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1.\" This manpage is copyright (C) 1998 Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>.
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
23APT is a management system for software packages. For normal day to day
24package management there are several frontends available, such as
25.BR aptitude (8)
26for the command line or
27.BR synaptic (8)
28for the X Window System. Some options are only implemented in
29.BR apt-get (8)
30though.
31.SH SEE ALSO
32.BR apt-cache (8),
33.BR apt-get (8),
34.BR apt.conf (5),
35.BR sources.list (5),
36.BR apt_preferences (5),
37.BR apt-secure (8)
38.SH DIAGNOSTICS
39apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
40.SH BUGS
41This manpage isn't even started.
42.PP
43See <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>. If you wish to report a
44bug in
45.BR apt ,
46please see
47.I /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt
48or the
49.BR reportbug (1)
50command.
51.SH AUTHOR
52apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.