Re: [SLUG] Debian...I GIVE UP! Anyone else?

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Mon Aug 18 2003 - 18:39:16 EDT


On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:33:44PM -0400, Ian Blenke wrote:

> apt-get install synaptic
>
> dselect should die a horrible horrible death.
>

<start flame war>

Synaptic won't handle complicated dependency problems at all. It just
blinks at you and doesn't tell you what to do to solve them. Dselect
will let you know where the problems are. Synaptic's prettier than
dselect, though. ;-}

Paul
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