Apt-get versus aptitude versus synaptic

[R S Gill]

Aptitude is a far better program I think. This is because when you
uninstall something with aptitude, it actually removes all the
dependencies that were installed with the program.  Apt-get and synaptic
do not do this. So if you try out software on  regular basis, you run
the risk of having a lot of cruft build up in your system

Gill


On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 00:12 +0200, Michel Clasquin wrote:

> On 24/10/04 21:49, Seth Williamson wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Nahh, I've been mixing synaptic and CLI apt-get for a long time with no 
> problems (on another distro, obviously). But what can get tricky is mixing 
> apt-get with commercial distros' "front-ends" like Click-n-run or Xandros 
> Networks, which keep their own records of what has  been downloaded and 
> installed.
> 
> BTW, to really move up into the apt-get power user ranks <vbg> take a look at 
> apt-move and localepurge.
> 
> -- 
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> 
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