SYNOPSIS

       apt-get [-hvs] [-o=config string] [-c=file] {[update] | [upgrade] |
               [dselect-upgrade] | [install pkg...] | [remove pkg...] |
               [source pkg...] | [build-dep pkg...] | [check] | [clean] |
               [autoclean]}


       apt-get   APT  dselect(8), aptitude, synaptic, gnome-apt, wajig

       -h --help

       update
          update /etc/apt/sources.list   Debian Packages.gz update upgrade
          dist-upgrade

       upgrade
          upgrade /etc/apt/sources.list update apt-get

       dselect-upgrade
          dselect-upgrade   Debian GNU/Linux dselect(8) dselect-upgrade
          dselect(8) Status   ()

       dist-upgrade
          dist-upgrade upgrade apt-get /etc/apt/sources.list
          apt_preferences(5)

       install
          install   1   ( Debian GNU/Linux libc6_1.9.6-2.deb  libc6 )
          /etc/apt/sources.list    ()     apt-get

                 (stable, testing, unstable)



          apt_preferences(5)

           '.', '?', '*'  POSIX   () 'lo.*'  'how-lo'  'lowest'  '^'  '$'

       remove
          remove  install   ()

       source
          source apt-get  APT sources.list(5) deb-src   ()   --compile
          dpkg-buildpackage   .deb  --download-only

           APT::Get::Only-Source

          tar ball

       build-dep
          build-dep

           -    - APT::Get::Download-Only

       -f, --fix-broken
           -   install  remove   APT    APT    ( dselect(8) dpkg --remove ) -m
          - APT::Get::Fix-Broken

       -m, --ignore-missing, --fix-missing
           -  () -f    ()    - APT::Get::Fix-Missing

       --no-download
            .deb  APT --ignore-missing   - APT::Get::Download

       -q, --quiet
           -    2  q  -q=#    2 -y  APT  -d, --print-uris, -s   -qq   - quiet

       -s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act
           -    - APT::Get::Simulate

          dpkg   (Conf) (Remv) (Inst)  ()

       -y, --yes, --assume-yes
           -  "yes" apt-get   - APT::Get::Assume-Yes

       -u, --show-upgraded
           -   - APT::Get::Show-Upgraded

       -V, --verbose-versions
             - APT::Get::Show-Versions

       -b, --compile, --build
            - APT::Get::Compile

       --ignore-hold
           - apt-get dist-upgrade    - APT::Ignore-Hold

       --no-upgrade
           - install no-upgrade    - APT::Get::Upgrade

       --force-yes
           - APT force-yes !  - APT::Get::force-yes

       --print-uris
            URI  URI   md5    !  source update update  MD5    -
          APT::Get::Print-URIs

       --purge
             ("*")   - APT::Get::Purge

       --reinstall
             - APT::Get::ReInstall.

       --list-cleanup
       --only-source
          source build-dep       - APT::Get::Only-Source

       --diff-only, --tar-only
           diff  tar   - APT::Get::Diff-Only, APT::Get::Tar-Only

       --arch-only
             - APT::Get::Arch-Only

       --allow-unauthenticated
            pbuilder   - APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated

       -h, --help


       -v, --version


       -c, --config-file
           apt.conf(5)

       -o, --option
           -o Foo::Bar=bar


       /etc/apt/sources.list
            - Dir::Etc::SourceList

       /etc/apt/apt.conf
          APT   - Dir::Etc::Main

       /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
          APT   - Dir::Etc::Parts

       /etc/apt/preferences
            "pin"     - Dir::Etc::Preferences

       /var/cache/apt/archives/
            - Dir::Cache::Archives

       /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/
            - Dir::Cache::Archives ()

       /var/lib/apt/lists/
          sources.list(5)   - Dir::State::Lists

       /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/
            - Dir::State::Lists ()


       apt-cache(8), apt-cdrom(8), dpkg(8), dselect(8), sources.list(5),
       apt.conf(5), apt-config(8), /usr/share/doc/apt/  APT ,
          Author.

       APT team
          Author.

REFERENCES

       1. APT
          http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt



Linux                          29 February 2004                     APT-GET(8)