On 01/15/2018 11:17 PM, deloptes wrote:
Jimmy Johnson wrote:Instead of using apt, next time use aptitude -f install, reason is if aptitude can not fix the problem it will give you a clue as what you can do. Also if you apt install and run 'upgrade-system' upgrade-system will tell what to do, and clean your system too.I thought aptitude was obsolated - never used it, but I think there was a thread on the list about
In my post I should have said: Instead of using apt-get, next time use apt -f install or aptitude -f install because the newer apt is also verbose like aptitude is. Aptitude is old but still verbose. Personally I use all of Debian's tools and when there is a problem, the more verbose the better.
Interesting, both aptitude and gdebi got upgrades in the wee hours of my morning. Thank you Debian. :)
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