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Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude



On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 08:03:42PM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:13:23 -0500
> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@ieee.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:06:59 -0700, Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org> said: 
> > 
> > >   I'd say the main difference is that apt-get is a command-line tool,
> > > whereas aptitude is an interactive tool that can be driven from the
> > > command-line.
> > 
> >         Are there still command line usages of apt-get that are not
> >  exactly the same in aptitude?  And has apt-get started keeping track of
> 
> The classic examples that arise periodically on the list are apt-get's
> 'build-dep' and 'source' actions, which apparently have no obvious
> aptitude versions.

this bothers me, since I mostly use aptitude. When I need a build-dep
or source, I'm concerned that later aptitude may wipe something
inadvertantly. Do you know if there are plans to implement these
commands into aptitude? Or will apt-get always remain, so that its not
a problem?

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