[Gllug] apt-rpm for Red Hat 7.2

[Vincent AE Scott]

Bruce Richardson(itsbruce at uklinux.net)@Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 02:22:25PM +0000:
> On 1/24/02, 2:04:18 PM, Vincent AE Scott <gllug at codex.net> wrote regarding 
> Re: [Gllug] apt-rpm for Red Hat 7.2:
> 
> 
> > hmmm, i was playing arroung with my bare bones 2.2r3 install yesterday,
> > and i couldnt install any packages.  apt-get install ... kept telling me
> > that there was a pre-req that needed to be installed first.  attempting
> > to install the pre-req kept failing.  apt-get -f install did not help at
> > all.  now i'm at a loss.  at least with rpm i can force it to do my
> > bidding.
> 
> > this is not the first time i've fought with the mighty apt, and lost.  i
> > keep wanting to try debian after all the great comments people on the
> > list give about it.  but i've yet to be convinced.  each time i try and
> > use it, packages fail to install properly.
> 
> Then you've done something basic wrong each and every time.  I know Harry 
> got beyond that point when he installed Debian (he's becoming something 
> of a veteran at that, the number of times he keeps reconfiguring and 
> reinstalling).

dont think so, each time i've opted for the minimal install.  and each
time i've ended up with a half broken system.  


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