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1.\" This manpage is copyright (C) 1998 Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>.
2.\"
3.\" This is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify
4.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
5.\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2,
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17.TH apt 8 "16 June 1998" "Debian GNU/Linux"
18.SH NAME
19apt \- Advanced Package Tool
20.SH SYNOPSIS
21.B apt
22.SH DESCRIPTION
60aeb838 23APT is a management system for software packages. For normal day to day
d2f2872d 24package management there are several frontends available, such as
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25.BR aptitude (8)
26for the command line or
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27.BR synaptic (8)
28for the X Window System. Some options are only implemented in
29.BR apt-get (8)
30though.
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31.SH OPTIONS
32None.
33.SH FILES
34None.
35.SH SEE ALSO
36.BR apt-cache (8),
37.BR apt-get (8),
b8d8c141 38.BR apt.conf (5),
65d71b38 39.BR sources.list (5),
972ea2a1 40.BR apt_preferences (5),
14127f18 41.BR apt-secure (8)
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42.SH DIAGNOSTICS
43apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
44.SH BUGS
45This manpage isn't even started.
46.PP
09774285 47See <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>. If you wish to report a
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48bug in
49.BR apt ,
50please see
09774285 51.I /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt
578bfd0a 52or the
8262bcd0 53.BR reportbug (1)
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54command.
55.SH AUTHOR
56apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.