On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 09:44:48AM +0200, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 10:28:44PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: > > I would venture to say that only 'apt-get source' is useful. 'apt-get > > install' doesn't offer anything 'aptitude install' offers. In fact, if > > you use aptitude, you should never use 'apt-get install' since you lose > > the benefits of aptitude tracking automatic dependencies. > > > > The only times I've used 'apt-get install' in the past 1.5 years or so > > are on newly installed systems, and then it's only to do 'apt-get > > install aptitude'. ;) > > Very good point. I expanded aptitude section and pointed out this very > important fact. > > Once you start using <prgn>aptitude</prgn>, it is depreciated to use
That should be "deprecated". While "depreciated" is a common misspelling, that word actually means "reduced in value", such as the way a three-year-old car is worth less than a new one. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]