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Re: apt-get deprecated?



On Saturday 30 April 2005 01:01, eternityos@free.fr <eternityos@free.fr>
(<[🔎] 1114844487.42732d47502a7@imp2-q.free.fr>) wrote:

> About the question
> concerning aptitude, it sure is ok but it is faster and easier to tell
> about packages to install on one line using apt-get as an example than
> describing the process of installing through aptitude.

I'm not convinced the increase in ease of use is measurable.

In one case, I must type

  apt-get install package

In the other case, I may type

  aptitude install package

Sure, I save one keystroke but there's no hyphen in aptitude.  I think it
about evens out.

> I hope to have shown advantages of apt over aptitudes

Sorry, no.



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