Advanced Packaging Tool

Do you know what is apt-get — that you use frequently on your debian console ? APT is the front end version of the debian package manager, dpkg. It provides the apt-get utility and APT dselect method that provides a simpler, safer way to install and upgrade packages. Here’s the SCM Repository –> https://alioth.debian.org/anonscm/git/apt/apt.git. The most recent release appears to be Release 1.3~rc4 ( according to the logs ). rpm‘s can also be compiled on the debian platform, although compatibility often causes a problem....

September 12, 2016 · 1 min · Sourav Badami