Re: Mixing apt-get and aptitude

["s. keeling" <keeling@nucleus.com>]

T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>:
> 
>  I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it
>  OK to do so?

I've not read your link.

Joey Hess wrote a long critique in here a couple of years ago, saying
essentially yes.  aptitude (I thimk) logs more of its actions than
does apt-get, but other than that, they're just wrappers that call
dpkg.  I think.  Read Joey's post, it's definitive.

>  I read [1] that it is not a good idea. 
> 
>  [1] http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/mixing-apt-*-and-aptitude-nok-828408/


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