Re: System maintenance
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 03:14:32PM -0500, cothrige wrote:
> * hendrik@topoi.pooq.com (hendrik@topoi.pooq.com) wrote:
> >
> > If you want a little more control over the details, with a usable
> > text-based user interface, use 'aptitude'.
> > after it's started in a text console (very useful if your X is broken)
> > the command 'u' updates its package lists, 'U' then does the same as
> > apt-get upgrade, except that it just decides which things to upgrade
> > without doing it, 'g' tell sit to go ahead and do it -- except again, it
> > pauses once for you to vies the entire list of proposed changes. You
> > can then edit the list if you wish, and do another 'g' to get it to
> > actually make the changes.
>
> I have been wanting to try aptitude (so far I have used apt-get) but
> it has intimidated me in the past.
apt-get is the one the intimidates *me*. I use it only when aptitude is
inadequate.
By the way, aptitude can also be used in command-line mode, but I rarely
do that.
> But, it really does sound decent
> and so I think I will bite the bullet and do it. After all, this has
> all been driven by the desire to learn how to use Debian. And I
> really like the sound of its ability to remove unused dependencies
> later.
It can surprise you when it does that; I always check through the list
to see if I might still need something there for other reasons. It may
not know that *I*'m using a package.
>
> Many thanks for the info on this.
>
> Patrick
>
>
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