>From my experience the problems come in when you start using external repos/rpms. If it's not in the base repos, or epel, don't install it.
Just like with MS, drink the kool aid, if red hat doesn't give it to you, you don't need it (or more likely, you need the right os to fit your purpose). On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:47 AM, mat branyon <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
