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Re: apt on non-debian system



On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Piotr Krukowiecki wrote:

> I'd like to install apt on RH. I don't want to install deb's on RH.
> I want only use it as it reads in /usr/share/doc/apt/offline.txt (apt-get
> update && apt-get -d dist-upgrade with state file from other, debian
> system)
> 
> So, is it possibile ?

Sure, just grab the source and do:

make startup
make
cd build/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`
./apt-get ....

You'll need to use the configuration options that offline.txt indicates so
that you can use a custom sources.list that is not in /etc/apt/.

Jason



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