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.TH apt 8 "16 June 1998" "Debian GNU/Linux"
.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, like
.BR aptitude (8)
for the command line or
.BR synaptic (8)for X-Windows. Some options are only implemented in
.BR apt-get (8) though.
.SH OPTIONS
None.
.SH FILES
None.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR apt-cache (8),
.BR apt-get (8),
.BR apt.conf (5),
.BR sources.list (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>.