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Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt

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El mar., 11 ago. 2020 13:31, Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
escribió:

> On Vi, 07 aug 20, 13:31:53, Default User wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > Recently there was a thread about aptitude dependency resolution
> > limitations.
>
> If you are referring to the limitations of 'aptitude why', this 1)
> reverse dependency and 2) apt / apt-get don't even have (an equivalent
> for) this.
>
> > Years ago, I believe I read in the Debian documentation that aptitude was
> > preferred to apt-get, because it seemed to have better dependency
> > resolution.
>
> The dependency resolution of aptitude is more... advanced ;)
>
> Depending on the situation this may or may not be good. While APT's
> dependency resolution is simpler, it is also more predictable.
>
> > Now, we have apt, as well.
>
> The command 'apt' is just another frontend to APT (the package manager),
> same as apt-get, apt-cache, etc. which it is meant to replace for
> interactive use.
>
> The dependency resolution algorithm is the same. It does have different
> defaults though, e.g. 'apt upgrade' is equivalent to
> 'apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs'.
>
> > So, all other things being equal, which is currently considered to be the
> > best at dependency resolution?
>
> Just my personal opinion:
>
> For stable (+ updates, security, backports) it doesn't matter, use
> whichever you like best.
>
> For testing or unstable aptitude's interactive dependency resolution can
> be very useful. It may need some tweaking though, according to my
> archive I was using
>
>     Aptitude::ProblemResolver::SolutionCost "removals";
>
> to tweak the resolver. This may have changed in the meantime (it's been
> a few releases since I stopped using unstable for my "main" install).
>
> For upgrades between stable releases (also known as a "dist-upgrade"
> because of the 'apt-get' command) always use whatever is recommended in
> the corresponding Release Notes, because that is what was tested and
> found to produce the best results *for that particular distribution
> upgrade*.
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
> --
> http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser


I swiched from aptitude to apt-get/apt some years ago

aptitude need love :(

My problem was mixing 64 and 32 bits packages. Seem aptitude didn't do a
good job

Reading Planet debian and transitions and apt-listbugs (or how It is named)
, apt update && apt full-upgrade , run perfect in unstable

Kind regards



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  Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-08-07 22:10 +0200
    Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt riveravaldez <riveravaldezmail@gmail.com> - 2020-08-08 01:10 +0200
      Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2020-08-08 07:00 +0200
  Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 13:40 +0200
    Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt Javier Barroso <javibarroso@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 15:40 +0200
      Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-08-12 08:00 +0200
        Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2020-08-13 22:50 +0200

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