NAME

       apturl - graphical apt-protocol interpreting package installer

SYNOPSIS

       apturl [options...] <URL>

DESCRIPTION

       apturl is a simple graphical application that takes an URL (following the apt-protocol) as a command line
       option, parses it and carries out the operations that the URL describes (that is, it asks the user if  he
       wants the indicated packages to be installed and if the answer is positive does so).

USAGE

       apturl  just  needs an URL conforming with the apt-protocol in order to work. Additionally, it recognizes
       the following options:

       -p, --http-proxy
              Use the given HTTP proxy in order to download the packages.

EXAMPLES

       apturl apt:pidgin,pidgin-plugin-pack
              Installs Pidgin and Pidgin Plugin Pack (if the user confirms).

       apturl apt:freevial?section=universe
              Enables the "universe" component and installs package Freevial.

       apturl apt:adobe-flashplugin?channel=lucid-partner
              Enables the "partner" repository and installs package adobe-flashplugin.   Available  repositories
              are listed in /usr/share/app-install/channels/.

       apturl apt+http://launchpad.net/~mvo/ppa?package=2vcard
              Installs  2vcard  from  the  indicated  PPA  (if the user confirms), and afterward asks if the PPA
              should be removed again or it should remain enabled.
              Warning: This is currently disabled because of security concerns.

EXIT CODES

       0      All requested packages have been successfully installed or were already installed.

       1      The user aborted the installation of one or more packages.

       2      There was an error doing the requested operations, or the  user  aborted  the  installation  while
              Synaptic (and not apturl itself) was working.

       3      The  arguments  with  which  apturl  was  called  were  incorrect (e.g., it was called without any
              argument or the given URL was wrong).

BUGS

       Please report any bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apturl.

SEE ALSO

       synaptic

AUTHORS

       apturl was written by Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com> for Canonical, Ltd. and this manual page  by
       Siegfried-A. Gevatter <rainct@ubuntu.com>.

       It is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or any later version published by the Free
       Software Foundation.

                                               September 01, 2008                                      APTURL(8)