On 10 Jan 2011, Jochen Schulz wrote: > pt3...@gmail.com: > > > > Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, > > dpkg directly? > > Never use dpkg directly if you don't have to. Apt-get and aptitude are > both good frontends with similar capabilities. Which one you use is > mostly a question of personal preference. Only when doing distribution > upgrades (like from lenny to squeeze) you should read the release notes > and use the tool that it suggests. >
I'd vote for wajig myself. Description: simple and unified package management for Debian Wajig is a single commandline wrapper around apt, apt-cache, dpkg, /etc/init.d scripts and more, intended to be easy to use and providing extensive documentation for all of its functions. With a suitable sudo(1) configuration, most (if not all) package installation as well as creation tasks can be done from a user shell. Wajig is also suitable for general system administration. -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110110141123.gd13...@acampbell.org.uk
