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Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt

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On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:31:53 -0400
Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey guys,
> 
> Recently there was a thread about aptitude dependency resolution
> limitations.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Now, we have apt, as well.
> 
> So, all other things being equal, which is currently considered to be
> the best at dependency resolution?

I believe it is still aptitude.

However, the length of time it takes increases sharply with number of
packages to be upgraded. If you have more than a hundred or so, (not
unusual on unstable) it may take a very long time. It is usually not
the method recommended for upgrading Debian stable to the next version.

-- 
Joe

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Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2020-08-07 19:40 +0200
  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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