Debian aptitude manual

 · I can get the 'aptitude user's manual' from inside aptitude itself. Upon reading parts of it it does reference table's/images that I can't see seem to see in the text that I'm reading. I'll have to try the browser idea cuz I believe that I have 'aptitude-doc-en' installed on my system. Even if I don't, it shouldn't be tuff to install it. aptitude is a text-based interface to the Debian GNU/Linux package system. It allows the user to view the list of packages and to perform package management tasks such as installing, upgrading, and removing packages. Actions may be performed from a visual interface or from the command-line. aptitude 's behavior and appearance can be configured in a number of ways. This manual describes how the program works with the default settings; descriptions of how various settings affect behavior are given in the section called “Customizing aptitude ”.

aptitude is a text-based interface to the Debian GNU/Linux package system. It allows the user to view the list of packages and to perform package management tasks such as installing, upgrading, and removing packages. Thanks for the tips guys. I tried aptitude --simulate install and apt-get --simulate www.doorway.ru gave no results (0 package to install/upgrade/remove) However deborphan --show-priority --all-packages gives a list of packages ; I also tried the -n option (deborphan --show-priority --all-packages -n) which yields a list of more than packages.. Not all of them are really unused but it. There are two basic commands for installing packages on Debian (and other: linux variants): apt-get and aptitude. However, explaining the subtle differences between these commands goes: beyond the scope of this manual.