Why don't you guys like synaptic?

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 09:49 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> That was my point: synaptic and apt use rpms.  So if I've got a
> dependency issue with apt and synaptic, I'll be having a dependency
> issue with rpms as well.  I'd much, much rather use synaptic to take
> care of those issues than doing it manually with rpms.
> 
> I've had to install packages in the past that have needed 6 to twelve
> other packages.  (mplayer, xine, kdebase-devel of a new version, etc.)
> When synaptic can do the install it is much, much easier than manually
> doing it with rpms. 
> 
> I wasn't aware that synaptic was a single arch package.  I don't think
> users care if synaptic isn't written in python.  They just want a system
> to easily install packages with.  I'd say it works pretty darn good
> 80-95% of the time. 


I understand it is not graphical (yet) but you do know that yum exists,
right?

yum install nameofpackage

it will download and install all the dependencies you need, too.

-sv