OK to use both yum and rpm on same system?
Bevan C. Bennett
bevan at fulcrummicro.com
Thu Mar 4 23:48:45 UTC 2004
Ted wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to Linux and currently using rpm with FC1. My questions are
> about using both yum and rpm for package management on a single system:
>
> 1. If I use yum to install package X, will rpm recognize package X is
> now installed?
Yes.
> 2. Will rpm be able to update package X that was installed by yum?
Yes.
> 3. Is it bad practice to mix yum and rpm for package management on my
> system? In other words, if I begin using yum, does that mean I should
> stop using rpm?
Nope. yum is effectively a 'friendly wrapper' around rpm (that does
handy things like check various repositories and auto-calculate
dependencies), but when it installs, updates, or removes packages it
actually uses rpm to do it. They are completely safe to use interchangeably.
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