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Can anyone please tell me difference between 1 and 2

  1. sudo apt-get install vlc
  2. sudo aptitude install vlc

I tried installing vlc with 1 and it did not work, but with 2 it did. I don't get the difference...

Zanna
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ThunderBird
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aptitude is supposed to be a user level program whereas apt-get is supposed to be used by higher level programs. It just turns out apt-get is easy to use by users so they just use it instead of using the higher level managers like aptitude and synaptic.

aptitude is more user friendly because it adds a layer of abstraction away from apt-get, apt-cache etc.., apt-get is more user friendly than dpkg for the same reason. It's really down to user knowledge and what works best for them. aptitude and apt-get use the same repositories. Let it be clear that aptitude does not itself use apt-get apt-cache etc.. I merely mean to point out that aptitude is a higher level package manager.

guntbert
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Cristian Voiculescu
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