Re: Newbie selecting package manager
On Wednesday 06 July 2005 21:42, Elmer E. Dow <elmeredow@earthlink.net>
(<[🔎] 200507062142.31377.elmeredow@earthlink.net>) wrote:
> I'm leaning toward using apt (and maybe occasionally using Synaptic)
> rather then Aptitude.
ITYM: "apt-get". apt-get (and its cohorts), Synaptic, and aptitude are all
based on the Advanced Package Tool, a/k/a APT.
> Given my use, shouldn't the simplicity of apt be adequate over the long
> haul?
apt-get is a very good tool.
Synaptic is a very good tool and has a nicer user interface.
aptitude is a very good tool; it's doesn't have the nice GUI of Synaptic but
it's more powerful. Also, it can be used like apt-get from the command
line.
> Is using deborphan and -- purge just as effective as Aptitude's cleaning
> methods?
I ran deborphan for the first time yesterday. It found some packages I
didn't need and I purged them with aptitude. aptitude didn't think the
packages were unused because I had installed them manually. No tool does
everything.
> If so, then what's Aptitude's advantage?
You might install the aptitude-doc package and read about all the magical
things aptitude can do.
> Or is this just a matter of preference?
Yes.
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