On Friday 29 October 2004 08:30 pm, Jules Dubois wrote: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:46:22 +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > > Is there any other tool that can do such the things that dselect > > can do. > > I think 'aptitude' is the most powerful package manager available. I > recommend it. > > > If there is graphic tool, that would be better. > > Synaptic. It's what I used until I read Joey Hess' article, titled > something like "9 reasons to use aptitude instead of apt-get".
apt-get will not install recommends or suggests, nor offer a way to do it. Dselect, I like it, or aptitude will offer to install/satisfy depends. I have never used synaptic. -- Greg C. Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
