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[–] 162 points 1 year ago (9 children)

apt is a newer, more user-friendly front-end for apt-get and apt-cache.

apt = combines commands like install, remove, update, upgrade into one tool, with prettier output

#apt-get = older, lower-level, more script-friendly For normal use, just use apt now. For scripting where 100% backward compatibility matters, use apt-get.

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  • [–] 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    TIL apt isn't literally the same thing as apt-get

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    But apt-get also has install, remove, update and upgrade...

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yes, but apt-get is missing search for instance, because that relates to the cache, so apt-cache provides it.

    apt combines all those often used commands, and provides a nicer shell presentation.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If I recall correctly, Linux Mint did their own thing for a bit with the apt command so there were two different implementations out there for awhile?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I don't know if they modified apt at all. I know they have their mint tools that call apt through some python code, like mintinstall = apt install <package> for the software manager and mintupgrade = apt upgrade for updating mint versions ... Etc

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