apt vs yum

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Wed Nov 29 16:14:39 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 20:52 -0600, Blake Thornton wrote:
> Can someone explain to me the differences, if any, of yum versus apt?
> 
> I really like the graphical tool synaptic, which I believe is just a front
> end to apt.  On the other hand, I haven't found a nice graphical tool for
> yum (yumex, kyum, smart aren't nearly as nice as synaptic).
> 
> thanks for helping me clear this up,
> BT
> 
There is a program called something like gnome-yum that can be found
udere: Applications--> System Tools if the its rpm is installed.
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