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apt for RPM - Calum, you want this!
dishawjp:
Void Main...
Thanks for the links. I'll give the rpm upgrade another try tomorrow.
Creedon...
believe me, I know all about the chronic poverty stuff... Think I would still be running RH 6.2 on a P166 w/48 MB of RAM if I had a choice? :)
Thanks again all and have a great weekend!
Jim
voidmain:
No problem. I did get apt installed and working on 6.2 by the way. It upgraded 540 packages when I did an "apt-get upgrade"! But now my RH62 system has all the updates (for a 6.2 system that is). But it's certainly not the nice experience it is in RH8 because there isn't nearly as much stuff for 6.2. For instance an "apt-get install mplayer" didn't find anything. Nor did an "apt-get install synaptic" which is the graphical apt interface. I'll see if I get get the graphical version installed anyhoo and let you know how to do it.
[ November 02, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]
voidmain:
Whoops, just realized why so many RPMs were installed when I did the "upgrade". I have a RedHat 6.1 system, not 6.2. Oh well it worked well. I thought since I was able to get apt-get and synaptic working on RH61 maybe I could just turn on some of the repositories for the 7.3 distro and install stuff from there.
Well I did install a couple of things but when I went to install mplayer it wanted to remove like 750 packages. I got scared and set everything back to the 6.2 repository. It's still nice for installing/removing base software without any dependency trouble. I would suggest installing it. The experience for RH8 is a little better because there are lots of extra goodies available.
creedon:
Just for claritys sake, I'd like to point out that apt/dpkg is a native Debian application; If you are using any Debian release from 2.0 (hamm) on, opening an internet connection and typing "apt-get dist-upgrade" will upgrade your Debian install to the current stable release. Before installing the downloaded software, dpkg will ensure that all dependancies are met; at that point apt will install and configure the upgraded distribution; then, on a weekly basis, repeating the process I just outlined will keep your Debian installation as current as possible.
If you should decide you want to use a OS that's a little more 'cutting edge", editing /etc/apt/sources.list to point to "testing" will upgrade your system to the current "testing" branch of Debian; 90% stable, but some apps can be troublesome. The same process will upgrade your system to "unstable"; Debians experimental branch; some possibility of trouble, but pretty reliable on the whole.
This is Debians default method of package management/system upgrades; I think it's the best system available.
BTW: I understand that apt-rpm has matured very well, although I've never used it; it's interesting, one of Debians packages is called "alien"; it manages rpm's for use on Debian systems; haven't tried it----yet.
dishawjp:
THANKS! Void Main and Creedon!
I followed your links, Void Main, downloaded and installed the required files and the "rpm -Uvh..." install went without a hitch. Right now I'm running the "rpm --rebuilddb"
I have to get off-line now (the wife's whining about having the phone unavailable) but I'll continue with trying to get this "apt get" program in.
Thanks again to everybody!
Jim
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