aptdcon
command line client for aptdaemon
see also :
aptd
Synopsis
aptdcon
[OPTIONS]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
The following command will install the package xterm and remove
the package eterm in the same run:
$ aptdcon --install "xterm" --remove "eterm"
To handle more than one package the names have to be put into
quotation marks. The following command will install xterm and
eterm:
$ aptdcon --install "xterm eterm"
The following command will add the backport repository to the
sources.list in a separate file
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list :
$ aptdcon --sources-file backports.list \
--add-repostiry "deb http://archive.backports.org/debian stable
main"
source
echo "$0: installing
missing packages: $missing" 1>&2
aptdcon --install $missing
fi
pip -E virtualenv install -r requirements.txt
description
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.
options
-v,
--version
Show the version number of the
aptdcon.
-h, --help
Show information about the
usage of the command.
-d, --debug
Show additional information on
the command line.
-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.
--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.
-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.
-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.
-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.
--upgrade-system
Upgrade the whole system.
--fix-install
Try to complete a previously
cancelled installation by calling "dpkg --configure
-a".
--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.
--add-vendor-key
PUBLIC_KEY_FILE
Install the PUBLIC_KEY_FILE to
authenticate and trust packages singed by the vendor.
--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.
--key-server KEYSERVER
Download vendor keys from the
given KEYSERVER.
--remove-vendor-key
FINGERPRINT
Remove the vendor key of the
given FINGERPRINT to no longer trust packages from this
vendor.
--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: ´deb
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main´
--sources-file SOURCES_FILE
Specify an alternative sources
file to which the new repository should be written.
SOURCES_FILE should be only the basename:
backports.list
--list-trusted-vendors
Show all trusted software
vendors and theirs keys.
--hide-terminal
Do not attach to the
interactive terminal of the underlying dpkg call.
--allow-unauthenticated
Allow to install packages which
are not from a trusted vendor.
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.
homepage
https://launchpad.net/aptdaemon
bugs
You can report
bugs at the Launchpad site of aptdaemon:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug
see also
aptd ,
org.debian.apt,
org.debian.apt.transaction
author
Sebastian
Heinlein <devel at glatzor dot de>