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crncosta
Asked: 2010-11-13 07:21:35 +0800 CST

Alternative package manager for ubuntu terminal?

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I'm looking for:

  • Alternative package management to be used from my gnome-terminal (text-based method) that can be a candidate to replace apt-get and aptitude.

  • Preferably one with detailed and easily read outputs, reduced command options (like perform update before a search), and go fast enough.

Does any one know a alternative package manager?

package-management command-line

2 Answers

  1. The only command line tool for package management that I can think of, other than apt-get and aptitude is dselect. It provides an interactive (curses?) interface for doing all of the common package management tasks.

    dselect

    It is not installed by default so will need to be installed using one of your existing package installation tools. See man dselect for more details about how to use it.

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  2. There is alternatives.

    One of them is wajig >> http://wajig.togaware.com/

    Easy to use and have a nice usage experince. You may use like 

    wajig [option] [command]

    for apt-get like usage,

    or you may simply use 

    wajig

    for doing things in its own console.

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