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pacman is the fastest but the syntax is weird. Has the best visual, i.e. pacman loading bar. If things go wrong like a broken dependencies it doesnt provide heloful output.
Apt is the easiest to use but its output is very congested. Remember that Linus Tech Tips linux install video? The error warnings are very squashed together making it very difficult to see.
Dnf is the sweet spot imo. As default, the speed is slow but you can tweak it on the config. Outputs are clean, and if something goes wrong like a broken dependency, dnf provides very useful info to troubleshoot.
It's a mΓ nage Γ trois
Honestly as I force myself more into learning fedora, Iβm really liking dnf. The history and rollback feature is super nice.
The real OG is emerge.
The best software manager ever.
I didn't know what was dnf so I made a search and found out it replaced yum as the redhat package manager in 2013. I did not know about yum either. Last time I used a redhat-based distribution, Mandrake, the package managers were rpm and urpmi. Tempus fugit!
me over here using the gui software manager because it works just fine and I can't be assed to learn the difference between package managers.
Its most likely just a front-end for one of the command line tools anyway, so you're probably still using them.
And if it's the easiest way to get what you need, then it sounds like you're using the right tool for your use case. That's a good thing.
Accurate: APT vs DNF is the real kaiju fight⦠and then pacman -Syu shows up like the final boss..
No one fears pacman unless they have to use it.
What's wrong with pacman? I love pacman!
Dnf install
Apt install
Pacman -S (which is short, for sInstall.)
They S is for Sync. You're syncing a package from the repos.
Everyone knows how to read, not everyone will feel comfortable reading the flags.
β apt update && apt upgrade
β pacman -Syu
I use it everyday and I still hate pacman's flags with a passion
The best syntax is zypper's zypper in se, etc.
The thing I don't like about zypper is that it is missing functionality
the equivalent of apt autoremove has to be done through YaST
an equivalent for apt purge does not exist
I'm only 4 months into Linux, and apt is my comfort zone. Checking out other distros that use something else has me running away like:
YSK/PSA: If you're on Mint, Mint's apt is not Debian's apt and while they work similarly for common use cases, they diverge pretty quickly beyond that. Both are installed by default but Mint's takes precedence.*
Case in point: I was looking for which package - specifically one that was not yet installed - contains a certain command line tool and Mint's apt search does not find it. Debian's does. **
On the other hand, Mint's apt has way more subcommands than the default one, which have been useful on occasion.
* Mint's is at /usr/local/bin/apt and Debian's is at /usr/bin/apt; The default user $PATH puts /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin.
** FWIW, the tool is/was sponge and it's in the moreutils package.
Just use aptitude and be happy.
Disclaimer: while aptitude was originally designed to replicate the apt CLI interface, I have never run the search command through it. The TUI is marvelous, though.
Nowadays apt supports deleting dangling config files with apt purge "~c" so no need to have aptitude for that feature. However, aptitude why <package> is pretty handy, and if you bump into dependency problems aptitude is quite capable of suggesting valid solutions.
Disclaimer: I've never used aptitude's TUI.
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pacman is very fast and handy. The (in)famous pacman -Syu had you system completely up to date in record time.
Sometimes I miss its speed and simplicity
You can basically take that statement and replace βaptβ with βwhatever the first package tool I usedβ and it would be true for anyone.
tell me you have never run slackware witout telling me you have never run slackware.
I started with Ubuntu in the days of apt-get, and boy am I happy I got to use packman now and never add another custom repository ever again
My first package manager was YaST, then RPM, then APT. Apt rules, and while Iβve tried some more, Iβm not afraid to say APT became my comfort zone.
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don't let this type of bantering concern you
we are all just splitting hairs and knocking each other's preferences when it is basically trivial. Like BMW and Mercedes drivers trying to one up who drives the superior German car
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Thanks for the weekly reminder to update.
After using dnf a bit:
- All the default answers are backwards to me, so
dnfquite literally ignores my input. dnf searchdid not show, by default, if a matching package is already installed.- Perfect perhaps for newbies, since dnf asks you trice.
yeah.. arch is not leaving me anytime soon. The option to makepkg from source a few custom packages is very neat.
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