Adam Hardy wrote:
Paul Scott on 14/07/05 09:05, wrote:It has never broken my box. apt-get (before I learned about apt-listbugs) broke my box once and I upgrade packages almost every day.apt-get is all I use - there's too much for me to deal with in the GUI programs,
Synaptic is GUI. aptitude is not. it uses libncurses.
and combined with a bunch of single-key commands, I find it difficult. I useapt-get install xxxxx apt-get remove xxxxx apt-cache search xxxxx and that's it. But I am a relative newby at the game. I'm apt-getting apt-listbugs right now. I'm intrigued. :)
apt-listbugs is the first package I install on any machine. Paul