Simplify Command-Line Package Management with APT instead of apt-get

APT, the Advanced Package Tool from the Debian project, is for managing packages by using a lot of separate tools to accomplish various tasks. In the past, users needed to know multiple command structures like apt-get, apt-cache, apt-config, and many more to utilize the full feature-set of APT. APT was created originally to solve a lot of package management problems like putting an end to the dependency hell that so many people experienced in the early days of Linux-based operating systems. Unfortunately, APT suffers from a different kind of hell, something I call “Dispersed Documentation Hell” (DDH). The documentation related to APT is scattered in various different tools and in some cases, such as the main apt command, practically impossible to find.

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by Michael Tunnell via How-To Geek