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NAME

       aptd - package managing daemon proving a D-Bus interface

SYNOPSIS

       aptd [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       aptd  allows to perform package management tasks, e.g. installing or removing software, using a D-Bus interface. The privileges are handled
       by PolicyKit so the client application doesn't need to run as root. Furthermore aptd is started by D-Bus activation only when an user calls
       a method.

OPTIONS

       -d, --debug
	      Show additional information on the command line.

       -h, --help
	      Show information about the usage of the command.

       -r, --replace
	      Replace another aptd instance if it is running.

       -p PROFILE_FILE
	      Write profiling data to PROFILE_FILE using Python's profiler. This is only of use to developers.

       -t, --disable-timeout
	      Do not shutdown the daemon after an idle time.

       --dummy
	      Instead  of applying the changes to the system only show a progress. This option is only usable for developers to locate problems in
	      client applications.

FILES

       /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20dbus
	      Adds a small post update hook which will emit the org.debian.apt.CacheChanged signal on the system D-Bus to indicate that the  cache
	      has been changed and a possible running aptd instance should reloade its internal cache.

       /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.debian.apt.policy
	      The PolicyKit definitions of the privileges used by aptdaemon, e.g. to install packages. To change the privileges please have a look
	      at PolicyKit.conf(1).

       /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.debian.apt.conf
	      The D-Bus configuration of the org.debian.apt name space.

DIAGNOSTICS

       By default aptdaemon logs to the syslog facility AptDaemon. Furthermore you can use the -d option to get additional information on the com-
       mand line.

HOMEPAGE

       https://launchpad.net/aptdaemon

BUGS

       You can report bugs at the Launchpad site of aptdaemon: https://bugs.launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug

AUTHOR

       Sebastian Heinlein <devel at glatzor dot de>

SEE ALSO

       aptdcon(1), org.debian.apt(7), org.debian.apt.transaction(7), PolicyKit.conf(7)

aptdaemon							   December 2009							   APTD(1)