[maemo-developers] Aptitude for Maemo

From: Jonathan Marsaud zic at ubuntu.com
Date: Sat Jan 24 13:59:05 EET 2009
Le vendredi 23 janvier 2009 à 21:31 -0500, Ryan Abel a écrit :
> To continue the analogy, for most people, a Porsche is going to be a  
> waste. They wont be able to drive it well (heck, depending on the  
> Porsche, they may not even be able to drive it _safely_), they wont  
> appreciate it and it doesn't help them get from point A to point B any  
> better than the apple cart (or, more appropriately, the Toyota). It  
> does, however, suck up money and space.
> 
> So, yes, again, for most tablet owners, aptitude is just a waste of  
> space.

Is it possible to only install “aptitude” package without “apt” package
on a Debian based distribution like Maemo ? apt-* utils are in the “apt”
package, but apparently, “Depends:” of “aptitude” package does not
require apt, but just somes libraries of APT system.

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Jonathan Marsaud <zic at ubuntu.com>
GNU/Linux The dynamic duo


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