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Benefits of using aptitude [Was: Re: how to shift from stable to testing]



On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 07:10:17AM +0000, Silke Suck wrote:
 
> Still, if you're used to apt-get, I don't really see a reason to switch.
> I always recommend aptitude, but never tell users to switch from apt-get
> on a running system. If I should, please let me know the reasons.
 
The biggest benefit (at least until the new apt) would be the automatic 
removal of dependencies. Otherwise the TUI is quite useful sometimes, 
(especially when "browsing" for new packages), the search patterns, ...

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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