UPDATE-A...IAN-INDEX(8)

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UPDATE-APT-XAPIAN-INDEX 💖

okay bestie, so this is a section 8 system administration situation — it lives in your System Administration Utilities, and the whole page is literally just about update-apt-xapian-index, the little icon that rebuilds the Apt Xapian Index. she's simple, she's powerful, she's doing the most with very few lines. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

update-apt-xapian-index — rebuild the Apt Xapian Index. that's it, that's the whole job description. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

update-apt-xapian-index [options]

that's the whole vibe. no subcommands, no positional args, just you and your options. 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Rebuild the Apt Xapian index. lowkey the entire paragraph. she rebuilds it. that's what she does and she does it flawlessly. 😌✨

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --version — shows the program's version number and then dips out, exit stage left. 👋
  • -h, --help — prints this help message and exits. your girl is helpful like that 🫶
  • -q, --quiet — quiet mode, meaning the only thing you'll hear from her is fatal errors. she's giving mysterious, she's giving minimal. 🤫
  • -v, --verbose — verbose mode. now she's yapping (affectionately) and telling you everything. 🗣️✨
  • -f, --force — force a database rebuild even if it's already up to date. not her checking if it needs doing, just doing it. periodt. 💪
  • --pkgfile=PKGFILE — don't use the APT cache, use the given Package file instead. like, this specific file bestie, not the usual one. 📁
  • --batch-mode — progress reporting that's suitable for programmatic parsing. so a robot can read what she's saying, basically. 🤖
  • -u, --update — incremental update: only reindex the packages whose version has changed since the last run. she's efficient, she's not redoing work she already ate. 🔥
heads up babe: --pkgfile=PKGFILE means the APT cache gets fully skipped, so whatever file you hand her had better be the one you actually want her reading. no takebacks. 😭

🌸 that's the whole page 🌸

no SEE ALSO, no bugs section, no author rant — she said everything she needed to say in like two lines of prose and eight options. iconic honestly. 👑

signing off cuties: this page is for update-apt-xapian-index version 0.49, dated March 2026, living its best life in the System Administration Utilities corner of your manual. mwah 💋💖

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