3 <dirtitle>Development Tools
4 <linkname>APT Cache Specification
5 <filename>../apt/cache.html/index.html
7 The APT Cache Specification describes the complete implementation and
8 format of the APT Cache file. The APT Cache file is a way for APT to parse
9 and store a large number of package files for display in the UI. It's primary
10 design goal is to make display of a single package in the tree very
11 fast by pre-linking important things like dependencies and provides.
12 The specification doubles as documentation for one of the in-memory
13 structures used by the package library and the APT GUI.
19 <dirtitle>Development Tools
20 <linkname>APT Design Document
21 <filename>../apt/design.html/index.html
23 The APT Design Document is an overview of the specifications and design goals
24 of the APT project. It also attempts to give a broad description of the
25 implementation as well.
31 <dirtitle>Development Tools
32 <linkname>DPkg Technical Manual
33 <filename>../apt/design.html/index.html
35 The DPkg Technical Manual gives an overview of dpkg's external functions
36 and describes how it views the world.
42 <dirtitle>Development Tools
44 <filename>../apt/files.html/index.html
46 The APT Files document describes the complete implementation and format of
47 the installed APT directory structure. It also serves as guide to how
48 APT views the Debian archive.
54 <dirtitle>Development Tools
55 <linkname>APT Method Interface
56 <filename>../apt/method.html/index.html
58 The APT Method Interface document describes the interface that APT uses to
59 the archive access methods.