gnurdux@Mikey:~$ aptitude moo
There are no Easter Eggs in this program.
gnurdux@Mikey:~$ aptitude -v moo
There really are no Easter Eggs in this program.
gnurdux@Mikey:~$ aptitude -vv moo
Didn't I already tell you that there are no Easter Eggs in this program?
gnurdux@Mikey:~$ aptitude -vvv moo
Stop it!
gnurdux@Mikey:~$ aptitude -vvvv moo
Okay, okay, if I give you an Easter Egg, will you go away?
gnurdux@Mikey:~$ aptitude -vvvvv moo
All right, you win.

                               /----\
                       -------/      \
                      /               \
                     /                |
   -----------------/                  --------\
   ----------------------------------------------
gnurdux@Mikey:~$ aptitude -vvvvvv moo
What is it?  It's an elephant being eaten by a snake, of course.
gnurdux@Mikey:~$ aptitude -vvvvvvv moo
What is it?  It's an elephant being eaten by a snake, of course.
gnurdux@Mikey:~$ apt-get moo
         (__)
         (oo)
   /------\/
  / |    ||
 *  /\---/\
    ~~   ~~
...."Have you mooed today?"...
gnurdux@Mikey:~$ apt-get -v moo
apt 0.6.45 for linux i386 compiled on Jul 27 2006 00:56:34
Supported modules:
*Ver: Standard .deb
*Pkg:  Debian dpkg interface (Priority 30)
 S.L: 'deb' Standard Debian binary tree
 S.L: 'deb-src' Standard Debian source tree
 Idx: Debian Source Index
 Idx: Debian Package Index
 Idx: Debian dpkg status file
gnurdux@Mikey:~$ apt-get
apt 0.6.45 for linux i386 compiled on Jul 27 2006 00:56:34
Usage: apt-get [options] command
       apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
       apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]

apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and
installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update
and install.

Commands:
   update - Retrieve new lists of packages
   upgrade - Perform an upgrade
   install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)
   remove - Remove packages
   source - Download source archives
   build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
   dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)
   dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
   clean - Erase downloaded archive files
   autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
   check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies

Options:
  -h  This help text.
  -q  Loggable output - no progress indicator
  -qq No output except for errors
  -d  Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
  -s  No-act. Perform ordering simulation
  -y  Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
  -f  Attempt to continue if the integrity check fails
  -m  Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
  -u  Show a list of upgraded packages as well
  -b  Build the source package after fetching it
  -V  Show verbose version numbers
  -c=? Read this configuration file
  -o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual
pages for more information and options.
                       This APT has Super Cow Powers.
gnurdux@Mikey:~$ aptitude
gnurdux@Mikey:~$ aptitude help
aptitude 0.4.2
Usage: aptitude [-S fname] [-u|-i]
       aptitude [options] <action> ...
  Actions (if none is specified, aptitude will enter interactive mode):

 install      - Install/upgrade packages
 remove       - Remove packages
 purge        - Remove packages and their configuration files
 hold         - Place packages on hold
 unhold       - Cancel a hold command for a package
 markauto     - Mark packages as having been automatically installed
 unmarkauto   - Mark packages as having been manually installed
 forbid-version - Forbid aptitude from upgrading to a specific package version.
 update       - Download lists of new/upgradable packages
 upgrade      - Perform a safe upgrade
 dist-upgrade - Perform an upgrade, possibly installing and removing packages
 forget-new   - Forget what packages are "new"
 search       - Search for a package by name and/or expression
 show         - Display detailed information about a package
 clean        - Erase downloaded package files
 autoclean    - Erase old downloaded package files
 changelog    - View a package's changelog
 download     - Download the .deb file for a package
 reinstall    - Download and (possibly) reinstall a currently installed package

  Options:
 -h             This help text
 -s             Simulate actions, but do not actually perform them.
 -d             Only download packages, do not install or remove anything.
 -P             Always prompt for confirmation or actions
 -y             Assume that the answer to simple yes/no questions is 'yes'
 -F format      Specify a format for displaying search results; see the manual
 -O order       Specify how search results should be sorted; see the manual
 -w width       Specify the display width for formatting search results
 -f             Aggressively try to fix broken packages.
 -V             Show which versions of packages are to be installed.
 -D             Show the dependencies of automatically changed packages.
 -Z                 Show the change in installed size of each package.
 -v             Display extra information. (may be supplied multiple times)
 -t [release]   Set the release from which packages should be installed
 -q             In command-line mode, suppress the incremental progress indicators.
 -o key=val     Directly set the configuration option named 'key'
 --with(out)-recommends Specify whether or not to treat recommends as
                strong dependencies
 -S fname: Read the aptitude extended status info from fname.
 -u      : Download new package lists on startup.
 -i      : Perform an install run on startup.

                  This aptitude does not have Super Cow Powers.
gnurdux@Mikey:~$