Comments on: apt-get or aptitude http://technopotomus.com/2009/05/apt-get-or-aptitude/ Home Network Project Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:02:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A.Y. Siu http://technopotomus.com/2009/05/apt-get-or-aptitude/comment-page-1/#comment-51 A.Y. Siu Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:02:05 +0000 http://technopotomus.com/?p=192#comment-51 I used to think <i>aptitude</i> handled dependencies better... until <i>apt-get</i> got the <i>autoremove</i> feature (which also appears in Synaptic now) and until I saw a lot of Ubuntu Forums users getting situations in which <i>aptitude</i> was a bit too aggressive and wanted to uninstall everything. Now I always recommend <i>apt-get</i>. I used to think aptitude handled dependencies better… until apt-get got the autoremove feature (which also appears in Synaptic now) and until I saw a lot of Ubuntu Forums users getting situations in which aptitude was a bit too aggressive and wanted to uninstall everything.

Now I always recommend apt-get.

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