Oh, it surely understands -h, that's why it prints you that message. It
does not understand that you want help on a command, though, and I'm not
sure that will be implemented soon. Possibly late 2017 / early 2018,
this requires breaking some interfaces.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1606793
Title:
no help for commands
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
apt should support -h and --help options. Right now it doesn't parse
-h or --help resulting in not very useful general command list.
$ sudo apt list -h
apt 1.2.12 (amd64)
Usage: apt [options] command
...
Most used commands:
list - list packages based on package names
search - search in package descriptions
show - show package details
install - install packages
remove - remove packages
autoremove - Remove automatically all unused packages
update - update list of available packages
upgrade - upgrade the system by installing/upgrading packages
full-upgrade - upgrade the system by removing/installing/upgrading packages
edit-sources - edit the source information file
See apt(8) for more information about the available commands.
Configuration options and syntax is detailed in apt.conf(5).
Information about how to configure sources can be found in sources.list(5).
Package and version choices can be expressed via apt_preferences(5).
Security details are available in apt-secure(8).
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