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SBUILD-APT(1) Debian sbuild SBUILD-APT(1)

NAME

sbuild-apt - run apt-get or apt-cache in an sbuild chroot

SYNOPSIS

sbuild-apt [-h|--help | -V|--version] CHROOT (apt-get|apt-cache) [ARG1 [ARG2 [ARGn...]]]

DESCRIPTION

sbuild-apt runs apt-get(1) or apt-cache(1) inside the specified chroot, along with any additional arguments.

OPTIONS

Actions

-h, --help
Display this manual.
-V, --version
Print version information.

Chroot selection

CHROOT
The chroot to run the command in. Note that ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘t’, ‘u’ and ‘e’ may be used as abbreviations for ‘oldstable’, ‘stable’, ‘testing’, ‘unstable’ and ‘experimental’, respectively.

APT options

apt-get
Run apt-get.
apt-cache
Run apt-cache.
ARG
Additional arguments to pass to apt-get or apt-cache.

EXAMPLES

To update the APT package lists in the unstable chroot:

% sbuild-apt unstable apt-get update

Note that sbuild-update(1) is a more convenient method for doing the above.

AUTHORS

Roger Leigh.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006–2008 Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

apt-cache(1), apt-get(1), sbuild(1), sbuild-update(1), sbuild-upgrade(1).
09 Apr 2018 Version 0.76.0