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Re: apt-get deprecated?



On Thursday 28 April 2005 08:11 am, mm wrote:
> Is there any compelling reason to use `apt-get' over `aptitude',
> given the latter's more robust feature set (installation tracking,
> for example)?
>
> I've been using aptitude exclusively for about a year for installing
> packages, yet still see a lot of new documentation with directives to
> install/upgrade with apt-get.
>
> Thanks

Aptitude has replaced dselect during a new install , I noticed. I think 
the same use 'suggestions' exist between apt-get & aptitude as 
apt-get-dselect, two different tools, somewhat different results. 
-- 
Greg C. Madden



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