[ale] apt-rpm is awsome

[Michael Hirsch]

On Mon, 2002-06-10 at 15:19, John Wells wrote:
> Has the list of available rpms increased?  I know when I tried this
> (around six months ago), the rpms available to apt-rpm were lacking.  I
> then switched to rpmfind, which had a more encompassing list available.

I don't know if it is growing.  Unfortunately, Mandrake uses another
system (urpmi), so the rpm based systems are fragmented.  I found that
it is pretty easy to set up an apt-rpm server, so I hope that  support
grows.

You might try this site.  It has a bunch more stuff in it (about 100
additional rpms).
# Red Hat Linux 7.3 from freshrpms.net (includes synaptic)
rpm http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/7.3/en/i386 os updates freshrpms
rpm-src http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/7.3/en/i386 os updates freshrpms

--Michael

> If support for apt-rpm is growing, I'll definitely check it out again. 
> You can't beat it for handling dependencies...one of the ire-inspiring
> stumbling blocks of using rpm.
>
> 
> Michael Hirsch said:
> > Here's a little tip for any of you who are like me--you use RedHat, but
> > have no ready answer for your Debian using friends who rave on about
> > apt-get and how cool it is.  I have found the answer.
> >
> > First, acknowledge the superiority of apt-get over whatever you
> > currently use.  Second, go out and install it.  I did that on Friday and
> > found it quite easy to do.  It'll take 5 minutes.  And if you don't like
> > it (!?) you can still use rpm, up2date, or whatever.
> >
> > Instructions and downloads are here: http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > After you install the rpm, just add these lines to /etc/sources.list
> > (there are other mirrors available):
> >
> > # RedHat 7.3 mirror from apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org
> > rpm ftp://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/apt redhat/7.3/en/i386 os updates extra
> > rpm-src ftp://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/apt redhat/7.3/en/i386 os updates
> > extra
> >
> > Run "apt-get update" (two times because of a bug in apt), then "apt-get
> > dist-upgrade" or "apt-get install foo"...
> >
> > That's it.  You can now use pat-get just like your uber-geek Debian
> > friends.  Won't they be annoyed...
> >
> > --Michael
> >
> >
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