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Well, just use apt(8): apt install - Install packages apt remove - Remove packages apt upgrade - Upgrade packages without removing apt full-upgrade - Upgrad
by julian-klode 11y ago
Well, just use apt(8):
apt install - Install packages
apt remove - Remove packages
apt upgrade - Upgrade packages without removing
apt full-upgrade - Upgrade packages, allowing removals
apt update - Refresh sources
apt show - Show a package
apt list - List packages, you can filter by stuff like --installed or --upgradable
- creshal 11y ago1. "Just use $newtool" has been Debian's spiel for every past release, and every time it's a different one. 2. Why full-upgrade and not dist-upgrade like in all the other debian package managers? Would that little bit of internal consistency really have hurt? 3. Still does not seem to cover all use cases.
- __david__ 11y agoI don't know what you mean. dselect is like 2000 era, and was replaced by "aptitude" at least 15 years ago. "apt" has been around since the beginning and still works just fine. The fact that "aptitude" has some overlap with "apt" is a detail--its real strength is that its curses ui (which was a massive improvement over dselect).