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is there any package manager that can use all of the apt, yum or yast repos to install packages. if not, is it possible to develop such a manager? maybe ...
  1. 10-23-2006 #1
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    apt, yum and yast repos together

    is there any package manager that can use all of the apt, yum or yast repos to install packages.

    if not, is it possible to develop such a manager? maybe hack apt to do the required... after all, i think the issue would only be fetching the pkgs from different repos and updating apt database to reflect the same...
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    add sources in /etc/apt/sources.list. all repositories provide source address.




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    uhuh... and by that u mean that i can add yast or even yum repos to apt sources?
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    well ! if repository support apt then you can add its source ... e.g. freshrpms.net..... it supports both apt and yum.

    one more thing..... apt is used by default with Debian's dpkg packager and its for .deb packages. yum is for rpms... why you need both? this doesn't make sense.....


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    well, by apt i mean apt4rpm... im using suse 9.3 on my laptop n yast's slow like hell... apt works great for me
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