Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:17:48 +0100 From: Gregory Nou <gregorynou@altern.org> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rpm equivalent to 'pkg_add -r'? Message-ID: <43CC9A1C.5060707@altern.org> In-Reply-To: <20060117003256.P28752@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060117003256.P28752@ganymede.hub.org>
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Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > As the subject asks, is there an equivalent? I'm trying to install > linux apache2 on a FreeBSD box, and would like have rpm do as much as > possible as far as getting the dependencies and downloading them ... > > baring this, is there a better tool to use then rpm? > > thanks ... > > ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) > Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > look at the end of rpm man page, there is a section INSTALL AND UPGRADE OPTIONS. Concerning other tools, the poor experience I have with RH showed me that rpm is a great tool. Maybe you may try yum, which, iirc, is a GUI for rpm. Cheers, -- Gregory
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