![]() If you have read my guide on apt-get commands, you might have come across a number of similar commands such as apt-cache. Another popular tool is Aptitude with both GUI and command-line options. apt-get is one such command-line tool which is widely popular. There are various tools that interact with APT and allow you to install, remove and manage packages in Debian based Linux distributions. Don’t confuse it with the command apt, it’s not the same. Debian uses a set of tools called Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) to manage this packaging system. Why apt was introduced in the first place?ĭebian, mother Linux of distributions like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, elementary OS etc, has a robust packaging system and every component and application is built into a package that is installed on your system. This apt which we are discussing here is not the same as the one in Linux Mint.īefore we see the difference between apt and apt-get, let’s go into the backdrop of these commands and what exactly they try to achieve. A few years ago, Linux Mint implemented a python wrapper called apt that actually uses apt-get but provides more friendly options. I’ll explain all these questions in this article and I hope that by the end of this article, you’ll have a clearer picture. ![]() ![]() You might be wondering what’s the difference between apt-get and apt? And if they have a similar command structure, what was the need for the new apt command? You might also be thinking if apt is better than apt-get? Should you be using the new apt command or stick with the good old apt-get commands? It became common to see apt install package instead of the usual apt-get install package. Eventually, many other distributions followed Ubuntu’s footsteps and started to encourage users to use apt instead of apt-get. The reality is that the first stable version of apt was released in the year 2014 but people started noticing it in 2016 with the release of Ubuntu 16.04. One of the noticeable new features of Ubuntu 16.04 was the ‘introduction’ of apt command. ![]() It also lists some of the most commonly used apt commands that replace the older apt-get commands. Brief: This article explains the difference between apt and apt-get commands of Linux. ![]()
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