Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools

2011-01-11 Thread Lisi
On Monday 10 January 2011 12:04:27 pt3...@gmail.com wrote: > Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, > dpkg directly? > I tried aptitude, but I don't like ncurses-based tools. I prefer the > classic command line if possible. I have used aptitude on the command line si

Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools

2011-01-10 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 16:11, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 10 Jan 2011, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> pt3...@gmail.com: >> > >> > Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, >> > dpkg directly? >> >> Never use dpkg directly if you don't have to. Apt-get and aptitude are >> bot

Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools

2011-01-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 01:04:27PM +0100, pt3...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a Debian Squeeze new user and have some basic questions about > Debian package tools. > > Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, > dpkg directly? Wh

Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools

2011-01-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , pt3...@gmail.com wrote: >I'm a Debian Squeeze new user and have some basic questions about >Debian package tools. > >Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, >dpkg directly? Absolutely not, on both counts. With the Squeeze release, apt-get

Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools

2011-01-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Jan 2011, Jochen Schulz wrote: > pt3...@gmail.com: > > > > Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, > > dpkg directly? > > Never use dpkg directly if you don't have to. Apt-get and aptitude are > both good frontends with similar capabilities. Which one you use i

Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools

2011-01-10 Thread Jochen Schulz
pt3...@gmail.com: > > Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, > dpkg directly? Never use dpkg directly if you don't have to. Apt-get and aptitude are both good frontends with similar capabilities. Which one you use is mostly a question of personal preference. Only wh

Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools

2011-01-10 Thread Javier Barroso
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:04 PM, pt3...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a Debian Squeeze new user and have some basic questions about > Debian package tools. > > Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, > dpkg directly? > I tried aptit

Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools

2011-01-10 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
> > > Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, > dpkg directly? > I tried aptitude, but I don't like ncurses-based tools. I prefer the > classic command line if possible. > > You'll rarely need to use dpkg directly,it's lowest level of package management, it does no hav

Basic questions about Debian package tools

2011-01-10 Thread pt3...@gmail.com
Hello, I'm a Debian Squeeze new user and have some basic questions about Debian package tools. Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, dpkg directly? I tried aptitude, but I don't like ncurses-based tools. I prefer the classic command line if possible.