It seems we're being pushed to use just apt. Sometimes, apt-get returns errors. I'm apt
.
I'd like an example of that Andy ?
It shouldn't.
Me, I'm an apt-get guy .. there are things "apt" can't do (but don't ask me what) .. I do think that apt-get tends to be more fine tunable, for example:-
apt upgrade does NOT ==
apt-get upgrade .. it in fact ==
apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs (which in itself is not the same as apt-get dist-upgrade which also allows new additions)
I'm unsure if there's a way to get
apt on it's own to hold back packages that would require removing other packages (as
apt-get upgrade does)
You only have to look at the two man pages
and
to see apt-get has MANY more options.
That said, for MOST use cases (non advanced package management)
apt does simplify things, and has some nice touches such as the progress bar and functions such as:-
and
As a side note, lately I've been trying to make the switch to apt on this forum (where possible), but I'm finding it terribly difficult and may give up .. for example I had to test
apt purge works as
apt-get remove --purge did, and according to the manpage it should .. and yet I got an error with
apt purge 
so ended up having a post on thiis forum that had both apt instructions and an apt-get one thrown in .. which is bound to lead to confusion (I know it confused me).