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 operationsthat 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 afterwards 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