If the user chooses the new version, the old one is retained in a file with the. If the user chooses to retain the old version, the new one will be stored in the same location in a file with the. To assist in making this decision, dpkg offers to display a “ diff” that shows the difference between the two versions. Two cases are possible: either the administrator has not touched this configuration file, in which case dpkg automatically installs the new version or the file has been modified, in which case dpkg asks the administrator which version they wish to use (the old one with modifications, or the new one provided with the package). If, however, the file has changed, it will try to update this file. In effect, in this situation, dpkg behaves as intelligently as possible: if the standard configuration file has not changed between the two versions, it does nothing. Works-with::audio, works-with::software:package, works-with::textįilename: pool/main/a/apt/apt_2.2.4_b Use::organizing, use::playing, use::searching, works-with-format::html, Scope::application, scope::utility, suite::debian, use::downloading, Protocol::ftp, protocol::http, protocol::ipv6, role::program, Implemented-in::ruby, interface::commandline, network::client, Hardware::storage:cd, implemented-in::c++, implemented-in::perl,

Tag: admin::package-management, devel::lang:ruby, hardware::storage,

* apt-key as an interface to manage authentication keysĭescription-md5: 9fb97a88cb7383934ef963352b53b4a7 * apt-config as an interface to the configuration settings * apt-cdrom to use removable media as a source for packages * apt-cache for querying available information about installed Removal of packages together with their dependencies * apt-get for retrieval of packages and information about themįrom authenticated sources and for installation, upgrade and Managing as well as querying information about packagesĪs a low-level access to all features of the libapt-pkg library.

This package provides commandline tools for searching and Suggests: apt-doc, aptitude | synaptic | wajig, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.2), gnupg | gnupg2 | gnupg1, powermgmt-baseīreaks: apt-transport-https (<< 1.5~alpha4~), apt-utils (<< 1.3~exp2~), aptitude (<< 0.8.10)ĭescription-en: commandline package manager

For example, for apt, the control file looks like the following:

Debian packages list