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Queation about upgrading Linux OS & software installed

  • 20-04-2005 4:33pm
    #1
    motrocco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭


    I've only started getting into Linux lately and I have noticed a lot mentioned about installation and upgrade issues.

    RPM and apt are two methods of install upgrade that I have come across.

    Are there many others? What are they? Which is the easiet to use?

    What other methods are there for installing apps, upgrades etc on Linux.

    If I didn't want to go down the RPM/apt route would I have to learn loads the OS and how it hangs together to install/upgrade sw.

    It's just that I got RH 7.2 installed, realised that this is a very old distro and intend on formatting and going again with Fedora (3).

    I intend to build a (free, hopefully!) music and video editing workstation using Linux OS and software. I'd also be interested in learning about Linux in more details, possibly do some programming, defo some scripting.

    Any thoughts please.

    Oh yeah, at the moment I'm installing on a DELL laptop 433mhz, 256 mb, 40gb drive with internal (ESS) & external sound card (Exitgy Sound Blaster) with IDE over USB drives attached (200 GB). If I get this all working it will be going on a 3ghz, 2GB ram, 80gb drive with the same hardware of USB.

    Am I wasting my time?

    And lastly, some pointers on software would be great.

    Thanks for your time.

    MOT.


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  • #2
    Fenster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    Hmm, if a Linux topic was every worthy of being called a beat dead horse, its Linux.

    RPMs-Redhat Package Manager-are basically archive files, that contain the binary programs, along with other scripts and configuration files used with the program. They will also occasionally contain dependencies for the main program.

    These are used most notably in Suse, Mandrake and Redhat Linux distros.

    dpkg-Debian Package something or other-are essentially the same as RPMs, except these are used in Debian and its ilk (such as Ubuntu).

    apt-Advanced Packaging Tool-was originally a package managment program in Debian, but it was later ported to other distros such as Fedora and Suse. Through this program, you can add and remove packages, upgrade and downgrade them from online repositories. It also handles dependencies for a given program, where possible.

    Portage is the Gentoo equivalent of apt. It downloads the source code for a given program, compiles and installs it, as well as provides some basic configuration. Its not as fast as apt, as the programs are compiled, but its just as good a package managment program. As with apt, it also handles dependencies. Also, due to the fact its dealing with source code, and not binaries (for the most part, some programs are available in binary form through it), its easily possible (at the risk of killing your machine dead, dead, dead) to port Portage to any other Linux distro.

    There are other package managment systems out there, both binary and source, but the above are the "heavy weights"


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