Re: apt

[servis@purdue.edu]

*- On  5 Mar, Craig T. Hancock wrote about "apt"
> I here alot of users refer tio the command apt what eactly is it
> 
> 

Apt is the next generation front end for dpkg.  It will eventually
replace dselect.  Right now it just provides a command line tool,
apt-get, and a method for dselect.  From the package description:

Description: Front-End for dpkg
 This is Debian's next generation front-end for the dpkg package manager.
 It provides the apt-get utility and APT dselect method that provides a
 simpler, safer way to install and upgrade packages.
 .
 APT features complete installation ordering, multiple source capability
 and several other unique features, see the Users Guide in
 /usr/doc/apt/guide.text.gz

You can find it at any of your favorite Debian mirrors in the admin
directory of the slink tree.

-- 
Brian 
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