On Friday 19 October 2012 16:05:46 Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Chris Bannister > > <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:05:55AM -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > >> I recommend using aptitude for everything. It replaces apt-get and > >> apt-cache, ... > > > > root@tal:~# dpkg -S /usr/bin/apt-get > > apt: /usr/bin/apt-get > > > > root@tal:~# apt-cache policy aptitude > > aptitude: > > Installed: (none) > > Candidate: 0.6.8.1-2 > > Version table: > > 0.6.8.1-2 0 > > 990 http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages > > > > IOW, I can easily remove aptitude, I wouldn't like to try forcefully > > removing apt. > > > >> aptitude search chess > > > > Mmmm, :) > > > >> Aptitude is the officially recommended tool for command line package > >> management, replacing apt-get. > > > > Where does it say that? If you are talking about the release notes, then > > that seems to vary from release to release and generally refers to which > > tool does the best job of upgrading from one release to the next without > > too many problems. > > I swear I saw it on the Aptitude page on the Debian wiki, but I guess > it was somewhere else, because I just looked and it is not.
"I swear I _saw_ it" - past tense! Perhaps it was there but is not there now. Aptitude did have some definite advantages over apt- , but they are now much more level pegging. (And no, I do not want a flame war over "my apt is better than your apt" .... !) I still use aptitude most of the time, because I know it better. > Oh well. I mean obviously people are free to use what they want, I > just cannot understand why anyone would use apt-* when there is > aptitude. And 90% of the time I use interactive mode, which doesn't > exist *at all* in apt-*, and when I do use the CLI, one command for > installing searching, etc. is more convent than several. I agree! Lisi -- 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/201210191616.44571.lisi.re...@gmail.com
