Why don't you guys like synaptic?

[Kim Lux]

I love synaptic.  I don't understand why FC ships without it.  It might
have a few issues with dependencies, but so does rpm !  I think synaptic
is the best app installer available anywhere, with yum a close second.
I had to install Windows software a few weeks back and I almost gagged
at how bad it was. 


On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 09:31 -0600, Paul Johnson wrote:
> I think synaptic (GUI RPM package manager) is the greatest!  Since FC1, 
> I've like it. You can see how much space packages take, you can add ones 
> you don't have already and did not know about by browsing the list, you 
> can find upgrades on various servers.
> 
> But I don't hear any talk about it in here. Instead, you like that 
> boring old yum that has no pointy-clicky pizzazz and makes my head hurt 
> with syntax and fancy footwork. Synaptic used to be front-and-center in 
> the FC1 support web sites, but now it disappears from them.  Why?
> 
> For example, the "Fedora Core 2 Tips and Tricks" page, which I have 
> found helpful, has dropped reference to synaptic
> 
> http://home.gagme.com/greg/linux/fc2-tips.php
> 
> up2date has very few of the synaptic features, you know. up2date doesn't 
> list all available packages, doesn't let you see how many megs each one 
> takes after installation. Doesn't help you delete packages and figure 
> out dependencies.
> 
> The only problem I have with synaptic is figuring how to change my 
> configuration to point at FC tests and upgrades. So if you guys would 
> use synaptic too, then maybe you would post info on how I should 
> configure my repository settings so I can keep up with FC testing.
> 
> ??
> 
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