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apt(8) -- Advanced Package Tool
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APT is a management system for software packages. It is still under development; the snazzy front ends are not yet available. In the meantime, please see apt-get(8). |
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apt-cache(8) -- APT package handling utility -- cache manipulator
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apt-cache performs a variety of operations on APT's package cache. apt- cache does not manipulate the state of the system but does provide operations to search and generate interesting output from th... |
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apt-cdrom(8) -- APT CDROM managment utility
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apt-cdrom is used to add a new CDROM to APTs list of available sources. apt-cdrom takes care of determining the structure of the disc as well as correcting for several possible mis-burns and verifying... |
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apt-config(8) -- APT Configuration Query program
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apt-config is an internal program used by various portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses the main configuarion file /etc/apt/apt.conf in a manner that is easy to ... |
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apt-get(8) -- APT package handling utility -- command-line interface
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apt-get is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT library. Unless the -h, or --help option is given one of the command... |
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apt-setup(8) -- add apt download sources
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apt-setup is an interactive program that simplifies adding sources to apt's sources.list. It knows about all the major debian mirrors and can help you select one. It can even use apt-cdrom(8) to scan... |
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arp(8) -- manipulate the system ARP cache
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Arp manipulates the kernel's ARP cache in various ways. The primary options are clearing an address mapping entry and manually setting up one. For debugging purposes, the arp program also allows a co... |
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atd(8) -- run jobs queued for later execution
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atd runs jobs queued by at(1). |
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atrun(8) -- run jobs queued for later execution
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atrun runs jobs queued by at(1). It is a shell script containing invoking /usr/sbin/atd with the -s option, and is provided for backward compatibility with older installations. |
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badblocks(8) -- search a device for bad blocks
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badblocks is used to search for bad blocks on a device (usually a disk partition). device is the special file corresponding to the device (e.g /dev/hdc1). last-block is the last block to be checked; i... |
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base-config(8) -- Debian base system configuration
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base-config is the program that was run when you first rebooted into your newly installed debian system. It walks you through setting up the system and downloading additional software, and so forth. T... |
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blockdev(8) -- call block device ioctls from the command line
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The utility blockdev allows one to call block device ioctls from the command line. |
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catman(8) -- create or update the pre-formatted manual pages
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catman is used to create an up to date set of pre-formatted manual pages known as cat pages. Cat pages are generally much faster to display than the original manual pages, but require extra storage sp... |
