![]() apt-get requesting confirmation before an installation | |
Developer(s) | The Debian Project |
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Initial release | 31 March 1998[1] |
Stable release | 2.9.7[2] ![]() |
Repository | |
Written in | C++,[3] shell script,[3] Extensible Markup Language,[3] CMake,[3] C,[3] Perl[3] ![]() |
Operating system | Unix-like |
Type | Package manager |
License | GPLv2+ |
Website | wiki |
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.[4] 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.[4]