dfox wrote: >On Monday 17 December 2001 06:04, Brian Parish wrote: > >>1. install apt (apt-0.3.19cnc51-1mdk.i586.rpm) >> > >I could not find this in my 8.1 Mandrake archive. Where can I get >a copy? > >I've heard of some really good experiences with apt from Debian people, >and have wanted this on Mandrake. MandrakeUpdate/urpmi whatever >it's called is OK but can eat up a lot of RAM. rpmfind is a little better at >finding dependencies and installing, but not (from what I've heard) as good >as apt is. I think it's debatable whether or not the Debian package format is >supposed to make this depencency problem better than RPM - the feedback >I have gotten suggest .deb is better. >
Actually not. .deb packages are under much stricter prep guidelines and are prepared by a much smaller group. There is nothing in the tech specs that makes them better. But rpms are used by a much broader audience and have developed much more rapidly, so expect them to surpass debs in all capabilities eventually. The big thing is standardizing them because some distros use 3 others 4 and not everyone uses rpmlint. You want rpm-get to load debs. Also note that mandrake rpms are apt-get capable. Civileme > > >>I've found apt faster and more reliable than Mandrake's own *rpmi >>(MandrakeUpdate); the downside is that it doesn't tell you when something >>brand new has been added to the cooker. It also seems to ignore packages >> > >Apparently, the Debian people get around that by just doing an apt-get >dist-upgrade in a cron job and wake up in the morning with any/all new >additions. rsyncing a local mirror of cooker might be just as well, but that >won't automagicaly install any new RPMS that it finds. > >Last time (back when I was using 7.2) I tried a version of apt I found >somewhere on Cooker but I was not able to get it to work, mostly because of >unconfigured sample files and stuff like that. I'd really like to get a >resource file for apt that is well-configured for Mandrake (cooker or >otherwise). > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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