apt

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• Advanced package tool, or APT, is a free-software user interface that works with core libraries to handle the installation and removal of software on Debian, and Debian-based Linux distributions.

• APT simplifies the process of managing software on Unix-like computer systems by automating the retrieval, configuration and installation of software packages, either from precompiled files or by compiling source code.

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Popular programs in this software #

• apt
• apt-get
• apt-cache apt that works on a local cache of package metadata.

apt vs apt-get vs dkpg #

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• So, dpkg is the low-level background application.

• The apt-get command is a full-featured but simplified interface to dpkg, and

• But apt-get and apt provide more than just an easy interface to dpkg. They do things that dpkg doesn’t do. They will retrieve files from repositories and will try to assist with missing dependencies and conflicts.

apt vs apt-get #

• apt is a more user-friendly but slightly stripped-back version of apt-get.
• apt provides more information of the type the average user wants to see during an installation and suppresses some of the more obscure information that apt-get displays. apt gives superior visual feedback and uses color highlights and progress bars in the terminal window.