Re: yum gripes (Was: Re: yum vs. apt)

From: John Summerfield (debian_at_herakles.homelinux.org)
Date: 11/24/04

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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:35:26 +0800

    On Wednesday 24 November 2004 08:29, Steffen Kluge wrote:
    > I always thought of apt as an alternative (to RPM) way of packaging and
    > delivering software. I have never used it myself but I understand there
    > is some apt-rpm middleware nowadays. I suppose Fedora apt repos use
    > RPMs? Anything else would be a mess.

    Debian's dpkg is equivalent to rpm; it installs packages, builds packages and
    so on.
    apt-get is a wrapper for dpkg; it resolves dependancies, ensures you get the
    latest versions and generally makes life easier. It's about equivalent to
    up2date. Unlike up2date, it's not tied to any proprietary support system. 

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Cheers
John
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