Binary package “apt-utils” in ubuntu precise

package managment related utility programs

 This package contains some less used commandline utilities related
 to package managment with APT.
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  * apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration
    questions before installation.
  * apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files
    needed to publish an archive of debian packages
  * apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer.