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.
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
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 commands,
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.
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Kete k...@suddenlink.net 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
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
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
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 notes
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
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
edua...@kalinowski.com.br 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
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