diff --git a/meta/packages/apt/apt-0.6.45exp2/autofoo.patch b/meta/packages/apt/apt-0.6.45exp2/autofoo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74d787cefd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/apt/apt-0.6.45exp2/autofoo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+
+#
+# Patch managed by http://www.holgerschurig.de/patcher.html
+#
+
+---
+ configure.in |   20 ++++++++++----------
+ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
+
+--- apt-0.6.45exp2.orig/configure.in
++++ apt-0.6.45exp2/configure.in
+@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(buildlib)
+ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(include/config.h:buildlib/config.h.in include/apti18n.h:buildlib/apti18n.h.in)
+ 
+ dnl -- SET THIS TO THE RELEASE VERSION --
+-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION,"0.6.45exp2")
++AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION,"0.6.45exp2",[package version])
+ PACKAGE="apt"
+-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE,"$PACKAGE")
++AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE,"$PACKAGE",[package name])
+ AC_SUBST(PACKAGE)
+ 
+ dnl Check the archs, we want the target type.
+@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ AC_SUBST(SOCKETLIBS)
+ LIBS="$SAVE_LIBS"
+  
+ dnl Checks for pthread -- disabled due to glibc bugs jgg
+-dnl AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_create,[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD) PTHREADLIB="-lpthread"])
++dnl AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_create,[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD, 1, [define if we have pthreads]) PTHREADLIB="-lpthread"])
+ AC_SUBST(PTHREADLIB)
+ dnl if test "$PTHREADLIB" != "-lpthread"; then
+ dnl   AC_MSG_ERROR(failed: I need posix threads, pthread)
+@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ if test "x$archset" = "x"; then
+   AC_MSG_ERROR(failed: use --host= or check buildlib/archtable)
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_RESULT($archset)
+-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(COMMON_CPU,"$archset")
++AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(COMMON_CPU,"$archset",[define to the system architecture])
+ 
+ dnl Get a common name for the host OS - this is primarily only for HURD and is
+ dnl non fatal if it fails
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING(system OS)
+ osset="`awk \" ! /^#|^\\\$/ {if (match(\\\"$target_vendor-$target_os\\\",\\\$1)) {print \\\$2; exit}}\" $srcdir/buildlib/ostable`"
+ AC_MSG_RESULT($osset)
+-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(COMMON_OS,"$osset")
++AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(COMMON_OS,"$osset",[define to the system OS])
+ 
+ dnl We use C99 types if at all possible
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK([for C99 integer types],c9x_ints,[
+@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ AC_SUBST(HAVE_STATVFS)
+ 
+ dnl Arg, linux and bsd put their statfs function in different places
+ if test x"$HAVE_STATVFS" != x"yes"; then
+-   AC_EGREP_HEADER(statfs,sys/vfs.h,[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_VFS_H)],[
+-   AC_EGREP_HEADER(statfs,sys/mount.h,[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_MOUNT_H)],[AC_MSG_ERROR(failed: Need statvfs)])
++   AC_EGREP_HEADER(statfs,sys/vfs.h,[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_VFS_H, 1, [define if statfs is in sys/vfs.h])],[
++   AC_EGREP_HEADER(statfs,sys/mount.h,[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_MOUNT_H, 1, [define if statfs is in sys/mount.h])],[AC_MSG_ERROR(failed: Need statvfs)])
+    ])
+ fi
+ 
+ dnl We should use the real timegm function if we have it.
+-AC_CHECK_FUNC(timegm,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TIMEGM))
++AC_CHECK_FUNC(timegm,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TIMEGM, 1, [define if we have timegm]))
+ AC_SUBST(HAVE_TIMEGM)
+ 
+ dnl Check the sizes etc. of the architecture
+@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ fi
+ dnl HP-UX sux..
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING(for missing socklen_t)
+ AC_EGREP_HEADER(socklen_t, sys/socket.h,[AC_MSG_RESULT(no)],[
+-	AC_DEFINE(NEED_SOCKLEN_T_DEFINE)
++	AC_DEFINE(NEED_SOCKLEN_T_DEFINE, 1, [define if we need to define socklen_t])
+ 	NEED_SOCKLEN_T_DEFINE=yes
+         AC_MSG_RESULT(missing.)])
+ AC_SUBST(NEED_SOCKLEN_T_DEFINE)
+@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ dnl gettext approved makefiles, so this 
+ ALL_LINGUAS="bg bs ca cs cy da de dz el en_GB es eu fi fr gl hu it ja ko nb nl nn pl pt_BR pt ro ru sk sl sv tl vi zn_CN zh_TW"
+ AM_GNU_GETTEXT(external)
+ if test x"$USE_NLS" = "xyes"; then
+-   AC_DEFINE(USE_NLS)
++   AC_DEFINE(USE_NLS, 1, [define if we have native language support])
+ fi
+ AC_SUBST(USE_NLS)
+ AC_PATH_PROG(BASH, bash)
diff --git a/meta/packages/apt/apt-0.6.45exp2/nodoc.patch b/meta/packages/apt/apt-0.6.45exp2/nodoc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9101847189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/apt/apt-0.6.45exp2/nodoc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+ Makefile |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- apt-0.6.45exp2.orig/Makefile
++++ apt-0.6.45exp2/Makefile
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ all headers library clean veryclean bina
+ 	$(MAKE) -C cmdline $@
+ 	$(MAKE) -C ftparchive $@
+ 	$(MAKE) -C dselect $@
+-	$(MAKE) -C doc $@
++#	$(MAKE) -C doc $@
+ 	$(MAKE) -C po $@
+ 
+ # Some very common aliases
diff --git a/meta/packages/apt/apt-native.inc b/meta/packages/apt/apt-native.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ace9e94bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/apt/apt-native.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+require apt.inc
+inherit native
+
+DEPENDS += "dpkg-native"
+FILESDIR = "${@os.path.dirname(bb.data.getVar('FILE',d,1))}/apt-${PV}"
+PACKAGES = ""
+USE_NLS = "no"
+
+python do_stage () {
+	bb.build.exec_func('do_stage_base', d)
+	bb.build.exec_func('do_stage_config', d)
+}
+
+python do_stage_config () {
+	indir = os.path.dirname(bb.data.getVar('FILE',d,1))
+	infile = file(os.path.join(indir, 'files', 'apt.conf'), 'r')
+	data = infile.read()
+	infile.close()
+
+	data = bb.data.expand(data, d)
+
+	outpath = bb.data.expand('${STAGING_DIR}/${sysconfdir}/apt.conf', d)
+	outfile = file(outpath, 'w')
+	outfile.write(data)
+	outfile.close()
+}
+
+do_stage_base () {
+	install -d ${STAGING_BINDIR}
+	install -m 0755 bin/apt-cdrom ${STAGING_BINDIR}/
+	install -m 0755 bin/apt-get ${STAGING_BINDIR}/
+	install -m 0755 bin/apt-config ${STAGING_BINDIR}/
+	install -m 0755 bin/apt-cache ${STAGING_BINDIR}/
+
+	install -m 0755 bin/apt-sortpkgs ${STAGING_BINDIR}/
+	install -m 0755 bin/apt-extracttemplates ${STAGING_BINDIR}/
+
+	eval `cat environment.mak | grep ^GLIBC_VER | sed -e's, = ,=,'`
+	oe_libinstall -so -C bin libapt-pkg$GLIBC_VER-6 ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/
+	ln -sf libapt-pkg$GLIBC_VER-6.so ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/libapt-pkg.so
+	oe_libinstall -so -C bin libapt-inst$GLIBC_VER-6 ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/
+	ln -sf libapt-inst$GLIBC_VER-6.so ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/libapt-inst.so
+
+	install -d ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/apt/methods
+	install -m 0755 bin/methods/* ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/apt/methods/
+
+	install -d ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/dpkg/methods/apt
+	install -m 0644 dselect/desc.apt ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/dpkg/methods/apt/ 
+	install -m 0644 dselect/names ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/dpkg/methods/apt/ 
+	install -m 0755 dselect/install ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/dpkg/methods/apt/ 
+	install -m 0755 dselect/setup ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/dpkg/methods/apt/ 
+	install -m 0755 dselect/update ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/dpkg/methods/apt/ 
+
+	install -d ${STAGING_DIR}${sysconfdir}/apt
+	install -d ${STAGING_DIR}${localstatedir}/lib/apt/lists/partial
+	install -d ${STAGING_DIR}${localstatedir}/cache/apt/archives/partial
+}
diff --git a/meta/packages/apt/apt-native_0.6.45exp2.bb b/meta/packages/apt/apt-native_0.6.45exp2.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32f19e8e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/apt/apt-native_0.6.45exp2.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+require apt-native.inc
+
+SRC_URI += "file://nodoc.patch;patch=1"
diff --git a/meta/packages/apt/apt-package.inc b/meta/packages/apt/apt-package.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43f54cadab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/apt/apt-package.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+apt-manpages="doc/apt-cache.8 \
+	      doc/apt-cdrom.8 \
+	      doc/apt-config.8 \
+	      doc/apt-get.8 \
+	      doc/apt.8 \
+	      doc/apt.conf.5 \
+	      doc/apt_preferences.5 \
+	      doc/fr/apt-cache.fr.8 \
+	      doc/fr/apt-cdrom.fr.8 \
+	      doc/fr/apt-config.fr.8 \
+	      doc/fr/apt-get.fr.8 \
+	      doc/fr/apt.conf.fr.5 \
+	      doc/fr/apt_preferences.fr.5 \
+	      doc/fr/sources.list.fr.5 \
+	      doc/es/apt.es.8 \
+	      doc/es/apt-cache.es.8 \
+	      doc/es/apt-cdrom.es.8 \
+	      doc/es/apt-config.es.8 \
+	      doc/es/apt-get.es.8 \
+	      doc/es/apt.conf.es.5 \
+	      doc/es/apt_preferences.es.5 \
+	      doc/es/sources.list.es.5 \
+	      doc/pt_BR/apt_preferences.pt_BR.5 \
+	      doc/ja/apt-cache.ja.8 \
+	      doc/ja/apt-cdrom.ja.8 \
+	      doc/ja/apt-get.ja.8 \
+	      doc/ja/apt.conf.ja.5 \
+	      doc/sources.list.5"
+apt-utils-manpages="doc/apt-extracttemplates.1 \
+		    doc/apt-sortpkgs.1 \
+		    doc/fr/apt-extracttemplates.fr.1 \
+		    doc/fr/apt-sortpkgs.fr.1"
+#		    doc/fr/apt-ftparchive.fr.1
+#		    doc/apt-ftparchive.1
+
+def get_files_apt_doc(d, bb, manpages):
+	import re
+	manpages = re.sub(r'\bdoc/(\S+)/(\S+)\.\1\.(.)\b', r'${mandir}/\1/man\3/\2.\3', manpages)
+	manpages = re.sub(r'\bdoc/(\S+)\.(.)\b', r'${mandir}/man\2/\1.\2', manpages)
+	return manpages
+
+def get_commands_apt_doc(d, bb, manpages):
+	import os
+	s = list()
+	__dir_cache__ = list()
+	for m in manpages.split():
+		dest = get_files_apt_doc(d, bb, m)
+		dir = os.path.dirname(dest)
+		if not dir in __dir_cache__:
+			s.append("install -d ${D}/%s" % dir)
+			__dir_cache__.append(dir)
+		s.append("install -m 0644 %s ${D}/%s" % (m, dest))
+	return "\n".join(s)
+
+PACKAGES += "${PN}-utils ${PN}-utils-doc"
+FILES_${PN} = "${bindir}/apt-cdrom ${bindir}/apt-get \
+	       ${bindir}/apt-config ${bindir}/apt-cache \
+	       ${libdir}/apt ${libdir}/libapt*.so.* \
+	       ${localstatedir} ${sysconfdir} \
+	       ${libdir}/dpkg"
+FILES_${PN}-utils = "${bindir}/apt-sortpkgs ${bindir}/apt-extracttemplates"
+FILES_${PN}-doc = "${@get_files_apt_doc(d, bb, bb.data.getVar('apt-manpages', d, 1))} \
+		   ${docdir}/apt"
+FILES_${PN}-utils-doc = "${@get_files_apt_doc(d, bb, bb.data.getVar('apt-utils-manpages', d, 1))}"
+FILES_${PN}-dev = "${libdir}/libapt*.so"
+
+do_install () {
+	set -x
+	${@get_commands_apt_doc(d, bb, bb.data.getVar('apt-manpages', d, 1))}
+	${@get_commands_apt_doc(d, bb, bb.data.getVar('apt-utils-manpages', d, 1))}
+	install -d ${D}${bindir}
+	install -m 0755 bin/apt-cdrom ${D}${bindir}/
+	install -m 0755 bin/apt-get ${D}${bindir}/
+	install -m 0755 bin/apt-config ${D}${bindir}/
+	install -m 0755 bin/apt-cache ${D}${bindir}/
+
+	install -m 0755 bin/apt-sortpkgs ${D}${bindir}/
+	install -m 0755 bin/apt-extracttemplates ${D}${bindir}/
+
+	eval `cat environment.mak | grep ^GLIBC_VER | sed -e's, = ,=,'`
+	oe_libinstall -so -C bin libapt-pkg$GLIBC_VER-6 ${D}${libdir}/
+	ln -sf libapt-pkg$GLIBC_VER-6.so ${D}${libdir}/libapt-pkg.so
+	oe_libinstall -so -C bin libapt-inst$GLIBC_VER-6 ${D}${libdir}/
+	ln -sf libapt-inst$GLIBC_VER-6.so ${D}${libdir}/libapt-inst.so
+
+	install -d ${D}${libdir}/apt/methods
+	install -m 0755 bin/methods/* ${D}${libdir}/apt/methods/
+
+	install -d ${D}${libdir}/dpkg/methods/apt
+	install -m 0644 dselect/desc.apt ${D}${libdir}/dpkg/methods/apt/ 
+	install -m 0644 dselect/names ${D}${libdir}/dpkg/methods/apt/ 
+	install -m 0755 dselect/install ${D}${libdir}/dpkg/methods/apt/ 
+	install -m 0755 dselect/setup ${D}${libdir}/dpkg/methods/apt/ 
+	install -m 0755 dselect/update ${D}${libdir}/dpkg/methods/apt/ 
+
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/apt
+	install -d ${D}${localstatedir}/lib/apt/lists/partial
+	install -d ${D}${localstatedir}/cache/apt/archives/partial
+	install -d ${D}${docdir}/apt/examples
+	install -m 0644 doc/examples/* ${D}${docdir}/apt/examples/
+}
diff --git a/meta/packages/apt/apt.inc b/meta/packages/apt/apt.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a4f8f329d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/apt/apt.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Advanced front-end for dpkg."
+LICENSE = "GPL"
+SECTION = "base"
+MAINTAINER = "Chris Larson <kergoth@handhelds.org>"
+
+SRC_URI = "${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/main/a/apt/apt_${PV}.tar.gz"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/apt-${PV}"
+
+inherit autotools gettext
+
+EXTRA_AUTORECONF = "--exclude=autopoint,autoheader"
diff --git a/meta/packages/apt/apt_0.6.45exp2.bb b/meta/packages/apt/apt_0.6.45exp2.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cd8eb270e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/apt/apt_0.6.45exp2.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require apt.inc
+
+SRC_URI += "file://autofoo.patch;patch=1 \
+            file://nodoc.patch;patch=1"
+
+require apt-package.inc
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${bindir}/apt-key"
+apt-manpages += "doc/apt-key.8"
diff --git a/meta/packages/apt/files/apt.conf b/meta/packages/apt/files/apt.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..944233c347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/apt/files/apt.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Dir "${STAGING_DIR}/"
+{
+   State "var/lib/apt/"
+   {
+      Lists "lists/";
+      status "${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/${localstatedir}/lib/dpkg/status";
+   };
+   Cache "var/cache/apt/"
+   {
+      Archives "archives/";
+      pkgcache "";
+      srcpkgcache "";
+   };
+   Bin "${STAGING_BINDIR}/"
+   {
+      methods "${STAGING_LIBDIR}/apt/methods/";
+      gzip "/bin/gzip";
+      dpkg "dpkg";
+      dpkg-source "dpkg-source";
+      dpkg-buildpackage "dpkg-buildpackage";
+      apt-get "apt-get";
+      apt-cache "apt-cache";
+   };
+};