PCLinuxOS uses the Advanced Packaging Tool ( or APT ) , a package management system ( originally from the Debian distribution ) , together with Synaptic Package Manager , a GUI frontend to APT , in order to add , remove or update packages . PCLinuxOS uses APT-RPM , based on Advanced Packaging Tool ( or APT ) , a package management system ( originally from the Debian distribution ) , together with Synaptic Package Manager , a GUI front-end to APT , in order to add , remove or update packages .