I'm learning the CLI interface of Advanced Packaging Tool. From the output of apt(8)
when its stdout isn't a terminal, it isn't suitable for "scripts expecting stable programming interface", so I'm taking a look at apt-get(8)
.
One difference between apt update
and apt-get update
is that the latter is missing a final line after all cache has been updated:
8 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
I want to know how I can get this exact line displayed with apt-get(8)
.
Best Answer
man apt-get
shows:So if you just do:
apt-get upgrade --dry-run
it will output: