2009/9/25 Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au>: > Olof Bjarnason <olof.bjarna...@gmail.com> writes: > >> - any geeks visiting my blog that are non-Ubuntu (i'll just provide >> the source code and tell them to apt-get python-pygame) > > Note that for several years now the recommended command-line tool for > package installation is not ‘apt-get’, but ‘aptitude’ [0]. Compatible > command-line interface, uses the same back-end library and package > system, but many improvements in behaviour; especially the distinction > between manually-requested packages versus automatically-installed > packages that can be later removed when they're no longer needed.
Great thanks for this info. I just tried running it on a vanilla Ubuntu system, and it is there. Most tutorials on the web still (I've read mostly Ubuntu-related forums) mention apt-get; seems like an error? > > [0] > <URL:http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch02.en.html#_basic_package_management_operations> > > -- > \ “The problem with television is that the people must sit and | > `\ keep their eyes glued on a screen: the average American family | > _o__) hasn't time for it.” —_The New York Times_, 1939 | > Ben Finney > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- twitter.com/olofb olofb.wordpress.com olofb.wordpress.com/tag/english -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
