Re: What does apt and dpkg mean?

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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:46:52 +0000
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On Thursday 02 November 2006 01:41, gniuxiao wrote:
> I know that rm means remove, ls means list, but what does apt and dpkg
> mean? Thanks.

apt and dpkg are commands used to install or remove Debian packages.  If you 
have used RedHat derivatives, dpkg is similar in function to rpm.

See the Debian Reference

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/

also other documentation at

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/

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