Re: Source of Debian wisdom
Mark Neidorff wrote:
> Here's an example of what this message is about:
> I've been reading the debian-user list for a bit, and I've noticed that
> suggestions given are to use the apt-* suite or aptitude to managing
> packages. While setting things up (and installing packages) I came across
> synaptic in the KDE menus. Tried it, and liked using it. So now I'm
> wondering according to Debian Wisdom (no disrespect intended to anyonne)
> which is the preferred way of installing software?
>
FWIW, I still use apt-get instead of aptitude on my Sid machine. With recent
apt versions in sid, I don't think there is a difference between apt-get
and aptitude in terms of how they resolve dependencies (someone please
correct me if I am wrong). apt-get also has autoremove option which can
automatically removes the unused packages.
hth
raju
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Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
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