On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 07:09:04PM +, T o n g wrote:
Hi,
I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK to
do so?
I read [1] that it is not a good idea.
Please comment.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/07/maillist.html
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:36:52PM +, T o n g wrote:
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:30:30 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
To hold a Debian package not to be updated by apt-get
echo $package hold | dpkg --set-selections
Please note that such holding will not work for aptitude. . .
I just
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 09:54:54AM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:27:58PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 06:23:56PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkgtools.en.html#s-aptitude
This needs update. This
On 8/27/2010 9:52 PM, Osamu Aoki wrote:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594512
I just updates most gross errors in CVS so updated page will show up
soon.
Ah yes. The page should describe more of why aptitude vs apt-get, and
let the user decide.
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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:08:10PM +, T o n g wrote:
First of all, sorry that I miss read your meaning.
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:47:30 -0400, Anticept . wrote:
Can apt-get hold back package updates like aptitude? This might be one
of them.
Yes, it can, but it's done at the dpkg
Hi,
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:13:26PM +, s. keeling wrote:
T o n g mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com:
I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it
OK to do so?
I've not read your link.
Joey Hess wrote a long critique in here a couple of years ago, saying
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 06:23:56PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
On 08/25/2010 01:09 PM, T o n g wrote:
I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK to
do so?
Yes. However, aptitude is a much more powerful program. Check my blog
post on the many reasons to use
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:08:10PM +, T o n g wrote:
First of all, sorry that I miss read your meaning.
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:47:30 -0400, Anticept . wrote:
Can apt-get hold back package updates like aptitude? This might be one
of them.
Yes, it can, but it's done at the dpkg
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 19:23, Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com wrote:
On 08/25/2010 01:09 PM, T o n g wrote:
I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK to
do so?
Yes. However, aptitude is a much more powerful program. Check my blog
post on the many reasons
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:27:58PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 06:23:56PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkgtools.en.html#s-aptitude
This needs update. This is very old.
Why is this old? What is out-of-date?
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 08:51:29AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
Aside, can you post another blog (or another thread here) about why
you use both Ubuntu and Debian?
http://pthree.org/2009/02/19/server-migration-from-ubuntu-804-to-debian-50/
Long story short- Debian does a better job at package
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:59, Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 08:51:29AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
Aside, can you post another blog (or another thread here) about why
you use both Ubuntu and Debian?
Original Message
From: tom.brow...@gmail.com
To: aaron.topo...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Mixing apt-get and aptitude
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:51:29 -0500
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 19:23, Aaron Toponce
aaron.topo...@gmail.com wrote:
On 08/25/2010 01:09 PM, T o n g wrote:
I used to use
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:30:30 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
To hold a Debian package not to be updated by apt-get
echo $package hold | dpkg --set-selections
Please note that such holding will not work for aptitude. . .
I just tested. It worked for me.
Please elaborate a bit more. What
Osamu Aoki os...@debian.org:
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:13:26PM +, s. keeling wrote:
T o n g mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com:
I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it
OK to do so?
Joey Hess wrote a long critique in here a couple of years ago, saying
On Vi, 27 aug 10, 01:07:22, s. keeling wrote:
I've my own complaints about pkg managers (*everything* drags in
CUPS!)
Package managers are not responsible by the dependencies set by
individual packages.
Regards,
Andrei
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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:09 PM, T o n g mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi,
I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK to
do so?
I read [1] that it is not a good idea.
Please comment.
thanks
[1]
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:16:44 -0400, Anticept . wrote:
I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK
to do so?
I read [1] that it is not a good idea. Please comment.
. . .
There is no reason that these two can't be mixed. Aptitude, however,
keeps track of packages
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:21 PM, T o n g mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:16:44 -0400, Anticept . wrote:
I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK
to do so?
I read [1] that it is not a good idea. Please comment.
. . .
There is no reason
T o n g mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com:
I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it
OK to do so?
I've not read your link.
Joey Hess wrote a long critique in here a couple of years ago, saying
essentially yes. aptitude (I thimk) logs more of its actions than
does apt-get,
On 08/25/2010 01:09 PM, T o n g wrote:
I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK to
do so?
Yes. However, aptitude is a much more powerful program. Check my blog
post on the many reasons to use aptitude over apt:
http://pthree.org/2007/08/12/aptitude-vs-apt-get/
On 2004-02-17, David penned:
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:35:26PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
On 2004-02-17, David penned:
Well.. I _just now_ did.. didn't get my first report formatted
right.. but I've just received acknowledgement that the report has
been received - bug #233129
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:35:26PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
On 2004-02-17, David penned:
Well.. I _just now_ did.. didn't get my first report formatted right..
but I've just received acknowledgement that the report has been
received - bug #233129
Have you looked into the
I primarily use aptitude for my updates now, but there seems to be one
catch for my particular usage.
I'm on dialup, and often wish to do my update and download my files at
late night or other times when we don't use the phone lines. I desire
to use a script such as this :
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 09:13:28AM -0600, David said
However, it seems that aptitude always exits with status 0 regardless of
what's happened. FWIW, I've filed a wishlist bugreport in this regard.
Ah, cool.
Now, would it be the same to use apt-get for at least the update
Yup.
, or
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:41:49PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote:
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 09:13:28AM -0600, David said
However, it seems that aptitude always exits with status 0 regardless of
what's happened. FWIW, I've filed a wishlist bugreport in this regard.
Ah, cool.
Well.. I _just now_
On 2004-02-17, David penned:
Well.. I _just now_ did.. didn't get my first report formatted right..
but I've just received acknowledgement that the report has been
received - bug #233129
Have you looked into the reportbug utility? Takes all the effort out of
putting together a proper debian
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