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From: Artist on 17 Mar 2010 16:01 There are several installations I did using Debian apt-get before I found out I really should have been using aptitude. But now that those installations are done would there be any benefit to uninstalling them and reinstalling using aptitude? -- To reply directly remove the sj. from my email address. This is a spam jammer.
From: Allodoxaphobia on 17 Mar 2010 16:47 On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:01:22 -0700, Artist wrote: > There are several installations I did using Debian apt-get before I > found out I really should have been using aptitude. But now that those > installations are done would there be any benefit to uninstalling them > and reinstalling using aptitude? You mean you're *not* using the Synaptic Package Manager? :-)
From: John Hasler on 17 Mar 2010 16:47 Artist writes: > There are several installations I did using Debian apt-get before I > found out I really should have been using aptitude. Why do you believe that? > But now that those installations are done would there be any benefit > to uninstalling them and reinstalling using aptitude? No. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: John Hasler on 17 Mar 2010 16:59 Artist wrote: > There are several installations I did using Debian apt-get before I > found out I really should have been using aptitude. But now that those > installations are done would there be any benefit to uninstalling them > and reinstalling using aptitude? Allodoxaphobia writes: > You mean you're *not* using the Synaptic Package Manager? To clarify, apt-get, aptitude, and synaptic are all front-ends for the apt library. Use whichever you like. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: Artist on 17 Mar 2010 20:20
John Hasler wrote: > Artist writes: >> There are several installations I did using Debian apt-get before I >> found out I really should have been using aptitude. > > Why do you believe that? > http://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/your-debian-aptitude -- To reply directly remove the sj. from my email address. This is a spam jammer. |