On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 10:12:31AM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:01:02 -0700 > Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was just reading the forums at forums.debian.org and came across a > > thread about apt-get and aptitude. I just installed Debian this week > > after moving over from Gentoo. I have only been using the apt-get > > method because that is all I ever saw mentioned. But, I guess aptitude > > is the preferred Debian method now. Is there a safe way for me to start > > using aptitude instead of apt-get? What is the best way for me to make > > the switch? > > For new installs it is actually recommended to use aptitude. However, > from following the recent apt-get vs aptitude threads, there doesn't > seem to be any big difference between the two. So if you are > comfortable with apt-get there is no need to switch.
Unless you are running sid there are big differences between how apt-get and aptitude are handling things (dependencies, recommends) > One of the few advantages of aptitude that I have been regularly > hearing is that it handles package uninstalls better. For example, it > is better at apt-get when removing unused dependencies after removing > a package. It is better then apt-get as in apt-get can't do it at all ;) (except newer versions). Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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