Re: installation of a package requests removal of a lot of packages
antgel wrote:
> Adam Funk wrote:
>> antgel wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Firstly, you should use aptitude instead of apt-get, which is not a
>>>proper package manager. This has been pointed out numerous times over
>>>the years, and perhaps it should be more apparent in the Debian docs.
>>
>>
>> Is it possible or practical to revert from aptitude to apt-get if the
>> user doesn't like aptitude?
>
> Yes.
Do I need to do anything to prepare to use aptitude, or will it pick up
everything in my sources.list and preferences files? Does it use
apt-listbugs? More or less the same way apt-get does?
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