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diff --git a/doc/aptdcon.1 b/doc/aptdcon.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77fa8a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/aptdcon.1 @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +.\" groff -man -Tascii foo.1 +.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) |