Does "apt" now alias to "apt-get"?

[eco2geek]

I was following the instructions on installing Plasma 5 and noticed something that was new and different (to me).

Instead of "apt-get update", the directions say to use "apt update". Likewise, instead of "apt-get install <package>", the instructions say to use "apt install <package>". And instead of "apt-get dist-upgrade", the instructions say to use "apt full-upgrade".

As a former Debian user, I found this to be curious. Does Ubuntu now have aliases for apt-get commands?

[ronw]

Not aliases.

Snippet from the man page:

$ man apt

. . . 

DIFFERENCES TO APT-GET(8)
       The apt command is meant to be pleasant for end users and does not need to be backward compatible like apt-
       get(8). Therefore some options are different:

       ·   The option DPkg::Progress-Fancy is enabled.

       ·   The option APT::Color is enabled.

       ·   A new list command is available similar to dpkg --list.

       ·   The option upgrade has --with-new-pkgs enabled by default.

[eco2geek]

A ha, I see. It's a different command. :-) Thanks.

[SteveRiley]

And you can make apt-get look like apt! Create and save the following as /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99pretty (need to be root to save the file):

Dpkg::Progress-Fancy "1";
APT::Color "1";