[LBo] Removing KDE from Ubuntu depends on how you installed it.

[Sam Morgan]

Troy wrote:
> 
> You bring up a good point about the many different ways to install packages
> in *buntu distributions.  For a newer Linux users like myself, can you give
> a brief overview of the history, difference, and pros and cons of aptitude,
> apt-get, and synaptic.
> 
I'm afraid I couldn't do justice to the topic Troy.
I'm not that knowledgeable on the topic.

In general my history with package managers started with Mandrake 6.0  and RPM's 
After crashing the entire system to where it was not repairable. I went looking 
for a better distro/upgrade/package manager.

I found Debian dpkg and apt-get. Simple straight forward command line installs 
and updates.

I used apt-get for years because it was the only safe package manager for my 
level of user. I tried dselect and had terrible problems, to go back to the the 
level of having to do the ol windows user styled 'give it up and reinstall' trip.

Then came the new gui styled package managers adapt, synaptic, etc. they worked 
well on the surface, but later were a problem. Why, because I tend to install 
lots of things to try and then want to uninstall them. The uninstalling part was 
now the problem. Like the article mentioned.

Hopefully someone else on the list can do better. All of the above is no way 
scientific, just the ramblings of a general user.


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