On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:21 PM, T o n g <mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:16:44 -0400, Anticept . wrote: > >>> I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK >>> to do so? >>> >>> I read [1] that it is not a good idea. Please comment. >>> . . . >>> >> There is no reason that these two can't be mixed. Aptitude, however, >> keeps track of packages in which you have marked, and will automatically >> remove dependencies that are no longer needed. Check "man aptitude" for >> more information. > > apt-get can keeps track of manual installed packages and dependencies one > as well. Check "man apt-get" for more information. > >
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to come across like that. There was a couple sentences I removed which I had typed; what I meant to say is: I believe there are a couple of other more subtle things that aptitude does that apt-get can't do, check "man aptitude" for more information. Again, sorry :( -Anticept P.S. Can apt-get hold back package updates like aptitude? This might be one of them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti=xvk32h0z+6yb-e=3r0x=vovoxe_pn7ss=r...@mail.gmail.com
