APT vs APT-GET

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Difference between APT vs APT-GET

APT is a more user friendly tool when compared to APT-GET
In all the latest debian based distros APT is already installed by default.

Lets take a look why `APT` is better when compare to `APT-GET`

Lets try to install firefox package using both APT and APT-GET

You will notice APT does easy on the eyes, you get just enough information and also a nice little progress bar
APT-GET is just effective and doesn't provide the output in user-friendly format.

Lets try another comparision by search a telent package.

You will notice with apt, all its options are located in one place. You can search with apt search telnet command.
On the other hand, you cannot use search command with apt-get command. Instead, you have to use another tool called apt-cache search telnet.
If you compare the results of the two commands, you will also see the apt-cache throws in a lot of extra information in the search result, which may not be really useful for the end user.