org.debian.apt(7) D-Bus Interface org.debian.apt(7)NAMEorg.debian.apt - the main interface of aptdaemon
SYNOPSIS
The daemon is accessed through the D-Bus object at /org/debian/apt.
Which provides the following interface.
DESCRIPTION
METHODS
AddRepository
AddRepository (in 's' type,
in 's' uri,
in 's' dist,
in 'as' comps,
in 's' comment,
in 's' sourcesfile)
Add a new repository to the sources list file. The repository
has to define the type (e.g. deb or deb-src), uri (e.g.
http://archive.debian.org/debian), the distribution (e.g. sta‐
ble) and a list of components (e.g. main).
Optionally a comment and an alternative sources.list file can be
specified.
EnableDistroComponent
EnableDistroComponent (in 's' comp)
Enable a component for all distro repositories, e.g. main or
universe.
GetTrustedVendorKeys
GetTrustedVendorKeys (out 'as' keys)
Return the GnuPG keys which are used to authenticate packages.
GetAtiveTransactions
GetActiveTransactions (out 'as' tids)
Return an array of the currently queued transactions.
Quit
Quit ()
Request the shutdown of the daemon. The daemon will finish a
currently running transaction before.
TRANSACTION BASED METHODS
The following methods are handled by transactions. By calling the meth‐
ods a new transaction will be created for the task. The return value of
the method is the D-Bus object path of the corresponding transaction.
The transaction can be modified, to use an http proxy or to run in a
specific language by setting the corresponding properties on the
org.debian.apt.transaction(7) interface. Afterwards the transaction has
to be queued for processing by calling its Run method on the
org.debian.apt.transaction(7) interface.
UpdateCache
UpdateCache (out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will fetch
the latest meta data from the repositories and rebuild the cache
of available and installed packages.
UpdateCachePartially
UpdateCachePartially (in 's' sources_list,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will fetch
the latest meta data from the repositories specified in the
given sources.list snippet only and rebuild the cache of avail‐
able and installed packages.
InstallPackages
InstallPackages (in 'as' package_names,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will install
the packages of the given names.
Optionally the to be installed version can be specified by
appending a "=" and the version to the package name, e.g.
"xterm=256-1".
InstallFile
InstallFile (in 's' path,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly create transaction which will install a
local *.deb package file at the given path.
UpgradePackages
UpgradePackages (in 'as' package_names,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will upgrade
the packages of the given names to their latest version.
Optionally the to be installed version can be specified by
appending a "=" and the version to the package name, e.g.
"xterm=256-1".
RemovePackages
RemovePackages (in 'as' package_names,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will remove
the packages of the given names.
Optionally the version of the to be removed packages can be
specified by appending a "=" and the version to the package
name, e.g. "xterm=256-1".
UpgradeSystem
UpgradeSystem (in 'b' safe_mode,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will upgrade
the whole system.
If in safe mode only already installed packages will be updated.
Updates which require to remove installed packages or to install
additional packages will be skipped.
CommitPackages
CommitPackages (in 'as' install,
in 'as' reinstall,
in 'as' remove,
in 'as' purge,
in 'as' upgrade,
in 'as' downgrade,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will perform
a complex install/removal task at once. Install, reinstall,
remove, purge and upgrade are lists of package names.
Optionally the version of the to be removed packages or the ver‐
sion of the package which should be installed can be specified
by appending a "=" and the version to the package name, e.g.
"xterm=256-1".
AddVendorKeyFromFile
AddVendorKeyFromFile (in 's' path,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will install
the public GnuPG key at the given path to the list of trusted
software vendors. The list will be used to authenticate pack‐
ages.
AddVendorKeyFromKeyserver
AddVendorKeyFromKeyserver (in 's' keyid,
in 's' keyserver,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will download
and install the public GnuPG key of the keyid from the given
keyserver to the list of trusted software vendors. The list will
be used to authenticate packages.
RemoveVendorKey
RemoveVendorKey (in 's' fingerprint,
out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will remove
the public GnuPG key with the given fingerprint from the list of
trusted software vendors. The list will be used to authenticate
packages.
FixBrokenDepends
FixBrokenDepends (out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will try to
resolve unsatisfied dependencies by installing required packages
or removing conflicting ones.
FixIncompleteInstall
FixIncompleteInstall (out 's' tid)
Return the id of a newly created transaction which will try to
complete previously failed installations by calling "dpkg --con‐
figure -a".
SIGNALS
ActiveTransactionsChanged
ActiveTransactionsChanged ('s' active,
'as' queued)
The signal is used to report changes of the currently running or
queued transactions. If there's any active transaction active
will be an empty string.
HOMEPAGE
https://launchpad.net/aptdaemon
BUGS
You can report bugs at the Launchpad site of aptdaemon:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug
AUTHOR
Sebastian Heinlein <devel at glatzor dot de>
SEE ALSOorg.debian.apt.transaction(7), aptd(2), aptdcon(2)aptdaemon December 2009 org.debian.apt(7)
