Aptitude--any users!

[Tom H]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 00:26, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Exactly. Aptitude and apt-get do _not_ provide more or less the same
>>> basic functionality. Aptitude is much better is every respect (error
>>> handling, dependency resolution, logging, downgrading).
>>
>> Do you have any proof of this statement?!
>
> Sure. Try dist-upgrade wit apt-get when there is a dependency
> confilict. Then try with aptitude. Aptitude will open up an entire
> ncurses full-console app to help you resolve the dependencies and give
> you different options of what to remove. Furthermore, aptitude has
> terrific search functions which apt-get lacks.
>
> When everything is working and there is no dependency hell, both work
> the same. But when the problems start, only aptitude has the tools to
> resolve conflicts.

I never use the ncurses interface. Debian has recommended apt-get over
aptitude for Lenny-to-Squeeze specifically because the apt-get
resolver's now superior to aptitude's.