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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. It is still
24 under development; the snazzy front ends are not yet available. In the
25 meantime, please see
26 .BR apt-get (8).
27 .SH OPTIONS
28 None.
29 .SH FILES
30 None.
31 .SH SEE ALSO
32 .BR apt-cache (8),
33 .BR apt-get (8),
34 .BR apt.conf (5),
35 .BR sources.list (5),
36 .BR apt-secure (8)
37 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
38 apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
39 .SH BUGS
40 This manpage isn't even started.
41 .PP
42 See <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>. If you wish to report a
43 bug in
44 .BR apt ,
45 please see
46 .I /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt
47 or the
48 .BR reportbug (1)
49 command.
50 .SH AUTHOR
51 apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.