For those among us that use RPM based distros but have been wishing to escape dependency hell, the following link will take you to an article on how to install and use apt-get on an RPM based distro. I've not tried it personally as I use a Debian based distro already so your mileage may vary, but, as someone mentioned earlier, "apt-get rocks".
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