Paul writes:
> Please forgive my ignorance. But from what I've heard, apt and apt-get
> manage packages differently, and aptitude does it differently as well.
Apt-get:
DESCRIPTION
apt-get is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be
considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT
library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as
aptitude(8), synaptic(8) and wajig(1).
Apt:
DESCRIPTION
apt provides a high-level commandline interface for the package
management system. It is intended as an end user interface and
enables some options better suited for interactive usage by
default compared to more specialized APT tools like apt-get(8)
and apt-cache(8).
All of these tools are front-ends for the apt library, which is what
actually manages packages.
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John Hasler
j...@sugarbit.com
Elmwood, WI USA
