topic Re: apt-get on RHN in Operating System - Linux

apt-get on RHN

ust3 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:20:28 GMT

I would like to setup apt-get on Redhat , does RHN support it like debian ? for example , if I want the system automatically run up2date regluarly without need to do anything , is it possible ( of course I have offical license ) ? If I also want when I update a rpm , if the pre-req. is not installed in my system , it will automatically search it from web , can RHN support this function ? thx

Re: apt-get on RHN

Ivan Ferreira — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:16:29 GMT

The up2date or yum command (depending of the version) provides that functionality, it will handle dependencies.

They can run at scheduled intervals without user intervention.

Re: apt-get on RHN

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:52:35 GMT

Shalom,

Red Hat supports yum and up2date for updating systems. You can use apt-get on Red Hat for Non RHN. It involves some work, and yum is better suited for the OS.

SEP

Re: apt-get on RHN

dirk dierickx — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:58:24 GMT

go for yum, redhat is also supporting it (from a certain level). it is also used by centos.
apt for rpm is available as a community project only.

Re: apt-get on RHN

ust3 — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:21:04 GMT

thx replies,

What is the difference between yum and apt-get on RHN , what I found is when I install a rpm, it always report the existing rpm is not update ( pre-req is not installed ) , so it ask to install the suitable version of rpm first , if I want to get the latest version of pre-req from the web automatically , which command ( yum or apt-get ) should i use ? thx

Re: apt-get on RHN

Heironimus — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:47:45 GMT

If you're using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 you use "yum install packagename". If you're using an older version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux you use "up2date packagename".

yum is reasonably similar to apt-get in both functionality and usage. up2date isn't quite as good, but it works well enough.

Re: apt-get on RHN

Liviu I. — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:27:09 GMT

apt-get is the standard package management tool for Debian based Linux distros. It has been ported to various other distributions, but since RedHat has it's own package management software : yum and up2date, you should stick to one of these. I suppose yum is a better choice, since up2date is used as a wrapper around YUM in RHEL5.