T o n g <mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com>: > > I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it > OK to do so?
I've not read your link. Joey Hess wrote a long critique in here a couple of years ago, saying essentially yes. aptitude (I thimk) logs more of its actions than does apt-get, but other than that, they're just wrappers that call dpkg. I think. Read Joey's post, it's definitive. > I read [1] that it is not a good idea. > > [1] > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/mixing-apt-*-and-aptitude-nok-828408/ -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- 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/i5482m$mo...@speranza.aioe.org
