I'm sure that the best feature of aptitude is the minesweeper game :)
On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 11:39 +0100, Kirrus wrote: > I tend to use apt-get for small, quick programs.. and aptitude for anything > bigger. I tend to use aptitudes' text-based graphical interface for sorting > out any dependency issues caused by dist-upgrades etc... (eg. edgy to fiesty). > > (Type in "aptitude" or "sudo aptitude" into the command line, and it will > launch a text-based graphical interface. _very_ useful for remote > ssh-accessed servers and PCs!) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > 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 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 not > an option for me :-) > > M. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > -- Andrew Gee [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.webspot.co.uk | http://www.papermark.org
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