apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread michael
I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on? eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude (ie it uses the same dpkg info as apt - but in that case why is aptitude recommended

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread Steve Lamb
michael wrote: I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on? Pretty much. eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude (ie it uses the same dpkg info as apt

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread mess-mate
Steve Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | michael wrote: | I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I | was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on? | | Pretty much. | | eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 12:21:26PM +0100, michael wrote: I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on? eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude (ie it uses the same dpkg

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread Jonathan Kaye
En/La michael ha escrit, a 08/06/05 13:21: I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on? Yup. eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude (ie it uses the same dpkg info as

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread Clinton V. Weiss
michael wrote: I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on? eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude (ie it uses the same dpkg info as apt - but in that case why is

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread Robert Wolfe
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, michael wrote: I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on? eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude (ie it uses the same dpkg info as apt - but in

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread Robert Vangel
Robert Wolfe wrote: On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, michael wrote: I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on? eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude (ie it uses the same dpkg

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread Robert Waldner
On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:28:07 +0200, Frank Gevaerts writes: I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on? eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude (ie it uses the same

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread Marty
Robert Vangel wrote: Robert Wolfe wrote: On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, michael wrote: I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on? eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude (ie

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread Olle Eriksson
On Wednesday 08 June 2005 17.46, Robert Vangel wrote: Everyone always goes on about using aptitude rather than apt, I've *never* had any problems what so ever with apt, and I can't see any reason to start using aptitude (plus whenever I have used it seems less responsive / slower (in terms of

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread Olle Eriksson
Just happened to see that on http://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050606 it says: Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 from the previous release Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 codenamed ``woody'' are automatically handled by the aptitude package management tool, and to a certain degree also by the apt-get

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 09:58:18PM +0200, Olle Eriksson wrote: What I like about aptitude is that it has a text gui, in addition to the command line switches. Great for when you need to search through many different packages, read their description, follow dependencies and recommendations

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

2005-06-08 Thread Robert Wolfe
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Robert Waldner wrote: I've upgraded 5 or 6 machines to Sarge since Monday, using aptitude. Whilst for the most part it worked fine, it held back a great many packages, though I wasn't able to figure out the reason. So I ran an `apt-get upgrade` afterwards, which also pulled