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Re:Linux Package Manager Command Line Comparison by bostonvaulter2 on Thursday January 26, 2012 @02:01PM (#3515429)
What's the history of the aptitude and apt-* family of commands? Why do they both exist?
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Re:Linux Package Manager Command Line Comparison by sciurus on Thursday January 26, 2012 @02:17PM (#3515508)
It would be nice to see an overview from folks who've been involved. You can get some of the history from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dpkg#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dselect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptitude_(software)#History http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/ch-detaile....

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