Re: Mixing apt-get and aptitude
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>From: tom.browder@gmail.com
>To: aaron.toponce@gmail.com
>Subject: Re: Mixing apt-get and aptitude
>Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:51:29 -0500
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>>On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 19:23, Aaron Toponce
><aaron.toponce@gmail.com> 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?
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>>> Yes. However, aptitude is a much more powerful program. Check my
>blog
>>> post on the many reasons to use aptitude over apt:
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>>> http://pthree.org/2007/08/12/aptitude-vs-apt-get/
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>>Excellent! Thanks.
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>>Aside, can you post another blog (or another thread here) about why
>>you use both Ubuntu and Debian?
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>>I assume Debian for a stable server host and Ubuntu for a more
>>up-to-date desktop host, but I may be wrong.
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>>Thanks.
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>>-Tom
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>>Niceville, FL
>>USA
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This is exactly what I use for my systems and those of my students (I
teach C) (Lenny for the stagle server and Ubuntu 10.4 for the more
recent hardware such as laptops)
Larry
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