apt and apt-get - was Re: follow-up (and problems) about: recommendation for all-in-one printer?

[Liam Proven]

On Fri, 6 Nov 2020 at 23:01, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, for clarity, what then, is the better syntax for the following command?
>
> sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get
> -y autoremove && sudo apt-get -y autoclean

>From my perspective, you have the switches before the command, and
you're using the old apt-get command instead of the modern
replacement.

I save the following in my command history:

apt update ; apt full-upgrade -y ; apt autoremove -y ; apt purge ; apt clean

I know Ralf et al will disapprove, but I don't care about being nagged
about supplemental packages. Just do it and get out of my way.

AIUI `&&` only does the next command if the previous one succeeded
whereas `;` just carries on. I don't care. Do as much as you can and
get out of my way. Also, it's less typing.


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