Aptitude On-Line Help

  Use the arrow keys and PageUp/PageDown to view this help; type Return or
Enter to leave it.

  The following keys are available by default in the aptitude information
screens.  Other keys are available; consult the README for a list of these.

  "q":          Quit.
  "?":          Display this screen.

  "f":		Clear the list of "new" packages ('f' for "forget").

  Up or "k":    Move the selection up.
  Down or "j":  Move the selection down.
  "^":          Move the selection to the parent of the current item.
  Enter:        Expand or collapse a group of packages.
  "[":          Expand a group of packages and all its subgroups.
  "]":          Collapse a group of packages and all its subgroups.

  Enter:        View information about a package.
  "C":          View a package's changelog.
  "+":          Install or upgrade a package, or remove its held state.
  "-":          Remove a package.
  "=":          Hold a package in its current version to prevent upgrades.
  ":":          Keep a package at its current version.  Unlike hold, this
                will not prevent future upgrades.
  "_":          Request that a package and all its conffiles be removed.
  "L":          Request that a package be reinstalled.
  "M":		Mark a package as being automatically installed.
		Automatically installed packages are removed if no
		manually installed package requires them.
  "m":		Mark a package as being manually installed.
  "F":		Forbid a package from being automatically upgraded to
		a particular version; newer versions will be automatically
		installed.

  "u":          Update the lists of available packages.
  "U":		Mark all upgradable packages to be upgraded.
  "g":          Perform all pending installations, removals, and upgrades.

  Control-u:    Undo the last action or set of actions.
  "/":          Perform a search.  (on the name of the package by default;
	        see the README/User's Manual for more information).
  "\":          Perform a backwards search.
  "n":          Repeat the last search.
  "b":          Search for the next broken package.

  "v":          Show the available versions of a package.
  "d":          Show the dependencies of a package.
  "r":          Show the packages depending on a given package.

  "D":          Display or hide the package information area.
  "a":		Scroll the package information area up.
  "z":		Scroll the package information area down.
  "i":          Cycle through the package information views.

  The "state" flag displayed for a package has the following possible values:

   v - virtual
   B - broken
   u - "unpacked"
   C - half-configured
   H - half-installed
   c - removed, but config-files still present (ie, not purged)
   i - installed
   E - internal error (should not happen)

  The "action" flag displayed for a package has the following possible values:

   h - hold
   p - purge
   d - delete (remove)
   B - broken
   i - install
   r - reinstall
   u - upgrade
   F - the available upgrade has been forbidden via "F"