apt-config

 

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 apt-config(8)                                       apt-config(8)
 
 
 
NAME
        apt-config - APT Configuration Query program
 
 
SYNOPSIS
        apt-config command
 
 
DESCRIPTION
        apt-config is an internal program used by various portions
        of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It
        accesses the main configuarion file /etc/apt/apt.conf in a
        manner that is easy to use by scripted applications.
 
        command is one of:
 
        o      shell
 
        o      dump
 
        Unless the -h, or --help option is given one of the  above
        commands must be present.
 
 
        shell  shell  is used to access the configuration informa­
               tion from a shell script.  It  is  given  pairs  of
               arguments, the first being a shell variable and the
               second the configuration value to query. As  output
               it lists a series of shell assignments commands for
               each present value. In a shell script it should  be
               used like:
 
 
 
 
               OPTS="-f"
 
               RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::Options`
 
               eval $RES
 
 
 
 
               This  will set the shell environment variable $OPTS
               to the value of MyApp::Options with  a  default  of
               -f.
 
               If  the  configuration item to retrieve is prefixed
               with a / then it will be retrieved  using  filename
               mode which prepends base paths.
 
 
        dump   Just  show the contents of the configuration space.
 
 
 
OPTIONS
        All command line options may be set using  the  configura­
        tion  file,  the  descriptions  indicate the configuration
        option to set. For boolean options you  can  override  the
        config  file by using something like -f-, --no-f, -f=no or
        several other variations.
 
 
        -h, --help
               Show a short usage summary.
 
 
        -v, --version
               Show the program verison.
 
 
        -c, --config-file
               Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to
               use.  apt-get  will  read the default configuration
               file  and  then  this   configuration   file.   See
               apt.conf(5) for syntax information.
 
 
        -o, --option
               Set  a  Configuration  Option;  This  will  set  an
               arbitary configuration option.  The syntax is
 
 
               -o Foo::Bar=bar
 
 
 
 
SEE ALSO
        apt.conf(5)
 
 
 DIAGNOSTICS
        apt-config returns zero on normal operation,  decimal  100
        on error.
 
 
 BUGS
        See  http://bugs.debian.org/apt.   If you wish to report a
        bug in apt-config, please see  /usr/doc/debian/bug-report­
        ing.txt  or  the bug(1) command. If you are using apt on a
        RPM  based   system,   please   use   http://distro.conec­
        tiva.com.br/bugzilla/.
 
 
AUTHOR
        apt-get   was   written   by   the   APT  team  <apt@pack­
        ages.debian.org> and ported to RPM based systems by Conec­
        tiva S.A.  <kojima@conectiva.com.br>.
 
 
 
 apt                        25 Oct 2000              apt-config(8)

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