On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:28:26 +0200 Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Atis wrote: > >> You can use both, but you will confuse aptitude in the process. > >> Aptitude keeps a database so that it knows which packages it pulled in > >> as dependencies so it can remove them when you remove a package (so long > >> as no other package is using them). If you pull things in with any > >> other package manager, be it apt-get, synaptic, adept, gdebi or > >> kpackage, aptitude will not know about the dependencies that those > >> package managers installed and could present problems the next time you > >> use aptitude because it may remove things that other programs need. > >> > >> To sum it up, the best advice is to use aptitude exclusively if you plan > >> on using it at all. > > > > Isn't it the way around? That aptitude keeps track of packages that > > are installed automatically, as dependencies, and if you uninstall > > something, it checks if those dependencies can be removed? Logically > > thinking, it would be that. > > > > I use synaptics together with aptitude and haven't had any problems with > > that. > > Then luck has been with you. I believe Joe is correct; Synaptic and apt-get work fine together, but they will both confuse aptitude, which maintains more sophisticated dependency tracking than they do. Either use apt-get / Synaptic, or go with aptitude. Aptitude, IMO, is the better choice. It's more powerful and can do anything that apt-get can, and in my experience, Synaptic's GUI doesn't add much value, and you can use aptitude in interactive mode. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
