# Apper User's Manual

`apper`

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`apper`

An application and package manager using PackageKit

    apper
    --updates
    --settings
    --backend-details
    --type
    mime-type
    --name
    name
    --file
    file
    --resource
    font
    --catalog
    file

## Description

Apper is an interface for PackageKit

Apper is able to manage packages, applications and updates in a cross-distribution way thanks to the PackageKit project.

It is providing &Linux; users a single application that they can learn and use in whatever distribution they are.

## Options

`--updates`

- Show available updates

`--settings`

- Show Apper configuration page.

`--backend-details`

- Display information about the backend PackageKit uses at time.

`--type` `mime-type`

- Call the mime-type installer.

`--name` `name`

- Install package with the name `name`.

`--file` `file`

- Install package providing file `file`.

`--resource` `font`

- Install a font resource.

`--catalog` `file`

- Install the package catalog in `file`.

## See Also

- More information about Apper can be found at the Apper website.
- kf5options(7)
- qt5options(7)

## Authors

The maintainer of Apper is Daniel Nicoletti dantti12@gmail.com; This manual page was written by Matthias Klumpp matthias@tenstral.net.