aptd(1)
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.
AUTHOR
Sebastian Heinlein <devel at glatzor dot de>
