[ale] Package Management System

[Thomas Holmquist]

apt-get obviously has all these features, but also the added benifit of 
more packages, and packages of higher quality. (dependency resolving 
doesn't do you any good when the packager did not set the dependencies 
correctly.)

Geoffrey wrote:

> Amid all the .deb fans, I'll go with the combination of rpm and Yast2 
> from SuSE.  Bottom line is, you don't even know it's rpm based. 
> Whenever you want to install/remove software, you select it and Yast2 
> handles the dependenciess automagically.  It's a no brainer and it's a 
> gui. :)
>
> Debrihmi wrote:
>
>> Hello there!
>>
>> Most everybody agrees that one of the greatest stumbling blocks to 
>> the mass
>> adoption of Linux is this Package Management System (or lack there-of)..
>>
>> If one a Package Management System were to be adpoted across the 
>> board, what
>> would you vote for, AND WHY..  Or do you think we should "go back to the
>> drawing board?"..
>>
>> ~
>> Debrihmi
>> -- 
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