apt-config(8) - Linux man page
Name
apt-config - APT Configuration Query program
Synopsis
apt-config [options] [-o config=string] [-c=file]
command
Description
apt-config is an internal program used by various portions of the APT suite to provide
consistent configurability. It accesses the main configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf(5) in a manner that is easy to use by scripted applications.
Commands
Unless the -h, or --help option is given, one of the commands below must be present.
- shell
- Used to access the configuration information from a shell script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell variable and the second the
configuration value to query. As output it lists a series of shell assignments commands for each present value. In a shell script it should be used like:
- OPTS="-f"RES='apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::Options'eval $RES
- This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value of MyApp::Options with a default of -f. .IP The configuration item may be
postfixed with a /[fdbi]. f returns file names, d returns directories, b returns true or false and i returns an integer. Each of
the returns is normalized and verified internally.
- dump
- Shows the contents of the configuration space.
Options
All command-line options may be set using the configuration file, the descriptions indicate the
configuration option to set. For boolean options you can override the config file by using something like -f-,--no-f, -f=no or several
other variations.
- -h, --help
- Show a short usage summary.
- -v, --version
- Show the program version.
- -c, --config-file
- Configuration File. Specify a configuration file to use. The program will read the default configuration file and then this configuration file. See
apt.conf(5) for syntax information.
- -o, --option
- Set a Configuration Option. This will set an arbitrary configuration option. The syntax is -o Foo::Bar=bar.
See Also
apt.conf(5)
Diagnostics
apt-config returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
Bugs
Reporting bugs in APT-RPM is best done in the APT-RPM mailinglist at
http://apt-rpm.org/mailinglist.shtml.
Author
Maintainer and contributor information can be found in the credits page
http://apt-rpm.org/about.shtml of APT-RPM.
Referenced By
apt(8),
apt-get(8)