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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2014-01-06 07:59:37 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2014-01-06 07:59:37 +0100
commit259d88d94843fbce7c8100f8b337b7b8fb58b840 (patch)
tree731ff68487e76d66a4b7d09129cf3cd738afa478 /doc/apt.8.xml
parent1b4560fec66a6e7b2dff9aaa19095fb8423f69a0 (diff)
parent132a7f8811f4558a7cbab620b0de4401f5d27d66 (diff)
improve apt.8.xml
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-rw-r--r--doc/apt.8.xml51
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.8.xml b/doc/apt.8.xml
index 0340e043f..bb1f6bb91 100644
--- a/doc/apt.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.8.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
<refentry>
<refentryinfo>
- &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
&apt-author.team;
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
@@ -42,18 +41,26 @@
</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term><option>update</option></term>
- <listitem><para><literal>update</literal> is used to
- resynchronize the package index files from their sources.
+ <varlistentry><term><option>list</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>list</literal> is used to
+ display a list of packages. It supports shell pattern for matching
+ package names and the following options:
+ <option>--installed</option>
+ <option>--upgradable</option>
+ <option>--all-versions</option>
+ are supported.
</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term><option>upgrade</option></term>
- <listitem><para><literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the
- newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system
- from the sources enumerated in
- <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. New package will be
- installed, but existing package will never removed.
+ <varlistentry><term><option>search</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>search</literal> searches for the given
+ term(s) and display matching packages.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>show</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>show</literal> shows the package information
+ for the given package(s).
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -80,6 +87,28 @@
installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>edit-sources</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>edit-sources</literal> lets you edit
+ your sources.list file and provides basic sanity checks.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>update</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>update</literal> is used to
+ resynchronize the package index files from their sources.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>upgrade</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the
+ newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system
+ from the sources enumerated in
+ <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. New package will be
+ installed, but existing package will never removed.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>