aptitude (software)

aptitude is a front-end to APT, the Debian package manager. It displays a list of software packages and allows the user to interactively pick packages to install or remove. It has a search system utilizing flexible search patterns. It was initially created for Debian, but has appeared in RPM-based distributions as well.

aptitude
Developer(s)Daniel Burrows
Initial release1999 (1999)
Stable release
0.8.13-5 / 6 August 2022 (6 August 2022)
Repository
Written inC++ (ncurses)
Operating systemLinux, iOS
PlatformDebian and derivatives
TypePackage manager
LicenseGPLv2
Websitewiki.debian.org/Aptitude 
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