apt-cdrom is used to add a new CDROM to APTs list of available
sources. apt-cdrom takes care of determining the structure of
the disc as well as correcting for several possible mis-burns and
verifying the index files.
It is necessary to use apt-cdrom to add CDs to the APT system,
it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disk in a multi-cd set must be
inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns.
Unless the -h, or --help option is given one of the
commands below must be present.
add
add is used to add a new disc to the source list. It will unmount the
CDROM device, prompt for a disk to be inserted and then procceed to
scan it and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper
.disk/ directory you will be prompted for a descriptive
title.
APT uses a CDROM ID to track which disc is currently in the drive and
maintains a database of these IDs in
/var/lib/apt/cdroms.list
ident
A debugging tool to report the identity of the current disc as well
as the stored file name
OPTIONS
All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
options you can override the config file by using something like
-f-,--no-f, -f=no or several other variations.
-d
--cdrom
Mount point; specify the location to mount the cdrom. This mount
point must be listed in /etc/fstab and propely configured.
Configuration Item: Acquire::cdrom::mount.
-r
--rename
Rename a disc; change the label of a disk or override the disks
given label. This option will cause apt-cdrom to prompt for
a new label.
Configuration Item: APT::CDROM::Rename.
-m
--no-mount
No mounting; prevent apt-cdrom from mounting and unmounting
the mount point.
Configuration Item: APT::CDROM::NoMount.
-f
--fast
Fast Copy; Assume the package files are valid and do not check
every package. This option should be used only if
apt-cdrom has been run on this disc before and did not detect
any errors.
Configuration Item: APT::CDROM::Fast.
-a
--thorough
Thorough Package Scan; This option may be needed with some old
Debian 1.1/1.2 discs that have Package files in strange places. It
takes much longer to scan the CD but will pick them all up.
-n
--just-print
--recon
--no-act
No Changes; Do not change the sources.list(5) file and do not
write index files. Everything is still checked however.
Configuration Item: APT::CDROM::NoAct.
-h
--help
Show a short usage summary.
-v
--version
Show the program verison.
-c
--config-file
Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
The program will read the default configuration file and then this
configuration file. See apt.conf(5) for syntax information.
-o
--option
Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary configuration
option. The syntax is -o Foo::Bar=bar.
apt-cdrom returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
BUGS
See the APT bug page <URL:http://bugs.debian.org/apt>.
If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the bug(1) command.