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NAME

       Aptsh - interactive APT shell

SYNOPSIS

       aptsh  {install pkg | remove pkg | update | ... } [-?, --help] [-c, --config-file configuration_file ] [-s, --storing] [-v, --version] [-x,
       --execute aptsh_command ]

DESCRIPTION

       Aptsh is a tool which makes using APT much easier. It gives you an interactive shell with all  those  sweet  features  like  tab-completion
       (which you can use to complete name of a package), simpler access to apt commands and easier package searching (ls, rls). Although it's not
       necessary, it just tries to make life easier.

       Other way of using Aptsh is using it as a normal command-line tool, a replacement for apt-* commands.

USAGE

       We'll try to do some ordinary administration tasks - install/remove/search few packages.  As a root, type 'aptsh' and  press  return.  Then
       type  'ins',  and  press  Tab - 'ins' should change into 'install' followed by a whitespace. Now write down 'kde', and press Tab twice - if
       you're using Debian or other large distro, it should ask you whether you want to see all packages which begin with  'kde'.  As  you  should
       have  noticed  -  it works exactly like a good shell. You can also play with 'remove' - then aptsh will prompt only installed packages. And
       remember, that you can pipe results of commands (ie. dump | grep ^Package | cut -d  -f 2 | grep ^kde ).	You can  execute  a  normal  shell
       command by preceding it with ".".

COMMANDS

       Aptsh commands:

	      dump-cfg
		     Dump all aptsh options.

	      dpkg   Query dpkg.

	      ls     Search for packages by matching names to a wildcard. Remember that in some enviroments you have to put the expression between
		     " " or preced special chars with .

	      rls    Search for packages by matching names to a regular expression. Read note about special chars above!

	      whatis Display a short description of a package.

	      whichpkg
		     Find the package that supplies the given command or file.

	      listfiles
		     List all files owned by a package.

	      news   Obtain the latest news about the package from Debian servers

	      changelog
		     Retrieve latest changelog for the package from Debian servers

	      toupgrade
		     List packages with newer versions available for upgrading

	      `      Change mode.

	      queue-commit
		     Commit stored commands. User answers to all prompts.

	      queue-commit-say
		     Commit commands kept in command queue, automatically answering to all prompts. It should be followed by the answer,  if  not,
		     it  answers 
 (then usually program's behaviour is default). Proper usage of commit-say would be "commit-say y" - then Aptsh
		     answers 'y' to all prompts.

	      queue  Display currently stored commands.

	      queue-remove
		     Remove stored commands from list. It should be followed by list or section of numbers of items to	remove.  Proper  usage	of
		     this  command would be: "commit-remove 1 3 10-15 21" - it will remove items numbered as 1, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21. You
		     can use alias 'last' which refers to the last item.

	      queue-clear
		     Clear list of stored commands

	      orphans
		     Find orphaned libraries on your system.

	      orphans-all
		     Find all orphaned packages on your system, not only libraries. It's output is other than the orphans'  one  -  it's  splitted
		     into two columns, first one contains packages' Section, second Name.

	      help   Executes 'man aptsh', or displays short info about commands (if any were given as arguments).

	      help-howto
		     Displays HOWTO. You can pipe it to a browser ("more" or "less") or grep it.

	      quit   Erm... quit? :)

       apt-get querying commands (see man apt-get):

	      install

	      update

	      upgrade

	      dselect-upgrade

	      dist-upgrade

	      remove

	      purge  (same as remove --purge )

	      source

	      build-dep

	      check

	      clean

	      autoclean

       apt-cache querying commands (see man apt-cache):

	      show

	      dump

	      add

	      showpkg

	      stats

	      showsrc

	      dumpavail

	      unmet

	      search

	      depends

	      rdepends

	      pkgnames

	      dotty

	      policy

	      madison

AUTHOR

       Marcin Wrochniak (wrochniak@gmail.com)

version 0.0.6							    20 Mar 2005 							  aptsh(1)