Usage: aptitude [-S fname] [-u|-i]
aptitude [options] …
Actions (if none is specified, aptitude will enter interactive mode):
install – Install/upgrade packages
remove – Remove packages
purge – Remove packages and their configuration files
hold – Place packages on hold
unhold – Cancel a hold command for a package
markauto – Mark packages as having been automatically installed
unmarkauto – Mark packages as having been manually installed
forbid-version – Forbid aptitude from upgrading to a specific package version.
update – Download lists of new/upgradable packages
safe-upgrade – Perform a safe upgrade
full-upgrade – Perform an upgrade, possibly installing and removing packages
forget-new – Forget what packages are “new”
search – Search for a package by name and/or expression
show – Display detailed information about a package
clean – Erase downloaded package files
autoclean – Erase old downloaded package files
changelog – View a package’s changelog
download – Download the .deb file for a package
reinstall – Download and (possibly) reinstall a currently installed package
why – Show the manually installed packages that require a package, or
why one or more packages would require the given package
why-not – Show the manually installed packages that lead to a conflict
with the given package, or why one or more packages would
lead to a conflict with the given package if installed
Options:
-h This help text
-s Simulate actions, but do not actually perform them.
-d Only download packages, do not install or remove anything.
-P Always prompt for confirmation or actions
-y Assume that the answer to simple yes/no questions is ‘yes’
-F format Specify a format for displaying search results; see the manual
-O order Specify how search results should be sorted; see the manual
-w width Specify the display width for formatting search results
-f Aggressively try to fix broken packages.
-V Show which versions of packages are to be installed.
-D Show the dependencies of automatically changed packages.
-Z Show the change in installed size of each package.
-v Display extra information. (may be supplied multiple times)
-t [release] Set the release from which packages should be installed
-q In command-line mode, suppress the incremental progress
indicators.
-o key=val Directly set the configuration option named ‘key’
–with(out)-recommends Specify whether or not to treat recommends as
strong dependencies
-S fname Read the aptitude extended status info from fname.
-u Download new package lists on startup.
-i Perform an install run on startup.
This aptitude does not have Super Cow Powers.