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aysiu / purebuntu

Generates apt-get commands to remove *buntu-desktop metapackages and dependencies from other *buntu-desktop metapackages
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Ubuntu now prefers apt #3

Closed bgiesing closed 4 years ago

bgiesing commented 7 years ago

Since Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu now prefers using the shorter apt commands instead of apt-get. https://www.maketecheasier.com/apt-vs-apt-get-ubuntu/

This changes the output to use the new commands.

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aysiu commented 7 years ago

Thanks for putting this on my radar. I'm going to hold off on this for now, because it seems that apt has different implementations in different still-supported releases of Ubuntu: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2319347&s=53f2d2f9fea29e05490b794503b01050&p=13465081#post13465081

Now that it's on my radar, I will keep an eye out for it in the future.

I think once Canonical decides to sunset apt-get (and also when 14.04 perhaps no longer is receiving support), I'll do some more thorough testing on apt and make the change. For now, even though Canonical may move away from apt-get, apt-get is fully supported on all releases of Ubuntu, so I'm going to stick with it.

You're welcome to fork, and I'd definitely love to hear how testing goes with that for you. But I'll also be doing my own testing later.