On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 12:21 +0200, Jan Kupec wrote:
> Aniruddha wrote:
> > Thanks! The 'rpm -qc package_name' is very handy. I notice though that I
> > have
> > difficulties to grasp rpm vs zypper vs yast2. openSUSE seems to offer 3
> > tools
> > that mostly do the same, but not always. Sometimes you need rpm other times
> > you
> > need zypper. Where can I find more info to put these tools in (the
> > openSUSE) perspective?
>
> Hm.. i'm not sure if it is explicitly stated somewhere in the wiki, but
> here is how it works:
>
> zypper and YaST use the same library (libzypp), the difference is just
> that it is a CLI vs. GUI. Thus they share repository definition files
> (/etc/zypp/repos.d/*.repo), zypp.conf file, meta-data cache database,
> etc. So unless you need to do something special, it's just a matter of
> preference whether you choose a GUI or a CLI.
>
> Libzypp (and thus both zypper and YaST) uses rpm to actually install the
> stuff. It is a higher level package manager which takes care of the
> dependencies and provides other functionalities. It's just like apt-get
> vs. dpkg in debian.
>
> hth
>
> Jano
Thanks! That is a very good explanation, now I understand :D
--
Regards,
Aniruddha
Please adhere to the OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette
http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]