Re: Is apt-get still the cool package installer?

2009-12-17 Thread sys49152
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for the aptitude tips. I installed the docs package and the HTML is right where you all was said to be. :) Love debian for we are allowed to install a more simplified system. I can even pretend I am an early 1990s grad student and use fvwm if

Re: Is apt-get still the cool package installer?

2009-12-15 Thread sys49152
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'll look into aptitude and synaptic. I knew there were other comand line tools, but couldn't remember the names. apt-get has become very annoying lately. It seems that it can't handle dependencies as well, leaving me to install software by hand wit

Is apt-get still the cool package installer?

2009-12-14 Thread sys49152
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, For several years, I have enjoyed apt-get as a very powerful software install tool that doesn't require a mouse, but I have been finding it increasingly problematic over the past year or so. I am beginning to suspect that apt-get is becoming aged