System updates: apt-get or aptitude

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System updates: apt-get or aptitude - Kirkx - 05-08-2015

LL system update script is using apt-get:

/usr/scripts/updates

Code:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

As I was trying out Debian Jessie lately I noticed that aptitude seems to be considered a better choice to do system updates than apt-get because it offers smarter handling of dependencies and has some other benefits. The equivalent command would be:

Code:
sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

I have done a test run of both commands (actual updates were aborted) and the output is quite different:

apt-get:
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aptitude:

I'm wondering what experts think about all this.

Re: System updates: apt-get or aptitude - anon222 - 05-08-2015

apt-get and aptitude have different rules.

Code:
man aptitude

Code:
man apt-get

aptitude safe-upgrade upgrades currently installed packages and can install new packages to resolve new dependencies, but never removes packages unless they are unused.
apt-get upgrade upgrades currently installed packages, but never installs or removes packages.
So

Code:
apt-get upgrade

is comparable to

Code:
aptitude --no-new-installs safe-upgrade

Sometimes aptitude has better rules, sometimes apt. Linux Lite prefers apt-get.

Re: System updates: apt-get or aptitude - rokytnji - 05-08-2015

Hmmmm

Code:
harry@harry-Latitude-XT2:~$ apt-cache policy debtags

debtags:

  Installed: (none)

  Candidate: 1.12ubuntu2

  Version table:

     1.12ubuntu2 0

        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages

harry@harry-Latitude-XT2:~$ apt-cache policy wajig

wajig:

  Installed: (none)

  Candidate: 2.13

  Version table:

     2.13 0

        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages

harry@harry-Latitude-XT2:~$ apt-cache policy aptitude

aptitude:

  Installed: 0.6.8.2-1ubuntu4

  Candidate: 0.6.8.2-1ubuntu4

  Version table:

 *** 0.6.8.2-1ubuntu4 0

        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

harry@harry-Latitude-XT2:~$

Just checking a few things. I did not know aptitude was also installed along side apt-get in Linux-Lite on a default
2.4 install. Not that I am sooooo bored that I would screw with dist-upgrade scripts or package management
myself in this distro.

I have other test boxes for breaking installs for that.

Re: System updates: apt-get or aptitude - anon222 - 05-08-2015

(05-08-2015, 02:19 PM)rokytnji link Wrote: Just checking a few things. I did not know aptitude was also installed along side apt-get in Linux-Lite on a default
2.4 install. Not that I am sooooo bored that I would screw with dist-upgrade scripts or package management
myself in this distro.

I have other test boxes for breaking installs for that.

Smart decision Rokytnji. Smile