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Link to docs for that? Not seeing it on the Debian or Ubuntu sites https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/apt.en.html https://www.debian.org/doc/ma
by seanp2k2 11y ago
Link to docs for that? Not seeing it on the Debian or Ubuntu sites
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/apt.en.html https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/apt.en.ht...
The Ubuntu 16.04 docs mention using "aptitude install" but the official docs still mention "apt-get install":
https://help.ubuntu.com/16.04/installation-guide/amd64/apds04.html#idm45493212173104 https://help.ubuntu.com/16.04/installation-guide/amd64/apds0...
https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/apt-get.html https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/apt-get.html
- JelteF 11y agoYeah I don't know why it is not introduced more. But here are some references from 2 years ago when it was released: https://mvogt.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/apt-1-0/ https://mvogt.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/apt-1-0/ https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/04/msg00013.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/04/msg00013.html And the HN post I made because the previous comment got so many upvotes that I thought lots of people didn't know about it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11229406 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11229406
- julian-klode 11y agoThere is a manual page. Nobody updated those fancy doc things. http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apt http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apt
- julian-klode 11y agoNow, I was wrong, apt is indeed already in the handbook. "6.2. aptitude, apt-get, and apt Commands" https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/sect.apt-get.en.html https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/sect.apt-...