apt-get vs aptitude

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:20:02AM -0500, Rajinder Yadav 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.

aptitude is newer and more advanced and does have a better system to
deal with dependancies.  Debian in fact recommends the use of aptitude
these days as the main command line tool.  I still use apt-get, probably
because I am used to typing that and I find aptitude asks too many
questions.

aptitude is certainly also better than synaptic at dealing with
dependancies.

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