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update-apt-xapian-index(8)

update-apt-xapian-index8

Rebuild the apt xapian index

Usage

update-apt-xapian-index [options]

Overview

Rebuild the Apt Xapian index

Options

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-q, --quiet

quiet mode: only output fatal errors

-v, --verbose

verbose mode

-f, --force

force database rebuild even if it's already up to date

--pkgfile=PKGFILE

do not use the APT cache, but the given Package file

--batch-mode

use progress reporting suitable from programmatic parsing.

-u, --update

incremental update, reindexing only those packages whose version has changed since the last run

History

  • Debian 12 (Bookworm): the text shown here
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye)
  • Debian 10 (Buster) to Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 8 (Jessie)
  • Debian 7 (Wheezy)
  • Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny)

--update since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -u since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

From apt-xapian-index 0.53 in Debian 12 (Bookworm). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.