I think RPM is great, but it is missing something that you would think is just NEEDED. I have pulled my hair out MANY times chasing down DEPS. As i understand it in debian when you install something it will go get what you need no matter what it is and it WILL get installed for you. RPM has a long way to go i think. I REALY look forward to newer ver's of RPM and im SURE any redhat user feels the same. Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Storey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 10:42 PM Subject: package management
> Being somewhat new to Redhat, I wonder if I haven't missed something > when it comes to package management. > > Yes, I understand how to use RPM, and generally it works OK. The > tricky part is when you have dependency errors. RPM tells you when you > have dependency errors, but it doesn't resolve them for you. Same with > GnomeRPM - you're told what's missing, but GnomeRPM doesn't go fetch > the missing RPMs for you. > > I've used SuSE for awhile, which is also RPM-based. It's YAST > installation program keeps a database of what's installed and resolves > dependencies for you. Debian uses something similar with its apt-get > program. So I'm wondering if there is something in Redhat that does > the same job? The Redhat books that I've looked at all explain RPM > thoroughly, but say nothing about an installation/package manager type > of program. So I'm wondering if such a thing exists? I'm using RH 7.1. > > - Robert Storey > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
