apt-cdrom - APT CDROM managment utility
apt-cdrom [ __-hvrmfan__? [ __-d=__''cdrom mount point''? [ __-o=__''config string''? [ __-c=__''file''? [ add? [ ident?
apt-cdrom is used to add a new CDROM to APTs list of available sources. apt-cdrom takes care of determining the structure of the disc as well as correcting for several possible mis-burns and verifying the index files.
It is necessary to use apt-cdrom to add CDs to the APT system, it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disk in a multi-cd set must be inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns.
Unless the -h, or --help option is given one of the commands below must be present.
then procceed to scan it and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper .disk/ directory you will be
prompted for a descriptive title.
APT uses a CDROM ID to track which disc is currently in the drive and maintains a database of these IDs in
/var/lib/apt/cdroms.list
All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean options you can override the config file by using something like -f-,--no-f, -f=no or several other variations.
configured. Configuration Item: Acquire::cdrom::mount.
for a new label. Configuration Item: APT::CDROM::Rename.
Configuration Item: APT::CDROM::!NoMount?.
cdrom__ has been run on this disc before and did not detect any errors. Configuration Item: APT::CDROM::Fast.
Package files in strange places. It takes much longer to scan the CD but will pick them all up.
do not write index files. Everything is still checked however. Configuration Item: APT::CDROM::!NoAct?.
configuration file and then this configuration file. See apt.conf(5) for syntax information.
Foo::Bar=bar__.
apt.conf(5), apt-get(8), sources.list(5)
apt-cdrom returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
See the APT bug page, /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the bug(1)? command.
APT was written by the APT team.
5 pages link to apt-cdrom(8):