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2004/6/13-14 [Computer/SW/OS/Linux] UID:30777 Activity:insanely high
6/12    Is it possiable to get app_get for Linux distributions other than
        Debian?  Can I get an RPM for fedora, or mandrake?
        \_ does urpmi count? http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker/urpmi.html
           \_ Pretty cool.  Thanks.
        \_ Take a look at: http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net The dependency
           checker in apt4rpm is really cool.
        \_ Yes. Go to http://freshrpms.net and grab their apt package for your
           distribution. In addition to the apt program, it comes with a sources
           files that points to an apt-ifed mirror of RH/Fedora/etc distribution
           and updates.
           distribution. In addition to the apt program, it comes with a
            source files that points to an apt-ifed mirror of RH/Fedora/etc
            distribution and updates.
        \_ Thank god for the ports collection in *bsd.
        \_ I think you mean "apt-get"
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www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker/urpmi.html
urpmi - rpm wrapper handling dependencies making installs easier Just give to urpmi the package you want and it will install it, taking packages either from cdrom, ftp or local repository of rpms. It even handles multi-cd (asks you politely to enter the cd labeled xxx''). Well, urpmi does the same for rpms :) You can compare rpm vs urpmi with insmod vs modprobe or dpkg vs apt-get. emacs$' emacs-X11:/usr/bin/emacs xemacs:/usr/bin/xemacs * urpmi_rpm-find-leaves: gives the packages that no other requires. update: when you want to sync with the rpm repository that has changed. More goodies: * gurpmi: just an urpmi graphical front-end * rpmdrake: this one is bigger. eg: say you wanna use gnumeric and it's not installed (beware of Miguel though :) , well just call it and the gnumeric package will be requested for installation, installed and gnumeric will be launched. III - Actual development Some stuff is missing and some could be better... addmedia install_cd removable_cdrom_1://mnt/cdrom gurpmi and rpmdrake are also available in cooker urpmi's latest version is available via anonymous cvs access in cooker, soft/urpmi.
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