something i'd really like is web integration with the package management, its really cool to be able to click on a tardist file (IRIX package format) and have it launch the software manager (X based) and prompt to setup/install the package. i read i think on linux.com on how to add this functionality to netscape by adding a new application format and having the command be xterm -e dpkg -i %s ..but it doesnt seem to work for me. kpacakge is nice but seems unstable often.
nate On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Nate Duehr wrote: nate >There's a version of linuxconf undergoing testing for Debian in potato right nate >now. nate > nate >What's RedHat got that's better than dselect? I haven't seen any decent nate >tools for RPM's that provide: nate >1. Integration with an outside program to download all necessary files nate >from a package mirror. nate >2. Listings of available packages in resonable groupings. nate > nate >#2 might be covered by some of the newer graphical RPM installers they've nate >shipped on the 6.0/6.1 series, but they still don't have #1 working right. nate > nate >rpmfind is a really crappy piece of software IMHO. nate > nate >Just thoughts... nate > nate >On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 03:42:58AM -0500, Paul M. Foster wrote: nate >> There are two really horrible things about Debian, though. 1) The dselect nate >> package handler. I'm speaking from Debian 2.1 here. It has a very nate >> primitive interface and is incredibly tedious. Maybe they're doing nate >> something different in potato. 2) Lack of admin tools like Linuxconf. This nate >> seems to be the best tool out there for system admin. Not that it's nate >> perfect, but I don't know of any analog for it on Debian. nate > nate >-- nate >Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> nate > nate >GPG Key fingerprint = DCAF 2B9D CC9B 96FA 7A6D AAF4 2D61 77C5 7ECE C1D2 nate >Public Key available upon request, or at wwwkeys.pgp.net and others. nate > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 2:10am up 134 days, 14:05, 3 users, load average: 1.86, 1.66, 1.57