On 2021-08-15 2:25 p.m., Brian wrote: > On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 20:13:55 +0200, Roger Price wrote: > >> man synaptic says « It allows you to perform all actions of the command line >> tool apt-get in a graphical environemnt. » >> >> In the help manual I read « Reload the package information to be aware of >> the latest versions available: » >> >> Does this mean that synaptic does _not_ call apt update, and that I should >> always run apt update manually before clicking on synaptic? >> Synaptic is a graphical front end for *apt*
If you want to update the package list ( aka do *apt update*) Then you can either do *apt update* from a terminal and CTRL+R in Synaptic to reload the package cache. Or you can simply configure the *Software and update* to do automatic package list update daily or as you configured. So a easy answer is : YES it's better to run *apt-get update* or *apt update* It was a quite easy answer but our dear friend Brian preferred to call you off than to do something useful. Which probably took him as much time as it would have to explain those line. >> Some experiments suggest that this is the case. > > You would have to describe the experiments to have anywhere near a > convincing case that merited close attention. > @Brian Could be good to explain what you mean here ? Not everyone has all the good experience, good answer and years of using computer like the genius you are. I doubt you message had anything useful added here. Just calling people off because you feel that you are better than them doesn't make you a great person, it pushes in the opposite direction. -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development
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