I've been reading a bit on the differences between apt-get and aptitude.
I'm interested to know which others on the uk-ubuntu list are using (and
why)?
Oh, and I guess that Synaptic users are welcome to contribute as well,
though I don't have a GUI on the bulk of my Ubuntu machines, so it's
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From: Mark Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: 04 July 2007 11:29:11 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] apt-get vs. aptitude
I've been reading a bit on the differences between apt-get and aptitude.
I'm interested to know which others
Mark,
Mark Harrison wrote:
I've been reading a bit on the differences between apt-get and aptitude.
I'm interested to know which others on the uk-ubuntu list are using (and
why)?
I tend to use aptitude these days. It seems to be a bit better at
resolving conflicts and will remove stuff no
] apt-get vs. aptitude
I've been reading a bit on the differences between apt-get and aptitude.
I'm interested to know which others on the uk-ubuntu list are using (and
why)?
Oh, and I guess that Synaptic users are welcome to contribute as well,
though I don't have a GUI on the bulk of my
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To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: 04 July 2007 11:29:11 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] apt-get vs. aptitude
I've been reading a bit on the differences between apt-get and aptitude.
I'm interested to know which others on the uk-ubuntu list
Mark Harrison wrote:
I'm interested to know which others on the uk-ubuntu list are using (and
why)?
I've been using aptitude for a while now. I seem to remember reading
somewhere (Debian Sarge upgrade notes?) that it's recommended over
apt-get now because of its improved dependency handling.
Mark Harrison wrote:
I've been reading a bit on the differences between apt-get and aptitude.
I'm interested to know which others on the uk-ubuntu list are using (and
why)?
Hello, Mark.
I use the command-line aptitude to install/reinstall/remove packages
because it's much better at
