Re: apt questions?

[Eric Richardson <eric@milagrosoft.com>]

Hi All,
Thanks for the responses.

I have a friend with an identical laptop and perhaps I could use him as
a debian installation trial. If all goes well then I could switch as
well.

I only have one box right now so I can't afford much downtime.

Thanks again,
Eric :-)

Raphael Deimel wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Richardson" <eric@milagrosoft.com>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 12:34 PM
> Subject: apt questions?
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a laptop running SuSE 6.4 that works pretty good. I am very
> > interested in trying out apt and eventually moving to debian.
> >
> > Does using apt make sense if I'm not using debian?
> 
> It dosn't make sense, as suse does have its own package management
> But I think there were some efforts in porting apt to other distro's
> Perhaps you should just try out debian (once upon a time i used suse too ;),
> but be aware that configuration is done very differently (redhat style
> configuration is quite similar too it)
> 
> >
> > If so, where should I get apt and how do I install it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eric :-)
> >
> >
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