sbuild-apt(1)

NAME

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

sbuild-apt  [-h|--help | -V|--version] CHROOT (apt-get|apt-cache) [ARG1
[ARG2 [ARGnn...]]]

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

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.

To update the APT package lists in the unstable chroot:

% sbuild-apt unstable apt-get update

Note that sbuild-update(1) is a more convenient method for doing the above.

Roger Leigh.