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Q230724
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Key facts
- Developer
- The Debian Project
- Initial release
- 31 March 1998 ; 28 years ago ( 1998-03-31 )
- Stable release
- 3.2.0 / 7 April 2026 ; 57 days ago ( 7 April 2026 )
- Written in
- C++, shell script, XML, CMake, C, Perl
- Operating system
- Unix-like
- Type
- Package manager
- License
- GPLv2+
- Website
- wiki .debian .org /AptCLI
- Repository
- salsa .debian .org /apt-team /apt .git
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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Advanced Package Tool (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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