On Sb, 05 feb 11, 12:35:47, PMA wrote:
>
> I have often read advice to the effect that it is best to choose *ONE*
> package-handling strategy (dpkg OR apt-get OR aptitude OR synaptic)
> and stick to it -- if only to ensure a consistent system representation
> of my package installations history.
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
wrote:
> On 02/05/2011 03:35 PM, PMA wrote:
>>
>> I have often read advice to the effect that it is best to choose *ONE*
>> package-handling strategy (dpkg OR apt-get OR aptitude OR synaptic)
>> and stick to it -- if only to ensure a consistent
On 02/05/2011 03:35 PM, PMA wrote:
I have often read advice to the effect that it is best to choose *ONE*
package-handling strategy (dpkg OR apt-get OR aptitude OR synaptic)
and stick to it -- if only to ensure a consistent system representation
of my package installations history.
Since they u
Okay, I misunderstood that it was only for upgrading Debian 5 to 6. I thought
it was for upgrading packages. Thanks
On Saturday February 5, 2011 11:00:37 am Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 10:22:23AM -0500, Kete wrote:
> > Hello, why have the authors of the Debian 6 release not
I have often read advice to the effect that it is best to choose *ONE*
package-handling strategy (dpkg OR apt-get OR aptitude OR synaptic)
and stick to it -- if only to ensure a consistent system representation
of my package installations history.
In preparing to install a given package, what wo
On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:22:23 -0500, Kete wrote:
> Hello, why have the authors of the Debian 6 release notes chosen to
> recommend apt-get? Just a few months ago, I read some other official
> documentation recommend aptitude. Why is Debian flip flopping? Now, I
> have to learn apt's commands, and a
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Kete wrote:
>
> Hello, why have the authors of the Debian 6 release notes chosen to
> recommend apt-get? Just a few months ago, I read some other official
> documentation recommend aptitude. Why is Debian flip flopping? Now, I have to
> learn apt's commands, and al
HI,
On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 10:22:23AM -0500, Kete wrote:
> Hello, why have the authors of the Debian 6 release notes chosen to
> recommend apt-get?
Because it is more robust for non-interactive dist-upgrade.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_literal_apt_get_lit
On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 10:22:23AM -0500, Kete wrote:
> Hello, why have the authors of the Debian 6 release notes chosen to
> recommend apt-get? Just a few months ago, I read some other official
> documentation recommend aptitude. Why is Debian flip flopping? Now, I have to
> learn apt's command
Hello, why have the authors of the Debian 6 release notes chosen to
recommend apt-get? Just a few months ago, I read some other official
documentation recommend aptitude. Why is Debian flip flopping? Now, I have to
learn apt's commands, and already, an apt-cache search doesn't tell me which
pac
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