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NAME
sync-available - sync dpkg's available database with apt's database
SYNOPSIS
sync-available
sync-available --version
sync-available --help
DESCRIPTION
This program updates the
dpkg(8)
available database with the data in the
apt(8)
package database. This is required for
grep\-available(1)
and other similar programs to give up-to-date results.
The same functionality is available through
dselect(8),
when it is configured to use
apt(8)
as its acquisition method. However, this program does not require that
dselect(8)
is installed.
EXIT STATUS
The program exits with status code 0 if all went well, and a non-zero
status code otherwise.
OPTIONS
--version
Output the name and version of the program onto standard output stream.
--help
Give a brief usage statement on the standard output stream.
ENVIRONMENT
TMPDIR
The name of the directory where temporary files are created. Default is
R /tmp .
AUTHOR
This program and this manual page were written by Antti-Juhani
Kaijanaho <ajk@debian.org>.
SEE ALSO
