doc/apt.8

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  17 .TH apt 8 "16 June 1998" "Debian GNU/Linux"
  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. For normal day to day
  24 package management there are several frontends available, such as
  25 .BR aptitude (8)
  26 for the command line or
  27 .BR synaptic (8)
  28 for the X Window System. Some options are only implemented in
  29 .BR apt-get (8)
  30 though.
  31 .SH OPTIONS
  32 None.
  33 .SH FILES
  34 None.
  35 .SH SEE ALSO
  36 .BR apt-cache (8),
  37 .BR apt-get (8),
  38 .BR apt.conf (5),
  39 .BR sources.list (5),
  40 .BR apt_preferences (5),
  41 .BR apt-secure (8)
  42 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
  43 apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
  44 .SH BUGS
  45 This manpage isn't even started.
  46 .PP
  47 See <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>.  If you wish to report a
  48 bug in
  49 .BR apt ,
  50 please see
  51 .I /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt
  52 or the
  53 .BR reportbug (1)
  54 command.
  55 .SH AUTHOR
  56 apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.