[ale] SUSE package manager and install empathy

[James Sumners]

I got burned real hard upgrading rpm (the tool) in Red Hat's Cartman
release. Basically, it deleted its installed package database so it
had no idea what was installed. Plus, RPM suffers from horrible
dependency problems.


The benefit of debs is that they were developed with dependency
resolution and management in mind. So the tools around the package
make it awesome. Stuff like yum, et al, have made dealing with RPM a
lot better. But like I said, I got burned, installed Slink and never
looked back (except now I have to maintain 5 RHEL4 servers :(

I love Arch. It's package management is modeled after dpkg/apt and
port, but creating them is amazingly simple (building a deb is no
trivial task).

On Monday, February 14, 2011, Narahari 'n' Savitha <savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
> This leads me to ask general question, why do people say that rpm is bad but .debs are better ?
>
> In what way is rpm better/worse than .deb ?
>
> Also why is Arch Linux not that famous ?
>
> I hope I have not opened pandoras box.
>
> -Narahari
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:04 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's an RPM distro. Which means, despite it being otherwise great,
> it's an abhorrent nightmare to deal with.
>
> On Monday, February 14, 2011, Narahari 'n' Savitha <savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have SLED.  It is what I have to use.  The way I understand from the pics I sent, system is looking for an ent. cd instead of going online to look for the packages.
>>
>> I just want to tell SLED, that instead of CD go to the gatech or novell site (since I am using ent and not open suse).
>>
>> One more thing, is SLED close to Redhat in terms of package aka rpm's or close to .deb's.
>>
>> Like if a software can be installed on Redhat (in my case MyEclipse) can it be instaled on SLED ?  What do I need to do for this to work right ?
>>
>> Thank you for your time and attention.
>>
>> -Narahari
>
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-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59