redhat vs fedora install packages

Russell Golden dragonite.wylie at verizon.net
Wed Apr 5 01:04:35 UTC 2006


I use... What's the other option Fedora Legacy uses, yum? Is apt-get 
better than yum?

Mike Burger wrote:

> No, it's not...you'll need to download and install it.
>
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Russell Golden wrote:
>
>> apt-get isn't in Shrike. not that i can find, at least. (Shrike = RHL9)
>>
>> Mike Burger wrote:
>>
>>> Should be, if they've been updated.
>>>
>>> You can check their downloads area to see if there's a newer version 
>>> than what you have.
>>>
>>> I use apt-get to update via Fedora Legacy, for my Fedora 1, 2 and 3 
>>> systems.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Russell Golden wrote:
>>>
>>>> It didn't update the kernel or GCC... are those out there somewhere?
>>>>
>>>> Mike Burger wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Russell Golden wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have two Red Hat Linux 9 machines that are a tad outdated 
>>>>>> (obviously, Shrike is a few years old), but I can't find any RPMs 
>>>>>> to update them, GCC and the Linux kernel specifically. Would the 
>>>>>> RPMs for Fedora Core work (since Fedora is descended from 
>>>>>> Shrike), or should I update from source?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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