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The computer program aptitude is a front-end to Advanced Packaging ToolAPT. It displays a list of software packages and allows the user to interactively pick packages to install or remove. It was initially created for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, but has appeared in RPM Package ManagerRPM-based distributions as well (such as !Conectiva).aptitude& lt;/tt>? is based on the ncurses computer terminal library, with which it provides an interface that incorporates some elements commonly seen in graphical user interfaces (GUIs) (such as pull-down menu (computer)menus).
History - aptitude was created in 1999. At the time, two other terminal-based APT front-ends were available: the dselect program, which had been used to install Debian since before APT was created, and the console-apt program, a project that was considered to be the heir apparent to dselect. aptitude was created to experiment with a more object-oriented design than that used in console-apt, in the hope that this would result in a more flexible program with a broader set of features. The first public release of aptitude was version 0.0.1 on November 18th, 1999. It was very limited: it had the ability to view the list of available packages, but could not actually download or install any packages. By version 0.0.4a, this capability had been added, along with many other improvements; this version was included in Debian 2.2 !("potato").In? late 2000, the entire user interface module was rewritten; a new architecture was created, based on the libsigc plus pluslibsigc++ callback library and concepts from modern widget toolkits such as GIMP ToolkitGTK+ and Qt_toolkitQt. This enabled the interface to become much more similar to GUIs than it had been previously, with features such as pull-down menu (computer)menus and pop-up dialogs. One of !aptitude' s? surprisingly popular features, a tiny implementation of Minesweeper (game)Minesweeper, was added at this time. The first official aptitude release following this rewrite was 0.2.0. aptitude 0.2.11.1 was released with Debian 3.0 ("Woody"). By this time, the !console-aptdeity) had been effectively abandoned by its maintainers, and it was removed from woody.At the time of writing, aptitude is regarded as the primary terminal-based alternative to dselect, and may even replace it in the near future. In Debian 3.1 ("Sarge"), aptitude is now optionally used by the installer to select which packages to install. aptitude is a package with its priority set at ''important'', while dselect is still a ''required'' one, due to backwards compatibility.
External links - !http://packages.debian.org/apt itude !http://people.debian.org/~dbur rows/aptitude-docpl:Aptitudede :AptitudeCategory:Debian
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