So, is the consensus to stick with 'apt'? Or at least to choose one and stick with that and not to mix apt and aptitude (it sounds to me as though Marc is saying if you mix you'll end up with 2 out of date lists of what has/hasn't been inst-ed)
Cheers, Michael >> > Aptitude shouldn't be used until its fundamental breakages are >> resolved. > > It ignores the status file in favor of its own re-implementation of it. > Its behavior regarding dependency resolution is different depending on > whether you're using it from the command line or the ncurses interface. > It's claimed that aptitude is a drop-in replacement for apt-get, except > that aptitude by default installs Recommends/Suggests, while apt-get only > tells you about them. > > -- > Marc Wilson | An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | half-truth or one-and-a-half truths. -- Karl Kraus > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
