> On Feb 6, 2008 12:01 PM, <w9ya@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I would suggest 'yaourt' as a replacement. It works very nicely here >> for what I need out of such a program, and it is being actively >> maintained as pacman evolves. > > I fail to see how yaourt is in any way a replacement for jacman. > jacman is a GUI frontend for pacman. yaourt simply extends pacman to > enable a bunch of aur commands. I doubt that anyone who wants > something like jacman would be appeased with yaourt. > > (That said, I think yaourt is great.) > > Scott Yes you are right Scott *provided one NEEDS a gui*, and then yaourt is NOT a suitable replacement. <- All of which explains why I specifically used the words "suggest" and "works nicely for what I need", and I guess I should further emphasize that I used the word "I". If one does NOT need a gui, then yaourt *IS* a fine replacement, and one I am happy to recommend. Which is why I did so. Very best regards; Bob Finch Liviu Librescu - În veci pomenirea lui. (May his memory be eternal.)
