[H-GEN] Debian Question

[Tony Nugent]

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On Wed Jul 03 2002 at 19:40, hphillips at 4ward.com.au wrote:

> > The nice thing about Debian is that if you are missing any
> > tools, it's just a matter of apt-get <insert-name-here>. Any
> > dependencies will be automatically resolved, packages downloaded
> > and installed. Debian package management leaves the rest way
> > behind.
> 
> Mandrake does the same thing with urpmi. It also runs most of the
> packages that are 'Designed for Redhat x.xx', then again so do
> most rpm based distros.

Redhat's stock-standard up2date leaves a lot to be desired.  But
someone has "ported" apt as a front-end to rpm to produce what is
proving to be a highly functional and flexable utility for managing
any rpm-based distribution...

	http://sourceforge.net/projects/apt4rpm/
	http://freshrpms.net/apt/

(The page at freshrpms.net is a good description of apt and how to
use it).

> Regards Harry

Cheers
Tony

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