Manual for apt

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 3 Sep 2016 10:53:28 +0000, Tony Arnold wrote:
>Yes, I see apt even gives you a warning to this effect if you pipe its
>output through more say.

Ok, I see this too, if I run...



[root at moonstudio ~]# echo $(apt search ubuntustudio|cut -d/ -f1|grep -v [[:upper:]])

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

plymouth-theme-ubuntustudio ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntustudio ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-audio-core ubuntustudio-audio-plugins ubuntustudio-controls ubuntustudio-default-settings ubuntustudio-desktop ubuntustudio-desktop-core ubuntustudio-font-meta ubuntustudio-fonts ubuntustudio-graphics ubuntustudio-icon-theme ubuntustudio-installer ubuntustudio-lightdm-theme ubuntustudio-live ubuntustudio-look ubuntustudio-menu ubuntustudio-photography ubuntustudio-publishing ubuntustudio-video ubuntustudio-wallpapers



...so adding something to a script as...



[root at moonstudio ~]# grep color /usr/local/bin/tool | grep -v printf
        color="-o APT::Color=\"0\""
            sudo apt $color update && sudo synaptic;;
            sudo apt $color update && \
            sudo apt $color full-upgrade && \
            sudo apt $color autoremove;;



...could be done without risk.

Regards,
Ralf