6.4 Wajig Commands
For a complete list of available commands use the commands command:
$ wajig commands
addcdrom Add a Debian CD/DVD to APT's list of available sources
addrepo Add a Launchpad PPA (Personal Package Archive) repository
aptlog Display APT log file
autoalts Mark the Alternative to be auto-set (using set priorities)
autoclean Remove no-longer-downloadable .deb files from the download cache
autodownload Do an update followed by a download of all updated packages
autoremove Remove unused dependency packages
build Get source packages, unpack them, and build binary packages from them.
builddeps Install build-dependencies for given packages
changelog Display Debian changelog of a package
clean Remove all deb files from the download cache
commands Display all wajig commands
contents List the contents of a package file (.deb)
dailyupgrade Perform an update then a dist-upgrade
dependents Display packages which have some form of dependency on the given package
describe Display one-line descriptions for the given packages
describenew Display one-line descriptions of newly-available packages
distupgrade Comprehensive system upgrade
download Download one or more packages without installing them
editsources Edit list of Debian repository locations for packages
extract Extract the files from a package file to a directory
fixconfigure Fix an interrupted install
fixinstall Fix an install interrupted by broken dependencies
fixmissing Fix and install even though there are missing dependencies
force Install packages and ignore file overwrites and depends
hold Place packages on hold (so they will not be upgraded)
info List the information contained in a package file
init Initialise or reset wajig archive files
install Package installer
installsuggested Install a package and its Suggests dependencies
integrity Check the integrity of installed packages (through checksums)
large List size of all large (>10MB) installed packages
lastupdate Identify when an update was last performed
listall List one line descriptions for all packages
listalternatives List the objects that can have alternatives configured
listcache List the contents of the download cache
listdaemons List the daemons that wajig can start, stop, restart, or reload
listfiles List the files that are supplied by the named package
listhold List packages that are on hold (i.e. those that won't be upgraded)
listinstalled List installed packages
listlog Display wajig log file
listnames List all known packages; optionally filter the list with a pattern
listpackages List the status, version, and description of installed packages
listscripts List the control scripts of the package of deb file
listsection List packages that belong to a specific section
listsections List all available sections
liststatus Same as list but only prints first two columns, not truncated
localupgrade Upgrade using only packages that are already downloaded
madison Runs the madison command of apt-cache
move Move packages in the download cache to a local Debian mirror
new Display newly-available packages
newdetail Display detailed descriptions of newly-available packages
news Display the NEWS file of a given package
nonfree List packages that don't meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines
orphans List libraries not required by any installed package
passwords Generate a list of good passwords optionally with punctuation
policy From preferences file show priorities/policy (available)
purge Remove one or more packages and their configuration files
purgeorphans Purge orphaned libraries (not required by installed packages)
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