Re: List new packages after an apt-get update
Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes:
JH> AFAIK, deity and aptitude do not single out newly available packages.
JH> Dselect, however, will do everything you want.
aptitude does call out newly available packages, though it considers a
package 'new' until the new list is explicitly cleared (with 'f'). My
usage with aptitude is generally: update available packages ('u');
expand newly available packages category ('['); install anything I
want out of that list ('+'); clear new list ('f'); expand updated
packages category ('['); examine, resolve conflicts, go ('g').
As far as I'm concerned, though, dselect is a perfectly usable tool; I
mostly use aptitude these days out of peer pressure. :-)
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