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Package: apt (3.0.3)

commandline package manager

This package provides commandline tools for searching and managing as well as querying information about packages as a low-level access to all features of the libapt-pkg library.

These include:

• apt-get for retrieval of packages and information about them from authenticated sources and for installation, upgrade and removal of packages together with their dependencies
• apt-cache for querying available information about installed as well as installable packages
• apt-cdrom to use removable media as a source for packages
• apt-config as an interface to the configuration settings
• apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration questions before installation.

Tags: System Administration: Package Management, Software Development: Ruby Development, Hardware Enablement: hardware::storage, hardware::storage:cd, Implemented in: C++, implemented-in::perl, implemented-in::ruby, User Interface: Command Line, Networking: network::client, protocol::ftp, Network Protocol: HTTP, IPv6, Role: role::program, scope::application, Scope: Utility, Application Suite: Debian, Purpose: use::downloading, use::organizing, Playing Media, Searching, Supports Format: works-with-format::html, works-with::audio, Works with: Packaged Software, Text

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