Super Cow Powers

[Amedee Van Gasse (ub)]

On Wed, March 24, 2010 14:11, Knapp wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Fersure <fersure at ymail.com> wrote:
>> Personally I just open up a terminal and type: sudo aptitude
>> Aptitude is a text-based interface to apt, where-as KPackageKit is
>> QT-based.
>> Give them both a try, see what feels right for you. :)
>> Mukesh
>
> You can also use aptitude just like apt-get

Almost.
apt-get has Super Cow Powers but aptitude hasn't.

Just try:
apt-get --help | tail -n 1
apt-get moo
aptitude --help | tail -n 1
aptitude moo
aptitude -v moo
aptitude -vv moo
aptitude -vvv moo
...

It's supposed to be a reference to Le Petit Prince.