On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 10:03, Cade Cairns wrote:
> Is there some other means of retrieving/finding rpm's (ideally similar to
> Debian's apt) that doesn't suck?  Even a website that has up-to-date
> package lists would really make my life a lot easier.

Since I'm a Gnome user, I have the Ximian Gnome desktop installed on RH
7.3.  It comes with a great updating and rpm management tool called Red
Carpet.  From Red Carpet, just subscribe to the RH 7.3 channel and click
the Install button.  You'll be presented with a searchable list of all
the RPMS that Red Hat provides.  This is useful if you didn't select
"Install Everything" during the RH installation.

If the RPM isn't part of the RH 7.3 distribution (you didn't say), then
you're probably best off trying rpmfind.net for RPMS or best of all
going to the project site of the software you want and using their
RPMs.  They'll almost certainly have a source tarball available as well.
-- 
Guy Davis     http://www.guydavis.ca    Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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