Debian and Ubuntu packages (apt)

System packages for Debian-family Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, ...).

[bootstrap.packages]
"apt:libssl-dev" = "latest"
"apt:curl" = "8.5.0-2ubuntu10" # version pin
"apt:gcc:arm64" = "latest"     # architecture qualifier

Preview and apply

mise bootstrap packages status
mise bootstrap packages apply --manager apt --dry-run
mise bootstrap packages apply --manager apt

These commands use the active [bootstrap.packages] declarations. To add and install a package together, use mise bootstrap packages use apt:libssl-dev. The manager must be available on the host; an explicit --manager apt fails when it is unavailable.

Behavior

• Package state is checked with dpkg-query (read-only, never elevates).
• Missing packages are installed with apt-get install -y, elevated with sudo when necessary (see sudo).
• Version pins are passed to apt as its native name=version syntax; name:arch qualifiers pass through in the package name.
• DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive is set so installs never block on debconf configuration prompts. This does not supply sudo credentials or guarantee that every maintainer script is non-interactive.
• mise bootstrap packages upgrade runs apt-get update and then apt-get install --only-upgrade for the configured packages, so nothing requested package that is not already installed becomes an install target. apt still resolves dependencies required by those upgrades.

Metadata refresh

If /var/lib/apt/lists contains no package lists (fresh containers), mise runs apt-get update automatically before installing. Otherwise, it does not touch apt metadata — if an install fails with "Unable to locate package", refresh explicitly:

mise bootstrap packages apply --update

Architecture-qualified packages

gcc:arm64 is a package name with an architecture qualifier. The target's dpkg architecture configuration and apt repositories must supply that architecture; this declaration does not enable multiarch or add a repository.

Version pins

The version above is illustrative and specific to a distribution release. Use apt-cache policy curl to inspect candidates on the target before pinning it. An exact pin must remain available in the configured repositories; mise does not turn apt into a historical package archive.

A pinned entry ("apt:curl" = "8.5.0-2ubuntu10") shows as version mismatch in mise bootstrap packages status when a different version is installed, and mise bootstrap packages apply passes the pin to apt to correct it. "latest" entries are satisfied by any installed version — use mise bootstrap packages upgrade to move them to the newest available version.