Synaptic package manager on Fedora Core 3

joao_foscarini · 03-28-2005, 05:40 PM

I'm trying to install Synaptic Package manager on Fedora Core 3, but no success.
I need the packages APT and RPM.. but I can't find them anywhere...
Can anyone tell me where I can get them?

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/3671/screenshot2fl.png

Thanks in advance,
Joao

mrGenixus · 03-28-2005, 05:48 PM

I would personally not use synaptic on RH / FC since it was designed for debian, and not really well supported on FC. Debian is actually quite a bit easier to use than it used to be, though.
As far as gettoing apt and rpm, you should have them, buit you can use yum to get them too...

try reading `man yum`

reddazz · 03-28-2005, 06:21 PM

mrGenixus apt and synaptic work very well on rpm based distros.

Anyway you can get apt add the code below to your /etc/yum.conf

Code:

[extras]
name=Fedora Extras - $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras

Then do

Code:

#yum install apt
#yum install synaptic

mrGenixus · 03-28-2005, 06:42 PM

I stand corrected, my information was bad. thought synaptic was debian-specific.

never the less, my information was correct.

joao_foscarini · 03-28-2005, 08:24 PM

Thanks for the help, but when trying to get synaptic (#yum install synaptic), I get this:

Quote:

Setting up Install Process
Setting up Repo: extras
repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Setting up Repo: base
repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Setting up Repo: updates-released
repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
extras : ################################################## 1043/1043
base : ################################################## 2622/2622
updates-re: ################################################## 729/729
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package synaptic.i386 0:0.55.3-2 set to be installed
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6.so.2 for package: synaptic
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package apt.i386 0:0.5.15cnc7-1 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved
Transaction Listing:
Install: synaptic.i386 0:0.55.3-2

Performing the following to resolve dependencies:
Update: apt.i386 0:0.5.15cnc7-1
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 1ac70ce6
public key not available for //var/cache/yum/extras/packages/synaptic-0.55.3-2.i386.rpm
public key not available for //var/cache/yum/extras/packages/apt-0.5.15cnc7-1.i386.rpm

EDIT - Just got to work using apt-get...
Anyway, thanks for your concern.

reddazz · 03-29-2005, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mrGenixus
I stand corrected, my information was bad. thought synaptic was debian-specific.

never the less, my information was correct.

Not to worry many people who use Debian still think that apt is only available for their distro and its derivatives. Quite a few RPM based distros use apt and synaptic as their sole package managers e.g. Yoper.

wasabi · 04-20-2005, 07:29 AM

how do you fix the bad key?

reddazz · 04-20-2005, 11:13 AM

What do you mean a bad key? More information about your problem will be useful.