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APT Files - Chapter 1
Introduction


1.1 General

This document serves two purposes. The first is to document the installed directory structure and the format and purpose of each file. The second purpose is to document how APT views the Debian archive and deals with multiple package files.

The var directory structure is as follows:

  /var/state/apt/
		  lists/
		       partial/
		  xstatus
		  userstatus
		  cdroms.list
  /var/cache/apt/
                  pkgcache.bin
		  srcpkgcache.bin
		  archives/
		          partial/
  /etc/apt/
           sources.list
	   apt.conf
  /usr/lib/apt/
                methods/
		       cdrom
		       ftp
		       http
		       file
		       gzip
		       copy

As is specified in the FHS 2.0 /var/state/apt is used for application data that is not expected to be user modified. /var/cache/apt is used for regeneratable data and is where the package cache and downloaded .debs go.


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