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--- "Donald R. Spoon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > are there any pitfalls to using kpackage, in kde, > for apt-gets? the user > > interface is real easy, making me suspicious, > considering the subtle > > complexities of apt-get from the command line. > > I have been using kpackage here since the days of > KDE version 2.1 on > Potato. I currently use it on my pinned > testing/unstable system with > KDE version 2.2.2. During all this time, I have > never had it mess up my > system doing the "apt-gets". It works fine for > routine updates and > upgrades. > > Like any other GUI, it is limited in what it does > compared to the > command-line "apt-get" commands, so you cannot get > away from the command > line completely. This is especially true when > working with > testing/unstable, where you occasionally have to > intervene to get the > packages installed. In all of these cases I have > encountered, it just > refuses to do anything. > > I find it most useful for browsing the list of > "available" and > "installed" packages and easily fine-tuning my > system. The GUI seems to > add another visual demention that I like for these > purposes, plus it > gives the package descriptions & depend/recommend > info automatically so > you can get a little info about a package before you > commit. Doing this > at the command line is somewhat cumbersome for me. > I also use it mainly > for single-package installs...I haven't really tried > the equivalent of > "apt-get upgrade" too many times here, so I can't > comment on how well > the upgrade function works on 20-30 new packages. > > There are other programs which do similar > things...appitude, etc. If > you are familiar with the "Corel Update" package in > Corel Linux, > Kpackage is the closest thing I have seen to it > so-far. The only thing > Kpackage doesn't do is allow editing of the > /etc/apt/sources.list file > that Corel Update would do. > > I really haven't checked out the KISS, RPM, TGZ, or > BSD install side of > it yet. I have only worked with DEBs. Dunno how > well that function > works. > > I like it and find it useful here as an adjunct to > the command-line. > > Cheers, > -Don Spoon- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com
