--- In [email protected], Roy wrote: > > That is the problem with the commandline installers like aptitude and > apt-get. You need to know the precise name and type/spell it correctly. > Usually there are no caps, but sometimes there is. Sometimes you need two > words with a hyphen between them such as chromium versus chromium-browser. > In an application like Synaptic which has a GUI, the developer has this all > figured out for the user. The installer knows what apt-get command works > with which application. No guess work. No fuss. No muss. This is why many > users have left the power of the Linux commandline to developers and have > preferred the graphical approach. I have found that most power users do > not install much beyond what they use every day. It is an easier matter to > track application names and install them that way. > > The commandline works as well as ever, but you need more knowledge, skill > and patience. Fewer users have the time to learn and the patience to stick > with it. I am glad that you do, BTW. > > Roy > Using Kubuntu 12.10, 64-bit > Location: Canada >
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