Apt-get equivalent in fedora

[Temlakos]

John Moore (Linux Server) wrote:
> Try Yum Extender (http://linux.rasmil.dk) for a great gui frontend for
> yum.
> 
> On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 09:43 -0400, Temlakos wrote:
> 
>>Chris Jones wrote:
>>
>>>>Strange. up2date isn't able to connect to the rhn website, and when I
>>>>go the the website myself, I see there a login page but anyway I'll
>>>>try yum or would install apt-get
>>>
>>>
>>>I recommend you ditch up2date and switch to another tool such as yum or 
>>>apt-get (if you want guis, these are also available such as kyum for yum 
>>>and synaptic for apt-get.). Up2date has always proved rather unreliable 
>>>for me.
>>>
>>
>>The only reason why I would want a GUI is to aid in browsing available 
>>packages. For simple updates to existing packages, I don't need a GUI. I 
>>just type "yum -y update" (as a SUperuser, of course) and if it can find 
>>packages to update, it does its job, and a lot more smoothly than 
>>up2date ever did. (It also shows me what it's doing while it does it.)
>>
>>But when I want to know what packages are available, I have a problem. 
>>If I list them in a terminal window, the list will shoot off the 
>>scale--and backward scrolling of a terminal window sometimes doesn't 
>>work right. (Is that an X issue, or something else I can fix?) The GUI 
>>would at least let me browse a list, look at its description, and decide 
>>whether to take it or not. That's why I liked synaptic so much--before 
>>the new apt package on at-stable broke it. (Axel has a fix, I 
>>understand, but at last report it's in  "bleeding.")
>>
>>Is kyum the GUI for KDE? What GUI's are available for yum in Gnome?
>>
>>Temlakos
>>
> 
> John Moore
> Manager, IS
> Quality Care for Children
> Atlanta, Georgia
> 404-479-4180

Well, I did install Yum Extender, or "yumex." I got it from the link you 
mentioned, and installed the rpm directly by issuing:

# chmod 755 yumex*
# rpm -Uvh yumex*

I've used it already to run the latest batch of updates from the 
official repos and from at-stable.

It has the list of packages that haven't been installed, packages I 
have, and packages needing an update. It allows me to select packages to 
remove.

But the /best/ part is its Output window that shows me all the 
command-line output, just as if I had opened a Terminal window and 
issued the appropriate yum command there. Even Synaptic does not do half 
as well showing me this output.

So--yes, I definitely recommend yumex as a comprehensive graphical 
front-end for yum, that does not suppress the information normally 
available on the command line, while at the same time making available a 
comprehensive, selectable list of installable packages /and even of 
repositories/.

Excellent, excellent, excellent.

Temlakos