apt and apt-get

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 9 Aug 2019 17:14:33 +0800 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am running ubuntu-18.04, which has both apt and apt-get for package 
> management.
> 
> $ apt-get -v
> apt 1.6.10 (amd64)
> 
> $ apt -v
> apt 1.6.10 (amd64)
> 
> Are these two programs the same one? which is suggested?

Different programs (different syntax), same effective function.  I believe 
apt-get is being phased out in favor of apt.

> 
> Thanks.
> 

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