apt with Red Hat 9

Zerodark · 06-23-2003, 08:03 AM

I just got and installed Red Hat 9 yesterday and figured I would get apt to go along with it. Well, I got it and tried to install the RPM and the only thing it did was the little thing that said it was checking for dependancies. then it just stopped. Is there something special you have to do to get it to work?

Crashed_Again · 06-23-2003, 01:13 PM

I think you have to run:

apt-get

TWICE after you first install it. Then you can do:

apt-get update
or
apt-get install whatever

m00nd0g · 06-23-2003, 01:21 PM

Actually you need to run 'apt-get update' once or twice (twice will be the safer bet) after installation.

Then indeed you can install packages with 'apt-get install packagename'

Zerodark · 06-23-2003, 07:48 PM

actually it doesn't even install,... it just checks for dependancies and then the thing just closes. so i don't know.

chem1 · 06-23-2003, 10:04 PM

Install Synaptic.....it will sove all your problems. It is based on apt-get

Hope that helps....

zmedico · 06-23-2003, 11:17 PM

Installing apt (Advanced Package Tool)

warheros · 06-24-2003, 03:20 AM

ive had the same thing happen to me, except it wasnt the apt rpm, it was a different rpm and it happens all the time. now it doesnt even bring up that "checking dependencies" dialogue anymore.

my thread about it is here

zmedico · 06-24-2003, 11:02 AM

I would try wiping out all the apt related stuff like /var/cache/apt (there's more listed in "man apt-get") and maybe even rebuild the rpm database. Then start fresh. You can make sure your rpm installations aren't corrupted with "rpm --verify <package name>"

warheros · 06-24-2003, 04:17 PM

how would i go about rebuilding the rpm database?

and doesnt "rpm --verify <package name>" only work if they are not third party rpm's?

i have verified rpm's that didnt work in the past, and they always were ok, and still didnt work.

zmedico · 06-24-2003, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by warheros
how would i go about rebuilding the rpm database?

rpm --rebuilddb

Quote:

Originally posted by warheros
and doesnt "rpm --verify <package name>" only work if they are not third party rpm's?

i have verified rpm's that didnt work in the past, and they always were ok, and still didnt work.

It should work for any rpm.

warheros · 06-24-2003, 09:40 PM

when i type "rpm --rebuilddb" it does nothing.

MrJoshua · 06-25-2003, 03:29 PM

I think GRAB is a little easier to configure and use, and I think it is close in qaulity, and use. I like GRAB better.

Crashed_Again · 06-25-2003, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by warheros
when i type "rpm --rebuilddb" it does nothing.

You mean it returns nothing. Just because it doesn't say anything doesn't mean it didn't do anything. Add a couple of v's in there to get some verbose output:

rpm -vv --rebuilddb

twilli227 · 06-25-2003, 03:36 PM

Try this link out:
http://24.220.179.115/RH9-UMG.html
I installed it last night and it works pretty good.

dav1x · 06-26-2003, 12:24 PM

Delete the old rpm database under /var/lib/rpm

rm -rf __db* (that is 2 _'s)
There are rpm database problems with both rpm packages installed in rh 9 and rh 8.0. Removing these databases will cause apt not to hang. To test this you can try installing any rpm package and the installation should hang. Do you have a proxy server? This could also cause apt to hang.

If you do you can do an

export http_proxy="http://myproxy:8080"
export ftp_proxy="$http_proxy"

Let me know how it goes...