NAME

       Aptsh - interactive APT shell

SYNOPSIS

       aptsh  {install  pkg  |  remove  pkg  |  update  |  ...  } [-?, --help] [-c, --config-file
       configuration_file ] [-s, --storing] [-v, --version] [-x, --execute aptsh_command ]

DESCRIPTION

       Aptsh is a tool which makes using APT much easier. It gives you an interactive shell  with
       all  those  sweet  features  like  tab-completion (which you can use to complete name of a
       package), simpler access to apt commands and easier package searching (ls, rls).  Although
       it's not necessary, it just tries to make life easier.

       Other  way  of  using  Aptsh  is using it as a normal command-line tool, a replacement for
       apt-* commands.

USAGE

       We'll try to do some ordinary administration tasks - install/remove/search  few  packages.
       As  a  root,  type 'aptsh' and press return. Then type 'ins', and press Tab - 'ins' should
       change into 'install' followed by a whitespace. Now write down 'kde', and press Tab  twice
       -  if you're using Debian or other large distro, it should ask you whether you want to see
       all packages which begin with 'kde'. As you should have noticed - it works exactly like  a
       good  shell.  You  can  also  play  with  'remove' - then aptsh will prompt only installed
       packages. And remember, that you can pipe results of commands (ie. dump | grep ^Package  |
       cut  -d   -f 2 | grep ^kde ).  You can execute a normal shell command by preceding it with
       ".".

COMMANDS

       Aptsh commands:

              dump-cfg
                     Dump all aptsh options.

              dpkg   Query dpkg.

              ls     Search for packages by matching names to a wildcard. Remember that  in  some
                     enviroments  you  have  to  put the expression between " " or preced special
                     chars with \.

              rls    Search for packages by matching names to a  regular  expression.  Read  note
                     about special chars above!

              whatis Display a short description of a package.

              whichpkg
                     Find the package that supplies the given command or file.

              listfiles
                     List all files owned by a package.

              news   Obtain the latest news about the package from Debian servers

              changelog
                     Retrieve latest changelog for the package from Debian servers

              toupgrade
                     List packages with newer versions available for upgrading

              `      Change mode.

              queue-commit
                     Commit stored commands. User answers to all prompts.

              queue-commit-say
                     Commit  commands  kept  in  command  queue,  automatically  answering to all
                     prompts. It should be followed by the answer, if not, it  answers  \n  (then
                     usually program's behaviour is default). Proper usage of commit-say would be
                     "commit-say y" - then Aptsh answers 'y' to all prompts.

              queue  Display currently stored commands.

              queue-remove
                     Remove stored commands from list. It should be followed by list  or  section
                     of  numbers  of  items  to  remove.  Proper  usage of this command would be:
                     "commit-remove 1 3 10-15 21" - it will remove items numbered as  1,  3,  10,
                     11,  12,  13,  14, 15, 21. You can use alias 'last' which refers to the last
                     item.

              queue-clear
                     Clear list of stored commands

              orphans
                     Find orphaned libraries on your system.

              orphans-all
                     Find all orphaned packages on your system, not only libraries.  It's  output
                     is  other  than the orphans' one - it's splitted into two columns, first one
                     contains packages' Section, second Name.

              help   Executes 'man aptsh', or displays short info about  commands  (if  any  were
                     given as arguments).

              help-howto
                     Displays HOWTO. You can pipe it to a browser ("more" or "less") or grep it.

              quit   Erm... quit? :)

       apt-get querying commands (see man apt-get):

              install

              update

              upgrade

              dselect-upgrade

              dist-upgrade

              remove

              purge  (same as remove --purge )

              source

              build-dep

              check

              clean

              autoclean

       apt-cache querying commands (see man apt-cache):

              show

              dump

              add

              showpkg

              stats

              showsrc

              dumpavail

              unmet

              search

              depends

              rdepends

              pkgnames

              dotty

              policy

              madison

AUTHOR

       Marcin Wrochniak (wrochniak@gmail.com)