[AuckLUG] Settle an arguement for me! apt-get, apititude and dpkg

[Guy K. Kloss]

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 2:07:15 pm Martin Bähr wrote:
> i have not found anything that apt-get does that aptitude could not do,
> and i almost never use dpkg except for dpkg -L if i can't figure out how
> to use a package, or to resolve wierd package conflicts.

apt-get source

Or is there an equivalent available within the aptitude system now as well?

apt-get source is the only reason for me to fall back onto apt-get at times.

Guy

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