John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > It appears that there are a lot of tools for managing packages and
> > dependencies on debian - dpkg, apt-get, aptitude, synaptic, ????.
>
> There is only one package manager in Debian: Dpkg. Apt is a
> dependency-resolving library that runs on top of Dpkg. Apt-get, Aptitude,
> and Synaptic are front-ends for Apt.
>
> > To what extent do these tools understand the same data, i.e. to what
> > extent can one mix and match between them?
>
> They all manipulate the same database through Dpkg. Some do additional
> stuff such as automatically installing recommended packages and tracking
> which packages have been installed as dependencies vs. being requested
> directly by the administrator.
And the downside is, you might say:
apt-get remove $SOME_GNOME_PROGRAM
and it will also remove Gnome (if you let it); Ditto KDE. aptitude is
more likely to suggest this than is apt-get.
And the first time, you ought to do:
apt-get update && apt-get install aptitude && aptitude update && \
aptitude upgrade
then aptitude ... from then on. So they say.
BTW, I don't use either KDE or Gnome for my DE. I do use some of
their apps.
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