On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 01:31, Brian Nelson wrote: > I don't promote aptitude in particular; I just discourage the use of > apt-get, especially for newbies. I don't think aptitude is a > particularly good choice for newbies since its interface can be as > vexing as dselect's at times. Still, it's better than apt-get.
Yes, most tasks use the one command 'aptitude' - including purge, search and show. There is no need for other commands eg with apt-get you also need apt-cache, etc. I think that synaptic is a better choice for newbies using X. It is easy to find your way around the gui. It has a lot of extra functionality including editing sources.list, search filtering, browsing documentation (related man pages, info files and other docs in a web browser) and debconf configuration front end. Chris. -- Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
