ok, now i feel like a jerk =] i'll retract what i just said, i just RTFA =] so you can use apt with red carpet 2 now? that's pretty nice. but what's the advantage of rc over apt/synaptic? does it automatically import the GPG key from the repositories for you? that's something that synaptic/apt/yum really need to integrate. -d ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. Gunther Wallen" <gunny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 16:45:43 -0400 To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Some problems getting started > Instead of yum, I suggest checking out redcarpet from Ximian. > check this thread at arstechnica.com to get started: > http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=96509133&m=51300801855 > > > > > On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 12:11, William Hooper wrote: > > Dov Zamir said: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I am more or less a newb (I last tried Linux about 10 years ago). I > > > installed RH9 and then upgraded to FC1. My hardware is an ECS K7SOM+ > > > (thatÅ a SIS730 chipset) with an AMD processor with 256MB RAM. > > > > > > I originally installed everything, planning to prune what I don need as > > > time goes on. But when I try to uninstall packages, like the development > > > packages, I get an error message saying that I have to install about a > > > dozen different packages before I can uninstall? Any ideas whatÅ going > > > on? > > > > This sounds like you are trying to use the "Add/Remove Packages" > > (redhat-config-packages). This program has a limitation in that it only > > knows about the packages on the original CDs. As you do the normal > > updates, r-c-p's idea of reality and what you have installed gets further > > out of sync. > > > > As others have suggested: > > Installing everything isn't a good starting point > > Yum is a more reliable after packages have been upgraded from their > > original version. > > > > -- > > William Hooper > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Time will end all my troubles, but I don't always approve of Time's methods. +( duncan brown +( duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxx +( http://www.linuxadvocate.net
