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Re: [PLUG] "Distro" advocates
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> On Thu, 25 May 2000, adam wrote:
>
> > Hey, to me apt sounds similar to rpm.
> > Can anyone hit us with a rpm vs. apt for
> > the time challenged?
>
> I wanted to install the openssh on a redhat 6.0 box.
<Long list o steps deleted>
> I wanted to install the openssh server on a debian box.
<short list of steps deleted>
apt sounds cool. Why would it not work on a RH machine, tho? Apt is
assembling files (downloading them from a central database somewhere);
compiling and installing. The assembling and compiling phases should be the
same, I would image; the install steps might be different. Because of the
fact that Debian is BSD, and RH is System V?
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