Cannot find apt-get for Suse?

Pcghost · 11-17-2003, 02:45 PM

I have heard that apt-get was ported to SuSe 9 as well as the widely used port for RedHat. Can someone post a link to the apt for Suse site please? I cannot seem to find the software anywhere. Is this an urban legend, or is there a real version of apt for Suse?

sbarn · 11-17-2003, 02:49 PM

apt4rpm.sourceforge.net I believe it is.

Pcghost · 11-17-2003, 02:51 PM

Thanks. I can't believe I forgot to search sourceforge specifically. doh!

Question #2 : Does anyone have experience using apt under SuSe 9? I tried Yast2 and frankly it sucks. Even know I can manually go to the sites it uses for patches and lists, YaST2 says it cannot retrieve lists.

Is there any downside to going with Apt here?

sbarn · 11-17-2003, 03:35 PM

Apt is quite nice and works well when you can find sources. I personally like Yast2 and if you're talking about the update client I had problems when I chose a specific server but the one from Munich works great.

Pcghost · 11-17-2003, 04:25 PM

Wow thanks again. I will try that. Yast2 has a nice interface but couldn't retrieve the lists automatically.