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0.1 Table of contents
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<li><A href="ch-description.html">1 DESCRIPTION
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<li><A href="ch-commandline.html">2 COMMAND LINE OPTION SYNTAX
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<li><A href="ch-version.html">3 VERSION
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<li><A href="ch-history.html">4 HISTORY
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<li><A href="ch-makinginst.html">5 MAKING INSTALLED SYSTEM DATABASES
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<li><A href="ch-makinginst.html#s-initdb">5.1</A> Initial database making, and Rebuilding for an
Installed system.

<li><A href="ch-makinginst.html#s5.2">5.2</A> UPDATING

<li><A href="ch-makinginst.html#s-searchy">5.3</A> REBUILDING THE SEARCH


<li><A href="ch-makinginst.html#s5.4">5.4</A> FILES

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<li><A href="ch-important.html">6 IMPORTANT DEBIAN DATABASES FOR NOT-INSTALLED
DATABASES
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<li><A href="ch-important.html#s-downimportant">6.1</A> A. downloading the important databases with --ftp.

<li><A href="ch-important.html#s6.2">6.2</A> OVERVIEW

<li><A href="ch-important.html#s-dd">6.3</A> DISTRIBUTION DEFINED

<li><A href="ch-important.html#s6.4">6.4</A> SECTIONS

<li><A href="ch-important.html#s6.5">6.5</A> ARCHITECTURES

<li><A href="ch-important.html#s6.6">6.6</A> SWIMZ.LIST

<li><A href="ch-important.html#s6.7">6.7</A> SWIMZ.LIST EXAMPLES

<li><A href="ch-important.html#s-ftp">6.8</A> FTP OR APT?

<li><A href="ch-important.html#s6.9">6.9</A> OPTIONS

<li><A href="ch-important.html#s6.10">6.10</A> B. downloading the important databases with apt, and maintenance
options.

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<li><A href="ch-notinstalled.html">7 MAKING NOT-INSTALLED DATABASES
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<li><A href="ch-notinstalled.html#s7.1">7.1</A> OVERVIEW

<li><A href="ch-notinstalled.html#s7.2">7.2</A> OPTIONS

<li><A href="ch-notinstalled.html#s7.3">7.3</A> UPDATING

<li><A href="ch-notinstalled.html#s7.4">7.4</A> REBUILDING THE SEARCH

<li><A href="ch-notinstalled.html#s7.5">7.5</A> FILES

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<li><A href="ch-aptprep.html">8 PREPARING YOUR INSTALLATION FOR APT
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<li><A href="ch-query.html">9 QUERYING THE INSTALLED AND NOT-INSTALLED DATABASES
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<li><A href="ch-query.html#s-mm">9.1</A> MINOR MODES

<li><A href="ch-query.html#s-specdata">9.2</A> SPECIFYING THE DATABASES TO USE

<li><A href="ch-query.html#s9.3">9.3</A> OPTIONS

<li><A href="ch-query.html#s9.4">9.4</A> PACKAGE RELATIONSHIPS

<li><A href="ch-query.html#s-format">9.5</A> FORMAT

<li><A href="ch-query.html#s-vrftp">9.6</A> FTP - VIRTUAL OPTIONS

<li><A href="ch-query.html#s-vrapt">9.7</A> APT - VIRTUAL OPTIONS

<li><A href="ch-query.html#s-vrrm">9.8</A> REMOVING AN INSTALLED PACKAGE - VIRTUAL OPTIONS 

<li><A href="ch-query.html#s9.9">9.9</A> STDIN - VIRTUAL OPTIONS

<li><A href="ch-query.html#s9.10">9.10</A> PACKAGE MANIPULATION - VIRTUAL OPTIONS

<li><A href="ch-query.html#s-dblocus">9.11</A> DATABASE LOCATIONS

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<li><A href="ch10.html">10 UPGRADING WITH APT
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<li><A href="ch-search.html">11 SEARCHING
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<li><A href="ch-search.html#s11.1">11.1</A> OVERVIEW

<li><A href="ch-search.html#s11.2">11.2</A> NARROWING A PREVIOUS SEARCH

<li><A href="ch-search.html#s11.3">11.3</A> MINOR MODES

<li><A href="ch-search.html#s11.4">11.4</A> OTHER OPTIONS

<li><A href="ch-search.html#s11.5">11.5</A> EXAMPLES

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<li><A href="ch-ramdisk.html">12 RAMDISK
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<li><A href="ch-ramdisk.html#s12.1">12.1</A> OVERVIEW

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<li><A href="ch13.html">13 FILES
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<li><A href="ch-seealso.html">14 SEE ALSO
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<li><A href="ch15.html">15 BUGS</A>
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<hr><h2><A name="copyright">0.2 Copyright</A></h2>
                                                      
          Copyright � 1999 Jonathan D. Rosenbaum                           
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          SWIM, including this manual, is free software; you          
          may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the           
          GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software          
          Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later           
          version.                                                              
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          This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but           
          <em>without any warranty</em>; without even the implied               
          warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular               
          purpose.  See the GNU General Public License for more                 
          details.                                                              
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          You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public             
          License with the <kbd>swim</kbd> source as the file                      
          <code>COPYING</code>.  If not, write to the Free Software                 
          Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.             
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swim
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          Copyright � 1999 Jonathan D. Rosenbaum                           
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<address>15 June 1999<br>
Jonathan D. Rosenbaum<A href="mailto:mttrader@access.mountain.net">mttrader@access.mountain.net</A></address>
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