Apt-get versus aptitude versus synaptic

[David M. Carney]

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:01:54 +0200, Lukas Kolbe <lucky at knup.de> wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 24.10.2004, 15:49 -0400 schrieb Seth Williamson:
> > In Ubuntu, is it a bad idea to use more than one of these programs to
> > update and upgrade and install?  I first started using apt-get, then I
> > went to aptitude.  Then and only then did I have a vague memory of
> > somebody on the Libranet list saying it was a bad idea to use more than
> > one of these--supposedly you were supposed to pick one and stick with
> > it.
> 
> It should be no problem at all mixing those three programs - if you
> don't run them at the same time (though they would be complaining if you
> try it).
> 
> Aptitude and Synaptic are, as far as I know, frontends for apt-get.
> 
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I'm not so sure about this.

Packages that I've placed on hold (so they won't be upgraded) with
aptitude do not appear to be on hold if I do a 'dpkg -l
<package-name>'.  They also do not appear as on hold in Synaptic.

I think as long as you're installing or removing packages, you're OK
to use either or both (but not at the same time. This is not
possible.).

But you need to remember that if you do "something special" with a
package in one package manager, the other may or probably will not
recognize this.

David

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