On 6/27/21 11:28 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> It is always been;
>> sudo apt-get update
>> sudo apt-get upgrade
>> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>> and occasionally one of the upgrades will suggest
>> sudo apr autoremove
> ..playing around with all the "apt family members" helps you find
> solutions whenever any of the members fails to solve a dependency
> etc puzzle.
>
> ..pick a favorite goto member and use that as your "daily driver"
> to keep your apt depencency puzzle database manageable, and keep
> yourself proficient on the other members so you can use those to
> find solutions whenever your goto member fails to solve a puzzle.
And don't forget the trusty old dselect
To this day it is my main tool.
One of the most important behavioral differences between the
dselect and apt descendants is that the dselect dependency solver will
remove packages by default, while apt solvers do not.
Cheers
Mike