RE: [SLE] 3 questions on SuSe

From: Steve Kratz (steve_at_townnews.com)
Date: 08/23/04

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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:18:34 -0500

    > > 2. Will I be able to install development tools (command
    > > line ones - i do not need kdevelop) using this famous YaST ?
    > > 3. How does the situation with packages available look like
    > > (I mean could the amount of them be comared to gentoo 'portege'
    > > or freebsd 'ports' collections ?) ?
    >
    > The Personal Edition is lot "slimmer" than the Professional, but
    > certainly fully functional.
    > As a former debian user, you'll certainly be familiar with apt,
    > so take a look at http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/
    >
    > Lots more software available, including all the development tools
    > you'll want.
    >

    From what I've read, all you'd need to do is point an Install Source to the
    FTP site the "Pro" rpms are located on, and you should have access to the
    rest of the goodies. 

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