On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 05:34:23AM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061202 04:52]: > > I've periodically tried using aptitude, but always get scared off > > when it seems to "run away". I'm sure it knows what's best for my > > machine ;-), but is it possible to override this behavior? > ... > > I'll probably just go back to using apt-get, and probably everything > > will be fine until the next time I decide to try aptitude. Is there a > > compelling reason to bother? > > > Synaptic works. Debian Etch installs synaptic by default. For most > users, it is foolish to mess around with anything else.
Does synaptic do something better than apt-get? It doesn't appear to be very usable on a command-line, looking at aptitude show synaptic. >From another thread: > From: Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: aptitude dist-upgrade removes important packages > On 11/17/2006 01:30 PM, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > > Meanwhile, Debian installs "synaptic" by default. Use synaptic > > instead of aptitude. > > Au contraire... The docs are quite explicit about this: use *aptitude*. Maybe I'll just crawl back under a rock and continue using apt-get. I thought that aptitude combined the functionality of apt-get and apt-cache commands, but aptitude source <package> didn't work, and isn't even mentioned in the man page. Hmm... Ken -- Ken Irving, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
