[ubuntu-uk] Aptitude

[Rowan Berkeley]

On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:51:19 +0100, Tony Arnold
<tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:

> On 07/06/10 11:22, Neil Perry wrote:
> > That is what I don't understand either, typically I thought if 
> > debian would be adopting that apt-get will be getting phased out. 
> > Unless Ubuntu devlopers maintain apt-get.
> 
> Maybe it's a size thing and squeezing what they can on to the CD.
> aptitude is 2.1MB on my system compared to 115KB for apt-get. I never
> use it but aptitude will run as a curses application allowing
> you to select and deselect packages. Which may explain it's size. I
> tend to use it as a direct alternative to apt-get. Regards, Tony.

A curses application? Damn, that sounds useful. Maybe I can find the
space ;-) Rowan