<div dir="ltr">Interesting. Debian stretch actually told me to use "apt autoremove" to remove old, unneeded packages earlier today which is how I know it works :-)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Jeff Jansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bamakojeff@gmail.com" target="_blank">bamakojeff@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hmmmmm, I must have an older version.<br><br>$ sudo apt autoremove<br>E: Invalid operation autoremove<br></div><br>$ apt -v<br>apt 1.0.1ubuntu2 for i386 compiled on Apr 19 2016 13:39:32<br><br></div>Newer versions must have more options. <br><br></div>Thanks.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Jeff<br><div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:22 PM, dev null zero two <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dev.null.02@gmail.com" target="_blank">dev.null.02@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>"apt autoremove" works fine.<br><br></div>Apt provides a better indication of overall progress and I've found it to be slightly preferable in dependency resolution than aptitude.<br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Jeff Jansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bamakojeff@gmail.com" target="_blank">bamakojeff@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I never used 'apt' before - always apt-get (et al). This is an interesting note in the 'apt' man page:<br><br>SCRIPT USAGE<br> The apt(8) commandline is designed as a end-user tool and it may change the output between versions. While it tries to not break backward compatibility there is no guarantee for it either. All features of apt(8) are available in apt-cache(8) and apt-get(8) via APT options. Please prefer using these commands in your scripts.<br><br></div>'apt' looks like a subset of the commands in apt-get and apt-cache. There's no 'apt autoremove' for example to remove packages that are no longer needed as dependencies. Anyone using 'apt' have reasons they like it over 'apt-get' and friends? (I do see that 'apt search X' returns more helpful info than 'apt-cache search X'.)<br><br></div>TIA<span><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">Jeff<br></font></span></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Preston <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:preston.lists@gmail.com" target="_blank">preston.lists@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On 4/26/2016 1:21 PM, Steve Litt wrote:<br>
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:20:12 -0400<br>
> dev null zero two <<a href="mailto:dev.null.02@gmail.com" target="_blank">dev.null.02@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> just an aside, DJ: I'm pretty sure "apt" has superseded aptitude _and_<br>
>> apt-get now.<br>
><br>
> Where does one find good, accurate and understandable documentation on<br>
> apt?<br>
><br>
> SteveT<br>
><br>
> Steve Litt<br>
> April 2016 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century<br>
> <a href="http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21</a><br>
<br>
</span>The Debian Administrator's Handbook is one place:<br>
<a href="https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/apt.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/apt.html</a><br>
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