Baka Attila Tamás wrote: >Hi! > >I've been fooling around with Conectiva linux for some days. I had a few >problems that made me turn back to mandrake again (gcc won't work, nvidia >doesn't recognize my kernel, can't install mplayer or openoffice) as I need >a working OS. > >What I really loved about Conectiva is that With like 2 commands it upgraded >the whole system to kde3.0.1 with all dependencies. I also read that >Mandrake is apt-rpm compatible. > >My question is: > >Does it really work? >Are the Mandrake mirrors compatible to apt? >Why didn't I hear about this earlier? > >BAT >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Yes you can use apt-get, but it is dangerous without the thorough discipline of the Debian package preparation.
You can also use urpmi to much the same effect like put all the packages in one place on the web (who cares if the rpms are apt-get capable) do a urpmi.addmedia to generate a depslist from it, and urpmi kde3 If anything else is needed, it will be called in from all the resources you have defined(installation CDs or sites are part of that). qt3 and others will be automatically added as the dependencies are recognized. Civileme urpmi was not written to be a Mandrake exclusive, but we seem to be the only distro using it as yet. and yes there is rpm-get in the Mandrake distro to pull Debian packages.
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
