On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 11:07:57AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 01:27:40PM -0400, David Z. Maze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Karsten M Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes: > > KMS> On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 05:42:41PM +0200, Piotr Krukowiecki ([EMAIL > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > PK> I have installed apt on RedHat, it works ok (e.g apt-get update > > PK> && apt-get -d install sth) > > KMS> > > KMS> Using two different package management systems on a single system > > KMS> is a ***BAD*** idea. You are violating the fundamental advantage > > KMS> of either system: single-point, centralized coordination of > > KMS> packages and dependencies on the system. > > > > It sounds like what he's actually trying to do is to install APT on a
Not "trying", it works ok. :) > > machine with good connectivity, and using APT in download-only mode to > > download packages to local disk. He then copies the files to some > > other medium, uses SneakerNet to bring them over to his machine > > without connectivity, and installs them locally. > > > > This is all well and good and reasonable, but I don't know how to > > answer his question. :-) > > man apt-zip? > > I haven't used it, but my understanding is that this is what it's for. > You make your requests on the Debian box, then sneakernet storage from > some other box, though I don't know what it wants on it. No, my question was different. Downloading, moving and installing is not a problem (i'm following /usr/share/doc/apt/offline.txt.gz). But now i'd like to have dselect, console-apt or aptitiude installed on RH system. I tried to install capt, but it failed (see my first mail) I don't know whether i need dpkg installed first or not (iirc there is dpkg for non-debian systems). Thanks -- Piotrek (@ ~) irc: #Debian.pl