On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 09:57:39PM +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Thierry de Coulon: > > > > I've lived for years using synaptic and I am no so used to aptitude - and I > > don't want to make mistakes... > > In addition to the good advice regarding automatically installed > packages that has already been given I have one question: why do you > want to use aptitude? I used aptitude for a few years but switched back > to apt-get after the Release Notes of a release recommended to use > apt-get for distribution upgrades, not aptitude. I have a lot less > trouble now.
Actually 'apt-get' is recommended for major upgrades as in distro upgrades, but for day to day package mgmt, aptitude is still the recommended tool. FWIW I use both, aptitude has more options. Never used ncurses aptitude though, can't stand it. For someone just starting out with aptitude, I'd recommend they install the aptitude-doc package relevant to their language. -- 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/20140608150328.GB7599@Jessie
