yum vs. apt

Scot L. Harris webid at cfl.rr.com
Tue Nov 23 14:29:07 UTC 2004


On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 09:24, Mark Bradford wrote:
> I have been using apt for installs and updating/upgrading, but am 
> noticing most of the conversation here seems to favor yum.  Is there any 
> significant difference between the two, or are there any issues or 
> conflicts in using both?

Both use the same rpm database so there should be no problems using
both.  Just don't run them at the same time.

The only other issue is their configuration.  If they point to different
repositories you may see different packages listed.  

Other than that it is really personal choice.  

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