On Saturday 16 August 2003 9:45 am, someone claiming to be Michael Hipp wrote: > Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > > What do want to do: > > - use the apt tool as a rpm packet management utility > > I just want to use apt to update my systems and install new software. > Everything I've read makes it sound very superior to just attempting it > via rpm. > > > package from http://freshrpms.net, partly as a replacement for the > > up2date tool to keep my Redhat 9 system uptodate. > > apt-rpm, as I understand it, is similar to this, but I have never used > > it. > > I didn't realize the freshrpms.net tool was different than apt-rpm. One > more thing to look into. >
I didn't think it was... I use it to maintain my RHL 8.0 system, and AFAIK, it's plain ol' apt-rpm. Could be wrong though... > Does apt preclude the continued use of RedHat's up2date tool? > No, but you'll need to execute up2date -p to update the package list on RHN. Also, if you do what I did and install kde-redhat.sf.net's KDE packages, they're named differently. So RHN will think KDE will need to be updated even when it doesn't. I have that problem with kde and gaim. The more current packages that I have installed are named differently than RHN's, so RHN will think they need to be updated. Of course, if you add an updates source for apt-rpm, you should get the updates, wihtout having to invoke up2date, and contact RHN. HTH, Tim -- RedHat 8.0 Kernel 2.4.20-18.8, KDE 3.1.CVS, Xfree86 4.2.1 10:05am up 54 days, 10:55, 1 user, load average: 0.14, 0.11, 0.07 Help! I'm addicted to Klickety! _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
