Document: libapt-pkg-doc-cache Title: APT Cache Specification Author: Jason Gunthorpe Abstract: The APT Cache Specification describes the complete implementation and format of the APT Cache file. The APT Cache file is a way for APT to parse and store a large number of package files for display in the UI. It's primary�design goal is to make display of a single package in the tree very fast by pre-linking important things like dependencies and provides. The specification doubles as documentation for one of the in-memory structures used by the package library and the APT GUI. Section: Devel Format: html Index: /usr/share/doc/libapt-pkg-doc/cache.html/index.html Files: /usr/share/doc/libapt-pkg-doc/cache.html/*.html Format: text Files: /usr/share/doc/libapt-pkg-doc/cache.text.gz