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Subject : Re: LUG: Question about installing updates in Ubuntu

From : Alexander Ray <alexjray.ncsu@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:45:56 -0500

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>From Synaptic Package Manager's website:

"Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+."

~Alex
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Richard Carter < rwcarter@ncsu.[redacted] > wrote:
So then does the update manager app use apt-get or aptitude? Is Synaptic package manager a wrapper for apt-get or aptitude? Can anyone else comment on the last bit too? I have always been using apt-get because it's the command that everyone seems to use throughout the Ubuntu forums and wiki pages. Is there really such a downfall to using apt-get and aptitude interchangeably?


Ricket