[ubuntu-studio-devel] apt - Was: CPU governor settings

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 13:21:46 -0800 (PST), Len Ovens wrote:
>On Sun, 4 Dec 2016, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 08:47:04 -0800 (PST), Len Ovens wrote:  
>>> (I prefer to download the *.deb and dpkg -i it :)  
>>
>> we should get used to 'apt'.
>>
>>  apt install /path/package.deb
>>
>> The advantage, one command to install from repositories and to
>> install local packages. If required, it resolves dependencies, so it
>> also could replaces gdebi or dpkg-apt-fix-broken workarounds.  
>
>I'll try to remember that, Thank you.

The --help as well as the man page of apt are very weak. Quasi
everything supported by apt-get works for apt, too and some other
commands, could be partial replaced by apt.

Scripts still could require usage of apt-get and other commands, apt
warns that it's risky to use it for a script [1].

For experienced users apt still is not a replacement for everything,
but we should use it as much as possible, to get used to it, because if
we help beginners, apt is easier to remember for them.

Regards,
Ralf

[1]
[root at archlinux rocketmouse]# systemd-nspawn -qD /mnt/moonstudio 
[root at moonstudio ~]# apt list | head

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in
scripts.

Listing...
0ad/xenial 0.0.20-1 amd64
0ad-data/xenial,xenial 0.0.20-1 all
0ad-data-common/xenial,xenial 0.0.20-1 all
0ad-dbg/xenial 0.0.20-1 amd64
0install/xenial 2.10-2 amd64
0install-core/xenial 2.10-2 amd64
0xffff/xenial 0.6.1-3 amd64
2048-qt/xenial 0.1.6-1 amd64
2ping/xenial,xenial 3.2.1-1 all