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| author | Christian Blichmann <mail@blichmann.eu> | 2022-02-01 20:59:57 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Julian Andres Klode <julian.klode@canonical.com> | 2024-04-12 15:56:56 +0200 |
| commit | 690993b1b9b4a932ca5bf5374c59e4cf88f18732 (patch) | |
| tree | 7620687642dc3b544e1360dbd97540db39e3a71f /doc | |
| parent | 81c65f7e86b8f16eaaa91d9c205a594b0ebde159 (diff) | |
Columnar output for package lists similar to 'ls'
This change makes it a bit easier to quickly grasp the changes
about to be performed by apt.
It displays package lists in a columnar format by default,
similar to what `ls` produces for files.
A new long option `--no-list-columns` and an associated
`APT::Get::List-Columns` config setting control the behavior.
Usage example, with 60 column wide terminal:
```
$ sudo apt upgrade |
Reading package lists... Done |
Building dependency tree... Done |
Reading state information... Done |
Calculating upgrade... Done |
The following packages were automatically installed and are |
no longer required: |
libappindicator1 libindicator7 |
libdbusmenu-gtk4 linux-image-5.14.0-4-amd64 |
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. |
The following packages have been kept back: |
criu linux-headers-amd64 nvidia-settings |
libxnvctrl0 nvidia-modprobe xwayland |
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgrade|
d. |
```
The effect becomes more pronounced with more packages (e.g. when
doing a dist-upgrade).
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-get.8.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/examples/configure-index | 1 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml index da1e91997..807345a3d 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml @@ -410,6 +410,12 @@ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><option>--no-list-columns</option></term> + <listitem><para>Display package lists without arranging them in columns. By + default, package lists are printed in the style of the "ls" command. + Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::List-Columns</literal>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term> <term><option>--host-architecture</option></term> <listitem><para>This option controls the architecture packages are built for diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index index da4998b4d..9a2bcbf1c 100644 --- a/doc/examples/configure-index +++ b/doc/examples/configure-index @@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ APT Show-Upgraded "<BOOL>"; Show-Versions "<BOOL>"; + List-Columns "<BOOL>"; Upgrade "<BOOL>"; Only-Upgrade "<BOOL>"; Upgrade-Allow-New "<BOOL>"; |