APTDCON(1)							    User manual 							APTDCON(1)

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: back-
	      ports.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 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

       aptd(1), org.debian.apt(7), org.debian.apt.transaction(7)

aptdaemon							   December 2009							APTDCON(1)