synaptic+redhat9+rawhide

[wmg]

Hey there guys,

Does anyone if there is a way to configure apt-get/synaptic to use a rawhide repository so I can install OpenOffice 1.1 (and other stuff) 'easily' on RH9?

Regards
wmg

"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other human invention in history...with the possible exception of handguns and tequila."

-Mitch Ratcliffe

 

[flugh]

Yeah, install Debian ;-)

Sorry, I know it's not very useful. I would like to say that having tried Redhat (albeit waaaaay back around 5.x or 6.x), the best way to over come rpm's dependancy pains and get 'apt-get'-like behavior is to use Mandrake and enjoy the use of 'urpmi'. It's like apt-get in that you configure your 'recipes', then just 'urpmi <some package name>' and it does the rest. No convenient configuration stuff like the .deb format offers, but handles all that dependancy stuff well enough.

If you do get apt-get working seamlessly on a Redhat system, I'd like to read how. It would be a good link to send to my 'still using Redhat' buddy that's too d@mned stubborn to switch to Debian or Mandrake, but drools over their package installation sweetness


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JBR

 

[wmg]

*grin* Believe me, I am holding debian as a 'this-is-where-I'd-like-to-get-to-once-I-know-more-about-linux' kind of thing...

I have apt-get working under Rh9 - and using synaptic as well. Check out

http://freshrpms.net

- it has all the bits you need including instructions.

Regards
wmg

&quot;A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other human invention in history...with the possible exception of handguns and tequila.&quot;

-Mitch Ratcliffe