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Apt 30 looks GREAT
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Youtube video titles make me sad. • • Apt version 3.0 is coming soon and it's bringing with it a snazzy new user interface. • If you're unfamiliar, apt is the package management tool used on Debian-based distros, • such as Ubuntu. • So what does this version bring? It introduces colours, and a layout that indicates much more clearly the • changes being made to your system. The packages and their dependencies being • installed are shown in green in this dedicated section. Suggested packages are shown below, • and at the end there is a nice summary of the effect this would have on your system. • It will warn you if you don't have enough space left on your computer to install the • packages you want, even checking the /boot partition if you install packages that need • to go in there such as new kernels. • This update, by the way, is why apt prints a warning when you try to pipe its output to • another command or a file. • ``` • ~$ apt search asdasdasdasd | cat • WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts. • Sorting... • Full Text Search... • ``` • The output of the apt command will change with this update, so let this be a reminder • to use apt-get, apt-cache, apt-list, and those kinds of commands if you need to use them • in a script. Their output is stable. • Why am I talking about this update? Sure, it's nice, but is it really that significant? • Yes, I think so. One of the problems of Linux on the desktop is the learning curve • required to use your system effectively without breaking anything. Beginners are often told • to run certain commands without really understanding what's happening when they run them. • See Linus' (no not that one) experience with installing steam on POP OS a few years ago. • He clearly thought that this output from the apt command is a normal, expected part of running • the command. I think that part of the reason for that is the sheer density of information presented • by the old version of apt. It's a huge wall of text, especially so when the package being installed • has many dependencies. It makes sense that users will never stop to read the information • when it's presented in that way. • This version of Apt is currently available on Debian unstable, though it's called 2.9.0 • as it's still in development and isn't ready for prime time just yet. • If you're running Debian unstable, simply updating • your system (with apt itself) should let you use the new version. • Ubuntu users will have to wait for most likely 24.10 as it's not stable enough • yet to include in the upcoming 24.04 LTS. It might get delayed even beyond that, • but I think that's unlikely. • • https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-10-an...
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