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Re: debfoster vs aptitude



Shot <shot@hot.pl> writes:

> 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.)

Actually, you can.  And aptitude will treat packages the same way as
apt-get if you adjust the settings.

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