On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 01:21:24PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: } > This is the primary benefit I keep hearing about for aptitude over apt-get. } } Then why not add a "apt-get remove --deps" flag which does it like aptitude } (or at least, behaves similarly, maybe using something like deborphans)? } } The main problem I have with Debian package management is the number of } different tools.
Well, the different tools do different things. APT is a framework. It sits on top of dpkg, which is responsible for managing installed packages or package files. Aptitude, dselect, Syntaptic, apt-get, apt-cache, and others use APT to know what packages are available for installation, how to get them, and a variety of information about them. They use dpkg to install and remove them, however. (For those who are more familiar with RPM-based distributions, dpkg is analogous to rpm and APT is analogous to YaST or yum.) } Pet peeve: `dpkg -l foobar' may tell me that foobar doesn't exist, yet } `apt-get install foobar' will download and install it. This is particularly } annoying when you don't know the name of the package, so you do `dpkg -l } \*foo\*' and it tells you there's no such thing. Why not have a `apt-get } list' or something like that? Or does it exist already? apt-cache search Use dpkg to tell you about and manipulate packages that are installed on your system. Use the APT suite (apt-get and apt-cache, primarily) to tell you about and manipulate available packages. } Stefan --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]