Re: debian-faq: Patch4 to change apt-get / apt-cache into apt
Hi,
Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> wrote:
> Holger Wansing wrote:
> > --- pkgtools.sgml (Revision 11106)
> > +++ pkgtools.sgml (Arbeitskopie)
> > @@ -72,6 +72,17 @@
> > <tt>/usr/share/doc/apt-doc/guide.html/index.html</tt> (you will have to install
> > the <tt>apt-doc</tt> package).
> >
> > +<p>Please note that starting with Debian Jessie, the most popular
> > +<prgn/apt-get/ and <prgn/apt-cache/ commands got an equivalent via
> > +the new <prgn/apt/ binary. So some frequently used commands like
> > +<prgn/apt-get update/, <prgn/apt-get upgrade/, <prgn/apt-get install/,
> > +<prgn/apt-get remove/, <prgn/apt-cache search/, or <prgn/apt-cache show/
> > +now can also be called simply via <prgn/apt/, say <prgn/apt update/,
> > +<prgn/apt upgrade/, <prgn/apt install/, <prgn/apt remove/, <prgn/apt search/,
> > +or <prgn/apt show/ respective. To reflect this, we have listed both
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> > +variants (the <prgn/apt-get/ and the <prgn/apt/ command) in the
> > +examples below.
> > +
>
> Where you've got the adjective "respective" there, the grammatical
> version would have the adverb "respectively"; but the *natural* way
> of saying this, here as almost always, would be to leave the word out
> completely. You don't need to say that the two lists match up; after
> all, why would anyone expect you to have scrambled them?
ok
> > <item>To remove the foo package and its configuration files from your
> > system, run:
> > <example>apt-get purge foo</example>
> > + or <example>apt purge foo</example>
> >
> > + <item>To list all packages, for which newer package versions are
> ^
> Surplus comma. English would only have one here if having newer
> versions available was a defining characteristic of packages.
ok.
> > + available, run:
> > + <example>apt list --upgradable</example>
> > +
> [...]
>
>
> > @@ -44,12 +47,41 @@
> > <example>http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free</example>
> >
> > <p>You can replace ftp.us.debian.org (the mirror in the United States) with the
> > -name of a faster Debian mirror near you. See the mirror list at
> > +name of a faster Debian mirror near by you. See the mirror list at
>
> This isn't an improvement.
ok.
Holger
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