Re: apt-get vs. aptitude

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>]

Morten Bo Johansen wrote:
> On 2013-10-13 Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> > apt-mark hold <package>
> > or
> > echo <package> hold | dpkg --set-selections
> > or
> > Synaptic's lock option
> Sure. But the gist of the discussion to me was the point of view of the
> naive user, i.e. how the two package managers behave out of the box.
> No compelling arguments have been provided that one is better than the
> other in that respect.
For what it's worth:  Every time I try to use Aptitude, I find myself 
confused and/or not getting the results I need.  As a result, I keep 
using apt-*

Miles Fidelman


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