Aptitude--any users!

[Dotan Cohen]

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 22:45, James Freer <jessejazza at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> That said, I always use aptitude, not apt-get. Upgrades and dependency
>> hell are handled much better.
>
>> Dotan Cohen
>
> Thanks for your reply i've just been experimenting this evening. True
> apt-get has purge but when one uses aptitude it gives more info as
> well as you say handles upgrades and dependency better.
>
> But why is aptitude not more popular? - is it just because people
> don't bother to read into it. It does seem to be used more on the
> kubuntu forum i noticed but everywhere else i find folk use apt-get. I
> find its just got everything there.
>

Why is bash more popular than zsh, or Windows more popular than
Ubuntu? VHS more popular than Beta, or Beiber more popular than
Pantera?


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