<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> It might be worth pointing out that aptitude is preferred over apt-get in Debian [1]: The preferred program for package management from the command line is aptitude, which can perform the same package management functions as apt-get and has proven to be better at dependency resolution. dpkg is not usable for package management and gdebi only makes installing local deb packages easier by resolving dependencies. Regards, Ansgar [1] <<a href="http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#pkgmgmt" target="_blank">http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#pkgmgmt</a>> </blockquote> </div> Thanks for your comments mate. I never claimed that dpkg and gdebi done any more than just that. I was simply pointing out that in addition to apt-get's functions, there really is nothing that aptitude can technically do that can't be done already with other built-in tools. But as pointed out already, it seems my wish has come true. Aptitude will be included only by default in Server Edition of Maverick. Regards -- Chris Jones Photographic Imaging Professional and Graphic Designer ABN: 98 317 740 240 Photo Resolutions - Photo Printing, Editing and Restorations Web: <a href="http://photoresolutions.freehostia.com" target="_blank">http://photoresolutions.freehostia.com</a> Email: <<a href="mailto:chrisjones@comcen.com.au" target="_blank">chrisjones@comcen.com.au</a>>