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Some tasks are better suited to the command line. Others are better in the terminal. Package installation lies right in the middle for me. If I know exactly wh
by collyw 8y ago
Some tasks are better suited to the command line. Others are better in the terminal.
Package installation lies right in the middle for me. If I know exactly what I want sudo apt-get install is the quickest and easiest. If I am not sure exactly what I want its easier to browse around using synaptic.
I can do more complex greps on the command line than most GUI tools will allow me to use.
- godshatter 8y agoI tend to use apt-cache search a lot if I know generally what I want but don't know the exact package name. It lets you use regular expressions when searching and you can restrict it to just the package names by giving it the --names-only switch. If I'm actually wanting to install a game of some type, but don't know what I want to try out, then I'll load up synaptic.