Re: apt-get deprecated?

From: Steve Block (scblock_at_ev-15.com)
Date: 04/29/05

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    On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 09:11:43AM -0700, mm wrote:
    >Is there any compelling reason to use `apt-get' over `aptitude', given
    >the latter's more robust feature set (installation tracking, for
    >example)?
    >
    >I've been using aptitude exclusively for about a year for installing
    >packages, yet still see a lot of new documentation with directives to
    >install/upgrade with apt-get.

    There's no real need to use apt-get over aptitude. They use the same
    package lists and underlying architecture.

    Of course I do everything with wajig.

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