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apt

apt(8)							      System Manager's Manual							    apt(8)

NAME

       apt - Advanced Package Tool

SYNOPSIS

       apt

DESCRIPTION

       APT  is	a management system for software packages. For normal day to day package management there are several frontends available, such as
       aptitude(8) for the command line or synaptic(8) for the X Window System. Some options are only implemented in apt-get(8) though.

SEE ALSO

       apt-cache(8), apt-get(8), apt.conf(5), sources.list(5), apt_preferences(5), apt-secure(8)

DIAGNOSTICS

       apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.

BUGS

       This manpage isn't even started.

       See <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>.  If you wish to report a bug in apt, please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt  or  the  report-
       bug(1) command.

AUTHOR

       apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.

Debian								   16 June 1998 							    apt(8)