Which Distros use apt get?

tauhshi · 01-16-2006, 01:16 PM

What distros use apt get, and already have it set up to where all I have to do is type: apt get install <package name> to install?

ingvildr · 01-16-2006, 01:18 PM

ubuntu, simplymepis, kanotix to name a few, look on distrowatch to find out about them and more.

gri6507 · 01-16-2006, 01:53 PM

mandravia, PCLinuxOS (my personal favorite) also use apt-get

tauhshi · 01-16-2006, 02:03 PM

PCLinuxOS, whats the benefits of it? I've looked into it a few times, but never really saw what bnefits it had.

And Mandriva uses it? You sure? I mean, does it come ready to use without installing libraries and stuff?

gri6507 · 01-16-2006, 02:08 PM

PCLinuxOS is my favorite because it simply works straight out of the box. The LiveCD allows you to test is before you commit. I don't know of anyone who has had any issues running that LiveCD (we have a number of people using it here). The install is great too - very smooth and intuitive without any configuration afterwards. The fact that it comes with Synaptic (a graphical front-end to apt-get) makes upgrading VERY easy. All in all, it a very stable and good looking distro.

tauhshi · 01-16-2006, 02:38 PM

Well, thank you! I am currently en route to PCLinuxOS's site to download stright away!

P.S. Which .iso do I download?

gri6507 · 01-16-2006, 02:45 PM

preview .92 is their latest released version. There are a few flavors of that: one with NVidia drivers, one with something else (sorry, i forgot what), and a vanilla. Any one will work. Of course if you have an NVidia card, get the nv version - it will save you a step of downloading the drivers through Synpatic.

By the way, after you install on the harddrive, start Synaptic and click the Upgrade All button. That will update all packages to the latest.

tauhshi · 01-16-2006, 02:57 PM

Will it update Firefox to 1.5? (If it has it?)

spooon · 01-16-2006, 02:59 PM

Basically, all .deb-based distros (Debian-based) use APT as their advanced package management tool. This includes Debian, Ubuntu, Mepis, etc. RPM-based distros (RedHat, Fedora Core, OpenSuse, Mandriva, and many others) can also similarly use a version of APT called Apt4rpm; however, this program is no longer being maintained, and most of these distros come with other advanced package management tools that are at least as powerful, like Yum.