Answer by Broam for Fedora, apt-get & aptitude
Late hit addition: apt4rpm does exist but I would not count on it being installed; asking a user to install it is another hurdle to installing your application. Having this tool on your own servers may...
View ArticleAnswer by duffbeer703 for Fedora, apt-get & aptitude
If you're just experimenting, using apt to get things in Debian repos is a nice, quick & dirty way to get things running. it may or may not work well. On a production system, you'd be crazy to do...
View ArticleAnswer by ScottZ for Fedora, apt-get & aptitude
While you can use apt-get in RPM distros the backend server that this is connecting to is one that serves RPMs not debs (Unless it is a completely custom install which most likely functions poorly)....
View ArticleAnswer by Dennis Williamson for Fedora, apt-get & aptitude
Red Hat, Fedora and their relatives use RPM. They use yum for package management. OpenSuSE and SuSE use Zypper. Alien converts packages between formats.
View ArticleAnswer by xenoterracide for Fedora, apt-get & aptitude
I believe (and I haven't used fedora full time) it's yum. so man yum. dpkg and apt-get are a debian thing. the main difference between distro's is usually their package manager, imo. and no, using...
View ArticleFedora, apt-get & aptitude
I am used to working on Ubuntu based systems. I have several DEBIAN repositories for distributing my software. Now, I'd like to know if it is common for Fedora users to use "apt-get" and DEBIAN...
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