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I haven't used a Mac so I don't know what UX breakthroughs I might be missing but I think even for beginners, apt and the like are fine, given how much assistan
by t0astbread 6y ago
I haven't used a Mac so I don't know what UX breakthroughs I might be missing but I think even for beginners, apt and the like are fine, given how much assistance software and online help there is for them.
It does take you a while to understand everything about it but that's always the case with power tools. You'll likely not need to dive into the guts of your package manager on day one anyways.
- tbrock 6y agoNo. apt-get install for installing and apt-cache search for searching? That’s... not discoverable to say the least: how about brew install and brew search? Didn’t know they were there? No problem you’ll see they are available commands when you run brew.
- t0astbread 6y agoThe exact same applies to apt. You can do "apt search", "apt install" and just "apt" will give you a short help text. This is the default apt program for interactive use. Unfortunately few people advertise it in tutorials. Oh and you can of course use "man" to read the manual pages for most apt programs if you want more in-depth info.