APT(8) APT APT(8) (NAME) apt - (SYNOPSIS) apt [-h] [-o=config_string] [-c=config_file] [-t=target_release] [-a=architecture] {list | search | show | update | install pkg [{=pkg_version_number | /target_release}]... | remove pkg... | upgrade | full-upgrade | edit-sources | {-v | --version} | {-h | --help}} (DESCRIPTION) apt . APT apt-get(8) apt-cache(8) . apt . update (apt-get(8)) update . . upgrade (apt-get(8)) upgrade sources.list(5) . . . . full-upgrade (apt-get(8)) full-upgrade upgrade . . install, reinstall, remove, purge (apt-get(8)) regex(7) glob(7) . (+) (-) . (=) . (release) (/) (trixie forky sid ...) (stable testing unstable) . . () . . purge ( ) . (home) . autoremove (apt-get(8)) autoremove . . apt-mark(8) . install . satisfy (apt-get(8)) satisfy Build-Depends . (conflicts) "Conflicts: " . : apt satisfy "foo, bar (>= 1.0)" "Conflicts: baz, fuzz" why, why-not (solver) . aptitude . why . . . why-not . . . search (apt-cache(8)) search () regex(7) . . apt- file(1) . show (apt-cache(8)) () . apt(8) . list list dpkg-query --list . glob(7) apt- patterns(7) (--installed) (--upgradeable) (--all-versions) . edit-sources (work-in-progress) edit-sources sources.list(5) . showsrc, depends, rdepends, policy ( apt-cache(8)) source, build-dep, download, changelog, clean, distclean, autoclean ( apt-get(8)) APT (SCRIPT USAGE AND DIFFERENCES FROM OTHER APT TOOLS) apt(8) . (backward compatibility) . apt(8) APT apt- get(8) apt-cache(8) . apt(8) ( apt.conf(5) Binary ). ( ) . (OPTIONS) . (/) -f- --no-f -f=no (override) . -h, --help . -v, --version . --audit ( ). (quiet) . -c, --config-file . . APT_CONFIG . apt.conf(5) . -o, --option . -o Foo::Bar=bar . -o --option . --cli-version (CLI). MAJOR.MINOR . MINOR . : 3.2 0.32 1.22 2.12 . X.9 : 2.9 3.0 2.10 2.8 (2.9 3.0 ). APT 3.1.10 . APT::Version -o APT::Version=2 apt(8) 2.x . APT apt(8) 0.(10 * major + minor) . 0.X (soft-deprecated) 2.x . --no-color, --color . apt(8) NO_COLOR APT_NO_COLOR APT::Color apt.conf(5) . (SEE ALSO) apt-get(8), apt-cache(8), sources.list(5), apt.conf(5), apt-config(8), apt-patterns(7), APT /usr/share/doc/apt-doc/, apt_preferences(5), APT (the APT Howto). (DIAGNOSTICS) apt . (BUGS) APT[1]. APT /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt reportbug(1) . (AUTHORS) APT (NOTES) 1. APT https://bugs.debian.org/src:apt APT 3.3.3 07 November 2025 APT(8)