yum vs. up2date
Jim Cornette
redhat-jc at insight.rr.com
Sat Nov 22 04:56:12 UTC 2003
Ryan Daly wrote:
> I've looked a little through the manpage for yum and found that it does
> alot of what up2date does.
>
> Is there a difference between the two? Does up2date call yum, or has it
> always? Is yum the replacement for up2date?
> --
Up2date is a command line and a GUI enabled program that can download
from RHN, apt or yum repositories.
For me, it is an easy to use program.
Up2date has a yum enabled program built into it. You don't need to
install yum, but it is wise to have the program installed for "emerengcies".
I use up2date mostly, which seems to work as well as using rpm from
locally installed programs. Up2date does get broken a lot. It is mostly
due to python related changes.
apt-get with synaptic is a great combination to install programs that
are not already installed on your machine. But mostly, I use up2date to
retrieve programs available from my repository selections. It usually
does a great job.
All three program install/remove programs are very helpful.
Jim
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