On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 12:21 +0200, Jan Kupec wrote: > Aniruddha wrote: > > Thanks! The 'rpm -qc package_name' is very handy. I notice though that I > > have > > difficulties to grasp rpm vs zypper vs yast2. openSUSE seems to offer 3 > > tools > > that mostly do the same, but not always. Sometimes you need rpm other times > > you > > need zypper. Where can I find more info to put these tools in (the > > openSUSE) perspective? > > Hm.. i'm not sure if it is explicitly stated somewhere in the wiki, but > here is how it works: > > zypper and YaST use the same library (libzypp), the difference is just > that it is a CLI vs. GUI. Thus they share repository definition files > (/etc/zypp/repos.d/*.repo), zypp.conf file, meta-data cache database, > etc. So unless you need to do something special, it's just a matter of > preference whether you choose a GUI or a CLI. > > Libzypp (and thus both zypper and YaST) uses rpm to actually install the > stuff. It is a higher level package manager which takes care of the > dependencies and provides other functionalities. It's just like apt-get > vs. dpkg in debian. > > hth > > Jano
Thanks! That is a very good explanation, now I understand :D -- Regards, Aniruddha Please adhere to the OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
