Apt-get versus aptitude versus synaptic

[David M. Carney]

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:47:09 +1300, Pizbit <pizbit at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does this imply that synaptic keeps it's own internal record and
> doesn't use /etc/apt/preferences to pin packages?(I believe that's
> what it's done...)
> I've used a mixture of apt-get and synaptic and I've never had
> problems, generally apt-get for quick'n'dirty, stuff I know and
> synaptic if I'm doing multiple things at once.
> 
> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 16:33:17 -0400, David M. Carney
> 
> 
> <carney1979 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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> > > Lukas
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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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I'm not sure where Aptitude and Synaptic hide their info, but I have
no /etc/apt/preferences whatsoever. Yet any packages that I've placed
on hold with Synaptic or Aptitude stay on hold with those apps.

David

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