Aptitude--any users!

[Dotan Cohen]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 00:26, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Exactly. Aptitude and apt-get do _not_ provide more or less the same
>> basic functionality. Aptitude is much better is every respect (error
>> handling, dependency resolution, logging, downgrading).
>
> Do you have any proof of this statement?!
>

Sure. Try dist-upgrade wit apt-get when there is a dependency
confilict. Then try with aptitude. Aptitude will open up an entire
ncurses full-console app to help you resolve the dependencies and give
you different options of what to remove. Furthermore, aptitude has
terrific search functions which apt-get lacks.

When everything is working and there is no dependency hell, both work
the same. But when the problems start, only aptitude has the tools to
resolve conflicts.


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