[ale] Apt vs apt-get: was LTS doesn't always mean LTS

[Jeff Jansen]

I never used 'apt' before - always apt-get (et al).  This is an interesting
note in the 'apt' man page:

SCRIPT USAGE
       The apt(8) commandline is designed as a end-user tool and it may
change the output between versions. While it tries to not break backward
compatibility there is no guarantee for it either. All features of apt(8)
are available in apt-cache(8) and apt-get(8) via APT options. Please prefer
using these commands in your scripts.

'apt' looks like a subset of the commands in apt-get and apt-cache.
There's no 'apt autoremove' for example to remove packages that are no
longer needed as dependencies.  Anyone using 'apt' have reasons they like
it over 'apt-get' and friends?  (I do see that 'apt search X' returns more
helpful info than 'apt-cache search X'.)

TIA

Jeff

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Preston <preston.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/26/2016 1:21 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:20:12 -0400
> > dev null zero two <dev.null.02 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> just an aside, DJ: I'm pretty sure "apt" has superseded aptitude _and_
> >> apt-get now.
> >
> > Where does one find good, accurate and understandable documentation on
> > apt?
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
> > April 2016 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century
> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21
>
> The Debian Administrator's Handbook is one place:
> https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/apt.html
>
> Preston
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