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

[Jeff Jansen]

Hmmmmm, I must have an older version.

$ sudo apt autoremove
E: Invalid operation autoremove

$ apt -v
apt 1.0.1ubuntu2 for i386 compiled on Apr 19 2016 13:39:32

Newer versions must have more options.

Thanks.

Jeff


On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:22 PM, dev null zero two <dev.null.02 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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 just an aside, DJ: I'm pretty sure "apt" has superseded aptitude _and_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