Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4348 mails)

[Kevin McLauchlan <kevinmcl@xxxxxxxx>]

With all the talk about apt-get and synaptic, I decided 
to try it out.  So, I found apt4rpm on sourceforge.
Downloaded the rpm and ....   

error: failed dependencies:
        apt is needed by apt4rpm-0.50-1
        libapt is needed by apt4rpm-0.50-1

Ok... so it's not a complete package. I'll just get 
the dependencies...

So, I looked on the same page where I got apt4rpm, 
and the only other binary was an add-ons package. That 
did not have libapt or apt.

So, I looked for mention in the SLE archives. What I 
found said that all the necessary packages live 
on the apt4rpm page at sourceforge. 

So, I downloaded and installed the source rpm, 
which was the only other downloadable on that page. 
No apt or libapt in there, either.

So, I went back to sourceforge and searched "libapt" 
with their search option.
Not found.

Is there a binary rpm or a source rpm somewhere 
that contains apt and libapt that doesn't need to 
be compiled?

Failing that, do I just grab the latest version from 
the Debian site, compile, and that will magically 
work with apt4rpm?   Well, assuming that I have 
(or can find) whatever compiler version it demands...

Also, www.suse.com is not found for the past four hours.

Out of business?  Or, a lo-o-o-ong maintenance window?

Another long night with nothing to show for it.  Ya-a-awn.  :-)
Gotta get up and go to work in two hours. Ugh.

/kevin