Re: [expert] Advanced Packaging Tool for Linux Mandrake.

[Bill Thompson]

Mike,

I didn't see apt-get under Cooker but I did see it under Contrib. I
grabbed
the source rpm and ran into a compile problem:

Building program /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/apt-0.3.19cnc27/bin/hdlist2pkglist
Installing desc.apt to
/usr/src/RPM/BUILD/apt-0.3.19cnc27/scripts/dselect
Installing install to /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/apt-0.3.19cnc27/scripts/dselect
Installing names to /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/apt-0.3.19cnc27/scripts/dselect
Installing setup to /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/apt-0.3.19cnc27/scripts/dselect
Installing update to /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/apt-0.3.19cnc27/scripts/dselect
make[2]: *** No rule to make target endors.list.5.yo', needed by
endors.list.5'.  Stop.
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.11168 (%build)

Not making any headway with this, I went to Connectiva and downloaded
their
static source rpm. It compiled fine. Its /etc/* files are set up to
fetch
files from Connectiva. Anyone have what's needed to get them from
Mandrake.

BTW, the compiler of the original Contrib rpms and the Connectiva rpms
is 
Alfredo Kojima of the WindowMaker project. He released 0.63.0 and 0.63.1
of
WindowMaker, this weekend, if anyone's interested.

Bill

Mike MacCana wrote:
> 
> For those of you who haven't heard the news, Mandrake Cooker now has
> APT-GET support. APT get is a rather nifty way of installing software on
> a computer.
> 
> Comparing the task of installing, say, the latest Gimp on your machine
> 
> Regularly...
> * Find out what the latest Gimp is...
> * Try Mandrake Update, rpmfind, gimp.org, and various other sources until
> you've got the package
> * Try and install it
> * Apparently you need libgimp.
> * Try the same thing for libgimp
> * Apparently libgimp needs a newer gtk
> * Try the same thing for gtk ad nauseum, until you've acquired all the
> relevant dependencies
> * Install gimp. Or give up, and decide your day would be better spent on
> a more enjoyable activity, like having all your teeth pulled out with a
> pair of pliers. :-|
> 
> APT Get
> * apt-get install gimp
> 
> [and the rest is done for you. Apt tells you the size of the downloads
> necessary to install gimp on your system, and asks for your OK to start
> downloading]
> 
> This is A Good Thing. :-)
> 
> So, does anyone [especially civileme (apologies in advance for bad
> spelling)] have any further info about when the next major distribution
> from Mandrake is due to arrive, and what Mandrake's intentions re: APT
> will be? I'm particularly interested in the the obvious GUI frontend I
> imagine Mandrake would be planning...
> 
> Mike
> 
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