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NAME

       sync-available - sync dpkg's available database with apt's database

SYNOPSIS

       sync-available

       sync-available --version

       sync-available --help

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  updates the dpkg(8) available database with the data in the apt(8) package database.  This
       is required for grep-available(1) and other similar programs to give up-to-date results.

       The same functionality is available through dselect(8), when it  is  configured  to  use  apt(8)  as  its
       acquisition method.  However, this program does not require that dselect(8) is installed.

EXIT STATUS

       The program exits with status code 0 if all went well, and a non-zero status code otherwise.

OPTIONS

       --version
              Output the name and version of the program onto standard output stream.

       --help Give a brief usage statement on the standard output stream.

ENVIRONMENT

       TMPDIR The name of the directory where temporary files are created.  Default is /tmp.

AUTHOR

       The program and this manual page were written by Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <ajk@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

       grep-available(1), apt(8), dpkg(8), dselect(8)