On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 06:23:56PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On 08/25/2010 01:09 PM, T o n g wrote: > > I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK to > > do so? > > Yes. However, aptitude is a much more powerful program. Check my blog > post on the many reasons to use aptitude over apt: > > http://pthree.org/2007/08/12/aptitude-vs-apt-get/ > > Debian also mentions to use aptitude over apt: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkgtools.en.html#s-aptitude
This needs update. This is very old. > To answer your question directly though, both apt and aptitude rely on > dpkg for the installation and removal of packages. So, no worries. > -- > . O . O . O . . O O . . . O . > . . O . O O O . O . O O . . O > O O O . O . . O O O O . O O O > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100826132758.ge3...@debian.org