Aptitude--any users!

[Jonathan M. Polom]

Ubuntu actually stopped shipping it by default starting with 10.10. I
was shocked. Thank god I still know how to use apt-get install, right?
Aptitude is where it's at. As far as I'm aware there isn't a
comparable tool for RPM/yum based distros. Whenever I'm using
Fedora/RHEL at work I miss aptitude a lot.

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 3:45 PM, James Freer <jessejazza at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> That said, I always use aptitude, not apt-get. Upgrades and dependency
>> hell are handled much better.
>
>> Dotan Cohen
>
> Thanks for your reply i've just been experimenting this evening. True
> apt-get has purge but when one uses aptitude it gives more info as
> well as you say handles upgrades and dependency better.
>
> But why is aptitude not more popular? - is it just because people
> don't bother to read into it. It does seem to be used more on the
> kubuntu forum i noticed but everywhere else i find folk use apt-get. I
> find its just got everything there.
>
> james
>
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Jon Polom