[LBo] Pakcage management in Suse [WAS:how to open chm file on Suse]

lazylogic lazylogic at gmail.com
Mon Oct 16 14:54:55 CEST 2006


My personal preference, is apt-get in Debian

short and sharp :-)




Gene Venable wrote:
> I don't like Yast all that much for package handling myself. I started 
> using Apt4rpm (mentioned below) a few weeks ago and love it. I read 
> about it on the Suse Wiki 
> (http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=Install-apt4suse).
>
> */Lazy Logic <lazylogic at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>     If you are using SUSE and trying to into a rpm that you've downloaded,
>     just right click on the file and choose Actions -> Install with YaST
>
>     dependencies will be sorted out by YaST.
>
>
>     Cheers
>     Lazy
>
>
>     On 10/16/06, *Stefan Waidele* <Stefan at waidele.info
>     <mailto:Stefan at waidele.info>> wrote:
>
>
>
>         There is something like "apt4rpm". I have not used it myself,
>         but apt is
>         a very good tool to install packages with its heritage in Debian.
>         It is one reason why I kept trying debian-derivatives and
>         finally landed
>         at Ubuntu.
>
>         Nothing beats a quick "apt-get install whateverUwant"...
>
>         Stefan
>
>
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