Bill Ricker wrote:
Steve Scaffidi wrote:
BTW: aptitude has many advantages over apt-get. I won't go into detail but
it's *much* better at handling dependencies esp. with distro upgrades
On Ubuntu, we usually use the ubuntu upgrade manager. but for ssh
patching servers, i usually just do apt-get. which reminds me ....
We're straying off topic fast, but I just wanted to point out that I
learned the hard way that you don't want to use aptitude to do a
distribution upgrade on Ubuntu. (OK, it wasn't that hard to fix, but it
does break a few things.)
I went down that path because I prefer to do all software updates from
the command line so I can log everything (often packages spit out useful
warnings, errors, and config settings during the install process that
doesn't end up in the normal logs). Fortunately there is a command line
version of the Ubuntu upgrade manager (do-release-upgrade). See:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading#Network%20Upgrade%20for%20Ubuntu%20Servers%20(Recommended)
For regular updates on Ubuntu, I still use aptitude (safe-upgrade).
Much of the use case of Aptiutude is now covered by Synaptic...
Good to know. I use Synaptic on my laptop, and it seems to do fine,
though I miss the logging. Under the hood it uses the apt mechanics, I
see (if you turn on the console window), so it is probably possible to
hack in something to log the session via one of apt's hooks.
-Tom
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