On 25 Aug 2006, T wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:45:49 -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote:
>
>
> I totally agree. apt-get is sufficient.
>
> If you worry about the unneeded packages, then use deborphan. I use it
> every time I install or un-install packages. no hassle at all.
>
> I never use aptitude, never need to and never want to. However, for all
> the apt-get lovers, we are fighting a loosing battle here. Some stupid
> packges (eg. tasksel) insist the dependency on aptitude. aptitude has to
> be in your system. I wish that could be changed, so I can have a clean
> Debian system.
>
I gave up on aptitude a long time ago. Wajig is the best solution I've
found. From the man page:
wajig packages into one tool many commands useful for managing a
Debian system. Instead of having to remember whether to use dpkg
or apt-get or apt-cache, etc, wajig does the selec- tion of the
appropriate tool for you.
Anthony
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