Question

3

APT user guide and where can I find it?

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 823 / 2 Years ago, sat, july 16, 2022, 10:05:57

I am trying to get hold of the APT user guide to browse some of the more advanced options other than just apt-get etc. however whenever I type
man aptI get a message telling me manpage is not loaded. I know the command works as man sudo works fine.

I've tried sudo apt-get install apt-doc which tells me apt-doc is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded

Is there a local storage area for these manuals or someway I can load it?

Answers

Only authorized users can answer the question. Please sign in first, or register a free account.

rowbris

Add To Favorites

Follow

Total Points: 419

Total Questions: 122

Total Answers: 101

Location: Norway

Member since Mon, May 23, 2022

2 Years ago

answered 2 Years ago farnic · Accepted Answer

I am running natty and the man page is included in the package apt

The content of the page is

apt(8)

apt(8)

NAME
apt - Advanced Package Tool

SYNOPSIS
apt

DESCRIPTION
APT is a management system for software packages. For normal
day to day
package management there are several frontends available, such
as apti‐
tude(8) for the command line or synaptic(8) for the X Window
System.
Some options are only implemented in apt-get(8) though.

SEE ALSO
apt-cache(8), apt-get(8), apt.conf(5), sources.list(5),
apt_prefer‐
ences(5), apt-secure(8)

DIAGNOSTICS
apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.

BUGS
This manpage isn't even started.
   See  <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>.  If you wish to report a bug
in apt,
please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the
reportbug(1)
command.

AUTHOR
apt was written by the APT team .

Debian GNU/Linux 16 June 1998

apt(8)

So basically, if you have the man pages for apt-cache, apt-get, apt.conf, sources.list, apt-prefer-ences and apt-secure, you have the documentation.