[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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