Hi I started using mandrake about a week ago. Before mandrake I used conectiva. Although I have a little experience with urpm I think it is better than apt. With urpm you can select from which rpm repositary you want to download a package without having to edit any file. Another thing. Let's say you have an apache rpm package at you home directory. With apt you can't execute "apt-get install apache" because apt will look for apache package in the rpm repositary you specified at the "sources.list". With urpmi you can execute "urpmi apache-xxxxxxx" and it will install the package and verify any necessary dependencies. Also, MandrakeUpdate distinguish what is a security update from ordinary updates. Maybe apt have many features that I don't know. But I can say that the first time I read the urpm man pages I saw much more features that when I read about apt.
Gustavo --- Baka_Attila_Tamás <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > > >Yes you can use apt-get, but it is dangerous > without the thorough > >discipline of the Debian package preparation. > > > > > >You can also use urpmi to much the same effect > > > >like put all the packages in one place on the web > (who cares if the rpms > >are apt-get capable) do a urpmi.addmedia to > generate a depslist from it, > >and > > > >urpmi kde3 > > > >If anything else is needed, it will be called in > from all the resources > >you have defined(installation CDs or sites are part > of that). qt3 and > >others will be automatically added as the > dependencies are recognized. > > > >Civileme > > > >urpmi was not written to be a Mandrake exclusive, > but we seem to be the > >only distro using it as yet. > > > >and yes there is rpm-get in the Mandrake distro to > pull Debian packages. > > I do not want to use debian packages with apt! In > conectiva, I got rpm > packages with apt-get, that is what i want to > achieve here. I'll read > through urpmi's man first though... but the apt > version of Conectiva seemed > way more useful than urpmi or mandrake-update. Maybe > I just need to go > through it more carefully... > > BAT > > > > > > > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system > (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release > Date: 2002. 03. 06. > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system > (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release > Date: 2002. 03. 06. > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > _______________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Encontros O lugar certo para você encontrar aquela pessoa que falta na sua vida. Cadastre-se hoje mesmo! http://br.encontros.yahoo.com/
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