-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'll look into aptitude and synaptic. I knew there were other comand line tools, but couldn't remember the names.
apt-get has become very annoying lately. It seems that it can't handle dependencies as well, leaving me to install software by hand with 'dpkg -i'. Sometimes, it can't even find the package at all. Now it wants me to 'apt-get autoremove' telling me that "The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:" and then provides a long list containing predominately packages that I use on a daily basis. It looks like apt-get is daring me to hose my system. I just want to find something better. I have nothing against dpkg other than that I have to resolve the dependency issues myself. I still run apt-get update to make sure security patches are in place; I do wish that it was the tool I remembered it being years ago. Thanks for the tips! On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:24:36 -0600 Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:13:22 -0800 >John Jason Jordan <joh...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:21:34 -0600 >> sys49...@hushmail.com dijo: > >... > >> >For several years, I have enjoyed apt-get as a very powerful >> >software install tool that doesn't require a mouse, but I have >been >> >finding it increasingly problematic over the past year or so. >I am >> >beginning to suspect that apt-get is becoming aged and >neglected. >> >Is there a newer/more modern package tool that has been getting >> >more development attention that I should be using instead? > >... > >> But all the people in the know about Debian tell me I should be >using aptitude. >> I suppose I should switch, but that would require learning new >stuff. After a >> graduate degree my brain is full, so if I learn new stuff I'll >have to delete >> some of the old stuff. Bah. > >"Note that aptitude is the preferred program for package >management >from console both for package installations and package or system >upgrades." > >http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkgtools.en.html#s- >aptitude > >Celejar >-- >foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom >aggregator >mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email >ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >listmas...@lists.debian.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Charset: UTF8 Version: Hush 3.0 Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify wpwEAQMCAAYFAksoGvsACgkQ4ehG49WjwSp2VgP+OfgMvxl5NadkcTp3YrDPvkthPl3P PQ60e8ghT/KRyr5Wlov9FDYNDoVlvIu3/DZslEwUDViJnvmAkOAbbWSKd5tFtobUdOcP b+bRGaU6mgoEnCS65slArKQ1fas5ZApHfaH1Nox7jzH8/Gyeg7mmBym6ooO3kKrZ/VGP QENIGmw= =TRc1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org