Another (fairly) recent improvement for apt, but on the UI side, is the <i>apt</i> command [1]. It &quot;combines the most commonly used commands from apt-get and apt-cache. The commands are the same as their apt-get&#x2F;apt-cache counterparts but with slightly different configuration options.&quot; So no need to remember that it&#x27;s <i>apt-cache search</i>, and it&#x27;s a shorter command. (I know you can set aliases, but this works by default, so on a live USB or another user&#x27;s machine.) Bash completion didn&#x27;t work at first, at least on Ubuntu, but as of 15.10 it&#x27;s working.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mvogt.wordpress.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;04&#x2F;04&#x2F;apt-1-0&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mvogt.wordpress.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;04&#x2F;04&#x2F;apt-1-0&#x2F;</a>