What is the difference between APT and Portage (Gentoo)?

Akhran · 02-27-2006, 09:22 AM

Anyone knows what are the differences between the two package management systems ?

Thanks.

HappyTux · 02-27-2006, 10:55 AM

Not much from the info on this page except from the start using apt you are downloading binary pre-compiled packages to install for portage you download source and compile the binaries, but they both allow you to get binary or compile from source.

drakebasher · 03-01-2006, 12:04 PM

Besides the command line interface, apt-get has 'aptitude', an ncurses graphical interface that can be used in text mode or GUI. As far as I know, portage is command line only. The emerge command (portage) has lots of switches/variations, so it takes a little learning. Both have search features for finding what package does what. I haven't made up my mind which I like more, but I haven't really studied aptitude much, yet.