[ubuntu-uk] Aptitude

[Paul Tansom]

** Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk> [2010-06-07 11:18]:
> On 07/06/10 08:51, Neil Perry wrote:
> > I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude
> > being install by default. I don't want to start another button debate. 
> > 
> > But how many of you using aptitude rather then apt-get?
> > 
> > I've used aptitude since I started using ubuntu, seeing as I thought
> > apt-get wasn't maintained any more. 
> 
> That's irritating. On the command line I always use aptitude. I started
> doing so because I thought I had seen somewhere that debian was adopting
> aptitude as their standard command line package management tool.
> 
> I guess I'll just add aptitude to do the list of packages I install by
> default.
** end quote [Tony Arnold]

Yes, I've always used aptitude as well, believing it to be the replacement for
apt-get. I also quite like that it has search built in rather than having to
install apt-find as well. I have to say that the only time I use the GUI tools,
even on Ubuntu desktop, is when it pops up with updates. If I want a new
package I use aptitude, and haven't found any of the attempts at GUI tools to
be anywhere near as easy to use. Maybe that's because I'm a techy, and
increasingly Ubuntu seems to be aimed at non-techies. Server side I use
aptitude all the time since you never need a GUI on a server - obvious to
anyone except Microsoft ;)

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