apt-get/Synaptic

[Jason Lasker]

Just an FYI on up2date.  You can run it from the command line by passing the
--nox option. 

up2date --nox -f -u   updates all RPMs including any on your exclude list.
( -f=force -u=update)

To configure up2date:
up2date --nox --configure

See the man page for more details


Jason Lasker
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
Jesse Jarzynka
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:38 PM
To: nflug at nflug.org
Subject: Re: apt-get/Synaptic

Advent Systems wrote:

> Is Synaptic just a gui for apt-get? If so, is it better to run apt-get 
> directly from the terminal window w/o synaptic? Is it bad to switch 
> back and forth between the two like I sometimes do?
>
> Bob Randal

Yes synaptic is a front end for apt-get. I dont like it. Seems kinda buggy,
and why would I want a GUI running when I'm installing large amounts of
packages (at times)? That's why I dislike up2date. Also if you have
something conflicting, it's harder to fix. -Jesse