APT-GET missing?

[anthonystevens]

I have an older laptop where I've installed Linux Mint 18.03.
When I tried to install a new package using "sudo apt-get powertop", it asks for my password, then fails with a "program not found" message.
Apparently apt-get is not recognized. What is going on?

[MintBean]

sudo apt-get install powertop or, easier to type apt install powertop

[Flemur]

I have an older laptop where I've installed Linux Mint 18.03.
When I tried to install a new package using "sudo apt-get powertop", it asks for my password, then fails with a "program not found" message.
Apparently apt-get is not recognized. What is going on?

Good question.

MintBean pointed out that your syntax is wrong, but I get a different error message:

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$ sudo apt-get powertop
[sudo] password for <X>: 
E: Invalid operation powertop
$

You can check for a program like this:

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$ which apt-get
/usr/bin/apt-get

If the program doesn't exist it returns nothing.