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NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Apr 21 17:10:59 UTC 2009


On 04/21/2009 08:24 AM, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Brian McKee wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> On 04/18/2009 03:36 AM, Daniel Dalton wrote:
>>>> BTW, is aptitude
>>>> recommended over apt-get?
>>>
>>> It's a matter of some debate; apt-get is recommended by Ubuntu so that
>>> is typically what I use.
>> 
>> Is it NoOp ?  Got a link?  I'm curious what their reasoning is.
> 
> I haven't seen any recommendation to use apt-get.  It's just what most
> people who aren't me use in examples :-)

There are no specific instructions for using aptitude in the desktop
guide (that I can find) - only for 'apt-get'.

>From the "Official" documentation:

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/
<https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/add-applications/C/add-applications-introduction.html>
<https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/add-applications/C/advanced.html#apt>

There are, of course in the server guide:
<https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/apt-get.html>
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/serverguide/C/aptitude.html







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