I'll be the bad guy here, and say that I +1 to aptitude's removal. Most, if not all things you can do in aptitude can be done in apt-get, apt-cache and dpkg, and at a quicker execution speed too.
Someone mentioned show and search. Why not use the below two instead? apt-cache show pkg apt-cache search regex -- Removal of aptitude from base installation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592336 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs