add-vendor-key PUBLIC_KEY_FILE"
+Install the PUBLIC_KEY_FILE to authenticate and trust packages singed by the
+vendor.
+.IP "--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.
+.IP "--key-server KEYSERVER"
+Download vendor keys from the given KEYSERVER.
+.IP "--remove-vendor-key FINGERPRINT"
+Remove the vendor key of the given FINGERPRINT to no longer trust packages
+from this vendor.
+.IP "--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:
+.I \'deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main\'
+.IP "--sources-file SOURCES_FILE"
+Specify an alternative sources file to which the new repository should be
+written. SOURCES_FILE should be only the basename:
+.I backports.list
+.IP --list-trusted-vendors
+Show all trusted software vendors and theirs keys.
+.IP --hide-terminal
+Do not attach to the interactive terminal of the underlying dpkg call.
+.IP --allow-unauthenticated
+Allow to install packages which are not from a trusted vendor.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+The following command will install the package xterm and remove the package eterm in the same run:
+.RS
+$ aptdcon --install "xterm" --remove "eterm"
+.RE
+.PP
+To handle more than one package the names have to be put into quotation marks. The following command will install xterm and eterm:
+.RS
+$ aptdcon --install "xterm eterm"
+.RE
+.PP
+The following command will add the backport repository to the sources.list in
+a separate file
+.I /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
+:
+.RS
+$ aptdcon --sources-file backports.list \\
+.br
+ --add-repostiry "deb http://archive.backports.org/debian stable main"
+.RE
+.SH 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.
+.SH HOMEPAGE
+https://launchpad.net/aptdaemon
+.SH BUGS
+You can report bugs at the Launchpad site of aptdaemon:
+https://bugs.launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug
+.SH AUTHOR
+Sebastian Heinlein <devel at glatzor dot de>
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR aptd (1),
+.BR org.debian.apt (7),
+.BR org.debian.apt.transaction (7)