RE: kpackage
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--- "Donald R. Spoon" <dspoon@satx.rr.com> wrote:
> ben <benfoley@rcn.com> wrote:
>
> > are there any pitfalls to using kpackage, in kde,
> for apt-gets? the user
> > interface is real easy, making me suspicious,
> considering the subtle
> > complexities of apt-get from the command line.
>
> I have been using kpackage here since the days of
> KDE version 2.1 on
> Potato. I currently use it on my pinned
> testing/unstable system with
> KDE version 2.2.2. During all this time, I have
> never had it mess up my
> system doing the "apt-gets". It works fine for
> routine updates and
> upgrades.
>
> Like any other GUI, it is limited in what it does
> compared to the
> command-line "apt-get" commands, so you cannot get
> away from the command
> line completely. This is especially true when
> working with
> testing/unstable, where you occasionally have to
> intervene to get the
> packages installed. In all of these cases I have
> encountered, it just
> refuses to do anything.
>
> I find it most useful for browsing the list of
> "available" and
> "installed" packages and easily fine-tuning my
> system. The GUI seems to
> add another visual demention that I like for these
> purposes, plus it
> gives the package descriptions & depend/recommend
> info automatically so
> you can get a little info about a package before you
> commit. Doing this
> at the command line is somewhat cumbersome for me.
> I also use it mainly
> for single-package installs...I haven't really tried
> the equivalent of
> "apt-get upgrade" too many times here, so I can't
> comment on how well
> the upgrade function works on 20-30 new packages.
>
> There are other programs which do similar
> things...appitude, etc. If
> you are familiar with the "Corel Update" package in
> Corel Linux,
> Kpackage is the closest thing I have seen to it
> so-far. The only thing
> Kpackage doesn't do is allow editing of the
> /etc/apt/sources.list file
> that Corel Update would do.
>
> I really haven't checked out the KISS, RPM, TGZ, or
> BSD install side of
> it yet. I have only worked with DEBs. Dunno how
> well that function
> works.
>
> I like it and find it useful here as an adjunct to
> the command-line.
>
> Cheers,
> -Don Spoon-
>
>
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