System updates: apt-get or aptitude

[anon222]

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.