‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Monday, August 3, 2020 3:42 PM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Felmon Davis composed on 2020-08-03 21:59 (UTC+0200): > > > On Sun, 2 Aug 2020, Felix Miata wrote: > > > > I quit apt-get when I discovered apt quite some years ago. For installing, > > > removing and purging since that discovery, I routinely use only apt. Aptitude I > > > use mostly for searching. > > > simply would like to know what the advantage is for you in apt? > > > I use apt-get from habit but out of ignorance more than anything else > > I don't know of a reason to change. > > I didn't like the complicated apt* "system" of inexplicable contextual variations, > so spent little time attempting to use any Debians until I discovered what seemed > to be a more evolved replacement, apt, described thus in its man page: > > "apt provides a high-level commandline interface for the package management > system. It is intended as an end user interface and enables some options better > suited for interactive usage by default compared to more specialized APT tools > like apt-get(8) and apt-cache(8). > > "Much like apt itself, its manpage is intended as an end user interface and as > such only mentions the most used commands and options partly to not duplicate > information in multiple places and partly to avoid overwhelming readers with a > cornucopia of options and details." > > In contrast to apt*, yum* and dnf*, openSUSE's zypper encompasses everything in > package management, so there's only one man page to search when you don't know > what you're looking for. > > apt-* are more specialized tools, apt is the one to rule them all. aptitude is deprecated, as is dselect, both require installation before use, Debian Buster. I use dselect myself. greg
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