---
name: "gambas-apt.gambas"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "aptlinex"
version: "0.91-1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gambas-apt.gambas"
---

# gambas-apt.gambas(1)

program to install Debian packages from a web browser

## NAME

gambas-apt.gambas - program to install Debian packages from a web browser

## SYNOPSIS

**gambas-apt.gambas \[*user*\] package**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **gambas-apt.gambas**\
  command

**gambas-apt.gambas** is a program installed by the aptlinex Debian package. Executing it from a command line does not have too much sense, only for debugging purposes.

The program will install the  **package** using standard apt utils. The installation will be done according to the sources.list the user has already setup. gambas-apt will not modify that setup. If the package has a freedesktop.org menu or a Debian menu, after installing it will show a dialog offering to create a Desktop launcher.

The logical use of this program is being launched from a web browser, answering to a link using the apt:// protocol.

## OPTIONS

These program only have a possible option:

- *user*

  user name that launches gambas-apt. If ommited it will be 'root'

## AUTHOR

gambas-apt.gambas was written by \<Daniel Campos y José L. Redrejo\>.

This manual page was written by José L. Redrejo Rodríguez \<jredrejot@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).