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Synaptic has also a sources.list editor, which aptitude lacks. And you can use various search filters in synaptic while aptitude can perform only very basic (although fast!) package searches. My main gripe against synaptic is that it sorts (at least it did the last time I tried synaptic) packages under strange groups while aptitude follows the same familiar package grouping that you can find in the official web interface: http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages

E.guedes

If I install anything using apt-get and its dependences, then if I remove that using aptitude will it remove everything?? Thanks.

rickh

No. And reviving long dead threads is juvenile and unhelpful.

wykedengel

I disagree. I would neither thought of this particular matter nor found thread had this post been revived. I am not an expert, I would know terminal from turkey. I am learning. Any place I can learn is a big help. So, yes, it can be useful.

the_guv

is worth noting that Synaptic is a front end for apt-get .. or is that changing with Koala's newly branded apps shop or whatever it's called?

.. so if you use synaptic to install/remove stuff, you are apt-getting, as opposed to aptituding, if you'll excuse the ings n tings.

then again, maybe apt-get and aptitude are more cooperational these days anyhow .. with a full upgrade twice a year, if you elect to fupgrade, I guess it clears a lot of cobwebs.

.. also, gtkorphan is a worthy install. it finds orphaned packages for safe removal. great for those with LTS editions or appoholics.

milomak

i've just always found the console my preferred upgrade method