Re: Add/Remove/(K)Yum/Apt-Get -- Which is best?

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On 2/5/07, Benjamin Sher <sher07@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Monday 05 February 2007 04:04, Kam Leo wrote:
> On 2/5/07, Benjamin Sher <delphi123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > Would you recommend installing apt (or kapt)? If so, when would you use
> > it? And would you use it only with Fedora's approved repositories or with
> > any repositories (e.g. Debian apt)?
> >
> > Which is preferable: (K)yum, Add/Remove or apt-get?
>
> Yum replaces up2date and is the default package updater/maintainer
> application for Fedora. If you want a GUI install yumex.
>
> I would not recommend installing apt-get because it is getting harder
> to find apt-get based repositories for Fedora. If you install apt-get
> and then also install synaptic so that you get a GUI to use in Gnome
> and/or KDE.
>
> Give Smart Package Manager (smart) a try. Smart handles all of the
> repo types you listed. Has some useful features such as priortizing
> repositories and downgrading packages. The ensemble consists of smart,
> smart-gui, smart-update and ksmarttray.
>
> > Would appreciate your expert opinion.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Benjamin

Dear Kam:

Thank you very much for your expert advice. Will install yumex and smart
package manager. Thanks again.

You're welcome.

Benjamin


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