apt-get vs aptitude
Rajinder Yadav
devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Fri Dec 18 10:55:57 UTC 2009
Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 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.
I forced myself to learn to type aptitude, I started off using apt-get,
but I posted earlier, one day something broke, a require dependency did
not get installed and ever since then I've been using aptitude with no
issues.
>
> aptitude is certainly also better than synaptic at dealing with
> dependancies.
>
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