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authorArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:51:58 +0000
committerArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:51:58 +0000
commit09f2e0262915c93c8cf062a52b809d207d016107 (patch)
tree101afb1e9d04e8b4918f624a1c0f2ce7fa42f37c /doc/apt-get.8.yo
parentde50f0480662ebe4af9591a583124a6b2e38b993 (diff)
Man pages in yodl
Author: jgg Date: 1998-12-05 22:14:39 GMT Man pages in yodl
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-get.8.yo')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.yo b/doc/apt-get.8.yo
index 32b1e6132..f77795a7b 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.yo
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.yo
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ itemize(
it() upgrade
it() dselect-upgrade
it() dist-upgrade
- it() install
- it() remove
+ it() install package1 [package2] [...]
+ it() remove package1 [package2] [...]
it() check
it() clean
)
Unless the -h, or --help option is given one of the above commands
-must be present. Only the install command requires any further arguments.
+must be present.
startdit()
dit(bf(update))
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ hyphen is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the
identified package will be removed if it is installed. This latter feature
may be used to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system.
+dit(bf(remove))
+bf(remove) is identical to bf(install) except that packages are removed
+instead of installed. If a plus sign is appended to the package name (with no
+intervening space), the identified package will be installed.
+
dit(bf(check))
bf(check) is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks for
brokenpackages.
@@ -112,7 +117,7 @@ integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back
those packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with
-f is discouraged.
-dit(bf(-q, --silent))
+dit(bf(-q, --quiet))
Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators.
More qs will produce more quite up to a maximum of 2. You can also use
bf(-q=#) to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file.
@@ -156,6 +161,7 @@ dit(bf(-o, --option))
Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary configuration option.
The syntax is
verb(-o Foo::Bar=bar)
+enddit()
manpagefiles()
itemize(
@@ -176,10 +182,11 @@ itemize(
)
manpageseealso()
-apt-cache (8),
-dpkg (8),
-dselect (8),
-sources.list (5)
+apt-cache(8),
+dpkg(8),
+dselect(8),
+sources.list(5),
+The APT Users Guide in /usr/doc/apt/
manpagediagnostics()
apt-get returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.