Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Sometime before, I read on this list that it is unwise to mix apt-get and > aptitude. By mix, I mean using apt-get one time and aptitude another time. > The reason given was that both of them use different databases. Is this > true for synaptic and aptitude as well? Can I use synaptic sometimes and > aptitude some other times? Any ideas? > > I am using Etch (testing) if it matters. >
There was a long discussion about this, as you recall. The results are summarised on the NewbieDOC wiki [1]. Basically, you run # aptitude install -sf to see whether Aptitude is confused. If so, run a fix. The global fix is # aptitude keep-all [1] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Aptitude_-_using_together_with_Synaptic_and_Apt-get HTH, -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]