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Advanced Package Tool (APT) icon

Advanced Package Tool (APT)

Apt (for Advanced Package Tool) is a set of core tools inside Debian. The user interface application for Apt is aptitude.

Updating Packages (apt-get upgrade)

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Platforms

  • Linux
Search Packages (apt-cache search)
Installing New Software (apt-get install)
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Command line interface
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  Software Installer
  4.  Package Manager

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Top Positive Comment
Buster_Blue
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The best package manager I've used. Very user friendly, and has many convienient functions.

Top Negative Comment
ab1
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The deb packages and tools around deb aren't suitable for really big programs because preinst scripts aren't easy to get separately.

David Condrey
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This is not an application which should be listed here. Advanced Package Tool is a core utility of Debian. The front-end user interface application for Advanced Package Tool is aptitude which has a separate listing.

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What is Advanced Package Tool (APT)?

Apt (for Advanced Package Tool) is a set of core tools inside Debian.

Apt makes it possible to:

  • Install applications
  • Remove applications
  • Keep your applications up to date

Apt, which basically resolves dependency problems and retrieves the requested packages, works with dpkg, another tool, which handles the actual installation and removal of packages (applications). Apt is very powerful, and is primarily used on the command line (console/terminal). There are, however, many GUI/Graphical tools to let you use Apt without having to touch the command line.

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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about Advanced Package Tool (APT), and it has gotten 48 likes

Advanced Package Tool (APT) was added to AlternativeTo by camis on and this page was last updated . Advanced Package Tool (APT) is sometimes referred to as apt, Advanced Packaging Tool.