On 20 Aug 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:20:51AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I ditched aptitude a couple of years ago in favour of wajig. I'm willing > > to believe that most or even all of the problems I had with aptitude > > were my own fault, but wajig is brilliant IMO and I don't find a need > > for anything else. > > > > But look at all the cruft that drags in. It includes an optional GUI > that drags in gnome, for example. Also, it is only a front-end to the > regular apt commands so it doesn't get the extra complex dependancy > handling of aptitude. > > Doug.
I don't use the GUI, just the CLI. I'm not sure what the "extra complex dependency handling" is; perhaps it's this that causes a lot of the problems that people complain of. -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]