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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
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+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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+<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
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+%aptent;
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+
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+<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
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+%aptverbatiment;
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+
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+]>
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+
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+<refentry>
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+
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+ <refentryinfo>
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+ &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
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+ &apt-author.team;
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+ &apt-email;
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+ &apt-product;
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+ <!-- The last update date -->
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+ <date>2013-11-25T00:00:00Z</date>
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+ </refentryinfo>
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+
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+ <refmeta>
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+ <refentrytitle>apt</refentrytitle>
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+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
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+ </refmeta>
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+
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+ <!-- Man page title -->
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+ <refnamediv>
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+ <refname>apt</refname>
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+ <refpurpose>APT package -- command-line interface</refpurpose>
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+ </refnamediv>
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+
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+ &synopsis-command-apt;
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+
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+ <refsect1><title>Description</title>
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+ <para><command>apt</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages. It provides a commandline interface for the package management of the system.
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+
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+ See also &apt-get; and &apt-cache; for more low-level command options.
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+ </para>
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+
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+ <variablelist>
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+ <varlistentry><term><option>update</option></term>
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+ <listitem><para><literal>update</literal> is used to
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+ resynchronize the package index files from their sources.
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+ </para></listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry><term><option>upgrade</option></term>
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+ <listitem><para><literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the
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+ newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system
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+ from the sources enumerated in
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+ <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. New package will be
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+ installed, but existing package will never removed.
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+ </para></listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry><term><option>install</option></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para><literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more
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+ package names desired for installation or upgrading.
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+ </para>
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+
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+ <para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by
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+ following the package name with an equals and the version of the package
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+ to select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for
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+ install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by
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+ following the package name with a slash and the version of the
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+ distribution or the Archive name (stable, testing, unstable).</para>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry><term><option>remove</option></term>
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+ <listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are
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+ removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its
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+ configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the package
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+ name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be
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+ installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ </variablelist>
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+ </refsect1>
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+
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+ <refsect1><title>options</title>
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+ &apt-cmdblurb;
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+
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+ <variablelist>
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+
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+ &apt-commonoptions;
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+
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+ </variablelist>
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+ </refsect1>
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+
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+ <refsect1><title>Differences to &apt-get;</title>
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+ <para>The <command>apt</command> command is meant to be pleasant for
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+ end users and does not need to be backward compatilbe like
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+ &apt-get;. Therefore some options are different:
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+
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+ <itemizedlist>
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+ <listitem>The option <literal>DPkgPM::Progress-Fancy</literal> is enabled.
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+ </listitem>
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+ <listitem>The option <literal>APT::Color</literal> is enabled.
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+ </listitem>
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+ <listitem>A new <literal>list</literal> command is available
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+ similar to <literal>dpkg --list</literal>.
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+ </listitem>
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+ <listitem>The option <literal>upgrade</literal> has
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+ <literal>--with-new-pkgs</literal> enabled by default.
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+ </listitem>
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+
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+ </itemizedlist>
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+
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+ </para>
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+ </refsect1>
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+
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+ <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
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+ <para>&apt-get; &apt-cache;, &sources-list;,
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+ &apt-conf;, &apt-config;,
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+ The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para>
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+ </refsect1>
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+
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+ <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
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+ <para><command>apt</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
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+ </refsect1>
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+ &manbugs;
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+</refentry>
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Michael Vogt