apt command reference

apt [OPTION]... COMMAND [PACKAGE]...

Commands:

available - show packages available to be installed

ball - print tarball name

download - download package

find - package containing file (from installed packages)

help - help COMMAND

install - download and install packages, including dependencies

list - installed packages

md5 - check md5 sum

missing - print missing dependencies

new - list available upgrades to currently installed packages

remove - uninstall packages

requires - print requires: for package

search - search package list

setup - skeleton installed packages environment

update - setup.ini

upgrade - all installed packages

url - print tarball url

version - print installed version

Options:

-d,--download : download only

-i,--ini=FILE : use setup.ini [D:/o4w/etc/setup//setup.ini]

-m,--mirror=URL : use mirror [!http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w]

-r,--root=DIR : set osgeo4w root [D:/o4w]

-t,--t=NAME : set dist name (curr, test, prev)

-x,--no-deps : ignore dependencies

-s,--start-menu=NAME : set the start menu name (OSGeo4W)

Notes

For --mirror, local paths need to use file:///d:/path/to/packages format. The mirror used is remembered for future invocations, meaning you have to change it back to the default manually, e.g.:

apt --mirror=http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w update