apt-get or apt?

[SpidermansLegs]

Being very not technically minded, I have no idea what this means

apt provides a high-level commandline interface for the package management system. It is intended as an end
user interface and enables some options better suited for interactive usage by default compared to more
specialized APT tools like apt-get(8) and apt-cache(8).

[linexer2016]

Spider, I have also long used apt-get as my core command for installations etc but I have after reading this thread and some other material on the subject, started to use sudo apt update or sudo apt upgrade instead of sudo apt-get. Essentially, I think the former is the more modern approach and as such it's probably better to embrace the modern :)

[jeffreyC]

it's probably better to embrace the modern :)

If you really want to embrace the modern; use Nala.

[linexer2016]

Yes, Nala looks interesting enough. That said, it did worry me a little when I researched it and one post talked about AI. With all the machine learning controversies at present, I think I will stick to the slightly less modern and very tried and proven APT mechanisms. For more info on Nala see https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-use-nala-on-ubuntu/

[Charlie Brown]

sudo apt update

sudo apt install nala



Ok, ok , I know it's ootb on MX23 ...