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On Ubuntu, why "sudo apt-get" sometimes and "sudo aptitude" other times?
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I was trying to figure out how to install libgtk2.0-dev and found that I have to use instead of Why these two different ways of getting stuff?
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sudo aptitude install
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and are both frontends to dpkg. Use one or the other but be consistent. Aptitude is newer and is suppose to be easier to use. It also unifies some of the functions. You can use to search and install while with apt-* you need and for installation and…
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