aptitude command line - why?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 10:36:06PM +0100, Ben Edwards wrote:

> Noticed in the WartyWarthog Upgrade Notes -
> http://wiki.ubuntulinux.org/WartyWarthog_2fUpgradeNotes that it does
> stuff line
> 
> sudo aptitude install ubuntu-base ubuntu-desktop
> 
> I did not know aptitude could be used like this.  Was wondering what the
> difference/advantage is?

aptitude installs recommended packages, keeps track of packages installed to
satisfy dependencies, and has various other high-level features.

Though, apt-get is entirely sufficient for this task, and less surprising to
many users, so I've changed the wiki page accordingly.

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 - mdz