README.md

   1 apt - Advanced Packaging Tool
   2 =============================
   3
   4 apt is the main package management tool for Debian and its variants.
   5 It enables to search and install deb packages. The underlying libraries
   6 that apt is build upon are called libapt-pkg and libapt-inst.
   7
   8 Coding
   9 ------
  10 Apt is maintained in git, considering creating a branch when you
  11 start hacking on it.
  12
  13 Apt uses its own autoconf based build system, see README.make for
  14 more details. To get started, just run:
  15 ```
  16 $ make
  17 ```
  18 from a fresh checkout.
  19
  20 When you make changes and want to run them, make sure your
  21 $LD_LIBRARY_PATH points to the new location, e.g. via:
  22 ```
  23 $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/build/bin
  24 $ ./build/bin/apt-get moo
  25 ```
  26
  27 Testing
  28 -------
  29
  30 There is a extensive integration testsuite available via:
  31 ```
  32 $ ./test/integration/run-tests
  33 ```
  34
  35 as well as gtest-dev based integration tests available in
  36 `./test/libapt` and can be run with make test.
  37