Am Mittwoch, 7. Juni 2006 10:32 schrieb Clive Menzies: > On (07/06/06 08:10), Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > Hello dear maintainers, > > > > I have a little question: > > > > What is today the right tool, to handle the packages ? > > > > apt ? synaptic ? aptitude ? kpackage ? > > > > Which one is recommended and preferred as "state of the art" ? > > Are you looking to start a flame war :) > > Synaptic, aptitude and kpackage are all front ends to apt. Beyond that > it is personal choice. I like aptitude but it's personal preference. > If you search the archive you'll find much discussion on the subject. > > http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkgtools.en.html > > Regards > > Clive > No, srry, a flamewar was not my intention. The background is, that i.e. apt-get dist-upgrade is choosig a different package seletion than i.e. aptitude. Additionally aptitude does not stop when an error at installation happens. So all the tools seem to have different behaviours. If that is so, there must be advantages or disadvantages. So, that is, what I would like to find out.
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