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SBUILD-APT(1) Debian sbuild SBUILD-APT(1)

sbuild-apt - run apt-get or apt-cache in an sbuild chroot

sbuild-apt [-h|--help | -V|--version] CHROOT (apt-get|apt-cache) [ARG1 [ARG2 [ARGn...]]]

sbuild-apt runs apt-get(1) or apt-cache(1) inside the specified chroot, along with any additional arguments.

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The chroot to run the command in. Note that ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘t’, ‘u’ and ‘e’ may be used as abbreviations for ‘oldstable’, ‘stable’, ‘testing’, ‘unstable’ and ‘experimental’, respectively.

Run apt-get.
Run apt-cache.
Additional arguments to pass to apt-get or apt-cache.

To update the APT package lists in the unstable chroot:

% sbuild-apt unstable apt-get update

Note that sbuild-update(1) is a more convenient method for doing the above.

Roger Leigh.

Copyright © 2006–2008 Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>.

apt-cache(1), apt-get(1), sbuild(1), sbuild-update(1), sbuild-upgrade(1).

09 February 2019 Version 0.78.1