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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

I use apt-get and synaptic.  So far, no complaints.  If I have any,
they'll become bugs on launchpad.  All of the software we're talking
about is Ubuntu-supported, some of it is just not on the install
image.

On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Marc Deslauriers
<marcdeslauriers at videotron.ca> wrote:
> On 13-11-14 12:05 PM, Mauro wrote:
>
> On 14 November 2013 17:59, Marc Deslauriers <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> 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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