Install the latest release of APT (Advanced Package Tool) on Ubuntu. How to install APT 1.1.3 on Ubuntu 15.10 and Derivatives. APT (Advanced Package Tool) is the default package manager of Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives.
APT is a management system for software packages. Originally written for Debian and the deb package format, APT was ported and became APT-RPM to manage the rpm(8) package format. APT-RPM can be used by any RPM-based distribution, such as Conectiva, Red Hat, SUSE, ALT-Linux, etc.
APT (Advanced Package Tool)
Usage: apt [options] command
CLI for apt (Basic apt commands):
- list – list packages based on package names
- search – search in package descriptions
- show – show package details
- update – update list of available packages
- install – install packages
- remove – remove packages
- upgrade – upgrade the system by installing/upgrading packages
- full-upgrade – upgrade the system by removing/installing/upgrading packages
- edit-sources – edit the source information file
Since the release of APT 1.0, the APT package manager has received various new features:
- apt install installs packages from th repositories like apt-get install, but adds a progress bar
- apt remove installs packages from th repositories like apt-get remove, but adds a progress bar
- apt list displays the installed and upgradable packages, similar output dpkg -l
- apt update updates the local repository index, like apt-get update, but displays colored output
- apt full-upgrade does the same as apt-get dist-upgrade
- apt show displays information about packages, like apt-cache show, but displays a simplified output
- apt edit-sources opens the /etc/apt/sources.list file, in the default editor.
APT 1.1.3 is the latest version available of the APT package. APT 1.1.3 has been released with the following changes:
- use function pointers instead of weak symbols for cmdline parsing
- accept ../ on the cmdline as start for a deb file as well
- add apt-utils Depends apt (= ${binary:Version})
- do not override exact targetrelease matches with lesser matches
Install APT 1.1.3 on Ubuntu
The latest version of APT package manager can be installed via running the below given commands in Terminal. Please note that the PPA download and install the APT upstream builds. The python-apt builds should be directly usable. The APT builds might break small things, as they do not contain Ubuntu integration. Currently, that’s basically just the cron job not running update-apt-xapian-index and apt-key net-update. The builds are provided for testing only, without any warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable laws. They may be unsuitable for production use.
The APT team only build for the newest Ubuntu development version and maybe the current stable release, because these packages are for developers only.
The latest version of the APT package manager can be insatleld via PPA:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deity/sid
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install apt
https://launchpad.net/~deity/+archive/ubuntu/sid