Comments on: Four Ways to Install .. Here's Why Aptitude Is Best? http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-package-installer-methods/ Make the web, make more of it Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:52:55 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: the_guv http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-package-installer-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-6610 the_guv Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:38:23 +0000 http://guvnr.com/?p=2750#comment-6610 @village .. tx for this .. have been searching for a definitive answer for a long time with no luck .. there are various threads on ubuntuforums about this, with none that I have seen clarifying the position. therefore I personally continue to use aptitude, to be safe .. but tell me, if they are the same now (I realise you are not quite saying this, but are they?) then why have both? appreciate your feedback. any official link about this would be most appreciated. @village .. tx for this .. have been searching for a definitive answer for a long time with no luck .. there are various threads on ubuntuforums about this, with none that I have seen clarifying the position. therefore I personally continue to use aptitude, to be safe .. but tell me, if they are the same now (I realise you are not quite saying this, but are they?) then why have both?

appreciate your feedback. any official link about this would be most appreciated.

]]> By: village http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-package-installer-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-6579 village Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:00:34 +0000 http://guvnr.com/?p=2750#comment-6579 since version 0.6.44.2ubuntu1 (3 Jul 2006) apt-get records which packages it installed automatically (by dependencies) and which ones it installed "by command". So you don't have the aptitude/apt "problems" any longer. Source: /usr/share/doc/apt/changelog.gz since version 0.6.44.2ubuntu1 (3 Jul 2006) apt-get records which packages it installed automatically (by dependencies) and which ones it installed "by command".
So you don't have the aptitude/apt "problems" any longer.

Source: /usr/share/doc/apt/changelog.gz

]]> By: the_guv http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-package-installer-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-4714 the_guv Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:51:57 +0000 http://guvnr.com/?p=2750#comment-4714 @Ben .. tx for tips @Ben .. tx for tips

]]> By: Ben http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-package-installer-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-4546 Ben Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:23:09 +0000 http://guvnr.com/?p=2750#comment-4546 Double posting now - just some edits for your .bashrc alias install='sudo aptitude install' alias remove='sudo aptitude remove' alias autoremove='sudo apt-get autoclean && sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get remove && orphand' alias repo='sudo add-apt-repository' alias update='sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade' I guess you could say I prefer aptitude also ;) Double posting now - just some edits for your .bashrc
alias install='sudo aptitude install'
alias remove='sudo aptitude remove'
alias autoremove='sudo apt-get autoclean && sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get remove && orphand'
alias repo='sudo add-apt-repository'
alias update='sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade'

I guess you could say I prefer aptitude also ;)

]]> By: Ben http://guvnr.com/pc/ubuntu-package-installer-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-4545 Ben Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:17:01 +0000 http://guvnr.com/?p=2750#comment-4545 No sign of Jig here? I'm getting into using both Jig, and sometimes I use apt-fast which is also very cool. Give them a whirl ;) No sign of Jig here? I'm getting into using both Jig, and sometimes I use apt-fast which is also very cool. Give them a whirl ;)

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