NAME
sync-available – sync dpkg’s available database with apt’s databaseSYNOPSIS
sync-availablesync-available –version
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
/tmp.
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