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On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 07:23:23 +0100, Chris Bannister

 wrote:

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> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 06:04:24PM -1000, david wrote:

>> On 02/16/2013 05:10 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:

>> >Of course, if you were running a truly minimum desktop, you don't even

>> >need synaptic because apt-get is installed anyway.

>>

>> I find synaptic a much-easier way to manage packages than the

>> cryptic command lines of apt-get or dpkg. For instance, I can easily

>> see what a particular package recommends and decide if I want to

>> also include one or more the recommendations.

>

> That what "apt-cache policy ", and "apt-cache show "

> are for. I don't see how you can call the command lines crptic!

>

> Also my comment was just pointing out that if you have synaptic

> installed you can't honestly claim that you have a "truly minimum

> desktop"

If you don't know the name off a program or you even don't know, if such a

program you're looking for does exist, Synaptic can be very helpful. For

such a task it's easier to use, or at least more comfortable to use.

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