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Just a side note, as well: `apt-get` is depreciated, they've moved to just plain `apt` `apt install foo`

• nailer 10y ago
  Nice. There were a couple of things that were 'apt-cache', I could never remember which, I gather 'apt' does those too?
  • tomku 10y ago
    It does 'seach' and 'show' from apt-cache at least, not sure about any others.
    • __david__ 10y ago
      Oddly apt's `search` output is terrible compared to apt-cache's. If they want me to switch to the new command they should at least make it the same or better, not a couple steps backward.
• dhruvmittal 10y ago
  About time-- I always thought it was absurd for them to keep apt-get and apt-cache separate "for historic reasons." I used to have the hardest time explaining that the occasional new ubuntu users (to say nothing of all the people who were convinced that they needed to type "apt get [packagename]" then "apt install [packagename]".
• falcolas 10y ago
  Last time I tried to use just apt, its help pages warned that it was experimental, and there was still basic functionality which was either not implemented, or implemented differently from the regular apt-* tools. I'd very much prefer to standardize on plain apt, but it doesn't seem ready yet.