apt(8) System Manager's Manual apt(8)NAME
apt - Advanced Package Tool
SYNOPSIS
apt
DESCRIPTION
APT is a management system for software packages. For normal day to day package management there are several frontends available, such as
aptitude(8) for the command line or synaptic(8) for the X Window System. Some options are only implemented in apt-get(8) though.
SEE ALSO apt-cache(8), apt-get(8), apt.conf(5), sources.list(5), apt_preferences(5), apt-secure(8)DIAGNOSTICS
apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
BUGS
This manpage isn't even started.
See <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>. If you wish to report a bug in apt, please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the report-
bug(1) command.
AUTHOR
apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.
Debian GNU/Linux 16 June 1998 apt(8)
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SBUILD-APT(1) Debian sbuild SBUILD-APT(1)NAME
sbuild-apt - run apt-get or apt-cache in an sbuild chroot
SYNOPSIS
sbuild-apt [-h|--help | -V|--version] CHROOT (apt-get|apt-cache) [ARG1 [ARG2 [ARGn...]]]
DESCRIPTION
sbuild-apt runs apt-get(1) or apt-cache(1) inside the specified chroot, along with any additional arguments.
OPTIONS
Actions
-h, --help
Display this manual.
-V, --version
Print version information.
Chroot selection
CHROOT The chroot to run the command in. Note that 'o', 's', 't', 'u' and 'e' may be used as abbreviations for 'oldstable', 'stable',
'testing', 'unstable' and 'experimental', respectively.
APT options
apt-get
Run apt-get.
apt-cache
Run apt-cache.
ARG Additional arguments to pass to apt-get or apt-cache.
EXAMPLES
To update the APT package lists in the unstable chroot:
% sbuild-apt unstable apt-get update
Note that sbuild-update(1) is a more convenient method for doing the above.
AUTHORS
Roger Leigh.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>.
SEE ALSO apt-cache(1), apt-get(1), sbuild(1), sbuild-update(1), sbuild-upgrade(1).
Version 0.63.2 18 Aug 2012 SBUILD-APT(1)
Hi All,
I am getting the following error when installing teh package kernel-source-2.6.10
ba-chroot:~# apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.10
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package kernel-source-2.6.10
thanks & Regards
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Hi,
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http://imgur.com/1ywCKac
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