It's just easier to me to choose repositories with RC's interface. Synaptic is indeed sweet but I think RC is cleaner. I haven't had any GPG key issues with RC. On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 17:00, duncan brown wrote: > 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+ > > > > (thatà 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 whatà 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 >
