On Saturday 25 Sep 2004 21:07, Osho GG wrote:
Hi,
I am currently running SuSE 9.1 Professional and I find that the package installation mechanisms are quite a mess. I see that there are at least three different set of utilities available - each with its own set of command line and graphical interface.
1. Yast2 : This is what comes with SuSE 9.1 professional. Command line yast and graphical yast2. 2. apt-get: This is apt4rpm tool. It has synaptics, kynpatics etc. graphical interfaces. Some popular packagers (e.g. guru, packman etc.) use this. 3. Red Carpet: This is Ximian's red carpet, which is now bought by Novell. It has command-line rug and the redcarpet.
I have to work with all these because some of the things are available in only one of them. Yast2 is of course needed as it is the distribution's default packager - all updates come through it (I think). I keep apt-get for some of the packages by guru, packman etc. I use redcarpet because of ximian-connector and evolution's develoment versions for suse.
I think this is a mess. There should be just one way to install packages. Now that Ximian and Suse both are part of Novell, is there a way to come up with a unified package installer for future versions of Suse?
Osho
And just what is wrong with the command line or is that too scary for people these days . Apt is a pain in the rear end always has been and always will be Red carpet /rug Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yes nuff said . come to think of it good old .tar.gz works quite nicley as well .. -- Linux user No: 256242 Machine No: 139931 G6NJR Pete also MSA registered "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan, The time is here to FORGET that M$ Corp ever existed the world does not NEED M$ Corp the world has NO USE for M$ Corp it is time to END M$ Corp , Play time is over folks time for action approaches at an alarming pace the death knell for M$ Copr has been sounded . Termination time is around the corner ..