apt-get on RHN

[ust3]

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

[Ivan Ferreira · Accepted solution]

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.

[Steven E. Protter]

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.

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[dirk dierickx]

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.

[ust3]

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

[Heironimus]

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.

[Liviu I.]

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.