Advanced Packaging Tool

The Advanced packaging tool, or APT, is a user interface that works with core libraries to handle the sometimes difficult job of installing software on Linux.

Advanced Packaging Tool

Developer(s)	The Debian Project
Initial release	31 March 1998; 27 years ago (1998-03-31)[1]
Stable release	3.1.0[2]  / 19 May 2025; 34 days ago (19 May 2025)
Repository	salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt.git
Written in	C++,[3] shell script,[3] XML,[3] CMake,[3] C,[3] Perl[3]
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	Debian and its derivatives
Type	Package management system
License	GNU General Public License
Website	www.launchpad.net/apt-project

Synaptic Package Manager is one of the frontends available for APT

Related pages

• APTonCD