apt-get vs aptitude

[John Myshrall]

Rajinder Yadav wrote:
> Christopher Browne wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Rajinder Yadav 
>> <devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> The essential difference is that aptitude represents a "captive,
>> GUI-ish" interface (albeit in a terminal window) whereas apt-get is
>> purely scriptable/commandable.
>
> GUI? are we using the same aptitude =) I am using the command line on 
> kubuntu:
>
> i.e. 'sudo aptitude install <x>'
>
> the only gui package installed I see are kpackagekit and synaptic
type aptitude and you get a gui.

http://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude

http://wiki.debian.org/Apt

http://wiki.debian.org/apt-get

John
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