Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

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Package

Management

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--trivial-only

Perform only operations that are considered trivial—i.e., ones

that won’t harm your system, by, say, removing needed files.

Unlike --assume-yes, which always answers “yes” to any

prompts, --trivial-only always answers “no.” The configura-

tion option is APT::Get::Trivial-Only.

-u, --show-upgraded

Print a list of all packages to be upgraded. The configuration

option is APT::Get::Show-Upgraded.

-v, --version

Display the version and exit.

-V, --verbose-versions

Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages. The

configuration option is APT::Get::Show-Versions.

-y, --yes, --assume-yes

Automatically reply “yes” to prompts and run noninterac-

tively. Abort if there is an error. The configuration option is

APT::Get::Assume-Yes.

apt-sortpkgs

apt-sortpkgs [options] indexfiles

Sort the records in a source or package index file by package name

and write the results to standard output. apt-sortpkgs also sorts

the internal fields of each record.

Options

-c file, --config-file=file

Specify a configuration file to read after the default.

-h, --help

Display a help message and exit.

-o, --option

Set a configuration option. Syntax is -o group::tool=option.

-s, --source

Order by source index field. The configuration option is

APT::SortPkgs::Source.

-v, --version

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