Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt
On 08/07/2020 10:10 PM, Joe wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:31:53 -0400
> Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> Recently there was a thread about aptitude dependency resolution
>> limitations.
>>
>> Years ago, I believe I read in the Debian documentation that aptitude
>> was preferred to apt-get, because it seemed to have better dependency
>> resolution.
>>
>> Now, we have apt, as well.
>>
>> So, all other things being equal, which is currently considered to be
>> the best at dependency resolution?
>
> I believe it is still aptitude.
>
> However, the length of time it takes increases sharply with number of
> packages to be upgraded. If you have more than a hundred or so, (not
> unusual on unstable) it may take a very long time. It is usually not
> the method recommended for upgrading Debian stable to the next version.
>
If you make use of the accept/reject function it gets kinda acceptable.
In the dependency resolution screen you can press a and r to accept and
reject the selected action.
together with ',' and '.' you'll get where you want.
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