Packaging tools unification

[Carlos Parra]

apt-cache
apt-get               =     apt ???
dpkg-reconfigure

Nooo! I couldn't be mixed.

apt-cache:= it's useful for "have a look" at the cache of the system. It
doesn't modify the system, just give information.
apt-get:= A line-command tool to manage packages.
dpkg-reconfigure:= reconfigure an already installed package.

IMHO, it shouldn't be mixed. I know that it isn't easy for a new user
but a new user doesn't have to know anything about command line. This
"accesibility topic" should be discussed at a windows level.

Anyway, a wrapper could be done easy.

On jue, 2005-05-19 at 23:08 +0200, MadMan2k wrote:
> I just crashed my xserver by upgrading breezy and had to work with the 
> console instead of synaptic.
> And this is when I noticed how circumstantial it actually is to be 
> forced to use a bunch of tools to manage
> the packages;
> 
> You've got apt-cache for searching, apt-get for reprository install dpkg 
> for offline install, dpkg-reconfigure for customising aso.
> IMO it would be much more comfortable to have just apt for everything. 
> (including repro support for local packages)
> 
> the syntax could look like that:
> apt search <package>
> apt install <package>
> apt reconfigure <package>
> 
> it should be quite easy to achieve this by simply adding some wrapping 
> layer - although a real unification would be
> more efficient.
> 
> m2k
> 
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