** Tony Arnold <tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk> [2010-06-07 11:18]: > On 07/06/10 08:51, Neil Perry wrote: > > I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude > > being install by default. I don't want to start another button debate. > > > > But how many of you using aptitude rather then apt-get? > > > > I've used aptitude since I started using ubuntu, seeing as I thought > > apt-get wasn't maintained any more. > > That's irritating. On the command line I always use aptitude. I started > doing so because I thought I had seen somewhere that debian was adopting > aptitude as their standard command line package management tool. > > I guess I'll just add aptitude to do the list of packages I install by > default. ** end quote [Tony Arnold]
Yes, I've always used aptitude as well, believing it to be the replacement for apt-get. I also quite like that it has search built in rather than having to install apt-find as well. I have to say that the only time I use the GUI tools, even on Ubuntu desktop, is when it pops up with updates. If I want a new package I use aptitude, and haven't found any of the attempts at GUI tools to be anywhere near as easy to use. Maybe that's because I'm a techy, and increasingly Ubuntu seems to be aimed at non-techies. Server side I use aptitude all the time since you never need a GUI on a server - obvious to anyone except Microsoft ;) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 ====================================================================== Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/