[olug] question downloading packages

[CM Miller]

Robert, don't give up hope, there are some kind folks
who did a port for apt-get for Redhat and you can get
it here...

http://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/

Just follow the directions here on this site and you
should be able to upgrade those packages ok.  

I've used this port for my rpm packages and I've never
really had a problem. 

I believe that Mandrake has something like this as
well, but as far as I know, I'm the only one on the
list who uses this for Redhat.  

Let us know how it goes...

-Chris 

 
--- "Robert A. Jacobs" <r.a.jacobs at cox.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 21:23, Francis Geiger wrote:
> > I'm a newbie to Linux I am trying to use rpm to
> load gnomesword in my
> > RedHat 8.0 system. This is my first foray in to
> rpm. I have a msg saying
> > I need to load libsword.so.1  and I also found I
> need to load
> > sword-1.5.3 as well.  Is this a normal situation
> when loading and
> > installing packages with Linux? Do I download all
> these packages then
> > install each of them in turn?  
> 
> As other responders have noted, this is a fairly
> common problem on Red
> Hat (and other RPM-based distributions).  There are
> tools available to
> help mitigate the problem...search around on both
> the Red Hat user
> forums (if such a thing exists) and Mandrake User
> forums and you'll
> probably find some help.
> 
> I'm a Debian user, myself.  Debian does not have
> this problem thanks to
> a wonderful (and centralized) package management
> system.  It is one of
> the things that makes using Debian a breeze.
> 
> One responder has suggested you try Debian or
> Gentoo, if you get tired
> of RPM-hell.  I would agree -- with one warning: 
> Debian can be a bit
> daunting to install and configure; presently, it
> requires a fair amount
> of knowledge about your system (chipsets, etc.),
> does not feature a
> graphical install and will probably have you mucking
> around in your
> system files to get everything up and running. 
> Upside:  you'll learn a
> LOT about your system, how to configure it, where
> various files are
> located, etc.  Downside:  Few newbies are going to
> get it installed in
> 30 minutes (heck, few veterans get it installed that
> quickly if they've
> got unfamiliar hardware).  
> 
> Thankfully, a Debian Desktop sub-project has been
> started and will
> hopefully produce an installation experience similar
> to other
> distributions.
> 
> If you'd like to try Debian, without a lot of
> problems doing an install,
> you can always give Knoppix (http://www.knoppix.org 
> -- be sure to click
> on the "This page is now available in English" link
> if you are not too
> familiar with German) a try (it is a CD-based distro
> that you stick in
> your CD-ROM and run from there).  If you like what
> you see, there are
> ways to create a runnning system from it
>
(http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/1104.barr.html).
> 
> Once you've got Debian running on your system, you
> can install
> applications with a single command:
> 
> 	apt-get install gnomesword
> 
> This one command will grab the gnomesword debian
> package and ALL of the
> dependencies for you at one time.  Now, what I've
> described here is
> somewhat simplistic but if you are interested, I'm
> sure there is help
> here and on the debian-user mailing list (a VERY
> active list --
> sometimes ~200 messages or more a day) to get you
> going.
> 
> robert.a.jacobs
> 
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