Re: Package management questions

2006-11-28 Thread Mark Grieveson
There are, I understand, problems that come up when you mix apt-get with aptitude. Does switching to aptitude preclude using those graphical tools? ... but update-notifier and synaptic are examples of fantastic GUI programs that I would not want to give up. Can anyone clear this up? I'm n

Re: Package management questions

2006-11-28 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 10:50:32AM -0500, Matthew Krauss wrote: > Hello all, > > I've followed every thread on this list about these programs, and not > seen these issues really addressed. I was wondering if anyone would > care to clarify (from an objective, non-cheerleader stance) the > dif

Package management questions

2006-11-28 Thread Matthew Krauss
Hello all, I've followed every thread on this list about these programs, and not seen these issues really addressed. I was wondering if anyone would care to clarify (from an objective, non-cheerleader stance) the differences between aptitude and apt-get. I understand that aptitude has a "sm