Install APT (Advanced Package Tool) on Linux Ubuntu Systems. How to install APT 1.1.7 on Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 Systems. Advanced Package Tool (APT) is the default package manager for Ubuntu and Debian Systems.
In general, the APT Package Manager brings the following new features:
- apt list displays the installed and upgradable packages, similar output dpkg -l
- apt search searches in the local repositories for packages, similar to apt-cache search, but displays the packages in alphabetical order
- apt show displays information about packages, like apt-cache show, but displays a simplified output
- apt update updates the local repository index, like apt-get update, but displays colored output
- 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 full-upgrade does the same as apt-get dist-upgrade
- apt edit-sources opens the /etc/apt/sources.list file, in the default editor.
APT 1.1.7 is the latest version available of the APT (Advanced Package Tool). APT 1.1.7 has been released with the following changes:
- Use a hardcoded buffer size of 4096 to fix performance
- rred: Allow passing files as arguments for compressor testing
- Get rid of memmove() in our read buffering
Install APT (Advanced Package Tool) on Ubuntu
APT 1.1.7, the latest of the Advanced Package Tool can be installed on Linux Ubuntu Systems, via PPA. Open Terminal and run the following commands to install APT on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu Derivatives:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deity/sid
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install apt