While I napped, we got a new apt – Debian apt command cheat sheet

I’m now awake, everyone!  I must have been asleep (and perhaps you were too) since the Debian apt ecosystem now includes an “apt” binary that vastly improves the way we interact with the Debian package management ecosystem.  You can now use the single apt executable instead of apt-get, apt-cache, etc. for many common use cases.  These are groundbreaking changes for the better! My hope is that this post will accelerate your productivity whether you are using Ubuntu, Raspbian, or one of the many other other Linux distros based on Debian. Scenario: You want to install the cowsay package because you know that a Linux system is not complete without it. 🙂 Given this context, let’s get started using Read More

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