On Fri, 2013-12-06 at 19:13 -0200, André Nunes Batista wrote: > On Tue, 2013-11-26 at 16:58 -0500, Doug wrote: > > Maybe I have it wrong--I refer to having to install knowing a priori the > > name of the package you want to install. And I have _never_ had a > > problem with Synaptic. Using it for at least 4 years now. > > I'm not afraid of the command line, I use it frequently. > errr WTF?! How are you supposed to install something which you don't > know?
If you e.g. know that there is a package with a calculator, that does interpret the "." key on the num pad as ".", even if it's a ",", but you don't remember the name of the package, then it's more intuitive to use synaptic's mouse-click search, than to use apt/dpkg by CLI and a search syntax, if you're not used to do it, because you seldom need to do it. Even if you remember that you want a special editor, there might no package available for the editor, but a package with a collection of tools including this editor. To click and type a search term for many _users_ is easier to do than to remember a command they only need once every 2 years and than to add a cryptic search syntax. This is how I understand to "install something we don't know". Regards, Ralf -- 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/1386366911.1330.13.camel@archlinux
