What do You use Apt-Get for?

Zaskar · 07-30-2007, 09:44 AM

Just curious howmuch most use it. Do you use it to just update the distro and included apps, do you use it to install all possible common programs (Firefox, media players, instant messengers, etc) Or do you like to manually install those to get the most recent versions?

(on a side not, apt-get installing Firefox, do you need to manually install Flash/Java for it, or is there an aptget for that also?)

Just curious, thanks guys.

rickh · 07-30-2007, 10:24 AM

Actually, I use aptitude for all those things. In Debian, Firefox, because of licensing issues is replaced by Iceweasel. To install Java in Etch, # aptitude install sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin

That's for the 32-bit system. There is, of course no java plugin for 64-bit architectures.

war1025 · 07-30-2007, 10:52 AM

You can, however, use nspluginwrapper to install flash and possibly java (haven't tried it) on a 64 bit browser.

AlucardZero · 07-30-2007, 11:49 AM

I use aptitude.

craigevil · 07-30-2007, 12:29 PM

I have used apt-get to install and keep my current system updated for over 2yrs as a matter of fact it will be 3 yrs in October. Only have a couple of packages that I used dpkg to install, i.e. skype and frostwire. Firefox doesn't really need to be installed just unpacked and ran.

aptitude isn't even installed on my system, hasn't been for a long time.

b0uncer · 07-30-2007, 12:31 PM

Code:

apt-get moo

Apart from that, everything. Why use graphical interfaces, when you can just run the actual command? Why use difficult stuff like aptitude, that makes your life hard?

AlucardZero · 07-30-2007, 12:38 PM

Aptitude is no more difficult than apt-get, and the syntax is exactly the same, and it is better at resolving problems than apt-get, which I have experienced first-hand (apt-get wanted to remove gcc among 12 other important packages; aptitude upgraded my libc6). So that's why I switched from apt-get, which I grew up with.

reverse · 07-30-2007, 01:00 PM

I use it for cleaning up my car.

P.S.: I also use it to do package management stuff on my Debian boxes.

Zaskar · 07-30-2007, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reverse

I use it for cleaning up my car.

P.S.: I also use it to do package management stuff on my Debian boxes.

:P I more or less was curious about how people used it, if they just used it for basic system upgrades and download and compile/install their own software, or use it for as much of the basic additional software programs as possible.

war1025 · 07-30-2007, 02:03 PM

You use it for pretty much everything. Way easier that way.

Kirmonkey · 07-30-2007, 02:40 PM

I tend to use it for updates and installing individual packages.

If I need to install multiple packages or particular 'recommended' packages that are associated with software then I tend to use synaptic.

digen · 07-30-2007, 03:18 PM

Basically all the software I have is installed via APT. Rarely install software using source code.

hitest · 07-30-2007, 04:02 PM

I use aptitude to update my box, install software:-)

utanja · 07-30-2007, 04:25 PM

i use aptitude 95% for all updates....balance of 5% are unpacked tarz files in /usr/local....

JimBass · 07-30-2007, 06:47 PM

I use apt-get for about 75-80% of what I install, regardless of if it is one of my servers at work or my sid laptop and desktop. The rest (basically anything important) is compiled from source in /usr/local. The package manager I use is apt-get. I do absolutely love apt-get build-dep, which when last I checked, aptitude didn't do.

I suppose I may be a closet Slackware user in a Debian world!

Peace,
JimBass