Apt-get versus aptitude versus synaptic

[David]

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Jens W. Klein wrote:

> R S Gill wrote:
> > 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
>
> IIRC does apt-get also remove dependencies. Sometimes some libraries are
> left. If you have such orphans 'deborphan' is what you want to detect
> and 'apt-get remove' to get rid of them.

apt-get --purge option will remove everything... but you should use it
with care. It can be a bit like using #rm -f

Having some cruft lying around might turn out to be a better option.