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Re: Spring clean



Mumia W.. wrote:
> On 09/29/2007 01:39 PM, andy wrote:
>> I have used apt-get since installation and am comfortable with that. I
>> will have to familiarise myself with aptitude. What GUI are you
>> referring to? I enter sudo aptitude at a term. So far, after a quick
>> scroll it looks like I'm going to have to work my way through aptitude
>> to figure out how to do this.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>>
> 
> Since you're used to apt-get, keep using that. Use deborphan to help you
> find orphaned packages.
> 
> Some people find that mixing aptitude and apt-get leads to trouble.
> 
> 
> 

I was able to switch with no problems, and I found aptitude keeps things
cleaner. The decision is up to you though.



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