| | | | Configuration item |
| | --no-install-recommends | Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing. | APT::Install-Recommends |
| | --install-suggests | Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing. | APT::Install-Suggests |
-d | --download-only | Packages are neither unpacked nor installed. | APT::Get::Download-Only |
-f | --fix-broken | Try to fix system with broken dependencies. | APT::Get::Fix-Broken |
-m | --ignore-missing, | | APT::Get::Fix-Missing |
| | --no-download | Disables downloading of packages, typicall used together with --ignore-missing to force APT to use only the *.deb files it has already downloaded. | APT::Get::Download |
-q | --quiet | -q -q is even quieter. | quiet |
-y | --yes, | | APT::Get::Assume-Yes |
| | --assume-no | | APT::Get::Assume-No |
| | --no-show-upgraded | Do not show a list of all packages that are to be upgraded. | APT::Get::Show-Upgraded |
-V | --verbose-versions | Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages. | APT::Get::Show-Versions |
-a | --host-architecture | | APT::Get::Host-Architecture |
-P | --build-profiles | | APT::Build-Profiles |
-b | --compile, --build | Compile source packages after downloading them. | APT::Get::Compile |
| | --ignore-hold | Ignore package holds. | APT::Ignore-Hold |
| | --with-new-pkgs | | APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New |
| | --no-upgrade | | APT::Get::Upgrade |
| | --only-upgrade | | APT::Get::Only-Upgrade |
| | --allow-downgrades | A dangerous option as it can destroy the system. | APT::Get::allow-downgrades |
| | --allow-remove-essential | A dangerous option. | APT::Get::allow-remove-essential |
| | --allow-change-held-packages | A dangerous option | APT::Get::allow-change-held-packages |
| | --force-yes | A dangerous option | APT::Get::force-yes |
| | --print-uris | Print URIs of files to install rather than fetching them. | APT::Get::Print-URIs |
| | --purge | remove --purge is equivalent to the purge command. | APT::Get::Purge |
| | --reinstall | Re-install packages that are already installed and at the newest version. | APT::Get::ReInstall |
| | --list-cleanup | Erase obsolete files from /var/lib/apt/lists automatically. This option is on by default; --no-list-cleanup turns it off. | APT::Get::List-Cleanup |
-t | --target-release, --default-release | Controls which distribution packages will be retrieved from (default input to the policy engine), overrides defaults in /etc/apt/preferences. Examples: -t '2.1*', -t unstable or -t sid. | APT::Default-Release |
| | --trivial-only | | APT::Get::Trivial-Only |
| | --mark-auto | After successful installation, mark all freshly installed packages as automatically installed. Same as running apt-mark auto for all installed packages. | APT::Get::Mark-Auto |
| | --no-remove | Abort (without prompting) if any packages are to be removed | APT::Get::Remove |
| | --auto-remove --autoremove | | APT::Get::AutomaticRemove |
| | --only-source | Used for source and build-dep` commands: indicates that the given source names are not to be mapped through the binary table. | APT::Get::Only-Source |
| | --diff-only, --dsc-only, --tar-only | Download only the diff, dsc or tar file of a source archive. | APT::Get::Diff-Only, APT::Get::Dsc-Only and APT::Get::Tar-Only` |
| | --arch-only | Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies. | APT::Get::Arch-Only |
| | --indep-only | Only process architecture-independent build-dependencies. | APT::Get::Indep-Only |
| | --allow-unauthenticated | | APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated |
| | --no-allow-insecure-repositories | | Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories |
| | --allow-releaseinfo-change | | Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange |
| | --show-progress | | Dpkg::Progress and Dpkg::Progress-Fancy |
| | --with-source filename | Adds the given file as a source for metadata. | |
-eany | --error-on=any | Fail the update command if any error occurred, even a transient one. | |
-h | --help | Show a short usage summary. | |
-v | --version | Show the program version. | |
-c | --config-file | Read the default configuration file and then given configuration file. | |
-o | --option | Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary configuration option: -o Foo::Bar=bar | |
Simpulation options that perform no actions
-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act
Simulated runs print out a series of lines, each representing a
dpkg operation:
- configure (Conf),
- remove (Remv) or
- unpack (Inst).
Square brackets indicate broken packages; empty square brackets indicate breaks that are of no consequence.