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Re: [LUG] Installing packages with apt.

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Subject: Re: [LUG] Installing packages with apt.
From: Benjamin A'Lee <bma@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:13:42 +0000
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On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 10:18:11AM +0100, Ray Smith wrote:
> Am finding aptitude quite nice actually but apt-get install is so quick
> isn't it if you know exactly what you want ?

It's probably not a good idea to switch between aptitude and apt-get too
much - aptitude keeps some extra information about dependencies, so it
sometimes asks to remove things installed by apt-get.

You can still just do "aptitude install $X" if you know what package you
want.

        bma

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