Mark, I tend to run apt-get if I know the package I wish to install, and it's not got many dependencies. If I'm doing a big upgrade, or installing something that has multiple dependencies and I want more packages, I tend to use aptitude. I'm not sure if this is in any way reflected in the differences between the two - but I find that taking this approach works for me - when I have the time to look deeper into the differences I'm sure I'll find out I've been doing something terribly wrong...
Regards, -------- Andy Loughran www.zrmt.com m: 07921076319 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> Sent: 04 July 2007 11:29:11 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London Subject: [ubuntu-uk] apt-get vs. aptitude I've been reading a bit on the differences between apt-get and aptitude. I'm interested to know which others on the uk-ubuntu list are using (and why)? Oh, and I guess that Synaptic users are welcome to contribute as well, though I don't have a GUI on the bulk of my Ubuntu machines, so it's not an option for me :-) M. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
