Hello,
I've started using Linux (CentOS 6) in preparation to take the RHCSA
Exam 200. I was previously running WinXP (the dreaded FPS monkey had
me) and only ran Linux in VMs or a dual-boot config for learning. I
work in a big iron AIX environment, so I get my UNIX jollies that way.
The first thing that struck me was that RPM is still the same elephant
in the room no one mentions, just three years older. Is it just me? Am
I missing some magic tool out there?
I get my hopes up every time I see the message Resolving
dependencies... only to have them dashed again and again, with the
response Errors: this rpm requires that rpm and this other one too,
and while you're at it, you should probably get this one as well, even
though its name has nothing to do with the rpm you want. And the
insanity repeats itself, but now I am Googling for other rpms located
on sites with more ads than good search results.
It would be more truthful if the Package Installer's response was Sit
and wait while I tell you how you have failed me. It's your fault. You
should have known what I need and where to get it. And then it gives
you the silent treatment. You try again a few more times, but the
effort is usually more than the reward. In the end, nothing gets
resolved. You tell yourself you don't need that rpm, that you can live
without it and move on. But it's just a lie.
Yum seems to have stricter standards for package distribution and the
local databases are cool, but it still seems I don't have right repos
setup. Is there some master site listing the yum repos and the
packages available there?
RPM based package management is a muddled, mish-mash misnomer. I want
something like Gentoo's portage, or OpenBSD's ports tree. Ok, there
are not as many software packages available, but you KNOW that up
front, and not after going through many gyrations of the Resolving
dependencies ... madness. The time and frustration spent in
attempting to manually resolve rpms could have been better spent in
compiling code form source, which to me is a lot of fun and a chance
to learn something.
Frustrated in San Antonio.
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