Apt-get versus aptitude versus synaptic

[Michel Clasquin]

On 25/10/04 00:28, 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

Point taken, though I tend towards deborphan for that kind of functionality.

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