apt/doc/apt.7

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.TH apt 7 "16 June 1998" "Debian"
.SH NAME
apt \- Advanced Package Tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B apt
.SH DESCRIPTION
APT is a management system for software packages. 

For normal day to day
package management there are several frontends available, such as
.BR aptitude (8)
for the command line or
.BR synaptic (8)
for the X Window System. Some options are only implemented in
.BR apt-get (8)
though.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR apt (8),
.BR apt-cache (8),
.BR apt-get (8),
.BR apt.conf (5),
.BR sources.list (5),
.BR apt_preferences (5),
.BR apt-secure (8)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
.SH BUGS
This manpage isn't even started.
.PP
See <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>.  If you wish to report a
bug in
.BR apt ,
please see
.I /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt
or the
.BR reportbug (1)
command.
.SH AUTHOR
apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.