apt(8) - Linux man page

Name

apt - Advanced Package Tool

Description

APT is a management system for software packages. Originally written for Debian and the deb package format, APT was ported and became APT-RPM to manage the rpm(8) package format. APT-RPM can be used by any RPM-based distribution, such as Conectiva, Red Hat, SUSE, ALT-Linux, etc.

For further information on how to use APT, refer to apt-get(8) or visit http://apt-rpm.org/.

See Also

apt-cache(8), apt-get(8), apt-cdrom(8), sources.list(5), apt.conf(5), apt-config(8), apt_preferences(5)

Bugs

Reporting bugs in APT-RPM is best done in the APT-RPM mailinglist at http://apt-rpm.org/mailinglist.shtml.

Author

Maintainer and contributor information can be found in the credits page http://apt-rpm.org/about.shtml of APT-RPM.

Referenced By

aptitude(8), dpkg-scanpackages(1), dpkg-scansources(1)