---
name: "sbuild-apt"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sbuild"
version: "0.89.3+deb13u4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sbuild-apt"
---

# sbuild-apt(1)

run apt-get or apt-cache in an sbuild chroot

## NAME

sbuild-apt - run apt-get or apt-cache in an sbuild chroot

## SYNOPSIS

**sbuild-apt** \[**-h**\|**--help** \| **-V**\|**--version**\] **CHROOT** (**apt-get**\|**apt-cache**) \[**ARG1** \[**ARG2** \[**ARG***n***...**\]\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**sbuild-apt** runs **apt-get**(1) or **apt-cache**(1) inside the specified chroot, along with any additional arguments.

## OPTIONS

### Actions

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display this manual.

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version information.

### Chroot selection

- **CHROOT**

  The chroot to run the command in.  Note that ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘t’, ‘u’ and ‘e’ may be used as abbreviations for ‘oldstable’, ‘stable’, ‘testing’, ‘unstable’ and ‘experimental’, respectively.

### APT options

- **apt-get**

  Run apt-get.

- **apt-cache**

  Run apt-cache.

- **ARG**

  Additional arguments to pass to apt-get or apt-cache.

## EXAMPLES

To update the APT package lists in the *unstable* chroot:

`% `**sbuild-apt unstable apt-get update**

**Note that** [**sbuild-update**(1)](/sbuild-update/1.md) **is a more convenient method for doing the above.**

## AUTHORS

```
Roger Leigh.
```

## COPYRIGHT

```
Copyright © 2006–2008 Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>.
```

## SEE ALSO

**apt-cache**(1), **apt-get**(1), [**sbuild**(1)](/sbuild/1.md), [**sbuild-update**(1)](/sbuild-update/1.md), [**sbuild-upgrade**(1)](/sbuild-upgrade/1.md).