Is the Synaptic apt-get system for Redhat

frontier1 · 02-28-2003, 08:59 PM

just as good as a debian? Does Synaptic have a limited selection of packages? Should I switch to a debian system for more powerful apt-get? I really like this Redhat 8.0 and have used alot of Distros, but might be willing to go to a debian based system if the apt-get is superior to Synaptic for Redhat.

crashmeister · 03-01-2003, 05:55 AM

Apt-get for rpm's is not as good as for deb's with debian.It has a tendency to crash.I don't know about the latest versions but the one I tried that came with connectiva (and they ported it to rpm's in the first place) crashed the second time I used it and never worked since.Not that I tried real hard to fix it - /dev/null.

ChaosX2 · 03-01-2003, 11:07 PM

I used it in Red Hat 8 for a couple of weeks and never had a problem with it. It upgraded and installed everything fine.

eggs · 03-03-2003, 10:39 AM

I've seen the rpm apt (and synaptic) at my friends house and it didn't appear as though there were as many packages (albeit I didn't count

).