Name
apt-ftparchive
Synopsis
apt-ftparchive [options
]command
Generate package and other index files used to access a distribution source. The files should be generated on the source’s origin site.
Commands
-
clean
config-file
Clean the databases used by the specified configuration file by removing obsolete records.
-
contents
path
Search the specified directory tree recursively. For each
.deb
file found, read the file list, sort the files by package, and write the results to standard output. Use with--db
to specify a binary caching database.-
generate
config-file sections
Build indexes according to the specified configuration file.
-
packages
path
[
override
[
pathprefix
]]
Generate a package file from the specified directory tree. The optional override file contains information describing how the package fits into the distribution, and the optional path prefix is a string prepended to the filename fields. Similar to dpkg-scanpackages. Use with
--db
to specify a binary caching database.-
release
path
Generate a release file from the specified directory tree.
-
sources
paths
[
override
[
pathprefix
]]
Generate a source index file from the specified directory tree. The optional override file contains information used to set priorities in the index file and to modify maintainer information. The optional path prefix is a string prepended to the directory field in the generated source index. Use
--source-override
to specify a different source override file. Similar to dpkg-scansources.
Options
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