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[A. Paul LeBarron II]

Apt can do that, and it has a GUI front end called Synaptic.

At 03:17 PM 2/19/2004, you wrote:

>Ah, but you miss the point.  I want to install a new package that has
>dependancies.  Bunches of dependancies...  Up2date only updates stuff that's
>already installed and you would guess that when RedHat posts updates, it would
>post all of the dependancies, too.
>
>Cheers!
>
>Bob
>--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> > don't most rpm systems now come with automatic updaters?
> >
> > e.g. mandrake - urpmi, redhat - up2date, connectiva, - apt-rpm. suse -
> > yast online update etc etc.
> >
> >
> > That was an excerpt from googlin. up2date works for me, has never let 
> me down
> > and there are tons
> > of options for it. It will be continued even when ported to Fedora, so back
> > at ya :P
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Robert Meyer wrote:
> >
> > >I was poking around last night on a RedHat box.  There appears to be 
> nothing
> > to
> > >match the Mandrake 'urpmi' application.  'urpmi' does all of the cool 
> stuff
> > >that apt-get is supposed to do.  It will pull all of the dependancies when
> > it
> > >gets a package.  This is pretty cool and neatly defeats a lot of the
> > criticisms
> > >about package management.  After wonking around with apt-get on Sunday, I
> > get a
> > >much better appreciation for urpmi.
> > >
> > >In Mandrakeland, the graphical package manager uses 'urpmi' when you 
> install
> > >stuff so it gains the benefit of the auto dependancy stuff.
> > >
> > >Hey, Peter... It isn't in RedHat :-P
> > >
> > >Cheers!
> > >
> > >Bob
> > >
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