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RE: Debian/Ubuntu: apt versus apt-get
I used to use aptitude more than apt-get because it automatically cleans obsolete packages for you and it combines a number of apt-* commands.
But apt-get was always the recommended tool by Debian, especially when doing a dist-upgrade.
I think apt was introduced in Debian Stretch and I've been using that for a while now. I like its ouput more than the other tools, but unfortunately it doesn't jave all the commands and options yet.
So I keep switching between apt and apt-*, but no aptitude anymore. I've been using Debian for 15 years now, so it's no problem for me but I can imagine it can scare new users.
When I first tried linux, it was thanks to Caldera Linux (if memory serves right) in 2002. To be honest, I was so afraid of it, that I didn't touch linux again until 2007 with Ubuntu 6.10!
aptitudeis scary to be honest, I've had to reinstall Ubuntu 5 times in a week, because I didn't know what I was doing xDBut thankfully, I picked up a book and a lot of tutorials over the net, and 10 years later I can say "thanks for apt" and "thanks for apt-get"!
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