On Tuesday 24 May 2005 16:22, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 04:02:15PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > <p>The &releasename; version of <prgn/aptitude/ is the preferred
> > program for package management from console. It has proven to be
> > better at dependency resolution than <prgn/apt-get/.
> > <prgn/aptitude/ supports most command line operations of
> > <prgn/apt-get/. If you are still using <prgn/dselect/, you should
> > also give <package/aptitude/ a try as frontend for package
> > management.</p>
>
> Look fine. Should we mention synaptic as well ?
That is the only graphical frontend that really has proper dependency
handling, correct? I have kpackage on my system, but I don't trust it
enough to actually install packages with [1].
Does synaptic also support marking packages "automatically installed" like
aptitude does?
Is it also reliable when X or Gnome are updated?
I don't use synaptic myself as I don't have Gnome installed. If synaptic
really is a reliable frontend and you/someone can provide a short
paragraph on it, I'll be happy to include it.
Cheers,
FJP
[1] It's nice to browse packages and especially to see files installed by
a package though.
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