sudo apt-get

[Cyborg Alpha]

Rashkae wrote:
> Cyborg Alpha wrote:
>   
>> Steve wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:57:18 -0000, Cyborg Alpha  
>>> <cyborg.alpha.v1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> 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
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>>>   
>>>       
>> 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.
>
>
>
>   
You could also say enter the name of the application you want in the 
search box, and choose from the list what you want.

-- 
Cyborg Alpha,
The Evolving Cyborg of the Cybernetics Institute