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Basic Ubuntu Commands for Beginners

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Post by linuxstoney » Mon, Nov 08, 2021, 5:53 AM UTC

Re: Basic Ubuntu Commands for Beginners

Post by sharmin123 » Mon, Nov 08, 2021, 5:56 AM UTC

Post by lizadiam » Mon, Nov 08, 2021, 6:20 AM UTC

Those who know debian more than me - what's the advantage between `apt` and `apt-get`?

Post by beardyw » Mon, Nov 08, 2021, 10:43 AM UTC

Describes apt-get and then uses apt without comment in 19 and 20

Post by beardyw » Mon, Nov 08, 2021, 3:18 PM UTC

lizadiam wrote: post #3

Those who know debian more than me - what's the advantage between `apt` and `apt-get`?

apt covers the most common usage of apt-get and apt-cache, and gives an enhanced response on the console.

Mostly though it is 4 characters less!