On Monday 03 August 2020 12:59:06 Felmon Davis wrote: > On Sun, 2 Aug 2020, Felix Miata wrote: > > Ken Heard composed on 2020-08-02 15:12 (UTC+0700): > >> I note that in the instructions for installing TDE R14.0.8 say to run as > >> root the following: > >> apt-get update > >> aptitude install TDE-trinity > >> I am confused by the fact that two different installation applications > >> are used here, apt get and aptitude. It was always my understanding that > >> those two apps should not be mixed because they are not compatible. I > >> have always used apt for all the desktops I ever had including for > >> installing TDE and never had any problem. > >> Is aptitude better for TDE than apt? I would prefer to use apt because > >> that is what I plan to use for installing Debian Buster on a couple of > >> desktops in the near future. > > > > I quit apt-get when I discovered apt quite some years ago. For > > installing, removing and purging since that discovery, I routinely use > > only apt. Aptitude I use mostly for searching. > > simply would like to know what the advantage is for you in apt? > > I use apt-get from habit but out of ignorance more than anything else > I don't know of a reason to change. ditto - Please enlighten us. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
