On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 2:24 AM, 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
I cannot figure out how to do that with aptitude: $ apt-get source cmake Thanks -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
