Re: Debian, Fedora, Redhata Linux?

On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:36:40 -0800, jainarunk@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hello Group,

Lately I am seeing so many OSes and new terms. I tried to compile
Kannel (a WAP gateway)
program and it confused me with following jargon.

It has packages for Debian, Fedora and Redhat Linux. Could someone
please tell me what are
all these and what is the difference among all three.

Debian uses .deb packages. RedHat, Fedora, Suse, Mandrivel and a bunch of
others use .rpm packages (redhat package management). The formats are not
compatible.


Besides there are Yum, Apt. Could someone also through some light on
these as well.

These are package management programs for different systems.


What are the dangers of installing Debian packages on Redhat Linux or
there is nothing.

Depending on how intimate the program is with the Linux kernel, the
dangers can be severe to none. You would need a tool to convert from one
format to the other. On Debian systems 'alien' does that.


One last question. When I visited Redhat site. I found some
directory/packages named
dag and dries. Please tell me what is the significance of these two
terms.

Thanks in advance. I am thoroughly confused. I am guessing more and
more people would want
to know about these terms.

Thanks once again

nagrik

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