aptitude user's manual
aptitude
user's manual
aptitude
user's manual
Version 0.8.13
Daniel
Burrows
Main author of the document.
dburrows@debian.org
Manuel A.
Fernandez Montecelo
Main maintainer after Daniel Burrows, documentation about new features, corrections and formatting.
mafm@debian.org
Copyright © 2004-2011, 2012-2016 Daniel Burrows, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
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Table of Contents
Introduction
What is this aptitude thing, anyway?
What is a package manager?
What is the
apt
system?
How can I get
aptitude
Pre-built
aptitude
packages, or,
what 99% of users should do
Building
aptitude
from source code
Tracking and participating in
aptitude
development
1. Getting started
Using
aptitude
aptitude
basics
Navigating the
aptitude
package list
Finding packages by name
Managing packages
Updating the package list and installing packages
Using
aptitude
from the command line
2.
aptitude
reference guide
The
aptitude
terminal user interface
Using the menus
Menu commands
Working with multiple views
Becoming
root
Managing packages
Managing the package list
Accessing package information
Modifying package states
Downloading, installing, and removing packages
Understanding and managing package trust
Managing automatically installed packages
Resolving package dependencies
Dependency resolution in
aptitude
Immediate dependency resolution
Resolving Dependencies Interactively
Costs in the interactive dependency resolver
Configuring the interactive dependency resolver
Search patterns
Searching for strings
Shorthand for search terms
Searches and versions
Explicit search targets
Search term reference
Customizing
aptitude
Customizing the package list
Customizing keybindings
Customizing text colors and styles
Customizing the display layout
Configuration file reference
Themes
Playing Minesweeper
3. aptitude frequently asked questions
4. Credits
I. Command-line reference
aptitude
— high-level interface to the package manager
aptitude-create-state-bundle
— bundle the current aptitude state
aptitude-run-state-bundle
— unpack an aptitude state bundle and invoke aptitude on it
List of Figures
2.1.
Commands available in the Actions menu
2.2.
Commands available in the Undo menu
2.3.
Commands available in the Package menu
2.4.
Commands available in the Resolver menu
2.5.
Commands available in the Search menu
2.6.
Commands available in the Options menu
2.7.
Commands available in the Views menu
2.8.
Commands available in the Help menu
2.9.
Values of the
current state
flag
2.10.
Values of the
action
flag
2.11.
Syntax of compound cost components
2.12.
Safety cost levels
2.13.
Syntax of the ?for term
2.14.
Customizable styles in
aptitude
List of Tables
2.1.
Basic cost components
2.2.
Default safety cost levels
2.3.
Quick guide to search terms
List of Examples
2.1.
Sample resolver costs
2.2.
Use of the
?=
term.
2.3.
Use of the
?bind
term
2.4.
Use of the
?exact-name
term
2.5.
Use of the
?for
term
2.6.
Use of the
?term-prefix
term
2.7.
Grouping policy
firstchar
or
firstchar(binary)
2.8.
Grouping policy
firstchar(source)
2.9.
Use of
pattern
to group packages by their maintainer
2.10.
Use of
pattern
with some
packages placed at the top level
2.11.
Use of the
pattern
grouping policy with sub-policies
12.
Usage of
--show-summary
Introduction
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