<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.2.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> -------- Forwarded Message -------- <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> From: R S Gill <<A HREF="mailto:R%20S%20Gill%20%3crsgill@purdue.edu%3e">rsgill@purdue.edu</A>> To: David <<A HREF="mailto:David%20%3cdavid@kenpro.com.au%3e">david@kenpro.com.au</A>> Subject: Re: Apt-get versus aptitude versus synaptic Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:02:13 -0500 On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 09:06 +1000, David wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Jens W. Klein wrote: > R S Gill wrote: > > Aptitude is a far better program I think. This is because when you > > uninstall something with aptitude, it actually removes all the > > dependencies that were installed with the program. Apt-get and synaptic > > do not do this. So if you try out software on regular basis, you run > > the risk of having a lot of cruft build up in your system > > IIRC does apt-get also remove dependencies. Sometimes some libraries are > left. If you have such orphans 'deborphan' is what you want to detect > and 'apt-get remove' to get rid of them. apt-get --purge option will remove everything... but you should use it with care. It can be a bit like using #rm -f Having some cruft lying around might turn out to be a better option. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> What I am saying is, it is better to just use aptitude and NOT apt-get or synaptic since aptitude remembers what programs were installed as dependencies when program "alpha" was installed. SO with aptitude, when program "alpha" is uninstalled all the other programs that were installed as dependencies of "alpha" are also removed. Synaptic does not do that. Gill <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> "From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots." -- Thomas Jefferson "Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them" -- FDR "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf" -- George Orwell </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> "From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots." -- Thomas Jefferson "Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them" -- FDR "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf" -- George Orwell </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>