17 Feb
2013
17 Feb
'13
2:18 p.m.
On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 07:23:23 +0100, Chris Bannister
<cbannister(a)slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 06:04:24PM -1000, david
wrote:
If you don't know the name off a program or you even don't know, if such a
program you're looking for does exist, Synaptic can be very helpful. For
such a task it's easier to use, or at least more comfortable to use.
On 02/16/2013 05:10 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:
That what "apt-cache policy <pkgname>", and "apt-cache show
<pkgname>"
are for. I don't see how you can call the command lines crptic!
Also my comment was just pointing out that if you have synaptic
installed you can't honestly claim that you have a "truly minimum
desktop" Of course, if you were running a truly minimum
desktop, you don't even
need synaptic because apt-get is installed anyway.
I find synaptic a much-easier way to manage packages than the
cryptic command lines of apt-get or dpkg. For instance, I can easily
see what a particular package recommends and decide if I want to
also include one or more the recommendations.