On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:13:22 -0800 John Jason Jordan <joh...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:21:34 -0600 > sys49...@hushmail.com dijo: ... > >For several years, I have enjoyed apt-get as a very powerful > >software install tool that doesn't require a mouse, but I have been > >finding it increasingly problematic over the past year or so. I am > >beginning to suspect that apt-get is becoming aged and neglected. > >Is there a newer/more modern package tool that has been getting > >more development attention that I should be using instead? ... > But all the people in the know about Debian tell me I should be using > aptitude. > I suppose I should switch, but that would require learning new stuff. After a > graduate degree my brain is full, so if I learn new stuff I'll have to delete > some of the old stuff. Bah. "Note that aptitude is the preferred program for package management from console both for package installations and package or system upgrades." http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkgtools.en.html#s-aptitude Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
