Why do people use apt-get when aptitude is apparently better because it handles dependencies better as described here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...titude-363365/ ?
I have always wondered this. I will appreciate any input. Thanks
Why do people use apt-get when aptitude is apparently better because it handles dependencies better as described here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...titude-363365/ ?
I have always wondered this. I will appreciate any input. Thanks
Those forum posts are from 2005. I believe that apt now handles dependencies as well as aptitude.
I've never had any dependency problems using apt, and I use it very often.
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apt-get has fewer characters than aptitude.
For me it's familiarity, I learned apt-get because that's what most people use, it's syntax is now familiar to me and well understood by me, while aptitudes syntax is similar it's not the same and would require me to delve into a man page to figure it out.
I understand they are still different but on fairly equal footing these days. Aptitude does have a ncurses gui though.
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haha, so basically no difference. hehe
Well thanks for the responses, I'll let the thread run for another day then I'll mark it as solved.
Thanks!
for install the lxde in ubunut minimal,
if i install that thru apt-get means, i can't get the gui login screen and we should start the lxde manually from tty, but thru apittude we can get the login screen and lxde start automaticall...
so my point of view aptitude install dependicies than apt-get .....
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Pretty sure that's because aptitude installs recommends by default, apt-get does not.
I could be wrong about that.
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"Don't let your mind wander -- it's too little to be let out alone."
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