SYNOPSIS
       sync-available

       sync-available --version

       sync-available --help

DESCRIPTION
       this  program  updates  the dpkg(8) available database with the data in
       the apt(8) package database.  this is  required  for  grep-available(1)
       and other similar programs to give up-to-date results.

       the same functionality is available through dselect(8), when it is con-
       figured to use apt(8) as its acquisition method.  however, this program
       does not require that dselect(8) is installed.

EXIT STATUS
       The  program  exits with status code 0 if all went well, and a non-zero
       status code otherwise.

OPTIONS
       --version
              Output the name and version of the program onto standard  output
              stream.

       --help Give a brief usage statement on the standard output stream.

ENVIRONMENT
       TMPDIR The  name  of  the  directory where temporary files are created.
              Default is /tmp.

AUTHOR
       This program and this manual page were  written  by  Antti-Juhani  Kai-
       janaho <ajk@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO
       apt(8), dpkg(8), dselect(8), grep-available(1)