I did not know that about rpm, thats obviously new since I last used it.
But of course with apt-get you only say apt-get install funny-package and
it will find the relevant version for your architecture and distribution,
and download it and any dependancies that are currently not installed (or
need upgrading).
David
John Summerfield
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, David Goodenough wrote:
> 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.
rpm can download and install a package:
rpm --install http://www.example.com/RedHat/funny-package.0.0.i368.rpm
It can also do ftp URNs.
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