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apt for RPM - Calum, you want this!
voidmain:
You RPM dependency haters need to install apt for your RPM based system, along with a graphical utility called "synaptic". Installing RPM based apps and system updates has never been so easy!
Download and install these two RPMs:
http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/psyche/apt/apt-0.5.4cnc9-fr1.i386.rpm
http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/psyche/synaptic/synaptic-0.24.1-fr1.i386.rpm
Then run "synaptic" and first click "update". Then just have fun. You can install apps or upgrade your system via this graphical tool or from the command line much the same as it's done in Debian:
# apt-get install appname
which will install the specified app, plus any required dependencies. Pretty slick stuff.
[edit]Actually I don't know if this will work with Mandrake or SuSe. It appears to possibly be targeted only for Connectiva and RedHat distributions but it wouldn't hurt to try.[/edit]
[ October 30, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]
creedon:
The obvious (and best) solution is to simply INSTALL DEBIAN!!! Why would ANYONE want to use the apt/dpkg management system with Redhat when DEBIAN is the most powerful, stable, sexiest, beautiful operating system tha ever has, or ever will, exist. When you install DEBIAN, you automatically grow four inches (vertically AND horizontallly),; women FLOCK to you instictivley, your bank account DOUBLES, your dog no longer has fleas, and your electric company sends YOU checks!
REAL men use DEBIAN!!
Master of Reality:
i did something...bad... when i tried to install it, now i dont have any rpm.
One of apt-rpms dependencies is RPM 4.0.4, i have 4.0.3, i found out you cant install rpm with rpm, because it doesnt work.
I am gonna isntall rpm 4.0.3 from RH7.2 CD soon
[ October 30, 2002: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / B0B ]
Calum:
looks good, i have not done it yet as i am in a hurry, creedon, is it worth my while switching from mandrake to debian, all in? at the moment i don't have time to relearn anything, but i can use mandrake alright, so what do you think? what i'm really worried about is bugs. i can't stand the oqnes that seem to ocassionally sneak into mandrake, and also hardware support, i have a buggyq laptop full of SiS stuff,
so is it worth trying DebIan?
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by The Master of Reality / B0B:
i did something...bad... when i tried to install it, now i dont have any rpm.
One of apt-rpms dependencies is RPM 4.0.4, i have 4.0.3, i found out you cant install rpm with rpm, because it doesnt work.
I am gonna isntall rpm 4.0.3 from RH7.2 CD soon
--- End quote ---
You most certainly *can* upgrade RPM with RPM. I've done it countless times. What steps did you take to upgrade it? Have you tried an "rpm --rebuilddb"?
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