On Wed 27 Mar 2019 at 08:12:42 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:01:38AM +1100, David wrote: > > The important differences to be aware of are probably: > > > > apt full-upgrade == apt-get dist-upgrade > > apt upgrade == apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs > > > > In other words, 'apt upgrade' does install new packages. > > Also: > > * apt removes the .deb files that it downloads, after installing them. > apt-get leaves them in /var/cache/. This is configurable, I think
It is. The days of conserving bandwidth are mostly in the past. Not that users have generally been given to reinstalling from /var/cache/apt. > * apt uses non-configurable yellow tty output that is completely unreadable > on a white background. apt-get doesn't do colors, so you can read it > even if you don't override your terminal's background color. > > * apt search uses 3 lines of output for each result, with non-configurable > green text for the package name. apt-cache search uses 1 line of output > for each result, and doesn't mess with colors. At least the green is > mostly readable, albeit still not as good as the default. > > As compensation for the triple line cost and less readable package names, > apt search includes the version number in its results. apt-cache search > does not. > > And probably more that I'm not remembering or never encountered before > switching back to apt-*. The yellow on white is a pain. Is https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/392791/apt-configure-the-colors any use? Change the background? Combining apt-get and apt-cache into one command isn't such a bad idea for most users. -- Brian. >
