The APT project design document
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# The APT project design document

### Manoj Srivastava

`<srivasta@debian.org>`

Version 3.2.0

Copyright © 1997 Manoj Srivastava

License Notice

APT, including this document, is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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Abstract

This document is an overview of the specifications and design goals of the APT project. It also attempts to give a broad description of the implementation as well.

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