Take the 2-minute tour ×  I had been a Debian user for almost 3
years... but memories have gone really fuzzy...  I "kind of"
remember that I should only use one of the package managers...
Either apt-get, aptitude, or synaptic, but not the three in
combination 'cause there may be conflicts, they don't mix well.
I don't know where I have heard it, but it has left its memory
print. So I just want to check with you if it is really not
advised or if it is an urban legend and it is completely safe.
Could you confirm this ?  Is the cleanest way of installing a
package is still using the command checkinstall before invoking
dpkg ?  share|improve this question I freely switch between apt-
get and synaptic, depending on whether I need to explore the
available packages or not, and I've never had a problem. I've
never understood the point of aptitude. –  Chris Conway Feb 21
'11 at 16:01 I use sudo aptitude safe-upgrade in the 11.04
development environment. The advantage is "Safe-upgrade" will
hold pack groups of packages