Hello,

I was taking a look at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPackageManagement and 
noticed that something was 
incorrect.
From the "Package Management with apt-get and dpkg"-section:
"To fetch the new lists of all the packages from sources.list enter as the Root 
User

sudo aptitude update"

That statement in itself is incorrect. When logged on as root, you don't use 
sudo.

But apparently more and more ppl are using sudo for package management task and 
I don't know if 
that's now the default/recommended way in Debian. (personally I think sudo is 
misused a lot).

So what's the best way to go about this?
- remove 'sudo' so that the above statement is correct (assuming the reader saw 
the 'Root User' 
part)
- prefix commands with $ or # depending on what rights are required
- remove the 'Root User' part (and say you need appropriate rights to execute 
that command?)

wrt prefixing commands with $ or #, shouldn't that be applied consistently 
across the wiki?


Regards,
  Diederik

PS1: Can you CC me with a reply, since I'm not subscribed to this list (because 
of the spam)
PS2: Is this the recommended way to discuss wiki related issues?


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