On 11/29/2006 08:50 PM, Osamu Aoki wrote: [BTW, this should be an FAQ: Package managers - what's the difference between apt, aptitude, dpkg, dselect, synaptic... ?]
> Yes :-) Try them all by yourself and decide for yourself. Each tool > has merits. Question is not "which is better" but "which one suits > you". In a earlier post to this list, I wrote: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: aptitude dist-upgrade removes important packages Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 09:31:19 -0500 From: Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user <[email protected]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 11/17/2006 01:30 PM, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > Meanwhile, Debian installs "synaptic" by default. Use synaptic > instead of aptitude. > > RLH Au contraire... The docs are quite explicit about this: use *aptitude*. http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html 4.4 Upgrading packages The recommended way to upgrade from previous Debian GNU/Linux releases is to use the package management tool aptitude. This program makes safer decisions about package installations than running apt-get directly. 4.4.2 Upgrading aptitude Upgrade tests have shown that etch's version of aptitude is better at solving the complex dependencies during an upgrade than either apt-get or sarge's aptitude. It should therefore be upgraded first [...] Regards, Ralph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
