The apt-get and dpkg

Ansible's integration with apt-get is equally as tight as Ansible's integration with yum. The apt-get package, for those who are not familiar with it, is a package-management solution leveraged by Debian-based operating systems. The implementation of apt-get actuality sits on top of another solution called dpkg, and Ansible provides modules that support both. In this specific section, we will discuss apt-get specifically. In order to better understand the architecture that we are referencing, an illustration is provided next:

Now that we have a good understanding of how apt-get works, let's take a look at some examples ...

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