Package manager you use

[klerfayt]

please only vote if you use kubuntu

[chadmmc]

Re: Package manager you use

I use the Synaptic more often than the others because it is faster on load up and filter/searches, while I will use Adept for the tagging purposes if I need to use tags. Other than that I use KPackage which is slow but is fairly easy to use and I like it for importing packages.

[Snowhog]

Re: Package manager you use

Adept Manager. I'm still new to Linux (earlier this year), having used M$ OS systems for ever (since 3.1), and MS-DOS prior to that.

I haven't tried any of the others, but on at least one or two occasions, used the apt-get from the CLI.

[linuxwizard]

Re: Package manager you use

One of the first things I do after installing Kubuntu is install Synaptic. I dislike Adept.

[disturbedite]

Re: Package manager you use

ditto what linuxwizard said.

[eriefisher]

Re: Package manager you use

Another ditto here. It's simple,clean and easy.

[Fenyx]

Re: Package manager you use

I mostly use apt/aptitude in the past. Synaptic would be my second choice, if only it had a Qt/KDE port of sorts.

However, I'm giving Adept a third chance, hoping I can help improve it in the future.

[dibl]

Re: Package manager you use

Adept seems to be fine in Kubuntu Feisty -- it hasn't let me down in a long while. Of course, in Ubuntu or E-live, there's nothing but Synaptic, so that's what I use when I'm there.

[Valar_Morghulis]

Re: Package manager you use

I used Synaptic alot in Ubuntu, but since I switched to Kubuntu I really like the way Kpackage displays search results. It makes it really easy to know what Im installing/uninstalling and how the packages are connected. Adept is slow but handy in downloading the basic packages. Ive had plenty of problems with Adept running in the background and stopping me from using another package manager until I went in and killed the process

[Rog131]

Re: Package manager you use

I would say that Adept is evolving (beta) or as in the KubuntuGutsyAdept (https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuGutsyAdept)

Adept lacks some features available in Ubuntu.

but they are adding them...

Happily using synaptic+apt-get (adept - maybe someday but not yet )


Links:
aptitude versus apt-get
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/aptitude

Topic: benefits and disadvantages of synaptic instead of adept in Kubuntu
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=5933.0

[Fintan]

Re: Package manager you use

Synaptic, sometimes when needed apt-get.

I don't know if adept is going to go where it wants but seems promising.

[Vantskruv]

Re: Package manager you use

I'm using Adept-Manager. But if I want to use Synaptic, can I unsinstall packages I've installed with Adept-Manager with Synaptic and vice versa?

[Rog131]

Re: Package manager you use

Yes - synaptic/adept is frontend/gui for apt:

Synaptic
Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+.

Adept
Adept is a GUI to the Advanced Packaging Tool for KDE. Adept is developed by Peter Ročkai and is sponsored by Canonical Ltd. through the Kubuntu project.

Apt
apt - Advanced Package Tool. APT is a management system for software packages.

Aptitude
A highly configurable console front-end for Debian APT. Aptitude is a text-based interface to the Debian GNU/Linux package system.

[Fintan]

Re: Package manager you use

I'm using Adept-Manager. But if I want to use Synaptic, can I unsinstall packages I've installed with Adept-Manager with Synaptic and vice versa?

I a word. Yes. Synaptic tends to be more stable.

[lingenfr]

Re: Package manager you use

My guess is that most people who just 'use' Kubuntu use adept. It works fine for them without problem and they don't come to these forums for help.