On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 12:58:11PM +0200, Javier Barroso wrote: > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Andrei Popescu > <andreimpope...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > On Lu, 31 mai 10, 10:19:46, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > > > What's the status? > > > - aptitude better? > > > - apt-get better? > > > > From the top of my head (assuming you only use aptitude in command-line > > mode): > > > > advantages: > > + the resolver is more complex and *usually* gets the dependencies > > better than apt-get > > + removes automatically installed packages in one go, no need for a > > separate command > > + has an interactive dependency resolver even in command-line mode > > + advanced search patterns > > > > + has why and why-not command > + you can play minesweeper (with curses ui of course) ! > > > > > disadvantages: > > - lacks 'source' command > > - might be slower > > - simple searches are much slower than apt-cache (but apt-cache lacks > > advanced searches) > > > > differences: > > * safe-upgrade allows package installs > >
Aptitude-gtk is looking beautiful. Maybe still not fully functional, but some interesting features and a fantastic GUI. When in stable, it will equal a new level of package management. Tried it in the early version and went back to CLI/curses. Just upgraded aptitude to unstable in order to install aptitude-gtk experimental and see how it is doing. -- Kind Regards, Freeman Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO (or Linux) is the answer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100601061553.ga32...@europa.office