On Wednesday 13 June 2007 10:10:36 Helge Hafting wrote: > Most other distributions use the rpm packaging system. > It is a long time since I used those - one usually had to > download lots of rpm files and then give a command to install > them all. The main difference from the "apt" command above was > that you had to gather the files yourself, and then install all in > one go. rpm would then tell you if anything else was missing, > then you download that and try again until you have all you need. > I have heard that the rpm-based systems also have automatic > downloading these days, simplifying this process.
Time passes so this information is outdated. :-) Most rpm distributions have a system that takes care of dependencies automatically. I know at least 3 systems but I know that there are more: apt-get (for rpm), yum and smart(rpm). > Helge Hafting -- José Abílio
