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debfoster vs aptitude (was: Re: Stripping KDE)



Hello.

Brian Brazil:

> Try aptitude. It keep track of packages
> that are manually/automatically installed.

True. But I remember aptitude had this all-or-nothing feeling to it; if
you don't use aptitude from the beginning, this functionality is rather
limited, and you're commiting yourself to installing via aptitude in the
future - you can't quickly `apt-get install` something with aptitude
keeping track. (Hm, now as I think of it, you should be able to
`aptitude install` the same thing.)

Please correct me if I'm wrong on the above; I repeat, it's just
a feeling, I haven't used aptitude more than a couple of times.

> Alternativley, one you get rid of kde-baselibs(?)
> its gaurenteed nothing of KDE is left...

kdelibs4, I believe. But debfoster (and aptitude, when used
consistently) are much more universal and seem clearer to me.

Cheers,
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