Remove APT from sysupdate

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
debian, shell
Domain
build-system, operating-systems

Research direction

Start by locating the sysupdate definition and the elementary-sdk sysext configuration in this OS build system. Verify which APT files are currently included, move them as requested, and confirm that /usr/bin/apt and /usr/bin/apt-get display the atomic-update guidance.

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Description

Bitesize Priority: Wishlist

Lets remove apt/apt-get from sysupdate, and move it the elementary-sdk sysexts.

We can add /usr/bin/apt and /usr/bin/apt-get that would print something like This system uses atomic updates, check the docs to learn how to install software and to apply system updates at https://elementarydoc.whereeverthedocsare

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