[plug] installing a application

[The Thought Assassin]

On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, The Thought Assassin wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Jon  Miller wrote:
> > I trying to install an application, (up2date-2.1.7-1.src.rpm) this app
> > seems to have a lot of dependencies.  Is there a way/method where I can
> > install the package and all of its dependencies at once instead of
> > wasting an entire day?
> There is a way. Debian is The Way.
In fact, Debian stops you from wasting your entire life, let alone an
entire day. Alright, enough of the mindless advocacy. Of late, I've read a
couple of articles (probably on Linuxtoday or Slashdot) about a port of
Debian APT system to redhat/RPM. Not certain whether it is out of alpha
yet, but it definitely would be worth doing a search on "apt & rpm".

-Greg