On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 07:44:19PM +0000, OECT T wrote:
I just installed Debian Stretch 9.3.0 and noticed that the Aptitude
package was not installed by default.
I searched into Synaptics package manager and noticed that the package
is not marked with the Debian icon indicating that the package is not
supported.
I do not know what conditions cause the Debian icon to appear or not
appear in Synaptic. However, aptitude is a first-class package in the
main area of the Debian archive, it's as supported as any other Debian
package in that place.
I think the use of aptitude *when performing a Debian release upgrade*
is not recommended anymore but for normal use it is perfectly fine.
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