From: Ray Olszewski <ray@comarre.com>
To: geoff <geoff@gcbagley.uklinux.net>, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Package managers.
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 08:26:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020722081938.021ab810@celine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000101c23167$995b86a0$4d32f7c2@geoff>
At 11:07 AM 7/22/02 +0100, geoff wrote:
>I am considering getting a copy of the new Debian 3.0 release, but I
>understand that they
>use "deb" rather than "rpm" for package installation.
>
>Please can anyone on the list who has made the transition from rpm to deb
>tell me
>how they got on ? Is the deb system as easy and as convenient as rpm ?
I can't really answer your question, since I never used .rpm (I moved to
Debian from Slackware). Having used Debian for several years now, I can
tell you that the .deb-based system is quite convenient to use, once you
get over a modest learning curve. That is, package management with apt-get
and aptcache is quite convenient; dpkg is a bit clunkier, but you should
find that you do not need to use it often.
Your biggest problem in moving to Debian is likely not to be the package
manager but the (small) number of free (in some sense) packages not
available in .deb form. Although there are not many of these packages, if
you need any of them, you'll have to install them yourself (either from
.tgz files or from the unofficial .deb packages some sites offer).
It also looks to me like distributors of commercial software are still more
likely to offer .rpm packages of their applications than .deb packages.
This doesn't affect me but may be a consideration for you.
--
-----------------------------------------------"Never tell me the
odds!"--------------
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, California, USA ray@comarre.com
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-22 10:07 Package managers geoff
2002-07-22 15:26 ` Ray Olszewski [this message]
2002-07-24 4:53 ` Daniel Mose
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2017-03-28 9:09 package managers Ran Shalit
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