Figure 2.1. Commands available in the Actions menu
Command | Description |
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g) | → (If an installation preview is not visible, display one; otherwise, perform an install run as described in the section called “Downloading, installing, and removing packages”. |
u) | → (Bring the package list up-to-date. |
→ (U) | Flag all upgradable packages, except those which are held or forbidden from upgrading, for upgrade. |
f) | → (Discard all information about what packages are “new” (empty the “New Packages” tree). |
→ | Delete all the compressed packages that were downloaded by aptitude [a]. |
→ | Delete any compressed packages that were downloaded by aptitude [a] and are no longer available. These are presumed to be packages which are obsolete, and can be deleted to save disk space without requiring an otherwise unnecessary download. |
→ | Play a game of Minesweeper, as described in the section called “Playing Minesweeper”. |
→ |
Continue working as the root user; see the section called “Becoming root ”.
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Q) | → (Quit the program, saving any changes to package states. |
[a]
Or any other |
Figure 2.3. Commands available in the Package menu
Command | Description |
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+) | → (Flag the currently selected package for installation. |
-) | → (Flag the currently selected package for removal. |
_) | → (Flag the currently selected package to be purged. |
:) | → (Cancel any pending installation, upgrade, or removal of the currently selected package. |
=) | → (Hold the currently selected package back. |
M) | → (Mark the currently selected package as an “automatically installed” package. For more information on manually and automatically installed packages, see the section called “Managing automatically installed packages”. |
m) | → (Mark the currently selected package as a “manually installed” package. For more information on manually and automatically installed packages, see the section called “Managing automatically installed packages”. |
F) | → (If a package that can be upgraded is selected, forbid it from being upgraded to the currently available version. If a version of a package is selected, forbid the package from being upgraded to that version. |
enter) | → (Display a screen containing information about the currently selected package, such as the packages it depends upon, the packages which depend upon it, and its available versions. |
C) | → (Display the currently selected package's Debian changelog. To see the changelog of a particular version, select that version and execute this command. |
Figure 2.4. Commands available in the Search menu
Command | Description |
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/) | → (Find the first package matching a search pattern (see the section called “Search Patterns”). |
\) | → (Repeat the last Find command. |
l) | → (Filter the current package list by removing any packages which do not match a search pattern (see the section called “Search Patterns”). |
l) | → (Un-filter the current package list (all packages will be shown). |
b) | → (
Find the next broken package. This is
equivalent to searching for
~b .
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Figure 2.5. Commands available in the Options menu
Command | Description |
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→ | Display a dialog box in which you can set options pertaining to the interface (how messages are displayed, how packages are organized, etc). |
→ | Display a dialog box in which you can set options pertaining to how dependencies are treated: for instance, whether to automatically installed packages which are recommended by other packages. |
→ | Display a dialog box in which you can set options that don't fit into the previous two categories: for instance, whether packages should be automatically flagged for upgrade when aptitude starts. |
→ | Reset all options to their default values. |
![]() | Note |
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For an overview of how views work, see the section called “Working with multiple views”. |
Figure 2.6. Commands available in the Views menu
Command | Description |
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F6) | → (Change to the next active view. |
F7) | → (Change to the previous active view. |
q) | → (Close the current view. |
→ | Create a new view of the package list. |
→ | View the package list, arranged by category. |
Additional items | A number of additional menu items appear; these correspond to the currently active views. To switch directly to a view, select it from the menu. |
Figure 2.7. Commands available in the Help menu
Command | Description |
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→ | Display some copyright information. |
?) | → (Display the on-line help page. |
→ | Display the User's Manual (this document). |
→ | Display the aptitude FAQ. |
Display a history of the major changes made to aptitude. | |
Display the terms under which you may copy, modify, and distribute aptitude. |