On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 07:29:13PM +0200, Piotr Krukowiecki (piotr@pingu.ii.uj.edu.pl) wrote: > On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 11:07:57AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 01:27:40PM -0400, David Z. Maze (dmaze@MIT.EDU) wrote: > > > Karsten M Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes: > > > KMS> On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 05:42:41PM +0200, Piotr Krukowiecki (piotr@pingu.ii.uj.edu.pl) wrote: > > > PK> I have installed apt on RedHat, it works ok (e.g apt-get update > > > PK> && apt-get -d install sth) > > > KMS> > > > KMS> Using two different package management systems on a single system > > > KMS> is a ***BAD*** idea. You are violating the fundamental advantage > > > KMS> of either system: single-point, centralized coordination of > > > KMS> packages and dependencies on the system. > > man apt-zip? > > > > I haven't used it, but my understanding is that this is what it's for. > > You make your requests on the Debian box, then sneakernet storage from > > some other box, though I don't know what it wants on it. > > No, my question was different. Downloading, moving and installing is not > a problem (i'm following /usr/share/doc/apt/offline.txt.gz). > > But now i'd like to have dselect, console-apt or aptitiude installed on > RH system. I tried to install capt, but it failed (see my first mail) > I don't know whether i need dpkg installed first or not (iirc there is > dpkg for non-debian systems). Ok. See my previous response quoted above. ***WHY*** are you trying to install apt on a Red Hat system. If you're planning to manage your RH system through apt, I strongly discourage it. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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