Transition from apt-get to aptitude?

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janne.jokitalo at dnainternet.net Wrote: 
> Hey all,

> 

> long time ago there was a conversation about moving from apt-get to
> aptitude.

> There's a problem when aptitude handles dependencies etc. a little
> differently

> than apt-get, and thus doing 'aptitude upgrade' would cause some
> packages to be

> removed, and some of them include packages I'm sure I need. (like OO.o2
> for

> instance)

> 

> I vaguely remember someone posting a trick that made this go away, but
> I can't

> seem to find it anymore. I'm thinking it has to do with making aptitude
> to use

> the same list that apt-get uses, or something similar. Wonder if
> someone

> understands what I'm getting at? ;)

> 

> Thanks in advance!

> 

> 

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> Jaska

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