The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
ar – create, modify, and extract from archives Synopsisar [-X32_64] [–]p[mod] [–plugin name] [–target bfdname] [–output dirname] [–record-libdeps libdeps] [–thin] [relpos] [count] archive [member…] DescriptionThe GNU ar program creates, modifies, and extracts from archives. An archive is a single file holding a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to retrieve…
apxs – APache eXtenSion tool Synopsis apxs –g [ –S name=value ] –n modname apxs –q [ –v ] [ –S name=value ] query … apxs –c [ –S name=value ] [ –o dsofile ] [ –I incdir ] [ –D name=value ] [ –L libdir ] [ –l libname ] [ –Wc,compiler-flags…
aptitude-run-state-bundle – unpack an aptitude state bundle and invoke aptitude on it Synopsis aptitude-run-state-bundle [<options>…] <input-file> [<program> [<arguments>…]]Descriptionaptitude-run-state-bundle unpacks the given aptitude state bundle created by aptitude-create-state-bundle(1) to a temporary directory, invokes <program> on it with the supplied <arguments>, and removes the temporary directory afterwards. If <program> is not supplied, it defaults to aptitude(8). OptionsThe following…
aptitude-create-state-bundle – bundle the current aptitude state Synopsis aptitude-create-state-bundle [<options>…] <output-file>Descriptionaptitude-create-state-bundle produces a compressed archive storing the files that are required to replicate the current package archive state. The following files and directories are included in the bundle: • $HOME/.aptitude• /var/lib/aptitude• /var/lib/apt• /var/cache/apt/*.bin• /etc/apt• /var/lib/dpkg/status The output of this program can be used as an…
aptdcon – command line client for aptdaemon Synopsisaptdcon [OPTIONS] Descriptionaptdcon allows to perform package management tasks, e.g. installing or removing software, using aptdaemon. There isn’t any need to be root to run this programme. Options-v, –version Show the version number of the aptdcon. -h, –help Show information about the usage of the command. -d, –debug…
aptd – package managing daemon proving a D-Bus interface Synopsisaptd [OPTIONS] Descriptionaptd allows to perform package management tasks, e.g. installing or removing software, using a D-Bus interface. The privileges are handled by PolicyKit so the client application doesn’t need to run as root. Furthermore aptd is started by D-Bus activation only when an user calls…
apt-transport-mirror – APT transport for more automated mirror selection DescriptionThis APT transport isn’t implementing a protocol to access local or remote repositories on its own, but acquires a mirrorlist and redirects all requests to the mirror(s) picked from this list, accessing them via other transports like apt-transport-http(1). The basic functionality has been available since apt…
apt-transport-https – APT transport for downloading via the HTTP Secure protocol (HTTPS) DescriptionThis APT transport allows the use of repositories accessed via the HTTP Secure protocol (HTTPS), also referred to as HTTP over TLS. It is available by default since apt 1.5 and was available before that in the package apt-transport-https. Note that a transport…
apt-transport-http – APT transport for downloading via the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) DescriptionThis APT transport allows the use of repositories accessed via the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). It is available by default and probably the most used of all transports. Note that a transport is never called directly by a user but used by APT…
apt-sortpkgs – Utility to sort package index files Synopsis apt-sortpkgs [-s] [-o=config_string] [-c=config_file] filename… {-v | –version} {-h | –help}Descriptionapt-sortpkgs will take an index file (source index or package index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package name. It will also sort the internal fields of each record according to…
apt-mirror – apt sources mirroring tool Synopsisapt-mirror [configfile] DescriptionA small and efficient tool that lets you mirror a part of or the whole Debian GNU/Linux distribution or any other apt sources. Main features: * It uses a config similar to apts sources.list * It’s fully pool comply * It supports multithreaded downloading * It supports multiple architectures at the same…
apt – annotation processing tool Synopsisapt [-classpath classpath] [-sourcepath sourcepath] [-d directory] [-s directory] [-factorypath path] [-factory class] [-print] [-nocompile] [-Akey[=val] …] [javac option] sourcefiles [@files] ParametersOptions may be in any order. For a discussion of parameters which apply to a specific option, see OPTIONS below. sourcefiles Zero or more source files to be processed….
apt – annotation processing tool Synopsisapt [-classpath classpath] [-sourcepath sourcepath] [-d directory] [-s directory] [-factorypath path] [-factory class] [-print] [-nocompile] [-Akey[=val] …] [javac option] sourcefiles [@files] ParametersOptions may be in any order. For a discussion of parameters which apply to a specific option, see OPTIONS below. sourcefiles Zero or more source files to be processed….
apt – annotation processing tool Synopsisapt [-classpath classpath] [-sourcepath sourcepath] [-d directory] [-s directory] [-factorypath path] [-factory class] [-print] [-nocompile] [-Akey[=val] …] [javac option] sourcefiles [@files] ParametersOptions may be in any order. For a discussion of parameters which apply to a specific option, see OPTIONS below. sourcefiles Zero or more source files to be processed….
apt-ftparchive – Utility to generate index files Synopsis apt-ftparchive [-dsq] [–md5] [–delink] [–readonly] [–contents] [–arch architecture] [-o=config_string] [-c=config_file] {packages path… [override-file [pathprefix]] | sources path… [override-file [pathprefix]] | contents path | release path | generate config_file section… | clean config_file | {-v | –version} | {-h | –help}}Descriptionapt-ftparchive is the command line tool that generates the index files that APT uses to access a distribution source. The…
apt-file — APT package searching utility — command-line interface Synopsisapt-file [options] search pattern apt-file [options] show package Descriptionapt-file is a command line tool for searching files in packages for the APT package management system. Some actions are required to run the search: find Alias for search. list List the contents of a package. This action…
apt-extracttemplates – Utility to extract debconf config and templates from Debian packages Synopsis apt-extracttemplates [-t=temporary_directory] filename… {-v | –version} {-h | –help}Descriptionapt-extracttemplates will take one or more Debian package files as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains config scripts…
add-apt-repository – Adds a repository into the /etc/apt/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list.d or removes an existing one Synopsisadd-apt-repository [OPTIONS] [LINE] Descriptionadd-apt-repository is a script which adds an external APT repository to either /etc/apt/sources.list or a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ or removes an already existing repository. OptionsNote that the –list, –ppa, –cloud, –uri, –sourceslist, and LINE parameters are mutually…
apropos – search the manual page names and descriptions Synopsisapropos [-dalv?V] [-e|-w|-r] [-s list] [-m system[,…]] [-M path] [-L locale] [-C file] keyword … DescriptionEach manual page has a short description available within it. apropos searches the descriptions for instances of keyword. keyword is usually a regular expression, as if (-r) was used, or may…
appstreamcli – Handle AppStream metadata formats and query AppStream data Synopsis appstreamcli [COMMAND]DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the appstreamcli command. appstreamcli is a small helper tool to work with AppStream metadata and access the AppStream component index from the command-line. The AppStream component index contains a list of all available software components for your distribution,…