Re: [SLE] APT, SMART or just RPM?

On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 22:53 -0400, Shibu Basheer wrote:

Hi, I am new to APT or SMART. What are their advantages over RPM? Do they integrate with yast? Also, which should I be using apt, or smart? How does apt know how to upgrade already installed rpm packages? Sorry for all the questions, but please someone help me choose the best package manager.

Thanks, SB.

APT and SMART are just frontends to RPM as is YaST. Until you become more experienced with SUSE I would recommend sticking to YaST as the other package managers do support the loading of "bleeding edge" updates/software that can make your system unstable. YMMV. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998