[ubuntu-za] apt-get upgrade explanation

[Jan Groenewald]

Hi

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 09:30:37PM +0200, Jonathan Hitchcock wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Michael Gorven<michael at gorven.za.net> wrote:
> >> Should I switch to aptitude? If so, are there any precautions/steps I
> >> should take to do so?
> >
> > Yes you should. No, there aren't any precautions or steps.
> 
> Well, there is one step.  When you find yourself typing "apt-get",
> just erase it, and type "aptitude" instead.  Everything else is the
> same.

I have aliased 'apt-get' to echo Please use aptitude instead.
You can always do -R or -- without-recommends.

regards,
Jan
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