On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 09:35 -0700, Jeremy Merritt wrote: > What makes Synaptic different from RPM in "concept"?
Like they said, it's the difference between .rpm's and .deb's, and the package managers. They both contain the install location(s) and a list of dependencies. The big difference is that apt-get, and friends, don't simply throw up their hands when a dependency is missing -- they go get it and install it. Usually -- and when they don't, it's cause for massive whinage on the user lists until the prob is fixed. Apt-get has been ported to several rpm distros, and does an outstanding job installing rpm packages (and fetching dependencies). Apt's benes are more in the package handling software than in the packages themselves. > Can you manage any packages via RPM in Debian? I saw there was some > kind of RPM utility but I never worked with it much. rpm itself is there, if you want to apt-get install it, and it will unpack a package, check for dependencies, and install just fine. The biggest problem you can run into using random rpm packages is that they may (very often will) look for dependencies in the wrong places and/or install things in the wrong places -- RedHat/Mandrake/SuSE places instead of Debian places. -- Glenn English [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG ID: D0D7FF20 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
