apt get vs synaptic pacage monitor

[NoOp]

On 05/31/2009 04:31 PM, Rashkae wrote:
> eyore15 User wrote:
>> I noticed that most often, when someone recommends a piece of software, 
>> the suggested command is "sudo apt[titude] get X".  Frequently, the same 
>> software is available via synaptic.  I was taught to use synaptic 
>> whenever possible and am wondering if that was bad advise.  Is there some 
>> reason that it seems "apt get" is the preferred method to get new 
>> software?
>> 
>>>From one who is afraid of the command line
>> 
>> tnx
>> 
>> mcm
>> 
>> 
> 
> Synaptic is a GUI front end to apt-get and friends, and does the same
> thing.  The only reason you frequently see instructions to type terminal
> commands is because giving someone one or 2 lines of commands to type in
> a command shell is often much easier to communite via e-mail than
> explain where to click in GUI.
> 

Just be aware that I've run across an issue with the jaunty
"update-manager" that seems to be more of "update-sometimes-manager"
whereby I:

$ sudo apt-get update

  No updates showup (yet I know they are there)

So then I try the gui "update-manager" and click check

  No updates showup (yet I know they are there)

So then I go to Synaptic and double check; no updates listed. But then I
click the 'Reload' button which supposedly does the same as 'sudo
apt-get update' and what do you know: 33 updates show up. Did this on
two machines today, both with the exact same results. No clue/time to
figure out the issue (yet), but in these cases Synaptic won out.