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Girard Henri
girardhenri at free.fr
Tue Dec 11 17:16:47 UTC 2007
i use aptitude /apt-get /synaptic /dpkg
depending if I have a problem that can be solve better way...
As i use devel version of kubuntu 64 bits I often use adept_manager
--dist-upgrade-devel to have everything on the edge...
But i never had a problem of mix debs as they use the same source.list
Derek Broughton a écrit :
> Sylviane et Perry White wrote:
>
>
>> On Monday 10 December 2007 14:34:18 Derek Broughton wrote:
>>
>>> Sylviane et Perry White wrote:
>>>
>>>> I installed dovecot, from sources because I couldn't find it in
>>>> KUbuntu's repos (was in Ubuntu's though but I didn't dare try that)
>>>>
>>> Whoa! What repos are you using that you think are Kubuntu but not
>>> Ubuntu?? There is no such thing as a "Kubuntu" repository.
>>>
>> I'm a bit new on Kubuntu and havent mastered completely the
>> apt-get/adept/aptitude/synaptic stuff (was using "YAST" and binaries
>> before)
>>
>> I know it isn't wise to alternate between synaptic and adept (although
>> both are graphical layers for apt-get)
>>
>
> There's no reason you need to stick to adept. I _think_ you'll get
> different results between adept and aptitude, and synaptic and aptitude,
> but they should give the same results as each other and apt-get. The only
> reason aptitude is different is the default options it runs with (it
> installs all "recommends" as well as dependencies).
>
>
>> so I try to stick with adept.
>>
>
> Fine - but you have to use the right adept!
>
> There is adept-manager and adept-installer. adept-installer is the stupid
> little brother :-( It explicitly only presents you a subset of the actual
> installable programs. I can't say more because I have _never_ used it.
>
>
>> I also read that integration of gnome programs in kde made progress,
>> meaning some programs may no work or not perfectly (hope I got it right so
>> far).
>>
>
> No, I'm sure they really mean _integration_ - the ability of the program to
> use kio slaves and _look_ like a KDE app when run in KDE. Otherwise, Gnome
> programs do the same thing when run under KDE as they do under Gnome - but
> they don't _look_ the same as KDE apps.
>
>
>> That explains why, having no problem finding dovecot with Synaptic
>> but failing using adept_installer, I took that as an indication dovecot
>> was intentionally not included in what adept-installer offered.
>>
>
> You're right, it's intentional - but it is available from adept-manager.
>
>
>> Your comment makes me belive I have not enabled the same repos for adept
>> as for synaptic (right?) (I still have to find out how, I may have to do
>> some homework first ;-) )
>>
>>
>>> Makes me suspect you're not using a blessed source...
>>>
>
> Sorry, that was a brain-fart on my end, because the only way to have adept
> and synaptic use different repositories is for one or both to specify a
> different config file. By default, they both get their sources
> from /etc/apt/sources.list*
>
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