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

[dev null zero two]

"apt autoremove" works fine.

Apt provides a better indication of overall progress and I've found it to
be slightly preferable in dependency resolution than aptitude.

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Jeff Jansen <bamakojeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 just an aside, DJ: I'm pretty sure "apt" has superseded aptitude _and_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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