1. curses-based apt frontend aptitude is a curses-based apt frontend with a number of useful extended features, including: a mutt-like syntax for matching packages in a flexible manner, dselect-like persistence of user actions, the ability to retrieve and display the Debian changelog of most packages, and extreme flexibility and customization. aptitude is also Y2K-compliant, non-fattening, naturally cleansing, and housebroken. From Debian 3.0r0 APT