this is what i did:

i want to install apt4rpm i already downloaded everything that has relation to apt4rpm and all that was posted in their site and their links. they have no clear instructions so i just downloaded the related files. here are the files i have downloaded from their site:

apt-0.5.4cnc8-1cl.i386.rpm perl-XML-LibXML-1.53-1.i586.rpm
apt-0.5.4cnc9-1cl.i386.rpm perl-XML-LibXML-Common-0.12-1.i586.rpm
apt4rpm-0.68.2-2.noarch.rpm perl-XML-NamespaceSupport-1.08-1.i586.rpm
apt4rpm-0.68.2-2.src.rpm perl-XML-SAX-0.12-1.i586.rpm
apt-devel-0.5.4cnc8-1cl.i386.rpm rpm-4.2-0.69.i386.rpm
apt-devel-0.5.4cnc9-1cl.i386.rpm synaptic-0.24-rb1.i386.rpm
librpm404-4.0.4-8x.27.i386.rpm synaptic-0.26-rb1.i386.rpm

i first did what you told me, to check if apt-get is installed.

[root@josheb /]# whereis apt-get
apt-get:
[root@josheb /]#

i got no response, unlike yours which responded with a path. so i decided to install it again. and here is what i did and got:

[root@josheb aptrpms]# rpm -Uvh apt-0.5.4cnc8-1cl.i386.rpm apt-0.5.4cnc9-1cl.i386.rpm apt4rpm-0.68.2-2.noarch.rpm apt4rpm-0.68.2-2.src.rpm apt-devel-0.5.4cnc8-1cl.i386.rpm apt-devel-0.5.4cnc9-1cl.i386.rpm librpm404-4.0.4-8x.27.i386.rpm perl-XML-LibXML-1.53-1.i586.rpm perl-XML-LibXML-Common-0.12-1.i586.rpm perl-XML-NamespaceSupport-1.08-1.i586.rpm perl-XML-SAX-0.12-1.i586.rpm rpm-4.2-0.69.i386.rpm

warning: apt-0.5.4cnc8-1cl.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 92a38df6
warning: package apt = 0.5.4cnc8-1cl was already added, replacing with apt <= 0.5.4cnc9-1cl
warning: package apt-devel = 0.5.4cnc8-1cl was already added, replacing with apt-devel <= 0.5.4cnc9-1cl
warning: librpm404-4.0.4-8x.27.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID db42a60e
warning: package rpm = 4.0.3-6x was already added, replacing with rpm <= 4.2-0.69

error: Failed dependencies:
librpm.so.0 is needed by apt-0.5.4cnc9-1cl
apt-server is needed by apt4rpm-0.68.2-2

please do notify me if you need more information about my problem. thanks! and by the way, you mentioned something like another way of installation, could you tell me the procedure so that i could also try it? thanks again!

Did you scroll down to the bottom of the page?It looks like you are downloading the stuff needed to set up an apt server (a machine that will send packages to the clients wanting them).

Since you want to get packages and use them, you want to download the stuff for a client machine.

Think waitress=server
Person eating at resturant=client

i think the linux world would not like me to get my hands on apt4rpm HEHEHE! the link your refering to is dead. so i followed what you told me and did not include the servers side and just install the client. here is what i did.

what i did was:
1. go to the directory where i placed my files
2. display its contents
3. changed to root account
4. installed the latest version which is apt-0.5.5cnc6-rb3.i386.rpm
5. i noticed that i looked for a library file named libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5.so.0
6. since i dont have that package i tried using this one, apt-libs-0.5.5cnc6-rb3.i386.rpm in conjuction with the apt program named, apt-0.5.5cnc6-rb3.i386.rpm which in my opinion is the same with the needed file, libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5.so.0 of course its just a hunch but still it displayed this: (taken from above, last part)
7. i tried searching for the librpm.so.0 on rpmfind.net and on the web but they keep returning the whole rpm package, the whole rpm program and they say that librpm.so.0 is already included in it. but when i install it it only showes librpm.so when you type "whereis librpm.so.0" it would return this:
they dont provide a download for the specific library-librpm.so.0.

i was thinking, that maybe you could tell me how you installed your apt4rpm. maybe, just maybe it would work for me too. well i really hope so.

no i know why they say rpm is hard to use when it involves file dependencies.

thanks again! i hope you wont get tired of helping me. thanks!