---
name: "update-apt-xapian-index"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "apt-xapian-index"
version: "0.53"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-apt-xapian-index"
---

# update-apt-xapian-index(8)

rebuild the Apt Xapian Index

## NAME

update-apt-xapian-index - rebuild the Apt Xapian Index

## SYNOPSIS

**update-apt-xapian-index** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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