Re: Remove unwanted, orphaned files and dependencies
On Sun 01 Jun 2014 at 05:49:24 -0700, Horatio Leragon wrote:
> I read somewhere on the internet that Debian discourages its users to
> use the 'aptitude' command. Debian encourages us to use the 'apt'
> command. Is that correct?
No. The context you probably saw that in is important.
> > $ aptitude search '~c'
>
> What is the equivalent 'apt' command?
Please see apt-cache(8).
> > $ aptitude purge '~c'
> The equivalent of the above using 'apt' command is.......?
Please see apt-get(8)
> > $ aptitude purge $(aptitude -F "%p" search '~g')
>
> And the equivalent of '$ aptitude purge $(aptitude -F "%p" search '~g')' using 'apt' command is.....................?
apt-get purge $(aptitude -F "%p" search '~g')
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