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org.debian.apt(7) | D-Bus Interface | org.debian.apt(7) |
NAME¶
org.debian.apt - the main interface of aptdaemonSYNOPSIS¶
The daemon is accessed through the D-Bus object at /org/debian/apt. Which provides the following interface.DESCRIPTION¶
METHODS¶
- AddRepository
- AddRepository (in 's' type,
Add a new repository to the sources list file. The repository has to define the
type (e.g. deb or deb-src), uri (e.g. http://archive.debian.org/debian), the
distribution (e.g. stable) and a list of components (e.g. main).
Optionally a comment and an alternative sources.list file can be
specified.
- EnableDistroComponent
- EnableDistroComponent (in 's' comp)
Enable a component for all distro repositories, e.g. main or universe.
- GetTrustedVendorKeys
- GetTrustedVendorKeys (out 'as' keys)
Return the GnuPG keys which are used to authenticate packages.
- GetAtiveTransactions
- GetActiveTransactions (out 'as' tids)
Return an array of the currently queued transactions.
- Quit
-
Request the shutdown of the daemon. The daemon will finish a currently running
transaction before.
TRANSACTION BASED METHODS¶
The following methods are handled by transactions. By calling the methods a new transaction will be created for the task. The return value of the method is the D-Bus object path of the corresponding transaction. The transaction can be modified, to use an http proxy or to run in a specific language by setting the corresponding properties on the org.debian.apt.transaction(7) interface. Afterwards the transaction has to be queued for processing by calling its Run method on the org.debian.apt.transaction(7) interface.- UpdateCache
- UpdateCache (out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will fetch the latest meta
data from the repositories and rebuild the cache of available and installed
packages.
- UpdateCachePartially
- UpdateCachePartially (in 's' sources_list,
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will fetch the latest meta
data from the repositories specified in the given sources.list snippet only
and rebuild the cache of available and installed packages.
- InstallPackages
- InstallPackages (in 'as' package_names,
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will install the packages of
the given names.
Optionally the to be installed version can be specified by appending a
"=" and the version to the package name, e.g.
"xterm=256-1".
- InstallFile
- InstallFile (in 's' path,
Return the id of a newly create transaction which will install a local *.deb
package file at the given path.
- UpgradePackages
- UpgradePackages (in 'as' package_names,
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will upgrade the packages of
the given names to their latest version.
Optionally the to be installed version can be specified by appending a
"=" and the version to the package name, e.g.
"xterm=256-1".
- RemovePackages
- RemovePackages (in 'as' package_names,
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will remove the packages of
the given names.
Optionally the version of the to be removed packages can be specified by
appending a "=" and the version to the package name, e.g.
"xterm=256-1".
- UpgradeSystem
- UpgradeSystem (in 'b' safe_mode,
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will upgrade the whole
system.
If in safe mode only already installed packages will be updated. Updates which
require to remove installed packages or to install additional packages will be
skipped.
- CommitPackages
- CommitPackages (in 'as' install,
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will perform a complex
install/removal task at once. Install, reinstall, remove,
purge and upgrade are lists of package names.
Optionally the version of the to be removed packages or the version of the
package which should be installed can be specified by appending a
"=" and the version to the package name, e.g.
"xterm=256-1".
- AddVendorKeyFromFile
- AddVendorKeyFromFile (in 's' path,
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will install the public GnuPG
key at the given path to the list of trusted software vendors. The list
will be used to authenticate packages.
- AddVendorKeyFromKeyserver
- AddVendorKeyFromKeyserver (in 's' keyid,
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will download and install the
public GnuPG key of the keyid from the given keyserver to the
list of trusted software vendors. The list will be used to authenticate
packages.
- RemoveVendorKey
- RemoveVendorKey (in 's' fingerprint,
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will remove the public GnuPG
key with the given fingerprint from the list of trusted software
vendors. The list will be used to authenticate packages.
- FixBrokenDepends
- FixBrokenDepends (out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will try to resolve
unsatisfied dependencies by installing required packages or removing
conflicting ones.
- FixIncompleteInstall
- FixIncompleteInstall (out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will try to complete
previously failed installations by calling "dpkg --configure
-a".
SIGNALS¶
- ActiveTransactionsChanged
- ActiveTransactionsChanged ('s' active,
The signal is used to report changes of the currently running or queued
transactions. If there's any active transaction active will be an empty
string.
HOMEPAGE¶
https://launchpad.net/aptdaemonBUGS¶
You can report bugs at the Launchpad site of aptdaemon: https://bugs.launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebugAUTHOR¶
Sebastian Heinlein <devel at glatzor dot de>SEE ALSO¶
org.debian.apt.transaction(7), aptd(2), aptdcon(2)December 2009 | aptdaemon |