Aptitude is a package manager with a number of useful 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 a command-line mode similar to that of apt-get.

aptitude is also y2k-compliant, non-fattening, naturally cleansing, and housebroken.

this package contains an experimental version of aptitude that includes a gtk+-based graphical interface. it is incomplete and may not work properly. if you do not need a gui or prefer a more stable interface, you can instead use the version of aptitude found in the package "aptitude".