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
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If I install anything using apt-get and its dependences, then if I remove that using aptitude will it remove everything?? Thanks.
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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. |
i've just always found the console my preferred upgrade method
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Yes apt-get will with 'autoremove'. Aptitude isn't the best anymore, IMO. Apt-get with Synaptic combined is awesome and I use it exclusively. Debian and Sidux have recommended apt-get a long time. I think at one point Aptitude was preferable a few years ago, but the perpetuation of that has become a myth ....I'm going to RHEL anyway so who cares :)
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No, Debian still recommends aptitude over apt-get.. and has for years.
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@demosthenese Lenny is still stable, so it's not that out of date in Debian terms. Thanks for the link you found though.
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