Manual for apt

[Tony Arnold]

On Sat, 2016-09-03 at 12:24 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Sep 2016 09:55:09 +0000, Tony Arnold wrote:
> > 
> > Is there some advantage to apt over apt-get or my preference
> > aptitude?
> > Just curious about your interest in apt.
> Tom, most supported Ubuntu releases already provide apt. As soon as
> all

Tony, actually!

> Ubuntu releases that do not provide apt (I guess it's "precise" only)
> reach EOL, apt will become the official Ubuntu command line tool for
> package management. However, apt and apt-get make not much of a
> difference, apt does use a less ambiguous name instead of dist-
> upgrade,
> which is named full-upgrade and a newbie don't need to use apt-cache
> or
> dpkg to search, show or list. It also provides an option to edit
> sources.list, so a newbie does not need to know where it's located.
> Since apt is new, it doesn't need to be backwards compatible. Since
> it's the new (or will become the new) official Ubuntu command line
> tool
> for package management, pitfalls introduced by other user-friendly
> tools, at the moment just aptitude comes to mind, could be ruled out,
> since Ubuntu and apt defaults will fit very well together.
> 
> The apt defaults provide eye candy 
> 
> apt                         apt-get
> ========================    ========================
> APT::Color="1"              APT::Color="0"
> Dpkg::Progress-Fancy="1"    Dpkg::Progress-Fancy="0"
> 
> the eye candy could make fonts sometimes hard to read, but it's
> possible to change it.
> 
> Yesterday I noticed that apt by default doesn't store installed
> package
> in cache.
> 
> If you search the web you'll find a lot of comparisons, but they
> slightly differ, likely regarding the development of apt and related
> to
> the date when somebody wrote such a comparison.
> 
> As soon as I have time again, I want to edit a few Ubuntu help pages,
> since I became a member of the “Ubuntu Wiki Editors” team, so I
> should
> become familiar with apt, even while using apt-get still might be
> preferred at the moment. If I have time again, apt might be the
> preferred tool for the Wiki.

Thanks, Ralf. very useful. I've learnt something new today. Always fun!
I'll have a play around.

Regards,
Tony.