On Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 07:01:40PM +0100, Russel Winder wrote: > On Sun, 2013-07-07 at 19:51 +0200, John Colvin wrote: > > On Sunday, 7 July 2013 at 17:04:24 UTC, Russel Winder wrote: > > > On Sun, 2013-07-07 at 07:50 -0700, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > > […] > > >> apt-cache search libcurl | grep dev > > > > > > aptitude search libcurl.*dev > > > > > > surely. :-) > > > > to be honest, most of the time I would just write "apt-get > > install licurl" and then look through the rest using tab > > completion. Doesn't work for more complex cases, but it's often > > enough. > > But libcurl and libcurl-dev are likely different packages. Also > apt-get really is not as good as aptitude. And aptitude is way better > than any of the fancy graphics UI abominations. One up for ncurses and > properly managed dependencies so as to get automated removal. [...]
Apt-get manages autoremovals too. Though granted, it's not as obvious how to operate it. But then again, I'm a CLI type of person, so reading manpages is second nature to me. YMMV. :) But yeah, for package management, I say a resounding No to GUI apps... what happens if, for example, you need to fix a broken X11 installation? Over an SSH link? I still find CLI most reliable, not demanding on bandwidth, and still far more expressive than GUIs. (Well, I guess that's why I'm a programmer. :-P Most "normal" people don't think like that.) T -- Тише едешь, дальше будешь.
