Apt-get is great, but I prefer to use aptitude for day to day package management. It's really just a frontend for dpkg, just like apt-get is.
The main reason for using aptitude is this: If you install a package that requires particular dependancies then apt-get can install these just fine. However, if you then go to remove the package it can leave these now unused dependancies behind. Aptitude keeps track of unused dependancies and removes them if they're no longer needed. It also keeps a log of all it's actions so it's easy to reconstruct your system if you ever want to rebuild it. I like aptitude because it lets me try out lots of different packages, safe in the knowledge that a simple command will remove it without leaving any 'bits' behind! Aptitude has an ncurses GUI, but I find it just as easy to use the CLI, using the same syntax as apt-get (i.e. $sudo aptitude install FOOBAR; $sudo aptitude update; $sudo aptitude dist-upgrade, etc.) HTH. I hope I'm not teaching anybody to suck eggs ;-) -- ehjones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ehjones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5218 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38519 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
