Hey there! Plaease add APT for RPM do your next SuSE release. All the time I hear people telling me about the great APT tools that have been available for .deb packages for years. That's one of the main reasons for people to stick with Debian, because update and installation is quick and easy. Do something like "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" and your system is up to date. But noone mentions that APT was improved to support RPM by a brasilian linux distributor called Conectiva. I have been working with this for quite a while now and I love it!! It works with SuSE 7.1 (with some small bugs, due to incorrect package dependencies). Perhaps the use of this tools would help to avoid problems like this?!?! And Updates via FTP would be that easy ... So please: Get this into your next release. To all users out there: If you'd like to have a easy and fast way to install packages - simply reply to this mail. The more messages appear on SuSE's mailing list, the more likely the support. If you want to know more about APT - feel free to send me email. Ciao, Marcel
* Marcel Ritter [Sat, 12 May 2001 19:13:39 +0200 (MET DST)]:
To all users out there: If you'd like to have a easy and fast way to install packages - simply reply to this mail. The more messages appear on SuSE's mailing list, the more likely the support.
Nope, only a very few SuSE employees read this list. feedback@suse.de is a far better address for such requests. -- Penguins to save the dinosaurs -- Handelsblatt on Linux for S/390
Hello all, I have a version 7.0 installed - no GUI front end, I use it primarily as a server and find using a command-line only environment challenging as I learn for about Linux. I installed with the 7.0 Pro CD's but now would like to see if I can upgrade to 7.1 using my net connection only. I have a cable modem - I know it will take a while but funds are tight and I'd like to avoid getting the 7.1 Pro CD's right after I bought the 7.0 Pro CD's. Is it feasible to upgrade as if I had the 7.1 CD's from a strictly net connection? I've tried to figure this out using both YAST and YAST2 from the boot CD but it never seems to work out quite right. Is there a tutorial or some good advice from the standpoint of "installed on CD, now want to install/upgrade using FTP"? Perhaps I'm not seeing the proper part of the manual. Best, Peter Bethke
On Saturday 12 May 2001 10:13 am, Marcel Ritter wrote:
Hey there!
It works with SuSE 7.1 (with some small bugs, due to incorrect package dependencies). Perhaps the use of this tools would help to avoid problems like this?!?! And Updates via FTP would be that easy ... How (where) did you get it to run on SuSE 7.1? Scarlett
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