Re: Ubuntu gcc header files missing

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:39:17 -0700
"David Fox" <dfox94085@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why are all the instructions for software
installation on Ubuntu (that I've run across so far) telling people to
use apt-get rather than aptitude?

Probably ingrained habit :)

aptitude is obviously better in most cases, although the fact that it
removes all packages in a metapackage when used as a removal tool is
not always what I want - so I think apt-get still has its uses,
although I know that aptitude can generally be made to behave in
whatever manner is preferred.

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