On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 13:37, Larry Brown wrote: > >For local RPM collections, RH8 has the Red Hat package manager. It's > >still a bit limited, but I believe they are working to make it better and > >more flexible. We'll see. But this is not the issue that is preventing > >RHL from taking over the world, and it's not so easy to fix that someone > >else has already done it. > > Admittedly everything sounds on the mark, I just have to say that I could > justify some of the problems/solutions one of my client has to go through in > Linux to use it as their desktop. There is no way I could justify spending > 3 hours of downloads and installs to get a new application to work when > adding a new one to M$ wouldn't take any of that. If they have the same > problems, they do a good job of masking it. If I get something that says it > runs on win2k, I run install and it is done. I think this is the biggest > hurdle for Linux. That is for it to take over the world and all. For me to > use it..here I am.
Ok, Solution for most dependency hell issues. Everyone listen up. It is called apt and it has a nice gui frontend called synaptic. It is not fullproof and I think that the way rpms are put together, especially library groups and such can be improved. Still, it helps a lot. Want a new app. No searching or fussing. I just call up synaptic, scroll down the list, choose the app and click the buttons to install it. Yes, BTW, redhat's own fine package management tool should come with a apt interface. I like synaptic but Redhat's tool is so much nicer in terms of the interface. -- Johnathan Bailes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
