-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Celejar wrote: > >> It's more powerful and can do anything that apt-get can > > What are the aptitude equivalents of > > sudo apt-get build-dep texmacs > apt-get source grep > >
Good question. >> , and in my experience, Synaptic's >> GUI doesn't add much value, and you can use aptitude in interactive >> mode. >> > > I like synaptic's GUI much better than aptitude's ncurses interface. If I > want to see all the packages whose names start with vim, In synaptic all I > do is type vim. I could not find a simple way of doing this in aptitude. > For me, the default menu structure is too cumbersome to traverse. I am not > trying to berate aptitude here, just highlighting some of my > inconveniences. I think the best solution is for someone to make a gui front end for Aptitiude instead of apt-get. I won't be trying something like that, it's just an idea. Just remember though, upgrading X packages while running X is just asking for troubles. That's probably why so many of the tools are text based. I am super paranoid about it since it bit me before. I always make sure X isn't running when I upgrade anything. It makes me use the console more, which is only a good thing. Typing: vi file.txt is faster than opening a file manager and navigating to it then right clicking on it and saying edit. Roberto is right, and with bash autocompletion, it is really a snap. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGFKPYiXBCVWpc5J4RAmdSAJ99+LITJMjjQ24Gsey+pXVAX/bDngCeNdBu gu7fBzayiANYskhD4Z4hVbg= =pfSU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
