Re: FC2-3 RPM Package Managers

[Arthur Pemberton <dalive flashmail com>]

Athanasios Anastasiou wrote:

> Hi All
>
> The question i am about to ask might have come up probably but it is 
> the reason i subscribed to this list and i am going to ask anyway :-)
>
> Is there an RPM package manager for Fedora (Core 2 and Core 3) that 
> can handle the installation of one isolated RPM (and ofcourse report 
> back dependencies etc etc)???
I think this is what you're looking for:
http://smartpm.org/

> I currently have Fedora Core 2 but i am about to switch to Fedora Core 
> 3, i use it mainly for developing and some minor office 
> applications...A GUI for RPM would really save me some of the trouble.
Here you are:
http://fedoranews.org/tchung/gyum/2.0

> I was reading about Fedora Core 2 and found out that there is yum and 
> apt as package managers...Is that true for Fedora Core 2?

I'm assuming you meant if it's true about FC3. The answer is yes, I am 
however unsure if apt is available by default install.

> I noticed that the native RPM package manager has changed between FC2 
> and FC3, can it handle isolated RPM installs?

I don't understand the above question

> Currently, in my FC2, RPMs are not handled "automatically", meaning 
> that if i double click on an RPM, KDE does not know how to handle it. 
> If i install yum or apt from the RPMs is that taken care automatically 
> or do i have to add it?

If you install from yum or apt there's no clicking to be done (unless 
you use a GUI to do it). The KDE behaviour you mentioned can be 
configured AFAIK

> Since my installation is stable (for the time) i am a bit hessitant to 
> experiment a lot with installer packages or a variety of options, so 
> if you decide to answer any of my questions please be specific about 
> dependencies or things that might go wrong (for any case that you are 
> aware anyway)
I've found that so far yum has handled all my dependencies.

> Thanks in advance.
> Athanasios Anastasiou.