On Wednesday 04 February 2015 20:20:10 Ric Moore wrote: > On 02/04/2015 06:26 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 February 2015 07:35:29 Ric Moore wrote: > >> As root user, apt-get install synaptic > >> Let it install your programs for you. It's a great GUI package tool, > >> that most use. > > > > And you have got your statistics from?? I would seriously query that > > most users, on this list anyhow, use synaptic. Personally, I greatly > > prefer aptitude. > > Well, there ya go. The people I hang with seem to prefer it and have for > eons. It's simple point n click, and rarely gums things up. I seriously > doubt that the OP would be where he is now, had he used it to start with. > > So, my response was to suggest something pretty much dead easy to use, > especially for a first time user. You've been around forever, so > aptitude and it's interface is easy for you. I've been around forever, > as well, and I don't like it, ergo I don't recommend it. To each their > own, eh?
Of course! I wasn't objecting to your using synaptic. I can't imagine why you want to. ;-) I have more than once used aptitude to sort out synpatic snafus. But as you say, to each his own. No, I was objecting to your trying to claim that, because you use it, it follows ipso facto that *most* people do the same. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201502050013.56738.lisi.re...@gmail.com
