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APT 2.9 Released: Debian's APT 3.0 To Have A New UI With Colors, Columnar Display & More

APT as the packaging tool built around Debian Linux is embarking on some big upgrades with the APT 2.9 development series to then roll-out as APT 3.0

There's big improvements to the command-line user interface with the new APT and it's certainly looking nice from my initial Friday night encounter. This will culminate with the APT 3.0 stable release but already the coloring and columnar layout is a big improvement for quickly sorting through the output when involving a long list of packages. Downloads and more details on today's APT 2.9 release to Debian unstable via the v2.9 announcement.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.

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