On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:21:34 -0600, sys49...@hushmail.com in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > > Hi, > > 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?
I use aptitude due to the fact that I received advice on this very list to use it as the preferred package manager several years ago. Supposedly it's better at resolving dependencies than apt-get. It works similarly from the console/term as apt-get. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org