Packages ? Need some noob help :( 1

[N3XuS]

I'm trying to install a somewhat practical explorer since the standard one is really not that practical. But I need to install a package libqt.so.1 , I "think" I found the right package, although I'm not sure. But when I try to install the package it says it needs another package (xtt-fonts) ... I found and installed what I think was xtt-fonts but it keeps asking for it. I'm using Redhat 9.0 . This package deal is really starting to piss me off, every package you need to install requires a few other packages, why don't they just say you need every bloody package available... and when eventually does linux start to pay off ? By the time I ever get this system fully as I wish it's completely outdated.

Many thx

 

[thedaver]

Take off those Angry Eyes mr Potatohead...

Yes, package dependencies can be a pain, but here's the magic answer for a RH9 user...

apt-get for RedHat 9!!

http://ayo.freshrpms.net/

Install the "apt-get" for RedHat 9.0

Then run "apt-get update"

Then run install "apt-get install qt" or "apt-get install libqt"

You can search for the package name from the local listing by typing "apt-cache search qt"

"apt-get" is the famous package manager from the Debian distro that has been ably ported to a number of other distros... RH9 included.

You'll never worry about dependencies again.

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[N3XuS]

It just opens and closes it doesn't install for some reason. But omg does that sound like my saviour Package depencies are pure horror without that tool been searching for hours for that libqt, I'm not easily scared but ...
Maybe I should try manually un-rpm-ing or whatever it is
Would save me another hour if you could tell me how

Many many thx in advance

 

[N3XuS]

mmm I used rpm -i <package>
rpm -i apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm
It seems to hang ...

 

[N3XuS]

If anyone else should have the same "crash" problem the following version did work.

http://host.psu.ac.th/~wipat.s/apt/apt-update.html

 

[N3XuS]

Well it does install "stuff" but seems pretty random to me. And no libqt.so.1 or libc.so.5 or anything I actually need for that fact ...

 

[zeland]

If GUI is your thing, why not try synaptic. Its a front-end to the apt program. From there, you can mark multiple packages to be installed and/or uninstalled with all dependancies and find for specific files in packages.


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