I'm a beginner with Linux. I have on numerous occasions used apt-get, but my question is what exactly does it do? If I'm using apt-get "some random application", what exactly is this doing? I guess I'm confused where it's getting the application to install or where its pulling from..
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As far as I know, apt-get calls the repositories, some sort of lists of supported programs (and links where to download it from) . You can add repositories, this extends the list of programs you can install via 'apt-get'. That's the impression i've got using it. ^^
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Take a look at the man page $ man apt-get. It should answer most of your questions.
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Where exactly is this list of repositories located? – david Aug 27 '13 at 06:16