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|    mark lewis to Richard Menedetter    |
|    Similar to YAY...    |
|    23 Apr 20 12:20:44    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 38.fido-linuxuse@1:3634/12 2306f682       REPLY: 2:310/31 5ea138dc       PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Linux Apr 22 2020 GCC        TID: SBBSecho 3.10-Linux r3.160 Apr 23 2020 GCC 7.5.0       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.103        Re: Similar to YAY...        By: Richard Menedetter to Shane O'Neill on Thu Apr 23 2020 08:40:18                      SN>> My question is, is there anything in the Debian/Ubuntu world that is        SN>> like YAY to make package download/install/etc.. soo easy?               RM> I have no clue what YAY is, but the package manager for debian is        RM> apt-get (or apt). (it internally uses dpkg)              i prefer to use aptitude... it seems to handle dependencies better... if i       absolutely have to use a GUI package manager, i use synaptic, muon (KDE?), or       similar...                     )\/(ark       --- SBBSecho 3.10-Linux        * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 57/0 90/1 103/705 120/340 601 153/250 757 203/0 220/70       SEEN-BY: 221/0 226/17 30 227/114 229/426 616 1014 240/5832 249/206       SEEN-BY: 249/317 400 250/3 267/800 280/464 5003 288/100 292/854 8125       SEEN-BY: 310/31 317/3 322/757 340/1000 342/200 396/45 423/120 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/0 1 100 330 340 772/0 1 210 220 230 500 2452/250       PATH: 3634/12 153/7715 250 770/1 280/464 229/426           |
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