[Apt-Rpm] [Apt-rpm] What is the best choice for RPM Update Tool

Panu Matilainen pmatilai at laiskiainen.org
Sun Jan 6 05:37:36 PST 2008


On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Quan phongvan wrote:

> Dear friends,
> I've just taken part into our community on apt-rpm, and I have a question,
> hope to get yours help as soon as possible.
> Now I have try to use all of three RPM Update tools: apt-rpm, yum and
> smartpm. My target machine is running on CentOS (rpm system), and I want to
> have some advices from all you about this issue: how about yum vs apt vs
> smart on to be the best choice for RPM packages management system.

Sticking with the native tools is usually the best option. Using something 
else always comes at a price (the tools are not as well integrated or 
whatever). Is there something specific yum (the CentOS native/default) 
doesn't do that you need?

 	- Panu -



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