[wplug] Package Management
Doug Green
green at np.awing.upmc.edu
Mon Jun 17 11:26:51 EDT 2002
Hey all- can't you also install apt-get for RedHat? If so, does this
cause any problems, such as messing up the rpm database (ie: does rpm
"see" these packages too?).
Thanks,
Doug
On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 16:18, Zach Paine wrote:
> Watch out, this can be a hot topic. I used Mandrake (an RPM based
> distro) and RedHat for a while in the past, and have settled on Debian
> and its dpkg/apt/deb system. I can't speak much for the development
> side, but I love as an end user being able to say:
>
> apt-get install gaim
>
> and having the system figure out all of the required dependancies,
> downloading the packages, and installing them. It is very convenient.
> It also has a nice system for building packages from source, if that is
> how you swing. You can similarly say:
>
> apt-get source gaim
>
> and debian will grab the source packages for gaim and its dependancies.
> As far as RedHat, it never seemed quite intuitive to me. There is no
> real centralized location to get packages. Debian package maintainers
> track and package almost any software you can think of. Red Hat
> provides a more limited set it seems. However, most software developers
> will provide RPMs for their software if Red Hat doesn't, but most don't
> provide debs.
>
> Hope some of this is helpful.
> Zach
>
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