On 10/06/2007 11:24 AM, Márcio H. Parreiras wrote:
On 10/6/07, Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
Is it safe to switch to using aptititude as my package manager after
having used dselect up to now?
Thnaks,
Martin
Sure, aptitude is a better tool than dselect.
That's true, but that wasn't what he asked. Martin wanted to know if it
is safe to use aptitude after having used dselect up to now, and the
answer is "no"--unless certain steps are taken in aptitude.
I think those steps are to find out what aptitude wants to uninstall
automatically and to perform "unmarkauto" on those packages.
Aptitude's interactive interface is very useful for this. Martin would
want to get aptitude to the point where it does not want install or
uninstall anything automatically. After aptitude is satisfied with the
current system, it's probably safe to start using aptitude regularly.
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