On 27/10/06, Martin Pool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In my experience if the package is a bit crufty then dpkg is the better bet.
As far as I can tell - dpkg lies underneath all the rest (apt-get, aptitude, synaptec, whatever). They are all interfaces to do the file finding and other operations easier but at the bottom line they all use dpkg to actually install/remove packages using .deb files. (I'd be happy to learn from people with more insight into this) --P -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
