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
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 09:35:37AM -0700, Jeremy Merritt wrote:
> I started using Debian in the past 2 months after using another Linux distro
> for a long time. The other distro relies on RPM for its package management,
> with the consequence of the user having to go through "dependency hell" on
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 09:35:37AM -0700, Jeremy Merritt wrote:
> I started using Debian in the past 2 months after using another
> Linux distro for a long time. The other distro relies on RPM for its
> package management, with the consequence of the user having to go
> through "dependency hell" on
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 05:39:43PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
--- Jeremy Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What makes Synaptic different from RPM in "concept"?
The question you're really asking is:
"What makes .deb different from .rpm in concept."
... because Synaptic is just a GUI-fronten
--- Jeremy Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What makes Synaptic different from RPM in "concept"?
The question you're really asking is:
"What makes .deb different from .rpm in concept."
... because Synaptic is just a GUI-frontend. The tools behind it
(dpkg, and friends) do all the real wor
I started using Debian in the past 2 months after using another Linux distro for a long time. The other distro relies on RPM for its package management, with the consequence of the user having to go through "dependency hell" on a regular basis. I have been amazed at the size of the Synaptic Package
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