This is “documented” as well. apt-get has got Super Cow Powers and aptitude has not. $ apt-get apt 1.0.9.8.4 for amd64 compiled on Dec 11 2016 09:48:19

This is “documented” as well. apt-get has got Super Cow Powers and aptitude has not. $ apt-get apt 1.0.9.8.4 for amd64 compiled on Dec 11 2016 09:48:19 Usage: apt-get [options] command apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...] apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...] … This APT has Super Cow Powers. $ aptitude --help aptitude 0.6.11 Usage: aptitude [-S fname] [-u|-i] aptitude [options] <action> ... … This aptitude does not have Super Cow Powers.