29 Jun 2000
auto-apt
package search by file and on-demand package installation tool
NAME
auto-apt - on demand package installation tool
SYNOPSIS
auto-apt [options] [command] [args...]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the auto-apt commands.
auto-apt is a program that checks file access of programs running within auto-apt environments. If a program will access a file of uninstalled package, auto-apt will install the package containing the file, by using apt-get.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
| -h | Usage. |
| -s | No action, perform a simulation of action. |
| -y | Automatic yes to prompt. |
| -q | Quiet |
| -i | Don’t install in background process. |
| -x | Disable X interface. |
| -X | Enable X interface. Run apt-get in another x-terminal-emulator if you run in X environments. |
| -a [dist[,dist...]] | |
| Select installable distribution from main,contrib,non-free,non-US or none. If you set "-a none", it means almost same as "-s". | |
| -p [hook[,hook...]] | |
| Select hook functions from exec,open,access,stat or none If you set "-p none", it means almost same as "-s". | |
| -D [dbfile] | |
| Change dbfile from default /var/cache/auto-apt/pkgcontents.db | |
| -F [filedb] | |
| Change filedb from default /var/cache/auto-apt/pkgfiles.db, which is generated by auto-apt update-local commands. It is used as default dbfile for commands with -local postfix. In many cases, it is used with -L option to detect file access | |
| -L [record.lists] | |
| Append file access data to record.lists file. | |
COMMANDS
A summary of command is included below.
| run [command] | |
| Run command controlled by auto-apt. If command is not specified, user’s shell will be used. | |
| update [ -a ] | |
| Recreate dbfile from sources.list information. dbfile can be specified by -D option. With -a option, all files are stored in dbfile. Note that dbfile become too big with -a option. | |
| update-local [ -a ] | |
| Generate filedb from installed package information. filedb can be specified by -F option. With -a option, all files are stored in dbfile. Note that dbfile become too big with -a option. | |
| merge [ -a ] | |
| Merge package,filename information to dbfile, which can be specified by -D option. With -a option, all files are stored in dbfile. Note that dbfile become too big with -a option. | |
| del package | |
| Delete file information of package from dbfile database. | |
| check [-v] [-f] file | |
| Check which package provides file, from dbfile database. options: -v means verbose. -f uses Contents-*.gz file instead of dbfile database. | |
| install [-s] [-d] [-u] [-y] [-v] file | |
| Try to install a package that provides file by using apt-get. You need root privilege to run apt-get install. | |
| list [-v] [-f] | |
| List file information in dbfile database. options: -v means verbose. -f uses Contents-*.gz file instead of dbfile database. | |
| search [-v] [-f] pattern | |
| Search file information by grep(1) pattern in dbfile database. options: -v means verbose. -f uses Contents-*.gz file instead of dbfile database. | |
| debuild [debuildopts] | |
| Run debuild(1) in auto-apt environments, and show Build-Depends: estimation. Recommended to use with -s option of auto-apt. | |
| status | Show whether current environment is in auto-apt or not. |
FILES
| o | /etc/auto-apt/paths.list path lists |
| o | /var/cache/auto-apt cache/database directory |
| o | /etc/auto-apt/sources.list sources.list for auto-apt. if not found, symlink to apt-get’s sources.list will be created. |
ENVIRONMENTS
| o | AUTO_APT_CACHEDIR override default cache/database directory |
BUGS
Known bugs. See /usr/share/doc/auto-apt/BUGS. and/or http://bugs.debian.org/auto-apt
AUTHOR
This program was written by Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai>, inspired by idea/comments from Debian Guru (debian.gr.jp) and Project Dice members.
