On Sun 01 Jun 2014 at 20:05:23 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > My knowledge and experience with aptitude is much better than with > apt/apt-get/apt-cache. As the first document comparing these tools I recommend > the one in the package "debian-reference-en" (or another language you prefer) > which of course is also available on the debian site. > > The search option of aptitude is very versatile and from the man-page of > apt-cache(8) I couldn't find options equivalent to '~c' or '~g'.
I think you are right here. The search functions of aptitude are more powerful (in the sense that its inteface provides them) than those of apt-get/apt-cache. ~c would require descending into dpkg, for example. > apt-get has also a purge option but I haven't tried it on a list of already > removed packages It doesn't do anything. You have to resort to dpkg. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/01062014203842.cd9f0c105...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
