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  6. ]>
  7. <refentry>
  8. <refentryinfo>
  9. &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
  10. &apt-author.team;
  11. &apt-email;
  12. &apt-product;
  13. <!-- The last update date -->
  14. <date>05 November 2008</date>
  15. </refentryinfo>
  16. <refmeta>
  17. <refentrytitle>apt-get</refentrytitle>
  18. <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  19. </refmeta>
  20. <!-- Man page title -->
  21. <refnamediv>
  22. <refname>apt-get</refname>
  23. <refpurpose>APT package handling utility -- command-line interface</refpurpose>
  24. </refnamediv>
  25. <!-- Arguments -->
  26. <refsynopsisdiv>
  27. <cmdsynopsis>
  28. <command>apt-get</command>
  29. <arg><option>-vsqdyfmubV</option></arg>
  30. <arg>
  31. <option>-o=
  32. <replaceable>config_string</replaceable>
  33. </option>
  34. </arg>
  35. <arg>
  36. <option>-c=
  37. <replaceable>config_file</replaceable>
  38. </option>
  39. </arg>
  40. <arg>
  41. <option>-t=</option>
  42. <group choice='req'>
  43. <arg choice='plain'>
  44. <replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
  45. </arg>
  46. <arg choice='plain'>
  47. <replaceable>target_release_number_expression</replaceable>
  48. </arg>
  49. </group>
  50. </arg>
  51. <group choice="req">
  52. <arg choice='plain'>update</arg>
  53. <arg choice='plain'>upgrade</arg>
  54. <arg choice='plain'>dselect-upgrade</arg>
  55. <arg choice='plain'>dist-upgrade</arg>
  56. <arg choice='plain'>install
  57. <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
  58. <arg>
  59. <group choice='req'>
  60. <arg choice='plain'>
  61. =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
  62. </arg>
  63. <arg choice='plain'>
  64. /<replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
  65. </arg>
  66. </group>
  67. </arg>
  68. </arg>
  69. </arg>
  70. <arg choice='plain'>remove <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
  71. <arg choice='plain'>purge <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
  72. <arg choice='plain'>source
  73. <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
  74. <arg>
  75. =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
  76. </arg>
  77. </arg>
  78. </arg>
  79. <arg choice='plain'>build-dep <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
  80. <arg choice='plain'>check</arg>
  81. <arg choice='plain'>clean</arg>
  82. <arg choice='plain'>autoclean</arg>
  83. <arg choice='plain'>autoremove</arg>
  84. <arg choice='plain'>
  85. <group choice='req'>
  86. <arg choice='plain'>-h</arg>
  87. <arg choice='plain'>--help</arg>
  88. </group>
  89. </arg>
  90. </group>
  91. </cmdsynopsis>
  92. </refsynopsisdiv>
  93. <refsect1><title>Description</title>
  94. <para><command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be
  95. considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT
  96. library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as &dselect;,
  97. &aptitude;, &synaptic;, &gnome-apt; and &wajig;.</para>
  98. <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the
  99. commands below must be present.</para>
  100. <variablelist>
  101. <varlistentry><term>update</term>
  102. <listitem><para><literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files from
  103. their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the
  104. location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>.
  105. For example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and
  106. scans the <filename>Packages.gz</filename> files, so that information about new
  107. and updated packages is available. An <literal>update</literal> should always be
  108. performed before an <literal>upgrade</literal> or <literal>dist-upgrade</literal>. Please
  109. be aware that the overall progress meter will be incorrect as the size
  110. of the package files cannot be known in advance.</para></listitem>
  111. </varlistentry>
  112. <varlistentry><term>upgrade</term>
  113. <listitem><para><literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all packages
  114. currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in
  115. <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed with
  116. new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances
  117. are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed
  118. retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that
  119. cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package
  120. will be left at their current version. An <literal>update</literal> must be
  121. performed first so that <command>apt-get</command> knows that new versions of packages are
  122. available.</para></listitem>
  123. </varlistentry>
  124. <varlistentry><term>dselect-upgrade</term>
  125. <listitem><para><literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
  126. is used in conjunction with the traditional Debian packaging
  127. front-end, &dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
  128. follows the changes made by &dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal>
  129. field of available packages, and performs the actions necessary to realize
  130. that state (for instance, the removal of old and the installation of new
  131. packages).</para></listitem>
  132. </varlistentry>
  133. <varlistentry><term>dist-upgrade</term>
  134. <listitem><para><literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of
  135. <literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies
  136. with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a "smart" conflict
  137. resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important
  138. packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary.
  139. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of locations
  140. from which to retrieve desired package files.
  141. See also &apt-preferences; for a mechanism for
  142. overriding the general settings for individual packages.</para></listitem>
  143. </varlistentry>
  144. <varlistentry><term>install</term>
  145. <listitem>
  146. <para>
  147. <literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more
  148. packages desired for installation or upgrading.
  149. Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
  150. filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux system,
  151. libc6 would be the argument provided, not
  152. <literal>libc6_1.9.6-2.deb</literal>). All packages required
  153. by the package(s) specified for installation will also
  154. be retrieved and installed.
  155. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is
  156. used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is
  157. appended to the package name (with no intervening space),
  158. the identified package will be removed if it is installed.
  159. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a
  160. package to install. These latter features may be used
  161. to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict
  162. resolution system.
  163. </para>
  164. <para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by
  165. following the package name with an equals and the version of the package
  166. to select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for
  167. install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by
  168. following the package name with a slash and the version of the
  169. distribution or the Archive name (stable, testing, unstable).</para>
  170. <para>Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must
  171. be used with care.</para>
  172. <para>This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or
  173. more already-installed packages without upgrading every package
  174. you have on your system. Unlike the "upgrade" target, which
  175. installs the newest version of all currently installed packages,
  176. "install" will install the newest version of only the package(s)
  177. specified. Simply provide the name of the package(s) you wish
  178. to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and its
  179. dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and
  180. installed.
  181. </para>
  182. <para>Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to
  183. create an alternative installation policy for
  184. individual packages.</para>
  185. <para>If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one
  186. of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression,
  187. and it is applied
  188. to all package names in the database. Any matches are then installed (or
  189. removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' matches 'how-lo'
  190. and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression
  191. with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.</para></listitem>
  192. </varlistentry>
  193. <varlistentry><term>remove</term>
  194. <listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are
  195. removed instead of installed. If a plus sign is appended to the package
  196. name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be
  197. installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
  198. </varlistentry>
  199. <varlistentry><term>purge</term>
  200. <listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are
  201. removed and purged.</para></listitem>
  202. </varlistentry>
  203. <varlistentry><term>source</term>
  204. <listitem><para><literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source packages. APT
  205. will examine the available packages to decide which source package to
  206. fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory the
  207. newest available version of that source package. Source packages are
  208. tracked separately from binary packages via <literal>deb-src</literal> type lines
  209. in the &sources-list; file. This probably will mean that you will not
  210. get the same source as the package you have installed or as you could
  211. install. If the --compile options is specified then the package will be
  212. compiled to a binary .deb using dpkg-buildpackage, if --download-only is
  213. specified then the source package will not be unpacked.</para>
  214. <para>A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name
  215. with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism
  216. used for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source
  217. package name and version, implicitly enabling the
  218. <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option.</para>
  219. <para>Note that source packages are not tracked like binary packages, they
  220. exist only in the current directory and are similar to downloading source
  221. tar balls.</para></listitem>
  222. </varlistentry>
  223. <varlistentry><term>build-dep</term>
  224. <listitem><para><literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an
  225. attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package.</para></listitem>
  226. </varlistentry>
  227. <varlistentry><term>check</term>
  228. <listitem><para><literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks
  229. for broken dependencies.</para></listitem>
  230. </varlistentry>
  231. <varlistentry><term>clean</term>
  232. <listitem><para><literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved package
  233. files. It removes everything but the lock file from
  234. <filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and
  235. <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>. When APT is used as a
  236. &dselect; method, <literal>clean</literal> is run automatically.
  237. Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run <literal>apt-get clean</literal>
  238. from time to time to free up disk space.</para></listitem>
  239. </varlistentry>
  240. <varlistentry><term>autoclean</term>
  241. <listitem><para>Like <literal>clean</literal>, <literal>autoclean</literal> clears out the local
  242. repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only
  243. removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely
  244. useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without
  245. it growing out of control. The configuration option
  246. <literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from being
  247. erased if it is set to off.</para></listitem>
  248. </varlistentry>
  249. <varlistentry><term>autoremove</term>
  250. <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
  251. installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.</para></listitem>
  252. </varlistentry>
  253. </variablelist>
  254. </refsect1>
  255. <refsect1><title>options</title>
  256. &apt-cmdblurb;
  257. <variablelist>
  258. <varlistentry><term><option>--no-install-recommends</option></term>
  259. <listitem><para>Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing.
  260. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>.</para></listitem>
  261. </varlistentry>
  262. <varlistentry><term><option>-d</option></term><term><option>--download-only</option></term>
  263. <listitem><para>Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed.
  264. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
  265. </varlistentry>
  266. <varlistentry><term><option>-f</option></term><term><option>--fix-broken</option></term>
  267. <listitem><para>Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in
  268. place. This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages
  269. to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. Any Package that are specified
  270. must completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when
  271. running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package
  272. dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's
  273. dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention
  274. (which usually means using &dselect; or <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of
  275. the offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> may produce an
  276. error in some situations.
  277. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>.</para></listitem>
  278. </varlistentry>
  279. <varlistentry><term><option>-m</option></term><term><option>--ignore-missing</option></term>
  280. <term><option>--fix-missing</option></term>
  281. <listitem><para>Ignore missing packages; If packages cannot be retrieved or fail the
  282. integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back
  283. those packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with
  284. <option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is
  285. selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the
  286. command line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently
  287. held back.
  288. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Missing</literal>.</para></listitem>
  289. </varlistentry>
  290. <varlistentry><term><option>--no-download</option></term>
  291. <listitem><para>Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with
  292. <option>--ignore-missing</option> to force APT to use only the .debs it has
  293. already downloaded.
  294. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download</literal>.</para></listitem>
  295. </varlistentry>
  296. <varlistentry><term><option>-q</option></term><term><option>--quiet</option></term>
  297. <listitem><para>Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators.
  298. More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use
  299. <option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file.
  300. Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>, you should never use -qq
  301. without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may
  302. decided to do something you did not expect.
  303. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>.</para></listitem>
  304. </varlistentry>
  305. <varlistentry><term><option>-s</option></term>
  306. <term><option>--simulate</option></term>
  307. <term><option>--just-print</option></term>
  308. <term><option>--dry-run</option></term>
  309. <term><option>--recon</option></term>
  310. <term><option>--no-act</option></term>
  311. <listitem><para>No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not
  312. actually change the system.
  313. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>.</para>
  314. <para>Simulate prints out
  315. a series of lines each one representing a dpkg operation, Configure (Conf),
  316. Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages with
  317. and empty set of square brackets meaning breaks that are of no consequence
  318. (rare).</para></listitem>
  319. </varlistentry>
  320. <varlistentry><term><option>-y</option></term><term><option>--yes</option></term>
  321. <term><option>--assume-yes</option></term>
  322. <listitem><para>Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run
  323. non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held
  324. package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an essential package
  325. occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort.
  326. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
  327. </varlistentry>
  328. <varlistentry><term><option>-u</option></term><term><option>--show-upgraded</option></term>
  329. <listitem><para>Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that are to be
  330. upgraded.
  331. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>.</para></listitem>
  332. </varlistentry>
  333. <varlistentry><term><option>-V</option></term><term><option>--verbose-versions</option></term>
  334. <listitem><para>Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages.
  335. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>.</para></listitem>
  336. </varlistentry>
  337. <varlistentry><term><option>-b</option></term><term><option>--compile</option></term>
  338. <term><option>--build</option></term>
  339. <listitem><para>Compile source packages after downloading them.
  340. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>.</para></listitem>
  341. </varlistentry>
  342. <varlistentry><term><option>--ignore-hold</option></term>
  343. <listitem><para>Ignore package Holds; This causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a hold
  344. placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with
  345. <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired holds.
  346. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>.</para></listitem>
  347. </varlistentry>
  348. <varlistentry><term><option>--no-upgrade</option></term>
  349. <listitem><para>Do not upgrade packages; When used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
  350. <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line
  351. from being upgraded if they are already installed.
  352. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem>
  353. </varlistentry>
  354. <varlistentry><term><option>--force-yes</option></term>
  355. <listitem><para>Force yes; This is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue
  356. without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It
  357. should not be used except in very special situations. Using
  358. <literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system!
  359. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
  360. </varlistentry>
  361. <varlistentry><term><option>--print-uris</option></term>
  362. <listitem><para>Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each
  363. URI will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected
  364. md5 hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match
  365. the file name on the remote site! This also works with the
  366. <literal>source</literal> and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the
  367. <literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it is
  368. up to the user to decompress any compressed files.
  369. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Print-URIs</literal>.</para></listitem>
  370. </varlistentry>
  371. <varlistentry><term><option>--purge</option></term>
  372. <listitem><para>Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed.
  373. An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are
  374. scheduled to be purged.
  375. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>.</para></listitem>
  376. </varlistentry>
  377. <varlistentry><term><option>--reinstall</option></term>
  378. <listitem><para>Re-Install packages that are already installed and at the newest version.
  379. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>.</para></listitem>
  380. </varlistentry>
  381. <varlistentry><term><option>--list-cleanup</option></term>
  382. <listitem><para>This option defaults to on, use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to turn it
  383. off. When on <command>apt-get</command> will automatically manage the contents of
  384. <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that obsolete files are erased.
  385. The only reason to turn it off is if you frequently change your source
  386. list.
  387. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>.</para></listitem>
  388. </varlistentry>
  389. <varlistentry><term><option>-t</option></term>
  390. <term><option>--target-release</option></term>
  391. <term><option>--default-release</option></term>
  392. <listitem><para>This option controls the default input to the policy engine, it creates
  393. a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string.
  394. This overrides the general settings in <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>.
  395. Specifically pinned packages are not affected by the value
  396. of this option. In short, this option
  397. lets you have simple control over which distribution packages will be
  398. retrieved from. Some common examples might be
  399. <option>-t '2.1*'</option> or <option>-t unstable</option>.
  400. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>;
  401. see also the &apt-preferences; manual page.</para></listitem>
  402. </varlistentry>
  403. <varlistentry><term><option>--trivial-only</option></term>
  404. <listitem><para>
  405. Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered
  406. related to <option>--assume-yes</option>, where <option>--assume-yes</option> will answer
  407. yes to any prompt, <option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no.
  408. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
  409. </varlistentry>
  410. <varlistentry><term><option>--no-remove</option></term>
  411. <listitem><para>If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without
  412. prompting.
  413. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>.</para></listitem>
  414. </varlistentry>
  415. <varlistentry><term><option>--auto-remove</option></term>
  416. <listitem><para>If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or <literal>remove</literal>,
  417. then this option acts like running <literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing the unused
  418. dependency packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>.
  419. </para></listitem>
  420. </varlistentry>
  421. <varlistentry><term><option>--only-source</option></term>
  422. <listitem><para>Only has meaning for the
  423. <literal>source</literal> and <literal>build-dep</literal>
  424. commands. Indicates that the given source names are not to be
  425. mapped through the binary table. This means that if this option
  426. is specified, these commands will only accept source package
  427. names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names
  428. and looking up the corresponding source package. Configuration
  429. Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>.</para></listitem>
  430. </varlistentry>
  431. <varlistentry><term><option>--diff-only</option></term><term><option>--dsc-only</option></term><term><option>--tar-only</option></term>
  432. <listitem><para>Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive.
  433. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, <literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and
  434. <literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
  435. </varlistentry>
  436. <varlistentry><term><option>--arch-only</option></term>
  437. <listitem><para>Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies.
  438. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
  439. </varlistentry>
  440. <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-unauthenticated</option></term>
  441. <listitem><para>Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it.
  442. This is useful for tools like pbuilder.
  443. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>.</para></listitem>
  444. </varlistentry>
  445. &apt-commonoptions;
  446. </variablelist>
  447. </refsect1>
  448. <refsect1><title>Files</title>
  449. <variablelist>
  450. <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>
  451. <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.
  452. Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>
  453. </varlistentry>
  454. <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>
  455. <listitem><para>APT configuration file.
  456. Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>
  457. </varlistentry>
  458. <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>
  459. <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.
  460. Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>
  461. </varlistentry>
  462. <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>
  463. <listitem><para>Version preferences file.
  464. This is where you would specify "pinning",
  465. i.e. a preference to get certain packages
  466. from a separate source
  467. or from a different version of a distribution.
  468. Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>
  469. </varlistentry>
  470. <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>
  471. <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.
  472. Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>
  473. </varlistentry>
  474. <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>
  475. <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.
  476. Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> (implicit partial). </para></listitem>
  477. </varlistentry>
  478. <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>
  479. <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
  480. &sources-list;
  481. Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>
  482. </varlistentry>
  483. <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>
  484. <listitem><para> Storage area for state information in transit.
  485. Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> (implicit partial).</para></listitem>
  486. </varlistentry>
  487. </variablelist>
  488. </refsect1>
  489. <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
  490. <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;,
  491. &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-secure;,
  492. The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para>
  493. </refsect1>
  494. <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
  495. <para><command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
  496. </refsect1>
  497. <refsect1>
  498. <title>ORIGINAL AUTHORS</title>
  499. <para>&apt-author.jgunthorpe;</para>
  500. </refsect1>
  501. <refsect1>
  502. <title>CURRENT AUTHORS</title>
  503. <para>
  504. &apt-author.team;
  505. &apt-qapage;
  506. </para>
  507. </refsect1>
  508. &manbugs;
  509. </refentry>