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-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: backports.list

       --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 command 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)