* merged the apt--DoListUpdate branch, this provides a common interface
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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, like
25 .BR aptitude (8)
26 for the command line or
27 .BR synaptic (8)for X-Windows. Some options are only implemented in
28 .BR apt-get (8) though.
29 .SH OPTIONS
30 None.
31 .SH FILES
32 None.
33 .SH SEE ALSO
34 .BR apt-cache (8),
35 .BR apt-get (8),
36 .BR apt.conf (5),
37 .BR sources.list (5),
38 .BR apt-secure (8)
39 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
40 apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
41 .SH BUGS
42 This manpage isn't even started.
43 .PP
44 See <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>. If you wish to report a
45 bug in
46 .BR apt ,
47 please see
48 .I /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt
49 or the
50 .BR reportbug (1)
51 command.
52 .SH AUTHOR
53 apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.