Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools
On 10 Jan 2011, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> pt3asw@gmail.com:
> >
> > Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better,
> > dpkg directly?
>
> Never use dpkg directly if you don't have to. Apt-get and aptitude are
> both good frontends with similar capabilities. Which one you use is
> mostly a question of personal preference. Only when doing distribution
> upgrades (like from lenny to squeeze) you should read the release notes
> and use the tool that it suggests.
>
I'd vote for wajig myself.
Description: simple and unified package management for Debian
Wajig is a single commandline wrapper around apt, apt-cache, dpkg, /etc/init.d
scripts and more, intended to be easy to use and providing extensive
documentation for all of its functions.
With a suitable sudo(1) configuration, most (if not all) package installation
as well as creation tasks can be done from a user shell. Wajig is also suitable
for general system administration.
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