aptitude command line - why?

[Ben Edwards]

So I guess the next question is Synaptic more like aptitude or apt-get?

Ben

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:21:59 -0700, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at canonical.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 10:18:37AM +0100, Ben Edwards wrote:
> 
> > I have used both apt-get and aptitude, I thought aptitude was simply
> > and interface for apt-get.  Is there more to it?
> 
> aptitude is an entirely different program from apt-get, and aptitude does
> not use apt-get at all.  They do share code in the form of a library
> provided by apt.
> 
> > Am I correct in thinking aptitude is better at removing dependent packages
> > when they are not needed?
> 
> aptitude implements this feature, while apt-get does not implement it at
> all.  So, yes, I suppose you could say that aptitude is better at this. :-)
> 
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