Ubuntu Recommended Package Manager (was Re: gnome-keyring: upgrade/downgrade/upgrade/...)

[Marc Deslauriers]

On 13-11-14 02:41 AM, Mauro wrote:
> On 14 November 2013 01:00, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co <mailto:lists at avi.co>>
> wrote:
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>     Kenneth Jacker wrote:
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>            mg> Aptitude is not the recommended package manager for Ubuntu.
>
>
>
> No?
> Why aptitude is not recommended?

It's not recommended because its dependency resolution isn't quite identical to
the one used by apt-get, and isn't the one that is generally tested. Also,
certain features are added to aptitude after they have been added to apt-get,
which may result in problems. Multiarch support is one example that comes to
mind, and had caused pain for some users.

That being said, a lot of people like Aptitude. Just remember that using it may
result in a slight chance of getting stuck with a package dependency or
installation issue.

Marc.

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