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I don't apt-get it
Posted by lykwydchykyn on Thu 27 Apr 2006 at 19:17
Always been curious about apt-get; what's the difference between "recommended" packages and "suggested" packages? The words themselves don't suggest any difference in particular...
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Recommends are for anything that would be usually installed with the software, and suggests are for nice-to-haves. For example, gcc recommends libc6-dev, and suggests make. This is because because, although libc6-dev isn't strictly necessary for gcc to work (I may have a program that doesn't link to the standard C library), it is very rare to have gcc but not libc6-dev. On the other hand, make is a very nice tool, but it is in no way required for gcc to run. For more details, check the Debian policy, Section 7.2.
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Posted by muondude (130.221.xx.xx) on Fri 12 May 2006 at 19:02
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Hi:
For what its worth...
since converting from woody to sarge (current stable version) I have been using
aptitude exclusively. "aptitude is a terminal-based apt frontend with a number of useful features...".
My server is in a closet at home so 99% of my access is via ssh and aptitude
works nicely from the remote terminal.
I find this very useful for my day2day system debian package management needs.
It updates quickly so I can see security updates and displays the package information right there. Too some time getting used to it, but I've never looked back.
-- Sam
For what its worth...
since converting from woody to sarge (current stable version) I have been using
aptitude exclusively. "aptitude is a terminal-based apt frontend with a number of useful features...".
My server is in a closet at home so 99% of my access is via ssh and aptitude
works nicely from the remote terminal.
I find this very useful for my day2day system debian package management needs.
It updates quickly so I can see security updates and displays the package information right there. Too some time getting used to it, but I've never looked back.
-- Sam
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