doc/apt.7

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  17 .TH apt 7 "16 June 1998" "Debian"
  18 .SH NAME
  19 apt \- Advanced Package Tool
  20 .SH SYNOPSIS
  21 .B apt
  22 .SH DESCRIPTION
  23 APT is a management system for software packages.
  24
  25 For normal day to day
  26 package management there are several frontends available, such as
  27 .BR aptitude (8)
  28 for the command line or
  29 .BR synaptic (8)
  30 for the X Window System. Some options are only implemented in
  31 .BR apt-get (8)
  32 though.
  33 .SH SEE ALSO
  34 .BR apt (8),
  35 .BR apt-cache (8),
  36 .BR apt-get (8),
  37 .BR apt.conf (5),
  38 .BR sources.list (5),
  39 .BR apt_preferences (5),
  40 .BR apt-secure (8)
  41 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
  42 apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
  43 .SH BUGS
  44 This manpage isn't even started.
  45 .PP
  46 See <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>.  If you wish to report a
  47 bug in
  48 .BR apt ,
  49 please see
  50 .I /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt
  51 or the
  52 .BR reportbug (1)
  53 command.
  54 .SH AUTHOR
  55 apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.