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aptitude (software)
Text front end for APT / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
aptitude is a front end to APT, the Debian package manager.[4] It displays a list of software packages and allows the user to interactively pick packages to install or remove. It has a search system utilizing flexible search patterns. It was initially created for Debian, but has appeared in RPM-based distributions as well.
Quick Facts Developer(s), Initial release ...
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Developer(s) | Daniel Burrows[1] |
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Initial release | 1999; 25 years ago (1999) |
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Written in | C++ (ncurses) |
Operating system | Linux, iOS[3] |
Platform | Debian and derivatives |
Type | Package manager |
License | GPLv2 |
Website | wiki![]() |
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