On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 08:33:22AM -0500, M. Kirchhoff wrote: > > > I've recently started using aptitude from the console instead of apt-get > for package management on my Woody systems. I find some of the > features, like the ability to do a "--with-suggests", quite useful. It > seems like Aptitude does a better job of handling dependencies as well. > > Are there any pitfalls when using Aptitude to manage a system? For > example, running
I usually use aptitude, but I use apt-get build-dep, apt-get source, and I'll use apt-get if I only want the bare minimum of a thing, usually because something else wants it but I don't particularly intend to use it. > > aptitude update && aptitude upgrade > > instead of > > apt-get update && apt-get upgrade > > Is Aptitude being pushed as the replacement for dselect, or perhaps as > an eventual replacement for apt-get? > > Thanks for any thoughts. > > -- > me.kirchhoff > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
