Do you still ignore the required dependencies and autoremove packages while installing the new application on Linux?
Initially, you take note of application dependencies and packages going to be wiped out from your system, but with time, we procrastinate due to the ugly interface of the apt command, which shows package names in the monotone format, and for this reason, you need to stare at the screen to know what step is being performed now.
For example, if I install git from the default apt package manager, and the same command is installed from nala package manager, then you can clearly see the difference from the side-by-side comparison.
And if I ask you, which output looks much more concise and unambiguous? You would simply answer, “The nala version of the command is much more concise and unambiguous.”
So, let’s learn how to install nala package manager on Ubuntu and other derivatives of Debian-based Linux distributions, which means you can follow the same steps if you have Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, Debian 11 (Buster), etc.
https://trendoceans.com/nala-package-manager/
Yes, it really is faster than other APT frontends. No need to install apt-fast anymore, especially since apt-fast is mostly deprecated. It's prettier. Not just prettier, but easier to read. It's far more informative.
The article suggests 3 methods to install nala, I just did apt install nala. Try your own distro's repositories before you follow the other methods.
Best of all, it looks like there is no real learning curve - if you're familiar with apt, apt-get, or apt-fast, you'll use mostly the same commands and arguments with nala.
Did I say fast? Even with my new 100 meg internet connection, I would expect 900 mb of downloads to take a few minutes with apt. Nala fetch found the fastest repositories for me, saved those repositories to it's configuration, then when I did nala upgrade, it downloaded files in parallel. It was as fast, if not faster than, apt-fast.
I think it's pretty awesome. If anyone thinks otherwise, I'll be watching for comments below!
(Score: 3, Funny) by krishnoid on Friday October 28 2022, @11:42PM (1 child)
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