On Thursday 13 February 2003 04:41, Paul wrote: > What rpm is to Mandrake/Redhat, aptget is to Debian.
Well, more like rpm is analagous to deb. apt-get is more like what urpmi (spelt correct I hope? I've never used it) is to Mandrake, or RHN to Redhat. And to answer Steve's question (even when specifically instructed not to ;) - yes, it's CLI. But don't be scared, it's really friendly :) Same goes for compiling from source. It's usually just a matter of typing './configure', then 'make', then (as root) 'make install'. Straight forward, anyone can do it, don't be afraid to try =) Unless of course something should go wrong - then the CS degree (or some programming skills) might be handy ;-) Cheers, Gareth ps. I know this is the wrong thread to write some of that reply on, but I can't be bothered writing a seperate email, so I just changed the subject line :) pps. when you download source tarballs, they usually include a file called 'README' and/or a file called 'INSTALL' - reading one or both of these can usually give you some major clues as to how to go about compiling and installing :-) > > On Wednesday 12 Feb 2003 2:46 am, Steve Bell wrote: > > What is Apt Get? (If it's CLI, please don't answer that qn!)
