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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,…

appstream-util – Manipulate AppStream, AppData and MetaInfo metadata Synopsis appstream-util [OPTION…]DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the appstream-util command. appstream-util allows you to manipulate and validate AppStream, AppData and MetaInfo for syntax, formatting and style guidelines. AuthorThis manual page was written by Richard Hughes <richard [at] hughsie.com>.

appstream-compose – Generate AppStream metadata Synopsis appstream-compose [OPTION…]DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the appstream-compose command. appstream-compose is a simple app that takes a prefix (default /usr) and a set of application names. It looks for appdata, metainfo, desktop and icon files with that basename in $prefix/share/[appdata|metainfo|applications|icons] and generates appstream xml files and icons in (by…

appres – list X application resource database Synopsisappres [class [instance]] [-1] [-V] [toolkitoptions] DescriptionThe appres program prints the resources seen by an application (or subhierarchy of an application) with the specified class and instance names. It can be used to determine which resources a particular program will load. For example, % appres XTermwill list the…

apport-unpack – extract the fields of a problem report to separate files Synopsisapport-unpack report target-directory DescriptionA problem report, as produced by apport is a single file with a set of key/value pairs in the RFC822 syntax. This tool disassembles a report such that the value of each entry is written into a separate file, with…

apport-bug, apport-collect – file a bug report using Apport, or update an existing report Synopsisapport-bug apport-bug symptom | pid | package | program path | .apport/.crash file apport-collect report-number Descriptionapport-bug reports problems to your distribution’s bug tracking system, using Apport to collect a lot of local information about your system to help the developers to…

apport-cli, apport-gtk, apport-kde – Apport user interfaces for reporting problems Synopsisapport-cli apport-cli [ –save file ] symptom | pid | package | program path | .apport/.crash file apport-cli -f apport-cli -f -p package -P pid apport-cli -u report-number Same options/arguments for apport-gtk and apport-kde. Descriptionapport automatically collects data from crashed processes and compiles a problem…

apport-bug, apport-collect – file a bug report using Apport, or update an existing report Synopsisapport-bug apport-bug symptom | pid | package | program path | .apport/.crash file apport-collect report-number Descriptionapport-bug reports problems to your distribution’s bug tracking system, using Apport to collect a lot of local information about your system to help the developers to…

appletviewer – The Java Applet Viewer. The appletviewer command allows you to run applets outside of a web browser. Synopsisappletviewer [ options ] urls … DescriptionThe appletviewer command connects to the documents or resources designated by urls and displays each applet referenced by the documents in its own window. Note: if the documents referred to…

appletviewer – Runs applets outside of a web browser. Synopsisappletviewer [options] url…options The command-line options separated by spaces. See Options. url The location of the documents or resources to be displayed. You can specify multiple URLs separated by spaces.DescriptionThe appletviewer command connects to the documents or resources designated by urls and displays each applet referenced…

appletviewer – Runs applets outside of a web browser. Synopsisappletviewer [options] url…options The command-line options separated by spaces. See Options. url The location of the documents or resources to be displayed. You can specify multiple URLs separated by spaces.DescriptionThe appletviewer command connects to the documents or resources designated by urls and displays each applet referenced…

appletviewer – Runs applets outside of a web browser. Synopsisappletviewer [options] url…options The command-line options separated by spaces. See Options. url The location of the documents or resources to be displayed. You can specify multiple URLs separated by spaces.DescriptionThe appletviewer command connects to the documents or resources designated by urls and displays each applet referenced…

appletviewer – Runs applets outside of a web browser. Synopsisappletviewer [options] url…options The command-line options separated by spaces. See Options. url The location of the documents or resources to be displayed. You can specify multiple URLs separated by spaces.DescriptionThe appletviewer command connects to the documents or resources designated by urls and displays each applet referenced…

appletviewer – Runs applets outside of a web browser. Synopsisappletviewer [options] url…options The command-line options separated by spaces. See Options. url The location of the documents or resources to be displayed. You can specify multiple URLs separated by spaces.DescriptionThe appletviewer command connects to the documents or resources designated by urls and displays each applet referenced…

appletviewer – Runs applets outside of a web browser. Synopsisappletviewer [options] url…options The command-line options separated by spaces. See Options. url The location of the documents or resources to be displayed. You can specify multiple URLs separated by spaces.DescriptionThe appletviewer command connects to the documents or resources designated by urls and displays each applet referenced…