Man page 1 : aptd

aptd - package managing daemon proving a D-Bus interface

aptd [ OPTIONS ]

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.

-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_FILEusing 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.

• /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 privileges please have a look at

R PolicyKit.conf (1).

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

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

https://launchpad.net/aptdaemon

You can report bugs at the Launchpad site of aptdaemon: https://bugs.launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug

Sebastian Heinlein <devel at glatzor dot de>

R aptdcon (1),

R org.debian.apt (7),

R org.debian.apt.transaction (7),

R PolicyKit.conf (7)