---
name: "gnome-apt"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnome-apt"
version: "0.4.9-5"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnome-apt"
---

# gnome-apt(1)

graphical package management program

## NAME

**gnome-apt** - graphical package management program

## SYNOPSIS

**gnome-apt** *\[options\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**gnome-apt** is a package manager for Debian with a Gnome front-end.  It provides the same functionality as the apt-get command line utility.   **gnome-apt** allows you to easily upgrade your Debian system, as well as install and uninstall packages using any of the methods that apt supports (http, ftp, file). Eventually  **gnome-apt** will have online help available from within the program. (But right now it doesn't.)

## OPTIONS

Generic Gnome and GTK options can be accessed using the --help flag.

- **Help Options**

  - **-?, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **--usage**

  Display brief usage message.

- **-V, --version**

  Show version of program.

- **Display Options**

  - **-g, --geometry**

  Set main window geometry in standard \<width\>x\<height\>+\<x\>+\<y\> format.

## FILES

- **/usr/share/gnome-apt/gnome-aptrc**

  System-wide gtkrc specific to gnome-apt (use to configure themes, fonts, etc.)

- **~/.gnome/gnome-aptrc**

  User gtkrc for gnome-apt

- **/usr/share/gdeb/gdebrc**

  Global gtkrc with settings for the Details dialog and Package Information pane, shared with the currently unavailable  **gdeb** package viewer.

- **~/.gnome/gdebrc**

  User gtkrc for package information display

- **/etc/apt/sources.list**

  Configures where **apt-get** and  **gnome-apt** look for packages.

- [**apt**(8)](/apt/8.md),

  ## SEE ALSO

[**sources.list**(5)](/sources.list/5.md), [**apt.conf**(5)](/apt.conf/5.md)

## AUTHOR

**gnome-apt** was written by Havoc Pennington \<hp@pobox.com\> This manual page was written by Mitch Blevins \<mblevin@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).