Advanced Packaging Tool

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Advanced Packaging Tool

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The Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) is a package manager (automatic software installer) for some Debian-derived Linux distributions. It installs and uninstalls software in .deb format from software repositories. Its main purpose is to handle and resolve conflicts and dependencies between packages, while the actual installation and removal of packages is done by Dpkg.

[edit] Usage

APT is not actually a specific program, it is a library of functions. As such, it may be used in many different ways. Some command line tools include apt-get (and the related apt-cache) and aptitude. Graphical front ends include Synaptic Package Manager and Adept Package Manager.

[edit] Simple Aptitude Guide

In a Terminal, use the following commands for common tasks:

sudo aptitude update - Updates aptitude's database of packages
sudo aptitude upgrade - Updates any current installed packages which have newer versions available
sudo aptitude install Package - Installs Package
sudo aptitude remove Package - Removes Package
sudo aptitude search SearchTerm - Returns a list of packages relating to SearchTerm