Name
apt-config
Synopsis
apt-config [options
] shellargs
apt-config [options
] dump
An internal program for querying configuration information, accessing the main configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf.
Commands
- dump
Display the contents of the configuration space.
- shell
Access the configuration information from a shell script. The arguments are in pairs, specifying the name of a shell variable and a configuration value to query. The value may be postfixed with /x, where x is one of the following letters:
- b
Return true or false.
- d
Return directories.
- f
Return filenames.
- i
Return an integer.
Options
- -c file, --config-file=file
Specify a configuration file to be read after the default configuration file.
- -h, --help
Print help message and exit.
- -o, --option
Set a configuration option. Syntax is -o group::tool=option.
- -v, --version
Print the version information and exit.
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