RE: Apt, Dselect, and Dpkg. What's the different?

[Shaleh <shaleh@livenet.net>]

On 10-Mar-99 Tam wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am new at Debian and I am kind confused about the Apt, Dselect, and Dpkg
> programs. Slink was released earlier today and it has:
>         Apt (part 1), the new backend to dselect
>         Apt (part 2), the new commandline
> I know Apt will soon have a front end (Apt 3 for "Potato") that will
> replace Dselect but for now does Apt (part 1), the new backend, replaces
> Dpkg program because Dpkg is also a backend to deselect?
> 

the hierarchy is:

dpkg
apt
dselect

currently.  dselect may disappear.  dpkg is the direct access to the package
database on your machine.  adds, removes, and queries on what is
{in,un}installed go thru dpkg or its libraries.  apt is the package getter and
hider of things complex.