Re: Mixing apt-get and aptitude
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 06:23:56PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> On 08/25/2010 01:09 PM, T o n g wrote:
> > I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK to
> > do so?
>
> Yes. However, aptitude is a much more powerful program. Check my blog
> post on the many reasons to use aptitude over apt:
>
> http://pthree.org/2007/08/12/aptitude-vs-apt-get/
>
> Debian also mentions to use aptitude over apt:
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkgtools.en.html#s-aptitude
This needs update. This is very old.
> To answer your question directly though, both apt and aptitude rely on
> dpkg for the installation and removal of packages. So, no worries.
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