Aptitude vs apt-get

[Skybear]

I was reading the Debian Wiki when I came across a piece titled “Nine reasons why you should be using aptitude instead of apt-get or dselect.” https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/04/msg03138.html

There’s a lot of information in that article and I’m still going through it. But what do other people here think about it? Is using “aptitude” better than using “apt-get”?

 

[deb_user]

I think aptitude is outdated, as is apt-get. The newest version of apt is the most capable. The Debian wiki is out of date on many, if not most, subjects. A wiki is a collaboration of lots of users, and not always the most modern, nor the most reliable source of information, from the big one, Wikipedia, on down. I've seen mistakes.

 

[Brickwizard]

I was reading the Debian Wiki when I came across a piece titled “Nine reasons why you should be using aptitude instead of apt-get or dselect.” https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/04/msg03138.html

you do realise that article is 22 years old a more up to date one [from 2025] is https://linuxconfig.org/apt-vs-apt-get-advanced-package-tool

 

[wizardfromoz]

I think aptitude is outdated, as is apt-get.

I'll refer you to what I said to you at another post in another thread.

https://www.linux.org/threads/updating-the-linux-software.66252/post-307104

Both apt and apt-get have their uses, I use both, but apt-get is used by every Debian-based distro installation, so it is definitely not obsolete.

Wiz