<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'DejaVu Sans'; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On August 8, 2009 12:15:05 pm Joe Shuttleworth wrote:<br>
> Installed: Debian Lenny<br>
> I would like feedback on package managers.<br>
> 2 I heard of are Apt and Aptitude.<br>
> What would be the difference between using these?<br>
> Which one would be easier to use?<br>
> Can I use these interchangeably (do they know what each other are<br>
> doing)?<br>
><br>
> Is Apt hard to learn? I looked at the HowTo; some of it seems hard<br>
> (Maybe I need to read it a few times). Are there some tutorials for Apt or<br>
> Aptitude that would make this easier?<br>
><br>
> Thanks.<br>
><br>
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<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>I use Synaptic. I find it easiest of all of them to understand. Use 'apt-get install Synaptic' at the console and then go to the menu under System and find Synaptic. Good luck. I only use apt when I need to do "unusual stuff" like installing Synaptic.<br />-- <br /><br>
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