apt-get vs aptitude

Rajinder Yadav devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Fri Dec 18 10:58:07 UTC 2009


John Myshrall wrote:
> 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.

funny I recall the CUI now but for some reason I blocked it out of my 
mind? I guess I wanted to feel like a super geek typing in commands =P

> http://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude
> 
> http://wiki.debian.org/Apt
> 
> http://wiki.debian.org/apt-get
> 
> John
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