On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote:
> If any Debian experts could give some some advice I'd appreciate it. My > question is, am I using aptitude wrong? What should I do differently? > > <snip> > > Needless to say this experience has not impressed me with aptitude's > lack of super cow powers. Seems like a dangerous tool, if the end user > naively clicked "yes" to aptitude's suggestions. Am I using aptitude > wrong? Or is apt-get still the only game in town? > > I have used aptitude very little and personally prefer apt-get. As I understand they both do the same thing, but are created for different use cases. So the correct answer is, use the one you are most comfortable with and that fits your needs. There are many discussions comparing them on the webz. Here are two: http://askubuntu.com/questions/1743/is-aptitude-still-considered-superior-to-apt-get http://superuser.com/questions/93437/aptitude-vs-apt-get-which-is-the-recommended-aka-the-right-tool-to-use /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
