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PROGRAM:

NAME

aptdcon - command line client for aptdaemon

SYNOPSIS

aptdcon [OPTIONS]

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.

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"

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

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