Re: rpm newbie

From: Markku Kolkka (markkukolkka_at_kolumbus.fi)
Date: 10/21/04

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    Ben Anderson kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai, 21.
    lokakuuta 2004 15:10):
    > I think I have my choice between rpm or apt-get?

    No. Apt-get (like yum or up2date) is a tool that uses rpm for the
    actual package installation.

    > Another goal of mine (besides having an
    > easily usable, updateable linux installation) is to become
    > familiar with skills that might be transferable to red hat's
    > server edition.

    Then you should use yum or up2date (which are included in the
    distribution) instead of apt-get (which is a third-party tool).

    > As a side note - is Fedora's installer able to resize an NTFS
    > partition

    No.

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