[GRLUG] installing MySQL

[Benjamin Flanders]

I was under the impression that aptitude resolved dependencies better
mostly with regards with removing packages.  Maybe I was mistaken.

Share and Enjoy
Ben



On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Topher <topher at codeventure.net> wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, L. V. Lammert wrote:
>>
>>> At 02:05 PM 12/13/2011, you wrote:
>>> Note the use of "aptitude" instead of "apt-get" - aptitude is a unified
>>> interface to the package system that allows things like searches (aptitude
>>> search) and local install (aptitude install <filename>) not possible with
>>> apt-get.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> apt-cache query? dpkg -i ? :-D
>>>
>>>
>>> Why?? aptitude is a single 'interface' to packages, .. no switches
>>> necessary, .. no 'buried' commands!
>>>
>>> Besides, it's the same 'design' as zypper, so that's one less protocol to
>>> memorize.
>>
>>
>> Of course, we all know that pacman rulez them all.
>
> "emerge" FTW. ;P
>
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