Add/Remove/(K)Yum/Apt-Get -- Which is best?

[Kam Leo]

On 2/5/07, Benjamin Sher <sher07 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> On Monday 05 February 2007 04:04, Kam Leo wrote:
> > On 2/5/07, Benjamin Sher <delphi123 at zebra.net> wrote:
> > > Dear friends:
> > >
> > > Would you recommend installing apt (or kapt)? If so, when would you use
> > > it? And would you use it only with Fedora's approved repositories or with
> > > any repositories (e.g. Debian apt)?
> > >
> > > Which is preferable: (K)yum, Add/Remove or apt-get?
> >
> > Yum replaces up2date and is the default package updater/maintainer
> > application for Fedora. If you want a GUI install yumex.
> >
> > I would not recommend installing apt-get because it is getting harder
> > to find apt-get based repositories for Fedora. If you install apt-get
> > and then also install synaptic so that you get a GUI to use in Gnome
> > and/or KDE.
> >
> > Give Smart Package Manager (smart) a try. Smart handles all of the
> > repo types you listed. Has some useful features such as priortizing
> > repositories and downgrading packages. The ensemble consists of smart,
> > smart-gui, smart-update and ksmarttray.
> >
> > > Would appreciate your expert opinion.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > Benjamin
>
> Dear Kam:
>
> Thank you very much for your expert advice. Will install yumex and smart
> package manager. Thanks again.

You're welcome.

> Benjamin