package managers

[Bruce Marshall]

On Wednesday 26 November 2008, Art Alexion wrote:
> > I use all four....  aptitude, synaptic, apt-get, and adept  without
> > problems.
> >
> > I believe they all resolve down to   dpkg  at their depths....
>
> Yes, and no.  Aptitude handles dependencies differently than apt-get, so
> removal is cleaner.  There are other differences with regard to the
> handling of recommended packages and so forth.

Read what I said again..    I did not say they were all equal in value/action.

But they can be used interchangeably.