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aptitude

TUI front-end to APT, the Debian package manager

System & Monitoring linux C++ GPL-2.0

Description

aptitude is a TUI front-end to APT, the Debian package manager. It provides an ncurses-based interface for browsing, searching, and managing Debian packages interactively.

AI Summary

A TUI front-end for APT that provides an interactive ncurses interface for Debian package management.

Capabilities

  • + Browse and search Debian packages
  • + Interactive package management
  • + ncurses-based TUI interface
  • + Dependency resolution

Use When

  • User is on Debian/Ubuntu and wants a TUI package manager

Avoid When

  • x User is not on a Debian-based system
  • x User prefers apt command line
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