Difference between revisions of "RedHat apt"
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| − | I've always had mixed feelings about Red Hat and RPMs. | + | I've always had mixed feelings about Red Hat and RPMs. |
| + | I never cared for `up2date` because the repository is so small. | ||
| + | Getting YUM to work on RHEL4 was like trying to pass a kidney stone. | ||
Then I discovered that you can get Apt for Red Hat (I use RHEL4-64bit). | Then I discovered that you can get Apt for Red Hat (I use RHEL4-64bit). | ||
| + | Not only that, but it was super easy to install. | ||
You just have to grab one RPM from [http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/apt/ Dag RPM Repository]. | You just have to grab one RPM from [http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/apt/ Dag RPM Repository]. | ||
| − | For example, on my system I did | + | For example, on my system I did the following |
| + | (for some reason I had to download it first. I could not install directly from the URL): | ||
wget http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/apt/apt-0.5.15lorg3.2-1.el3.rf.x86_64.rpm | wget http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/apt/apt-0.5.15lorg3.2-1.el3.rf.x86_64.rpm | ||
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apt-get update | apt-get update | ||
| − | The default repository is RPMforge. | + | The default repository is RPMforge. Note that this version of Apt uses RPMs, not DEB packages, so |
| + | it's totally compatible with any other RPM management tools you may have used. | ||
Revision as of 18:33, 1 August 2007
I've always had mixed feelings about Red Hat and RPMs.
I never cared for `up2date` because the repository is so small.
Getting YUM to work on RHEL4 was like trying to pass a kidney stone.
Then I discovered that you can get Apt for Red Hat (I use RHEL4-64bit).
Not only that, but it was super easy to install.
You just have to grab one RPM from Dag RPM Repository.
For example, on my system I did the following
(for some reason I had to download it first. I could not install directly from the URL):
wget http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/apt/apt-0.5.15lorg3.2-1.el3.rf.x86_64.rpm rpm --install apt-0.5.15lorg3.2-1.el3.rf.x86_64.rpm
Now welcome to Apt! You just need to update your apt cache and start using apt:
apt-get update
The default repository is RPMforge. Note that this version of Apt uses RPMs, not DEB packages, so it's totally compatible with any other RPM management tools you may have used.
