How to replace apt with nala?

Question

I love nala and I want to use it, but my muscle memory always goes for apt and every guide on the internet uses apt when I copy paste commands.

Is there a way where, even if I type apt, nala is still used?

Answer 1

You can create new aliases for both the apt and nala commands like this:

alias apt='\nala'
alias dapt='\apt'

The backslash character preceding the commands disable alias expansion, so you can rename commands, but still run the originals (see here).

In addition, for aliases to work with sudo, you need to add this alias also (see here):

alias sudo='sudo '

Just be aware that if you copy and paste apt commands from the internet, that you now run with nala, it's possible that some options are not supported. So be sure to check it's a valid command for nala before you run it.

Answer 2

You should never never alias system commands, especially as root. If you want to run nala, then just run nala.

You can alias sudo to sudo and apt and/or apt-get to \nala, but it is likely not a good idea to do this because something can break.