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{{Short description|Linux package management tool}}
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{{Infobox software
| name                   = APT-RPM
| title                  = APT-RPM
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| author                 = Alfredo Kojima
| developer              = Panu Matilainen
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| discontinued           = 
| latest release version = 0.5.15lorg3.2
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|2006|06|22}}
| latest preview version = 0.5.15lorg3.94a
| latest preview date    = {{Start date and age|2008|01|12}}
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]] and [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| operating system       = [[Linux]]
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| genre                  = [[Package manager]]
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| website                = {{website defunct|www.apt-rpm.org}}}}

'''APT-RPM''' is a version of the [[Advanced Packaging Tool]] modified to work with the [[RPM Package Manager]]. It was originally ported to RPM by Alfredo Kojima and then further developed and improved by Gustavo Niemeyer, both working for the [[Conectiva]] [[Linux distribution]] at the time.

In March 2005, the maintainer of the program, Gustavo Niemeyer, announced that he would not continue developing it and that he would instead focus on '''Smart Package Manager''', which was planned as a successor to APT-RPM.

In March 2006, development was picked up again by Panu Matilainen from [[Red Hat]] at a new home, introducing basic [[multilib]] functionality and support for common repository metadata.

==Distributions==
Some distributions using APT-RPM for package management are:
* [[ALT Linux]]: APT-RPM is the main, officially supported way to upgrade packages from the ALT Linux repositories in ALT Linux distributions<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altlinux.org/APT_%D0%B2_ALT_Linux|title=On APT in ALT Linux|language=Russian}}</ref> since 2001.<ref>According to the archived [http://git.altlinux.org/people/at/packages/?p=apt.git;a=blob;f=ChangeLog-rpm.old;h=22b24df4c037e0ed3c255c933325a3856bba890b;hb=HEAD#l276 Changelog] of the [[ALT Linux Team|ALT]]'s "apt" package, it was introduced into [[ALT Linux Sisyphus]] in 2001.</ref>
* [[PCLinuxOS]]: APT-RPM is the backend for the only official way to upgrade packages in this distribution.
* [[Vine Linux]]: APT-RPM has been the main, officially supported way to upgrade packages in Vine Linux distributions since 2001.

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Package manager]]
* [[Advanced Packaging Tool]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net apt4rpm SourceForge project page]

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