Comments on: Apt or Aptitude? http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:51:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Hikaru http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5777 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:54:39 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5777 [quote comment="5739"] Oh shit! Slack got package manager now! Last time I used it was like 7 million years ago - it did not have one back then. Nice![/quote] Slack's still using installpkg/upgradepkg/removepkg for package management, but it does not do dependencies. slackpkg is an add on program, though it comes on the cds. Its primary use is just for upgrading an already installed system - the lack of dependencies means you need to know what you're doing when you install things of course :) Luke said:

Oh shit! Slack got package manager now! Last time I used it was like 7 million years ago - it did not have one back then. Nice!

Slack’s still using installpkg/upgradepkg/removepkg for package management, but it does not do dependencies. slackpkg is an add on program, though it comes on the cds. Its primary use is just for upgrading an already installed system - the lack of dependencies means you need to know what you’re doing when you install things of course )

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5754 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:32:19 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5754 [quote comment="5753"]I don't know why, but I tend to really dislike curses interfaces. Not surprisingly, I use apt on my Debian system instead.[/quote] Aptitude does have a curses interface which is a bit confusing. But you can use it just like apt: <pre lang="bash">aptitude install aptitude search aptitude show aptitude remove</pre> and etc.. Powerlord said:

I don’t know why, but I tend to really dislike curses interfaces. Not surprisingly, I use apt on my Debian system instead.

Aptitude does have a curses interface which is a bit confusing. But you can use it just like apt:

aptitude install
aptitude search
aptitude show
aptitude remove

and etc..

]]> by: Powerlord http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5753 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:20:45 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5753 I don't know why, but I tend to really dislike curses interfaces. Not surprisingly, I use apt on my Debian system instead. I don’t know why, but I tend to really dislike curses interfaces. Not surprisingly, I use apt on my Debian system instead.

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5739 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:46:46 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5739 [quote comment="5737"]my vote goes to other - I use slackpkg on slackware 12.[/quote] Oh shit! Slack got package manager now! Last time I used it was like 7 million years ago - it did not have one back then. Nice! Hikaru said:

my vote goes to other - I use slackpkg on slackware 12.

Oh shit! Slack got package manager now! Last time I used it was like 7 million years ago - it did not have one back then. Nice!

]]> by: Hikaru http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5737 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:40:05 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5737 my vote goes to other - I use slackpkg on slackware 12. my vote goes to other - I use slackpkg on slackware 12.

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5699 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:25:01 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5699 Oh! Ports! I forgot about it. I haven't used FreeBSD in like... Actually, I never used it at all. Still, should have included it there. :) Also, Macports and Fink - need to keep those in mind if I ever get an macbook to replace this aging laptop here. Oh! Ports! I forgot about it. I haven’t used FreeBSD in like… Actually, I never used it at all. Still, should have included it there. )

Also, Macports and Fink - need to keep those in mind if I ever get an macbook to replace this aging laptop here.

]]> by: kixx http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5698 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:50:45 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5698 my vote goes to 'others', namely the FreeBSD ports system my vote goes to ‘others’, namely the FreeBSD ports system

]]> by: cubicle67 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5691 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:10:50 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5691 I'm one of the 'others' Macports for me. Tried Fink, but it wasn't for me. I’m one of the ‘others’
Macports for me.
Tried Fink, but it wasn’t for me.

]]> by: Fr3d http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5687 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:02:14 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5687 I use yum on all my Linux boxes, but I do have apt on my Mac, although I rarely use it. I didn't notice any outage... Oh well, you're back up now anyway :) I use yum on all my Linux boxes, but I do have apt on my Mac, although I rarely use it.

I didn’t notice any outage… Oh well, you’re back up now anyway )

]]> by: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5684 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:08:18 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/08/15/apt-or-aptitude/#comment-5684 Yeah. Stupid dreamhost decided to have an outage today. <small>*grumble*</small> Yeah. Stupid dreamhost decided to have an outage today. *grumble*

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