apt and apt-get

[Francis Grizzly Smit]

On 09/08/2019 21:23, Robert Heller wrote:
> 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.
>
In my experience apt is the more flexible, and is superior as it gives 
you a one stop shop for it all



>> Thanks.
>>
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