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minus-square001100 010010linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-21 year agoI always thought apt and apt-get is the same thing so why type more when you can less? But then again, I’m a linux noob that only uses distros like Ubuntu. I also like the software center thing in Ubuntu because of GUI and… um… why do I see a bunch of people with pitchforks?
minus-square@NateSwiftlinkEnglish15•1 year agoapt is a newer tool that combines the functionality of apt-get and apt-cache. It’s not as backwards compatible but has a nicer more human readable output
minus-square@[email protected]BlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoapt is a wrapper of a wrapper for dpkg.
minus-square@FlexibleToastlinkEnglish1•1 year agoThat’s like dnf is a wrapper for yum which is a wrapper for rpm.
I always thought apt and apt-get is the same thing so why type more when you can less?
But then again, I’m a linux noob that only uses distros like Ubuntu.
I also like the software center thing in Ubuntu because of GUI and… um… why do I see a bunch of people with pitchforks?
apt is a newer tool that combines the functionality of apt-get and apt-cache. It’s not as backwards compatible but has a nicer more human readable output
apt is a wrapper of a wrapper for dpkg.
That’s like dnf is a wrapper for yum which is a wrapper for rpm.