berenger.mo...@neutralite.org writes: > > > Le 06.02.2014 11:13, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > > On Thursday 06 February 2014 05:43:45 Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote: > >> I want to know what is the basic difference between *apt*, as in > >> /apt update/ and *apt-get*, as in /apt-get update/. > > > > Can one do <apt update>? I have never heard of it, which could > > easily > > be my ignorance, but Google can't find it either. If it exists, I > > would be interested in what it is used for. > > > > Lisi > > Command-not-found also does not know about it, so my guess is that "apt > update" just does not exists. I tend to trust command-not-found :)
dpkg -L apt shows no evidence of an executable named apt. > And so, we have our difference, as said by Scott previously: apt is the > generic name for the management system, apt-get is one tool to > manipulate this system. and is distributed within the apt package together with `dpkg -L apt` :) :) :) -- /\ ___ Ubuntu: ancient /___/\_|_|\_|__|___Gian Uberto Lauri_____ African word //--\| | \| | Integralista GNUslamico meaning "I can \/ coltivatore diretto di software not install già sistemista a tempo (altrui) perso... Debian" Warning: gnome-config-daemon considered more dangerous than GOTO -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/21235.26109.920284.451...@mail.eng.it