Hi, tito via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> writes:
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:27:52 +0100 > Didier Kryn <k...@in2p3.fr> wrote: > >> Le 25/01/2022 à 09:49, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng a écrit : >> > Hi Tito, >> > >> > tito via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> writes: >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> [... snip synaptic error message due to missing distribution >> >> template for Devuan/chimaera ...] >> > >> > BTW, I don't use synaptic myself. Too much bloat. The command-line >> > suits my needs just fine. >> > >> I'd have loved using aptitude but could never understand how to do >> the simplest thing with it, although I watched several experts using it >> and was impressed. As a menu-driven package manager, I very often use >> Synaptic, leaving apt-get for quick simple things or when dist-upgrading. > > Hi, > > for me synaptic is useful to find software I don't now about, > with simple queries I'm served a list of matches with summaries to choose > from. I use `apt search` or `apt-cache search` for that. Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
