[PLUG] APT-RPM

[Mike De La Mater]

Thanks for the tip on using --solvedeps. I use up2date, but never figued that one 
out!

I'll have to spend more time with that manpage.

Mike

12/1/02 10:23:24 AM, Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us> wrote:

<snip>
>I primarily use up2date for errata, but it is also useful for installing
>new packages & fixing dependancies.
>
>If I wanted to install zsh, for example, I could run "up2date -i zsh" and
>it would install the zsh package plus any missing dependancies.
>
>If I tried to install a third-party rpm and it complained about a missing
>dependancy, let's say it wants liblwres.so.1, I could use up2date to 
>resolve the dependancy: "up2date --solvedeps liblwres.so.1"
>
>Also note that up2date is just one part of the Red Hat Network. RHN lets
>you push updates to multiple servers, document your configurations/changes,
>and other such "enterprise-friendly" activities. This is very useful if you
>have a big farm of servers to manage.
>
>-Eric
>

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