When I first started using aptitude I got the impression that it was an almost all encompassing front-end to the command-line apt. I like it better than the gui front-ends because you can use it remotely over ssh. Using aptitude makes it a bit hard sometimes though, it seems a lot of people on these forums use apt on the command-line. I'm sure after a few more months of using it and learning all the ins and outs it will make understanding apt commands easier.
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 19:53:30 +0000, Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 08 December 2004 22:55, Maurits van Rees wrote: > ... > > > > man apt-cache: > > > > DESCRIPTION > > > > apt-cache performs a variety of operations on APT's package > > cache. apt-cache does not manipulate the state of the system but does > > provide operations to search and generate interesting output from the > > package metadata. > > > > So you should be safe. You get things like this: > > > > $ apt-cache search dvd write > > bootcd - run your system from cd without need for disks > > bootcd-dvdplus - bootcd extension to use DVD+ media > > bootcd-hppa - bootcd extension to create images that can boot on > > parisc/hppa bootcd-i386 - bootcd extension to create images that can boot > > on i386. bootcd-ia64 - bootcd extension to create images that can boot on > > ia64 k3b - A sophisticated KDE cd burning application > > You can do all of these type of searches within aptitiude, so there is no need > to use apt-cache. Take a little time out and read the manual (on-line in > aptitude) and it will show you how to do these searches. > > -- > Alan Chandler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, > then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]