Ubuntu Recommended Package Manager (was Re: gnome-keyring: upgrade/downgrade/upgrade/...)

[Marc Deslauriers]

On 13-11-14 12:05 PM, Mauro wrote:
> On 14 November 2013 17:59, Marc Deslauriers <marcdeslauriers at videotron.ca
> <mailto:marcdeslauriers at videotron.ca>> wrote:
>
>     On 13-11-14 02:41 AM, Mauro wrote:
>>     On 14 November 2013 01:00, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co
>>     <mailto:lists at avi.co>> wrote:
>>
>>         Kenneth Jacker wrote:
>>
>>                mg> Aptitude is not the recommended package manager for Ubuntu.
>>
>>
>>
>>     No?
>>     Why aptitude is not recommended?
>
>     It's not recommended because its dependency resolution isn't quite
>     identical to the one used by apt-get, and isn't the one that is generally
>     tested. Also, certain features are added to aptitude after they have been
>     added to apt-get, which may result in problems. Multiarch support is one
>     example that comes to mind, and had caused pain for some users.
>
>     That being said, a lot of people like Aptitude. Just remember that using
>     it may result in a slight chance of getting stuck with a package
>     dependency or installation issue.
>
>
> So recommended is apt-get for cli or synaptic for gui?
>

apt-get for cli, Ubuntu Software Center for gui.

Marc.

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