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PROGRAM:

NAME

Aptsh - interactive APT shell

SYNOPSIS

aptsh {install pkg | remove pkg | update | ... } [-?, --help] [-c, --config-file
configuration_file ] [-s, --storing] [-v, --version] [-x, --execute aptsh_command ]

DESCRIPTION

Aptsh is a tool which makes using APT much easier. It gives you an interactive shell with
all those sweet features like tab-completion (which you can use to complete name of a
package), simpler access to apt commands and easier package searching (ls, rls). Although
it's not necessary, it just tries to make life easier.

Other way of using Aptsh is using it as a normal command-line tool, a replacement for
apt-* commands.

USAGE

We'll try to do some ordinary administration tasks - install/remove/search few packages.
As a root, type 'aptsh' and press return. Then type 'ins', and press Tab - 'ins' should
change into 'install' followed by a whitespace. Now write down 'kde', and press Tab twice
- if you're using Debian or other large distro, it should ask you whether you want to see
all packages which begin with 'kde'. As you should have noticed - it works exactly like a
good shell. You can also play with 'remove' - then aptsh will prompt only installed
packages. And remember, that you can pipe results of commands (ie. dump | grep ^Package |
cut -d -f 2 | grep ^kde ). You can execute a normal shell command by preceding it with
".".

COMMANDS

Aptsh commands:

dump-cfg
Dump all aptsh options.

dpkg Query dpkg.

ls Search for packages by matching names to a wildcard. Remember that in some
enviroments you have to put the expression between " " or preced special
chars with \.

rls Search for packages by matching names to a regular expression. Read note
about special chars above!

whatis Display a short description of a package.

whichpkg
Find the package that supplies the given command or file.

listfiles
List all files owned by a package.

news Obtain the latest news about the package from Debian servers

changelog
Retrieve latest changelog for the package from Debian servers

toupgrade
List packages with newer versions available for upgrading

` Change mode.

queue-commit
Commit stored commands. User answers to all prompts.

queue-commit-say
Commit commands kept in command queue, automatically answering to all
prompts. It should be followed by the answer, if not, it answers \n (then
usually program's behaviour is default). Proper usage of commit-say would be
"commit-say y" - then Aptsh answers 'y' to all prompts.

queue Display currently stored commands.

queue-remove
Remove stored commands from list. It should be followed by list or section
of numbers of items to remove. Proper usage of this command would be:
"commit-remove 1 3 10-15 21" - it will remove items numbered as 1, 3, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21. You can use alias 'last' which refers to the last
item.

queue-clear
Clear list of stored commands

orphans
Find orphaned libraries on your system.

orphans-all
Find all orphaned packages on your system, not only libraries. It's output
is other than the orphans' one - it's splitted into two columns, first one
contains packages' Section, second Name.

help Executes 'man aptsh', or displays short info about commands (if any were
given as arguments).

help-howto
Displays HOWTO. You can pipe it to a browser ("more" or "less") or grep it.

quit Erm... quit? :)

apt-get querying commands (see man apt-get):

install

update

upgrade

dselect-upgrade

dist-upgrade

remove

purge (same as remove --purge )

source

build-dep

check

clean

autoclean

apt-cache querying commands (see man apt-cache):

show

dump

add

showpkg

stats

showsrc

dumpavail

unmet

search

depends

rdepends

pkgnames

dotty

policy

madison

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