Manual: aptd

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NAME
       aptd - package managing daemon proving a D-Bus interface

SYNOPSIS
       aptd [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
       aptd  allows  to perform package management tasks, e.g. installing or removing software, using a D-Bus interface. The
       privileges are handled by PolicyKit so the client application doesn't need  to  run  as	root.  Furthermore  aptd  is
       started by D-Bus activation only when an user calls a method.

OPTIONS
       -d, --debug
	      Show additional information on the command line.

       -h, --help
	      Show information about the usage of the command.

       -r, --replace
	      Replace another aptd instance if it is running.

       -p PROFILE_FILE
	      Write profiling data to PROFILE_FILE using Python's profiler. This is only of use to developers.

       -t, --disable-timeout
	      Do not shutdown the daemon after an idle time.

       --dummy
	      Instead  of applying the changes to the system only show a progress. This option is only usable for developers
	      to locate problems in client applications.

FILES
       /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20dbus
	      Adds a small post update hook which will emit the org.debian.apt.CacheChanged signal on the  system  D-Bus  to
	      indicate	that  the  cache  has  been changed and a possible running aptd instance should reloade its internal
	      cache.

       /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.debian.apt.policy
	      The PolicyKit definitions of the privileges used by aptdaemon, e.g. to install packages. To change the  privi‐
	      leges please have a look at PolicyKit.conf(1).

       /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.debian.apt.conf
	      The D-Bus configuration of the org.debian.apt name space.

DIAGNOSTICS
       By  default  aptdaemon logs to the syslog facility AptDaemon. Furthermore you can use the -d option to get additional
       information on the command line.

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 

SEE ALSO
       aptdcon(1), org.debian.apt(7), org.debian.apt.transaction(7), PolicyKit.conf(7)

aptdaemon						December 2009						     APTD(1)