Provided by: aptdaemon_2.0.2_all 
NAME
org.debian.apt - the main interface of aptdaemon
SYNOPSIS
The daemon is accessed through the D-Bus object at /org/debian/apt. Which provides the following
interface.
DESCRIPTION
METHODS
AddRepository
AddRepository (in 's' type,
in 's' uri,
in 's' dist,
in 'as' comps,
in 's' comment,
in 's' sourcesfile)
Add a new repository to the sources list file. The repository has to define the type (e.g. deb or
deb-src), uri (e.g. http://archive.debian.org/debian), the distribution (e.g. stable) and a list
of components (e.g. main).
Optionally a comment and an alternative sources.list file can be specified.
EnableDistroComponent
EnableDistroComponent (in 's' comp)
Enable a component for all distro repositories, e.g. main or universe.
GetAtiveTransactions
GetActiveTransactions (out 'as' tids)
Return an array of the currently queued transactions.
Quit
Quit ()
Request the shutdown of the daemon. The daemon will finish a currently running transaction before.
TRANSACTION BASED METHODS
The following methods are handled by transactions. By calling the methods a new transaction will be
created for the task. The return value of the method is the D-Bus object path of the corresponding
transaction. The transaction can be modified, to use an http proxy or to run in a specific language by
setting the corresponding properties on the org.debian.apt.transaction(7) interface. Afterwards the
transaction has to be queued for processing by calling its Run method on the
org.debian.apt.transaction(7) interface.
UpdateCache
UpdateCache (out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will fetch the latest meta data from the
repositories and rebuild the cache of available and installed packages.
UpdateCachePartially
UpdateCachePartially (in 's' sources_list,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will fetch the latest meta data from the
repositories specified in the given sources.list snippet only and rebuild the cache of available
and installed packages.
InstallPackages
InstallPackages (in 'as' package_names,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will install the packages of the given names.
Optionally the to be installed version can be specified by appending a "=" and the version to the
package name, e.g. "xterm=256-1".
InstallFile
InstallFile (in 's' path,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly create transaction which will install a local *.deb package file at the
given path.
UpgradePackages
UpgradePackages (in 'as' package_names,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will upgrade the packages of the given names to
their latest version.
Optionally the to be installed version can be specified by appending a "=" and the version to the
package name, e.g. "xterm=256-1".
RemovePackages
RemovePackages (in 'as' package_names,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will remove the packages of the given names.
Optionally the version of the to be removed packages can be specified by appending a "=" and the
version to the package name, e.g. "xterm=256-1".
UpgradeSystem
UpgradeSystem (in 'b' safe_mode,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will upgrade the whole system.
If in safe mode only already installed packages will be updated. Updates which require to remove
installed packages or to install additional packages will be skipped.
CommitPackages
CommitPackages (in 'as' install,
in 'as' reinstall,
in 'as' remove,
in 'as' purge,
in 'as' upgrade,
in 'as' downgrade,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will perform a complex install/removal task at
once. Install, reinstall, remove, purge and upgrade are lists of package names.
Optionally the version of the to be removed packages or the version of the package which should be
installed can be specified by appending a "=" and the version to the package name, e.g.
"xterm=256-1".
FixBrokenDepends
FixBrokenDepends (out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will try to resolve unsatisfied dependencies by
installing required packages or removing conflicting ones.
FixIncompleteInstall
FixIncompleteInstall (out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will try to complete previously failed
installations by calling "dpkg --configure -a".
SIGNALS
ActiveTransactionsChanged
ActiveTransactionsChanged ('s' active,
'as' queued)
The signal is used to report changes of the currently running or queued transactions. If there's
any active transaction active will be an empty string.
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
org.debian.apt.transaction(7), aptd(2), aptdcon(2)
aptdaemon December 2009 org.debian.apt(7)