Re: Newbie selecting package manager
On Wednesday 06 July 2005 21:42, Elmer E. Dow [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I'm leaning toward using apt (and maybe occasionally using Synaptic) rather then Aptitude. ITYM: apt-get. apt-get (and its cohorts), Synaptic, and aptitude are all based on the Advanced Package Tool, a/k/a APT. Given my use, shouldn't the simplicity of apt be adequate over the long haul? apt-get is a very good tool. Synaptic is a very good tool and has a nicer user interface. aptitude is a very good tool; it's doesn't have the nice GUI of Synaptic but it's more powerful. Also, it can be used like apt-get from the command line. Is using deborphan and -- purge just as effective as Aptitude's cleaning methods? I ran deborphan for the first time yesterday. It found some packages I didn't need and I purged them with aptitude. aptitude didn't think the packages were unused because I had installed them manually. No tool does everything. If so, then what's Aptitude's advantage? You might install the aptitude-doc package and read about all the magical things aptitude can do. Or is this just a matter of preference? Yes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie selecting package manager
On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 21:42 -0600, Elmer E. Dow wrote: After having used Red Hat 9 and Knoppix (hard disk install), I installed Sarge a while ago and plan to stick with it. All support to you. Now I need to select a package manager to use that fits my needs. My laptop is used for office tapplications (creating documents, some graphics, presentation, browsing, e-mail, etc.) and I don't anticipate installing and removing too many applications. okay I'm leaning toward using apt (and maybe occasionally using Synaptic) rather then Aptitude. Given my use, shouldn't the simplicity of apt be adequate over the long haul? May be... Is using deborphan and -- purge just as effective as Aptitude's cleaning methods? If so, then what's Aptitude's advantage? Or is this just a matter of preference? Aptitude gives you a GUI... I recommend using apt it is very stable as well for security reasons. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie selecting package manager
Elmer E. Dow wrote: After having used Red Hat 9 and Knoppix (hard disk install), I installed Sarge a while ago and plan to stick with it. Now I need to select a package manager to use that fits my needs. My laptop is used for office applications (creating documents, some graphics, presentation, browsing, e-mail, etc.) and I don't anticipate installing and removing too many applications. I'm leaning toward using apt (and maybe occasionally using Synaptic) rather then Aptitude. Given my use, shouldn't the simplicity of apt be adequate over the long haul? Is using deborphan and -- purge just as effective as Aptitude's cleaning methods? If so, then what's Aptitude's advantage? Or is this just a matter of preference? - Elmer E. Dow If you like synaptic, you can stick with it for now. But in the mean time learn apt-get. Sometimes you want to do things which are (easy to do|possible only) from the command line. Then apt-get comes in handy. Regarding aptitude vs. apt-get, it is a religious war. You can choose either one. Both have its advantages and disadvantages. I started with apt-get and it fulfilled all my requirements, so I never felt like learning aptitude. If I had started with aptitude, probably the opposite thing would have happened. hth raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi Graduate Student, MAE Cornell University http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
