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Linux System Administration

Software Management with RPM

APT Commands

You will first need to download the latest version of APT to install.

apt-0.5.15cnc7-1.i386.rpm (I think this is the latest)

The first command you need to use is update. This will update the local package list.

            [root@localhost bin]# apt-get update
            Get:1 http://apt.sw.be fedora/3/en/i386 release [504B]
            Get:2 http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386 release [2135B]
            Get:3 http://newrpms.sunsite.dk redhat/en/i386/fc3 release [496B]
            Reading Package Lists... Done
            Building Dependency Tree... Done

Because the available packages changes regularly, it is a good idea to run this command often.

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