Re: installation of a package requests removal of a lot of packages

[antgel <antony@antgel.co.uk>]

Adam Funk wrote:
> antgel wrote:
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>>Adam Funk wrote:
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>>>antgel wrote:
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>>>>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.
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>>>Is it possible or practical to revert from aptitude to apt-get if the
>>>user doesn't like aptitude?
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>>Yes.
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> 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?

You don't really need to prepare.  I'm not sure about apt-listbugs,
you'll have to try.  One thing some people don't like is that by
default, aptitude installs Suggests: as well as Depends: packages.  It
is possible to see this in more detail when you upgrade via the
interactive UI.  There is a setting to turn this behaviour off - search
the archives.

Antony