[ale] apt-rpm is awsome

[Michael Hirsch]

On Mon, 2002-06-10 at 14:44, Chris Ricker wrote:
> On 10 Jun 2002, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> 
> > 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.  
> 
> Alternately, you can set up your own Red Hat Network using current
> <http://www.biology.duke.edu/computer/unix/current/> and then use up2date.  
> The advantage is that up2date has a better interface than apt for some
> things (such as installing random new packages w/o knowing already the name
> of what you want to install), and also offers a GUI if you're into that sort
> of thing....

Neat.  I didn't know about this one.  It looks useful.

Does up2date have a command line version?  I've always assumed that it
didn't because when i run it it opens up a window....(testing)... hey,
it does!  Cool.  So if I only care about one machine I can use up2date
just like apt-get.  Nice.

I'd love to see a comparison b/w apt, up2date and urpmi.  What are the
relative strengths and weaknesses of each?

Thanks for the tip.

-Michael


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