Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:It's very handy indeed. E. g., If you point apt's sources.list file to the repositories at
What do want to do: - use the apt tool as a rpm packet management utility
http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/
then the simple sequence|
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apt-get update|
| apt-get install kde|
| apt-get dist-upgrade|
will download and install the latest and greatest KDE distribution for Redhat.
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 don't know if they are really different; both should supply the core tool apt-get, and synaptic, if you like to have a gui interface that really works.
Does apt preclude the continued use of RedHat's up2date tool?
not at all; I still use up2date from time to time. Among other reasons (the Planet CCRMA collection of music tools and the above mentioned KDE for Redhat project make use of apt) I have apt-get at hand in case Redhat will stop their free "demo" up2date service ...
Klaus
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