aptitude command line - why?

[Ben Edwards]

I have used both apt-get and aptitude, I thought aptitude was simply
and interface for apt-get.  Is there more to it?  Am I correct in
thinking aptitude is better at removing dependent packages when they
are not needed?

Ben

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:17:15 -0700, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at canonical.com> wrote:
> 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
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