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auto-apt(1)						      General Commands Manual						       auto-apt(1)

NAME
       auto-apt - on demand package installation tool

SYNOPSIS
       auto-apt [options] [command] [args...]

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page documents briefly the auto-apt commands.

       auto-apt  is  a program that checks file access of programs running within auto-apt environments.  If a program will access a file of unin-
       stalled package, auto-apt will install the package containing the file, by using apt-get.

OPTIONS
       A summary of options is included below.

       -h     Usage.

       -s     No action, perform a simulation of action.

       -y     Automatic yes to prompt.

       -q     Quiet

       -i     Don't install in background process.

       -x     Disable X interface.

       -X     Enable X interface. Run apt-get in another x-terminal-emulator if you run in X environments.

       -a [dist[,dist...]]
	      Select installable distribution from main,contrib,non-free,non-US or none.  If you set "-a none", it means almost same as "-s".

       -p [hook[,hook...]]
	      Select hook functions from exec,open,access,stat or none If you set "-p none", it means almost same as "-s".

       -D [dbfile]
	      Change dbfile from default /var/cache/auto-apt/pkgcontents.db

       -F [filedb]
	      Change filedb from default /var/cache/auto-apt/pkgfiles.db, which is generated by auto-apt update-local commands.   It  is  used	as
	      default dbfile for commands with -local postfix.	In many cases, it is used with -L option to detect file access

       -L [record.lists]
	      Append file access data to record.lists file.

COMMANDS
       A summary of command is included below.

       run  [command]
	      Run command controlled by auto-apt.  If command is not specified, user's shell will be used.

       update [ -a ]
	      Recreate	dbfile	from  sources.list  information.   dbfile  can be specified by -D option.  With -a option, all files are stored in
	      dbfile.  Note that dbfile become too big with -a option.

       update-local [ -a ]
	      Generate filedb from installed package information.  filedb can be specified by -F option.  With -a option, all files are stored	in
	      dbfile.  Note that dbfile become too big with -a option.

       merge [ -a ]
	      Merge  package,filename information to dbfile, which can be specified by -D option.  With -a option, all files are stored in dbfile.
	      Note that dbfile become too big with -a option.

       del package
	      Delete file information of package from dbfile database.

       check [-v] [-f] file
	      Check which package provides file, from dbfile database.	options: -v means verbose. -f uses Contents-*.gz file  instead	of  dbfile
	      database.

       install [-s] [-d] [-u] [-y] [-v] file
	      Try to install a package that provides file by using apt-get.  You need root privilege to run apt-get install.

       list [-v] [-f]
	      List file information in dbfile database.  options: -v means verbose. -f uses Contents-*.gz file instead of dbfile database.

       search [-v] [-f] pattern
	      Search  file  information  by  grep(1) pattern in dbfile database.  options: -v means verbose. -f uses Contents-*.gz file instead of
	      dbfile database.

       debuild [debuildopts]
	      Run debuild(1) in auto-apt environments, and show Build-Depends: estimation.  Recommended to use with -s option of auto-apt.

       status Show whether current environment is in auto-apt or not.

FILES
       o      /etc/auto-apt/paths.list path lists

       o      /var/cache/auto-apt cache/database directory

       o      /etc/auto-apt/sources.list sources.list for auto-apt. if not found, symlink to apt-get's sources.list will be created.

ENVIRONMENTS
       o      AUTO_APT_CACHEDIR override default cache/database directory

BUGS
       Known bugs. See /usr/share/doc/auto-apt/BUGS.  and/or http://bugs.debian.org/auto-apt

AUTHOR
       This program was written by Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>, inspired by idea/comments from Debian Guru (debian.gr.jp) and Project  Dice
       members.

								    29 Jun 2000 						       auto-apt(1)