apt-cdrom - APT CD-ROM management utility

JasonGunthorpeAPTteam

APTbugpage[1]. If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt
       or the reportbug(1) command.

apt-cdrom is used to add a new CD-ROM to APT's 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 disc 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 CD-ROM device, prompt for a
           disc to be inserted and then proceed 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 CD-ROM 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

apt-cdrom returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.

       apt-cdrom - APT CD-ROM management utility

        1. APT bug page
           https://bugs.debian.org/src:apt

APT 3.1.4ubuntu1                                30 November 2013                                    APT-CDROM(8)

       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.

       --no-auto-detect, --cdrom
           Do not try to auto-detect the CD-ROM path. Usually combined with the --cdrom option. Configuration
           Item: Acquire::cdrom::AutoDetect.

       -d, --cdrom
           Mount point; specify the location to mount the CD-ROM. This mount point must be listed in /etc/fstab
           and properly configured. Configuration Item: Acquire::cdrom::mount.

       -r, --rename
           Rename a disc; change the label of a disc or override the disc's 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 version.

       --audit
           Show audit (and notice) messages. This overrides the quiet option, but only for notice messages, not
           progress ones.

       -c, --config-file
           Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use. The program will read the default
           configuration file and then this configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before
           the default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the APT_CONFIG environment variable.
           See apt.conf(5) for syntax information.

       -o, --option
           Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary configuration option. The syntax is -oFoo::Bar=bar.  -o and --option can be used multiple times to set different options.

       --no-color, --color
           Turn colors on or off. Colors are on by default on supported terminals for apt(8) and can also be
           disabled using the NO_COLOR or APT_NO_COLOR environment variables, or further configured by the
           APT::Color configuration option and scope, see apt.conf(5) for information on that.

apt.conf(5), apt-get(8), sources.list(5)

apt-cdrom [-rmfan] [-d=cdrom_mount_point] [-o=config_string] [-c=config_file] {add | ident |
                 {-v | --version} | {-h | --help}}