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  9. <refentry>
  10. <refentryinfo>
  11. &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
  12. &apt-author.team;
  13. &apt-email;
  14. &apt-product;
  15. <!-- The last update date -->
  16. <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
  17. </refentryinfo>
  18. <refmeta>
  19. <refentrytitle>apt-get</refentrytitle>
  20. <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  21. <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
  22. </refmeta>
  23. <!-- Man page title -->
  24. <refnamediv>
  25. <refname>apt-get</refname>
  26. <refpurpose>APT package handling utility -- command-line interface</refpurpose>
  27. </refnamediv>
  28. &synopsis-command-apt-get;
  29. <refsect1><title>Description</title>
  30. <para><command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be
  31. considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT
  32. library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as &dselect;,
  33. &aptitude;, &synaptic; and &wajig;.</para>
  34. <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the
  35. commands below must be present.</para>
  36. <variablelist>
  37. <varlistentry><term><option>update</option></term>
  38. <listitem><para><literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files from
  39. their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the
  40. location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>.
  41. For example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and
  42. scans the <filename>Packages.gz</filename> files, so that information about new
  43. and updated packages is available. An <literal>update</literal> should always be
  44. performed before an <literal>upgrade</literal> or <literal>dist-upgrade</literal>. Please
  45. be aware that the overall progress meter will be incorrect as the size
  46. of the package files cannot be known in advance.</para></listitem>
  47. </varlistentry>
  48. <varlistentry><term><option>upgrade</option></term>
  49. <listitem><para><literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all packages
  50. currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in
  51. <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed with
  52. new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances
  53. are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed
  54. retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that
  55. cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package
  56. will be left at their current version. An <literal>update</literal> must be
  57. performed first so that <command>apt-get</command> knows that new versions of packages are
  58. available.</para></listitem>
  59. </varlistentry>
  60. <varlistentry><term><option>dist-upgrade</option></term>
  61. <listitem><para><literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of
  62. <literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies
  63. with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a "smart" conflict
  64. resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important
  65. packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary.
  66. The <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> command may therefore remove some packages.
  67. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of locations
  68. from which to retrieve desired package files.
  69. See also &apt-preferences; for a mechanism for
  70. overriding the general settings for individual packages.</para></listitem>
  71. </varlistentry>
  72. <varlistentry><term><option>dselect-upgrade</option></term>
  73. <listitem><para><literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
  74. is used in conjunction with the traditional Debian packaging
  75. front-end, &dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal>
  76. follows the changes made by &dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal>
  77. field of available packages, and performs the actions necessary to realize
  78. that state (for instance, the removal of old and the installation of new
  79. packages).</para></listitem>
  80. </varlistentry>
  81. <varlistentry><term><option>install</option></term>
  82. <listitem>
  83. <para><literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more
  84. packages desired for installation or upgrading.
  85. Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
  86. filename (for instance, in a Debian system,
  87. <package>apt-utils</package> would be the argument provided, not
  88. <filename>apt-utils_&apt-product-version;_amd64.deb</filename>). All packages required
  89. by the package(s) specified for installation will also
  90. be retrieved and installed.
  91. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is
  92. used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is
  93. appended to the package name (with no intervening space),
  94. the identified package will be removed if it is installed.
  95. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a
  96. package to install. These latter features may be used
  97. to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict
  98. resolution system.
  99. </para>
  100. <para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by
  101. following the package name with an equals and the version of the package
  102. to select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for
  103. install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by
  104. following the package name with a slash and the version of the
  105. distribution or the Archive name (stable, testing, unstable).</para>
  106. <para>Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must
  107. be used with care.</para>
  108. <para>This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or
  109. more already-installed packages without upgrading every package
  110. you have on your system. Unlike the "upgrade" target, which
  111. installs the newest version of all currently installed packages,
  112. "install" will install the newest version of only the package(s)
  113. specified. Simply provide the name of the package(s) you wish
  114. to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and its
  115. dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and
  116. installed.
  117. </para>
  118. <para>Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to
  119. create an alternative installation policy for
  120. individual packages.</para>
  121. <para>If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one
  122. of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression,
  123. and it is applied
  124. to all package names in the database. Any matches are then installed (or
  125. removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' matches 'how-lo'
  126. and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression
  127. with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.</para></listitem>
  128. </varlistentry>
  129. <varlistentry><term><option>remove</option></term>
  130. <listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are
  131. removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its
  132. configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the package
  133. name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be
  134. installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
  135. </varlistentry>
  136. <varlistentry><term><option>purge</option></term>
  137. <listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are
  138. removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).</para></listitem>
  139. </varlistentry>
  140. <varlistentry><term><option>source</option></term>
  141. <listitem><para><literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source packages. APT
  142. will examine the available packages to decide which source package to
  143. fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory the
  144. newest available version of that source package while respecting the
  145. default release, set with the option <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>,
  146. the <option>-t</option> option or per package with the
  147. <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible.</para>
  148. <para>Source packages are tracked separately
  149. from binary packages via <literal>deb-src</literal> lines
  150. in the &sources-list; file. This means that you will need to add such a line
  151. for each repository you want to get sources from; otherwise you will probably
  152. get either the wrong (too old/too new) source versions or none at all.</para>
  153. <para>If the <option>--compile</option> option is specified
  154. then the package will be compiled to a binary .deb using
  155. <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> for the architecture as
  156. defined by the <command>--host-architecture</command> option.
  157. If <option>--download-only</option> is specified then the source package
  158. will not be unpacked.</para>
  159. <para>A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name
  160. with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism
  161. used for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source
  162. package name and version, implicitly enabling the
  163. <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option.</para>
  164. <para>Note that source packages are not installed and tracked in the
  165. <command>dpkg</command> database like binary packages; they are simply downloaded
  166. to the current directory, like source tarballs.</para></listitem>
  167. </varlistentry>
  168. <varlistentry><term><option>build-dep</option></term>
  169. <listitem><para><literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an
  170. attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default the dependencies are
  171. satisfied to build the package natively. If desired a host-architecture can be specified
  172. with the <option>--host-architecture</option> option instead.</para></listitem>
  173. </varlistentry>
  174. <varlistentry><term><option>check</option></term>
  175. <listitem><para><literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks
  176. for broken dependencies.</para></listitem>
  177. </varlistentry>
  178. <varlistentry><term><option>download</option></term>
  179. <listitem><para><literal>download</literal> will download the given
  180. binary package into the current directory.
  181. </para></listitem>
  182. </varlistentry>
  183. <varlistentry><term><option>clean</option></term>
  184. <listitem><para><literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved package
  185. files. It removes everything but the lock file from
  186. <filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and
  187. <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>. When APT is used as a
  188. &dselect; method, <literal>clean</literal> is run automatically.
  189. Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run <literal>apt-get clean</literal>
  190. from time to time to free up disk space.</para></listitem>
  191. </varlistentry>
  192. <varlistentry><term><option>autoclean</option></term>
  193. <listitem><para>Like <literal>clean</literal>, <literal>autoclean</literal> clears out the local
  194. repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only
  195. removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely
  196. useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without
  197. it growing out of control. The configuration option
  198. <literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from being
  199. erased if it is set to off.</para></listitem>
  200. </varlistentry>
  201. <varlistentry><term><option>autoremove</option></term>
  202. <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
  203. installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are now no longer needed.</para></listitem>
  204. </varlistentry>
  205. <varlistentry><term><option>changelog</option></term>
  206. <listitem><para><literal>changelog</literal> downloads a package changelog and displays
  207. it through <command>sensible-pager</command>. The server name and base
  208. directory is defined in the <literal>APT::Changelogs::Server</literal>
  209. variable (e.g. <ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/changelogs">packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> for
  210. Debian or <ulink url="http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs">changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> for
  211. Ubuntu).
  212. By default it displays the changelog for the version that is
  213. installed. However, you can specify the same options as for
  214. the <option>install</option> command.
  215. </para>
  216. </listitem>
  217. </varlistentry>
  218. </variablelist>
  219. </refsect1>
  220. <refsect1><title>options</title>
  221. &apt-cmdblurb;
  222. <variablelist>
  223. <varlistentry><term><option>--no-install-recommends</option></term>
  224. <listitem><para>Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing.
  225. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>.</para></listitem>
  226. </varlistentry>
  227. <varlistentry><term><option>--install-suggests</option></term>
  228. <listitem><para>Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing.
  229. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Suggests</literal>.</para></listitem>
  230. </varlistentry>
  231. <varlistentry><term><option>-d</option></term><term><option>--download-only</option></term>
  232. <listitem><para>Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed.
  233. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
  234. </varlistentry>
  235. <varlistentry><term><option>-f</option></term><term><option>--fix-broken</option></term>
  236. <listitem><para>Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in
  237. place. This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages
  238. to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. If packages are specified,
  239. these have to completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when
  240. running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package
  241. dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's
  242. dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention
  243. (which usually means using &dselect; or <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of
  244. the offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> may produce an
  245. error in some situations.
  246. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>.</para></listitem>
  247. </varlistentry>
  248. <varlistentry><term><option>-m</option></term><term><option>--ignore-missing</option></term>
  249. <term><option>--fix-missing</option></term>
  250. <listitem><para>Ignore missing packages; if packages cannot be retrieved or fail the
  251. integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back
  252. those packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with
  253. <option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is
  254. selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the
  255. command line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently
  256. held back.
  257. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Missing</literal>.</para></listitem>
  258. </varlistentry>
  259. <varlistentry><term><option>--no-download</option></term>
  260. <listitem><para>Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with
  261. <option>--ignore-missing</option> to force APT to use only the .debs it has
  262. already downloaded.
  263. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download</literal>.</para></listitem>
  264. </varlistentry>
  265. <varlistentry><term><option>-q</option></term><term><option>--quiet</option></term>
  266. <listitem><para>Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators.
  267. More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use
  268. <option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file.
  269. Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>; you should never use -qq
  270. without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may
  271. decide to do something you did not expect.
  272. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>.</para></listitem>
  273. </varlistentry>
  274. <varlistentry><term><option>-s</option></term>
  275. <term><option>--simulate</option></term>
  276. <term><option>--just-print</option></term>
  277. <term><option>--dry-run</option></term>
  278. <term><option>--recon</option></term>
  279. <term><option>--no-act</option></term>
  280. <listitem><para>No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not
  281. actually change the system.
  282. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>.</para>
  283. <para>Simulated runs performed as a user will automatically deactivate locking
  284. (<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal>), and if the option
  285. <literal>APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note</literal> is set
  286. (as it is by default) a notice will also be displayed indicating that
  287. this is only a simulation. Runs performed as root do not trigger either
  288. NoLocking or the notice - superusers should know what they are doing
  289. without further warnings from <literal>apt-get</literal>.</para>
  290. <para>Simulated runs print out a series of lines, each representing a <command>dpkg</command>
  291. operation: configure (<literal>Conf</literal>), remove (<literal>Remv</literal>)
  292. or unpack (<literal>Inst</literal>). Square brackets indicate broken packages, and
  293. empty square brackets indicate breaks that are of no consequence (rare).</para></listitem>
  294. </varlistentry>
  295. <varlistentry><term><option>-y</option></term><term><option>--yes</option></term>
  296. <term><option>--assume-yes</option></term>
  297. <listitem><para>Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run
  298. non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held
  299. package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an essential package
  300. occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort.
  301. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
  302. </varlistentry>
  303. <varlistentry><term><option>--assume-no</option></term>
  304. <listitem><para>Automatic "no" to all prompts.
  305. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-No</literal>.</para></listitem>
  306. </varlistentry>
  307. <varlistentry><term><option>-u</option></term><term><option>--show-upgraded</option></term>
  308. <listitem><para>Show upgraded packages; print out a list of all packages that are to be
  309. upgraded.
  310. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>.</para></listitem>
  311. </varlistentry>
  312. <varlistentry><term><option>-V</option></term><term><option>--verbose-versions</option></term>
  313. <listitem><para>Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages.
  314. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>.</para></listitem>
  315. </varlistentry>
  316. <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term>
  317. <term><option>--host-architecture</option></term>
  318. <listitem><para>This option controls the architecture packages are built for
  319. by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies
  320. are satisfied. By default is it not set which means that the host architecture
  321. is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by <literal>APT::Architecture</literal>).
  322. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>
  323. </para></listitem>
  324. </varlistentry>
  325. <varlistentry><term><option>-b</option></term><term><option>--compile</option></term>
  326. <term><option>--build</option></term>
  327. <listitem><para>Compile source packages after downloading them.
  328. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>.</para></listitem>
  329. </varlistentry>
  330. <varlistentry><term><option>--ignore-hold</option></term>
  331. <listitem><para>Ignore package holds; this causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a hold
  332. placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with
  333. <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired holds.
  334. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>.</para></listitem>
  335. </varlistentry>
  336. <varlistentry><term><option>--with-new-pkgs</option></term>
  337. <listitem><para>Allow installing new packages when used in
  338. conjunction with <literal>upgrade</literal>. This is useful if
  339. the update of a installed package requires new dependencies to be
  340. installed. Instead of holding the package back <literal>upgrade</literal>
  341. will upgrade the package and install the new dependencies. Note that
  342. <literal>upgrade</literal> with this option will never remove packages,
  343. only allow adding new ones.
  344. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New</literal>.
  345. </para></listitem>
  346. </varlistentry>
  347. <varlistentry><term><option>--no-upgrade</option></term>
  348. <listitem><para>Do not upgrade packages; when used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
  349. <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line
  350. from being upgraded if they are already installed.
  351. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem>
  352. </varlistentry>
  353. <varlistentry><term><option>--only-upgrade</option></term>
  354. <listitem><para>Do not install new packages; when used in conjunction
  355. with <literal>install</literal>, <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will
  356. install upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests
  357. to install new packages.
  358. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem>
  359. </varlistentry>
  360. <varlistentry><term><option>--force-yes</option></term>
  361. <listitem><para>Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue
  362. without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It
  363. should not be used except in very special situations. Using
  364. <literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system!
  365. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>.</para></listitem>
  366. </varlistentry>
  367. <varlistentry><term><option>--print-uris</option></term>
  368. <listitem><para>Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each
  369. URI will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected
  370. MD5 hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match
  371. the file name on the remote site! This also works with the
  372. <literal>source</literal> and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the
  373. <literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it is
  374. up to the user to decompress any compressed files.
  375. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Print-URIs</literal>.</para></listitem>
  376. </varlistentry>
  377. <varlistentry><term><option>--purge</option></term>
  378. <listitem><para>Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed.
  379. An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are
  380. scheduled to be purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent to the
  381. <option>purge</option> command.
  382. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>.</para></listitem>
  383. </varlistentry>
  384. <varlistentry><term><option>--reinstall</option></term>
  385. <listitem><para>Re-install packages that are already installed and at the newest version.
  386. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>.</para></listitem>
  387. </varlistentry>
  388. <varlistentry><term><option>--list-cleanup</option></term>
  389. <listitem><para>This option is on by default; use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to turn
  390. it off. When it is on, <command>apt-get</command> will automatically manage the contents
  391. of <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that obsolete files are erased.
  392. The only reason to turn it off is if you frequently change your sources list.
  393. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>.</para></listitem>
  394. </varlistentry>
  395. <varlistentry><term><option>-t</option></term>
  396. <term><option>--target-release</option></term>
  397. <term><option>--default-release</option></term>
  398. <listitem><para>This option controls the default input to the policy engine; it creates
  399. a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string.
  400. This overrides the general settings in <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>.
  401. Specifically pinned packages are not affected by the value
  402. of this option. In short, this option
  403. lets you have simple control over which distribution packages will be
  404. retrieved from. Some common examples might be
  405. <option>-t '2.1*'</option>, <option>-t unstable</option>
  406. or <option>-t sid</option>.
  407. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>;
  408. see also the &apt-preferences; manual page.</para></listitem>
  409. </varlistentry>
  410. <varlistentry><term><option>--trivial-only</option></term>
  411. <listitem><para>
  412. Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered
  413. related to <option>--assume-yes</option>; where <option>--assume-yes</option> will answer
  414. yes to any prompt, <option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no.
  415. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
  416. </varlistentry>
  417. <varlistentry><term><option>--no-remove</option></term>
  418. <listitem><para>If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without
  419. prompting.
  420. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>.</para></listitem>
  421. </varlistentry>
  422. <varlistentry><term><option>--auto-remove</option></term>
  423. <listitem><para>If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or <literal>remove</literal>,
  424. then this option acts like running the <literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing unused
  425. dependency packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>.
  426. </para></listitem>
  427. </varlistentry>
  428. <varlistentry><term><option>--only-source</option></term>
  429. <listitem><para>Only has meaning for the
  430. <literal>source</literal> and <literal>build-dep</literal>
  431. commands. Indicates that the given source names are not to be
  432. mapped through the binary table. This means that if this option
  433. is specified, these commands will only accept source package
  434. names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names
  435. and looking up the corresponding source package. Configuration
  436. Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>.</para></listitem>
  437. </varlistentry>
  438. <varlistentry><term><option>--diff-only</option></term><term><option>--dsc-only</option></term><term><option>--tar-only</option></term>
  439. <listitem><para>Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive.
  440. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, <literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and
  441. <literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
  442. </varlistentry>
  443. <varlistentry><term><option>--arch-only</option></term>
  444. <listitem><para>Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies.
  445. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
  446. </varlistentry>
  447. <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-unauthenticated</option></term>
  448. <listitem><para>Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it.
  449. This is useful for tools like pbuilder.
  450. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>.</para></listitem>
  451. </varlistentry>
  452. <varlistentry><term><option>--show-progress</option></term>
  453. <listitem><para>Show user friendly progress information in the
  454. terminal window when packages are installed, upgraded or
  455. removed. For a machine parsable version of this data see
  456. README.progress-reporting in the apt doc directory.
  457. <literal>DpkgPM::Progress</literal>.</para></listitem>
  458. </varlistentry>
  459. &apt-commonoptions;
  460. </variablelist>
  461. </refsect1>
  462. <refsect1><title>Files</title>
  463. <variablelist>
  464. &file-sourceslist;
  465. &file-aptconf;
  466. &file-preferences;
  467. &file-cachearchives;
  468. &file-statelists;
  469. </variablelist>
  470. </refsect1>
  471. <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
  472. <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;,
  473. &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-secure;,
  474. The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para>
  475. </refsect1>
  476. <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
  477. <para><command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
  478. </refsect1>
  479. &manbugs;
  480. </refentry>