apt-get on Debian uses the Debian PacKaG format, hence the dpkg app Yellowdog Updater, Modified as Fedora calls it uses the RPM format
However, until yum came about, a number of Linux distros used apt-get with RPM, most notably YDL and Connectiva. They didn't use apt repositories or the dpkg format, just apt-get. Cian On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:00:36 -0500, Eric Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've noticed that apt-get is available on my YDL 3 install (I ran it > when I was trying to figure out why "ditto" wasn't available... (I use > it under OS X)). > > So what is/are the relationships between these different package & > dependency managers? > > rpm = redhat package manager, yum = yellowdog update manager (& now > adopted by fedora IIRC), dpkg, apt-get are related too (does apt-get > use dpkg)? > > Anyway, what's the family tree here or is there one? > > Eric. > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie > -- --------------------------- "We're busy running out of time" Bernard Sumner, 1993 _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
