apt-get vs aptitude

Rajinder Yadav devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Dec 17 05:20:02 UTC 2009


What is the difference between using apt-get and aptitude to install 
packages?

I'm using aptitude because if I recall correctly it manages the package 
dependencies better, where as apt-get will not. I recall having to use 
synaptic to fix a problem once and that when I stopped using apt-get.

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