Transition from apt-get to aptitude?

[Janne Jokitalo]

Hi James,

James Tappin wrote:

> I don't know the trick to stop it, but what's happening (as I recall) is
> that if you install something and it installs other packages as
> dependencies and then remove the original package, apt-get leaves the
> dependencies, while aptitude removes them as well (unless you've
> subsequently installed something else that depends on them). 

Yes. I felt tired of writing that, but yeah I understand the big picture.

> So I assume what you would need is an option that says "don't remove
> packages installed as dependencies when their dependees have been
> removed".

I found that option. I don't get that tricky situation now, but then this
makes the same problematic state that apt-get does, and the reason to switch
to aptitude is that I could more easily avoid having unused stuff piling up
in the corners of my hdd.

Well, I'll keep looking. Thanks a bunch for taking the time!


-- 
Jaska