On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 10:31:40PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 15:45:05 -0400, Stephen wrote: > > On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 11:53:46AM -0400 or thereabouts, Rick Reynolds > > wrote: > > > I've googled this quite a bit and found various web pages praising > > > aptitude as a "better apt-get". But I've also seen cautions about > > > mixing the two. > > > > You might try searching the archives for articles confirming what I'm > > saying; > > > > You wouldn't necessarily mix the two, but the two can be installed on > > the same machine -- Mine are. I don't use apt-get, and simply run > > aptitude from the command line. It works much the same as the apt-get > > command. > > Aptitude depends on libapt-pkg-libc6, which is currently provided by the > apt package, therefore you will always have apt(-get) installed along > with aptitude. (Maybe that will change in the future, or the apt-get > command will be dropped from the apt package?) You cannot break anything > by using aptitude and apt-get together, but you will (partially) > neutralize many of the advantages of aptitude. Just think of aptitude as > a tool which integrates the functionality of apt-get, apt-cache, etc. > into one utility with an optional ncurses-GUI and a broader repertoire > for the resolution of dependency problems. An improved search interface, > logging, and keeping track of automatically installed packages are > additional goodies thrown in the mix. > > > I've run command line aptitude for several years without any problem in > > doing so. In fact, it was on this list that I read an e-mail by a > > revered member of this list, (can't remember offhand whom it was) who > > indicated that aptitude handled dependencies and management better than > > apt-get can. > > Another thing to keep in mind is that apt-get has Super Cow Powers, > while aptitude does not have them. (Try "apt-get moo" and compare this > to "aptitude moo". Also check the effect of increasing the verbosity > with aptitude, i.e. add the options "-v", "-vv", etc.)
Florian, between muttrc bits, valiant attempts at starting a flame-war and now this, you sir on permanently on my Fan list. ROTFLMAO A
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