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Newer page: version 6 Last edited on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 8:46:30 am by CraigBox
Older page: version 3 Last edited on Monday, June 3, 2002 6:56:34 pm by perry Revert
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-APT-SETUP  
-!!!APT-SETUP  
-NAME  
-SYNOPSIS  
-DESCRIPTION  
-OPTIONS  
-AUTHOR  
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 !!NAME 
  
+apt-setup - add apt download sources  
  
-apt-setup - add apt download sources  
 !!SYNOPSIS 
  
+__apt-setup [[probe]__  
  
-__apt-setup [[probe]__  
 !!DESCRIPTION 
  
+__apt-setup__ is an interactive program that simplifies adding sources to apt's sources.list. It knows about all the major debian mirrors and can help you select one. It can even use apt-cdrom(8) to scan CD's.  
  
-__apt-setup__ is an interactive program that simplifies  
-adding sources to apt's sources.list. It knows about all the  
-major debian mirrors and can help you select one. It can  
-even use __apt-cdrom__(8) to scan CD's.  
 !!OPTIONS 
  
+; __probe__ : By default no probing of CD's is done. Passing "probe" as the first argument to this program will make it probe for a CD in the drive on startup and add it to sources.list. This is useful on initial debian installs, to minimize interaction with the user.  
  
-''probe''  
-  
-  
-By default no probing of CD's is done. Passing  
 !!AUTHOR 
  
-  
- Joey Hess 
+Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>  
 ---- 
+  
+Note: apt-setup is included in the package base-config(8)  
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