sudo apt-get

Rashkae ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Fri Jan 8 23:12:28 UTC 2010


Cyborg Alpha wrote:
> Steve wrote:
>> On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:57:18 -0000, Cyborg Alpha  
>> <cyborg.alpha.v1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> I notice that people are using the sudo apt (-get) a lot for installs
>>> and upgrades. I found using a package manager better.
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>> apt-get is a package manager
>>
>>   
> I should clearify; a gui package manager like synaptic or the one that 
> comes with ubuntu's standard install
> 
> 

GUI administration tools are usually much more difficult to support when
giving someone else instructions.

sudo apt-get package-x

is much less ambiguous than:

install package-x via Synaptic.... which would inevitably lead to "How
do I do that?" and much gnashing of teeth.






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