... and synaptic is a pretty good GUI for it from http://freshrpms.net/apt/ :
If you like having a GUI, there is a great gtk2 front-end called "synaptic" which you may also download from here. Once installed, just run "System Settings > Synaptic". does anybody know how to get mic working with gnomemeeting ?? my soundcard is Ensoniq ES1371 and has anyone tried linphone??? if yes then howz it ?? TIA Ish -- Ishpreet Gill www.ish.fortunespace.com On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 10:02, Raj Mathur wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Yesterday I decided to take the plunge and install/configure apt on my > Red Hat Linux 8.0 system. > > Installation was a breeze. Just download the apt rpm from > http://freshrpms.net/ and rpm -Uvh it. After installation I scratched > my head for a while since (a) I had duplicate rpms in my repository > (warning: rpm -F installs the fresh rpms alongside the old ones and > creates duplicates. rpm -U upgrades existing rpms, but it also > installs new ones even if they currently aren't installed. Need the > best of both worlds) and (b) I was getting missing sources files > errors whenever I tried to run apt-get. > > The solution to (a) was simple if tedious: remove the older versions > of duplicate rpms manually. > > The solution to (b) was even simpler: I finally remembered my > apt-using days and did an apt-get update to get the sources files from > the server. > > After that life became exceedingly simple. Remember, this was around > midnight, so I just did an: > > apt-get upgrade > > After telling me that apt needed to download ~36MB of data, it > prompted me whether I wanted to continue or not. I blithely pressed > `Yes', switched off the monitor and went to sleep. > > When I awoke the morning I had a spanking-clean system with all the > latest security patches installed on it. Apt works like a charm: it > figures out which packages you have, which packages need to be > upgraded and then just goes and upgrades them. It also automatically > handles dependencies, so you're never in RPM dependency hell again. > > For those who haven't heard of it, apt is the most popular package > manager for Debian. From the introduction at freshrpms.net: > > APT (Advanced Package Tool) is well know by debian users since it is > used by default with their dpkg package format. But apt has been > ported to work with rpm packages by Conectiva, which has now used it > for some time in their GNU/Linux distribution. The good news is that > apt for rpm may be used with any other rpm-based distribution! All you > need is the tool compiled for your version of rpm and at least a > repository where rpm packages and their apt metadata can be found. > > Apt rocks for keeping your RPM-based system up to date. I'd strongly > recommend it to anyone who needs a good automatic package, dependency > and sources manager. > > Regards, > > - -- Raju ================================================ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org
