Well the rpm command would install any rpm files in the current directory.
The apt-get sequence is the one I run (dist-upgrade only if needed) every
day to keep my box up to date. But I have never come across using it on a
non-Debian box.
David
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Here I believe is what I did:
rpm -Uvh *.rpm
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
At 12:31 PM 6/19/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Without knowing what you did and where it is hard to comment.
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>David
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>David,
> I am confused here. I am very new to this Linux stuff admittedly.
>Just installed RedHad 9 on a lap top in the last month. Have this
>young guy here who has "grown up" on Linux. With his help after
>the install, I went to a site, entered a command (RPM) with some
>flags, then did various apt get commands. SO, am asking what am
>I missing in your statement below? It appears to me that apt-get
>also works for RedHat.
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>At 08:26 AM 6/19/2003 +0100, you wrote:
> >No, apt-get only comes with Debian and Debian derived distributions
(e.g.
> >Knoppix) . It relies on a repository format for holding all the DEB
files
> >on central servers and Redhat and SuSE do not provide such repositories.
> >Apt-get removes what is for other distributions usualy a manual process
-
> >dependancy resolution.
> >
> >David
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> >
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> >
> > Tom Duerbusch
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> >Ok, but what I really haven't caught on to yet, is apt-get available for
> >Suse Linux or is the utilities that come with Suse that do the comprable
> >things...better?
> >
> >BTW, at 7:45 PM, it looks like the Suse website is cleared sufficient
> >for me to get a wack at it.
> >
> >Tom Duerbusch
> >THD Consulting
> >
> >David Goodenough wrote:
> >
> > >Your understanding of apt-get is not quite right.
> > >
> > >The Debian equivalent of rpm is dpkg, both deal with the installation,
> > >upgrade and removal of packages.
> > >
> > >The equivalent of Yast in the Debian world is either dselect or
tasksel,
> >or
> > >if you are using KDE then kpackage can front either rpm or dpkg.
> > >
> > >apt-get is all about resolving dependancies, and given a knowledge of
>what
> > >is currently available from the repositories and what is installed,
> >working
> > >out what needs to be downloaded in order to install or update a given
>item
> > >or to update those items already installed. This does not quite exist
>in
> > >the rpm system, even with Yast as its front end. It is this function
> >which
> > >makes Debian worth having - no more dependacy hell.
> > >
> > >David
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tom Duerbusch
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> > >Now I think I know what apt-get does. It seems to be a Debian version
> > >of RPM (for Redhat and Suse), which, I think, YaST is a nice shell
> > >around RPM (for Suse users).
> > >
> > >So apt-get and RPM are command line versions with YaST being an
> > >interactive frontend.
> > >
> > >For those keeping track with the home version, I've been downloading
> > >for 28 hours and have obtained 3.97 MBs so far from the Suse
Maintenace
> > >Web site.
> > >
> > >I now see the need for what I assume most shops are doing, of
> > >automatically downloading new Suse material every night. Rather have
> > >the machine do the retrys, instead of me.
> > >
> > >Perhaps Suse should go back to sending out quarterly CDs if they don't
> > >want to beef up their electronic distribution system.
> > >
> > >A few weeks ago, I started the query on how Penguin Farms (Penguins
> > >don't live on farms, they live off the ice shelf on the ocean.
Perhaps
> > >Penguin Farms should be Sea of Penguins?), anyway, how sites with
> > >multiple Linux systems, keeps their systems up to date and at the same
> > >maintenance levels. Like download everything from Suse and your
images
> > >are updated from your site. It seems to me that YOU from the Suse
site,
> > >is pretty much unreliable and a failure.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Tom Duerbusch
> > >THD Consulting
> > >
> > >
> > >apt-get and jigdo are both nice to help. I presume most are familiar
> > >with what apt-get does.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>Brian W. France
>Systems Engineer I
>Pennsylvania State University
>Administrative Information Services - Infrastructure
>Rm 25 Shields Bldg., University Park, Pa. 16802
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Administrative Information Services - Infrastructure
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