HI, On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 10:22:23AM -0500, Kete wrote: > Hello, why have the authors of the Debian 6 release notes chosen to > recommend apt-get?
Because it is more robust for non-interactive dist-upgrade. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_literal_apt_get_literal_literal_apt_cache_literal_vs_literal_aptitude_literal This gives you situation when to use which. > Just a few months ago, I read some other official > documentation recommend aptitude. Which? Old release note? > Why is Debian flip flopping? In simple words: * APT(apt-get) was the only option * aptitude was created and was better at one point in history * APT became better while aptitude had some annoing issues. > Now, I have to > learn apt's commands, and already, an apt-cache search doesn't tell me which > packages are installed. I do not think we requested you to lean that much detail. You can still use aptitude for that purpose. release note recommendation is for release-to-release update which is not daily packge management. Osamu -- 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/20110205164751.ga11...@debian.org