http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/ Rpmforge helps a lot
I haven't used centos in over a year though. I am debian monkey now. I haven't really experienced dependency hell with yum, but holy shit, yum is slow. At least ports/portage is spitting some info out at you that let's you know something is happening. Also: sup In addendum: san antonio? Can't say much, still in denver over here... Conclusion: I hate rpm too -mat On Aug 7, 2012 11:18 PM, "John Hebert" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've started using Linux (CentOS 6) in preparation to take the RHCSA > Exam 200. I was previously running WinXP (the dreaded FPS monkey had > me) and only ran Linux in VMs or a dual-boot config for learning. I > work in a big iron AIX environment, so I get my UNIX jollies that way. > > The first thing that struck me was that RPM is still the same elephant > in the room no one mentions, just three years older. Is it just me? Am > I missing some magic tool out there? > > I get my hopes up every time I see the message "Resolving > dependencies..." only to have them dashed again and again, with the > response "Errors: this rpm requires that rpm and this other one too, > and while you're at it, you should probably get this one as well, even > though its name has nothing to do with the rpm you want". And the > insanity repeats itself, but now I am Googling for other rpms located > on sites with more ads than good search results. > > It would be more truthful if the Package Installer's response was "Sit > and wait while I tell you how you have failed me. It's your fault. You > should have known what I need and where to get it." And then it gives > you the silent treatment. You try again a few more times, but the > effort is usually more than the reward. In the end, nothing gets > resolved. You tell yourself you don't need that rpm, that you can live > without it and move on. But it's just a lie. > > Yum seems to have stricter standards for package distribution and the > local databases are cool, but it still seems I don't have right repos > setup. Is there some master site listing the yum repos and the > packages available there? > > RPM based package management is a muddled, mish-mash misnomer. I want > something like Gentoo's portage, or OpenBSD's ports tree. Ok, there > are not as many software packages available, but you KNOW that up > front, and not after going through many gyrations of the "Resolving > dependencies ..." madness. The time and frustration spent in > attempting to manually resolve rpms could have been better spent in > compiling code form source, which to me is a lot of fun and a chance > to learn something. > > Frustrated in San Antonio. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
_______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
