On Wednesday 24 November 2004 08:29, Steffen Kluge wrote: > I always thought of apt as an alternative (to RPM) way of packaging and > delivering software. I have never used it myself but I understand there > is some apt-rpm middleware nowadays. I suppose Fedora apt repos use > RPMs? Anything else would be a mess. Debian's dpkg is equivalent to rpm; it installs packages, builds packages and so on. apt-get is a wrapper for dpkg; it resolves dependancies, ensures you get the latest versions and generally makes life easier. It's about equivalent to up2date. Unlike up2date, it's not tied to any proprietary support system. -- Cheers John
