Whoa, do you have something to read up on that? I’d be extremely surprised, since apt-get is supposed to be the script-safe variant, i.e. I’d imagine it’s the more stable of the two.
It’s actually just personal experience, but I stopped using apt-get a few years back now because I noticed if I did apt after apt-get there would often be a bunch of packages it missed.
Edit: looks like it might be because apt-get can’t satisfy dependencies install new packages when upgrading while apt can since apt is a suite of different apt tools rolled into one.
Yeah I’m reading a little bit on it, and it seems like apt-get can’t install new packages during an upgrade. On initial reading I was thinking there were specific packages it couldn’t download or something, but this makes sense too. Regardless, this is news to me; I always assumed that apt and apt-get were the same process, just with apt-get having stable text output for awk’ing and apt being human-readable. I’ve been using nala for a long time anyway, but this is very useful knowledge.
You’re right, I misspoke, it’s that it can’t install new packages, it can only upgrade existing ones. I guess I was thinking the only reason it would need to install new packages was if that was a new dependency.
Who even uses apt-get these days?
Yeah
apt-getis so old it officially misses packages thatapt… gets.Whoa, do you have something to read up on that? I’d be extremely surprised, since
apt-getis supposed to be the script-safe variant, i.e. I’d imagine it’s the more stable of the two.It’s actually just personal experience, but I stopped using
apt-geta few years back now because I noticed if I didaptafterapt-getthere would often be a bunch of packages it missed.Edit: looks like it might be because
apt-getcan’tsatisfy dependenciesinstall new packages when upgrading whileaptcan sinceaptis a suite of differentapttools rolled into one.Yeah I’m reading a little bit on it, and it seems like
apt-getcan’t install new packages during an upgrade. On initial reading I was thinking there were specific packages it couldn’t download or something, but this makes sense too. Regardless, this is news to me; I always assumed thataptandapt-getwere the same process, just withapt-gethaving stable text output for awk’ing andaptbeing human-readable. I’ve been usingnalafor a long time anyway, but this is very useful knowledge.Does Simba know about this?
apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgsWait what.
apt-getis made for scripting,aptis interactive. Both should resolve dependencies.dpkgdoes not resolve them.But for interactive usage always use apt, guides using apt-get have no idea what they are doing
You’re right, I misspoke, it’s that it can’t install new packages, it can only upgrade existing ones. I guess I was thinking the only reason it would need to install new packages was if that was a new dependency.
Very weird
aptgenerally downloads more things thanapt-geton my Debian machine.apt-getnever broke anything, but I tend to eye it suspiciously now.Legitimately didn’t know this and occasionally type
apt-getjust for a bit of frivolityhave been out of the loop for a while. what am I missing, what should I use in the future?