On Wed,30.Dec.09, 03:32:02, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Robert David put forth on 12/29/2009 5:20 PM: > > > I dont understand why so many people today use pure apt-get for everyday > > package management. > > I started using aptitude after upgrading from Etch to Lenny. I now use it > exclusively instead of apt-*. It's much more powerful and user friendly, and > the package search function returns more relevant and limited results. For > instance > > :/$ aptitude search postf > :/$ apt-cache search postf > > aptitude only returns packages whose name contains "postf"
Actually I prefer apt-cache for simple searches (use -n if you only want package names) because it's faster. aptitude can also search in descriptions (although slower than apt-cache), but it really shines if you are doing more complex searches. I prefer to ask dpkg about installed packages, it should know best ;) Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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