Miles Bader wrote:
"Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Aptitude was an advance over apt-get, but now there is synaptic.
For most users, synaptic provides a better interface and better control
for package management in Debian.
That seems like a pretty dubious assertion. Synaptic's interface is
"pretty", but seems quite clunky compared to aptitude's. As far as I
know, it's also missing one of aptitude's most useful (even/especially
for beginners) features, automatic handling of packages dragged in by
dependencies.
Aptitude's interface clearly has its issues too, but I'd say unless your
user has a terminal fear of non-mousey-GUI interfaces, aptitude is the
better interface overall.
I think you need to take a closer look at synaptic; or perhaps you have
formed your opinion strictly on the basis of hearsay.
Synaptic is aware of dependencies. And synaptic is quite intuitive.
I began running Debian at the time Potato was released, so I personally
have used all the package managers. I recommend synaptic, without
reservation, for both tyro and guru.
RLH
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