You are here: Home / Documentation / apt-get, aptitude, … pick the right Debian package manager for you This is a frequently asked question: “What package manager shall I use?”. And my answer is “the one that suits your needs”. In my case, I even use different package managers depending on what I’m trying to do. APT vs dpkg, which one is the package manager? In the Debian world, we’re usually thin
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