NAME¶
aptd - package managing daemon proving a D-Bus interface
SYNOPSIS¶
aptd [
OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION¶
aptd allows to perform package management tasks, e.g. installing or
removing software, using a D-Bus interface. The privileges are handled by
PolicyKit so the client application doesn't need to run as root. Furthermore
aptd is started by D-Bus activation only when an user calls a method.
OPTIONS¶
- -d, --debug
- Show additional information on the command line.
- -h, --help
- Show information about the usage of the command.
- -r, --replace
- Replace another aptd instance if it is running.
- -p PROFILE_FILE
- Write profiling data to PROFILE_FILE using Python's
profiler. This is only of use to developers.
- -t, --disable-timeout
- Do not shutdown the daemon after an idle time.
- --dummy
- Instead of applying the changes to the system only show a
progress. This option is only usable for developers to locate problems in
client applications.
FILES¶
- /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20dbus
- Adds a small post update hook which will emit the
org.debian.apt.CacheChanged signal on the system D-Bus to indicate that
the cache has been changed and a possible running aptd instance should
reloade its internal cache.
- /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.debian.apt.policy
- The PolicyKit definitions of the privileges used by
aptdaemon, e.g. to install packages. To change the privileges please have
a look at PolicyKit.conf(1).
- /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.debian.apt.conf
- The D-Bus configuration of the org.debian.apt name
space.
DIAGNOSTICS¶
By default aptdaemon logs to the syslog facility AptDaemon. Furthermore you can
use the -d option to get additional information on the command line.
HOMEPAGE¶
https://launchpad.net/aptdaemon
BUGS¶
You can report bugs at the Launchpad site of aptdaemon:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug
AUTHOR¶
Sebastian Heinlein <devel at glatzor dot de>
SEE ALSO¶
aptdcon(1),
org.debian.apt(7),
org.debian.apt.transaction(7),
PolicyKit.conf(7)
