Mark Neidorff wrote: > Here's an example of what this message is about: > I've been reading the debian-user list for a bit, and I've noticed that > suggestions given are to use the apt-* suite or aptitude to managing > packages. While setting things up (and installing packages) I came across > synaptic in the KDE menus. Tried it, and liked using it. So now I'm > wondering according to Debian Wisdom (no disrespect intended to anyonne) > which is the preferred way of installing software? >
FWIW, I still use apt-get instead of aptitude on my Sid machine. With recent apt versions in sid, I don't think there is a difference between apt-get and aptitude in terms of how they resolve dependencies (someone please correct me if I am wrong). apt-get also has autoremove option which can automatically removes the unused packages. hth raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
