apt-get install synaptic

[Oroshi 80]

Already got apt-get, if not, you can get it from download apt-get

 

Instruction

 

or check here - http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraHOWTO for RPMS for apt-get.

 

If you are running on desktop and wish to use an apt-get GUI (synaptic).

 

Installing the apt-get

[venom@odyssey venom]$ su -

Password:

[root@odyssey root]# cd /home/venom/

[root@odyssey venom]# rpm -ivh apt-0.5.15cnc3-0.1.fr.i386.rpm

warning: apt-0.5.15cnc3-0.1.fr.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547b
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
  1:apt                    ########################################### [100%]

 

Updating the packages

[root@odyssey venom]# apt-get update

Get:1 http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/1/i386 release [1990B]
Fetched 1990B in 0s (2470B/s)
Get:1 http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/1/i386/core pkglist [1445kB]
Get:2 http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/1/i386/core release [151B]
Get:3 http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/1/i386/updates pkglist [138kB]
Get:4 http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/1/i386/updates release [157B]
Get:5 http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/1/i386/freshrpms pkglist [135kB]
Get:6 http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/1/i386/freshrpms release [161B]
Fetched 1719kB in 52s (32.9kB/s)
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done

 

Installing the GUI synaptic

[root@odyssey venom]# apt-get install synaptic

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
 synaptic
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 removed and 31 not upgraded.
Need to get 528kB of archives.
After unpacking 1790kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/1/i386/freshrpms synaptic 0.45-1.fr [528kB]
Fetched 528kB in 17s (29.3kB/s)
warning: /var/cache/apt/archives/synaptic_0.45-1.fr_i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547b
Committing changes...
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
  1:synaptic               ########################################### [100%]
Done.

 

Run the synaptic

[root@odyssey venom]# synaptic

(synaptic:1574): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 1827 (gtk_widget_hide): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

 

that what synaptic looks like in GUI

[anyweb 490]

for Fedora Core Release 2 (apt-get)

 

http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/...r.11.2.i386.rpm

 

for Fedora Core Release 1 use this

 

http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/1/...r.11.1.i386.rpm

 

for Redhat 9 use this

 

http://download.fedora.us/fedora/redhat/9/...8.rh90.i386.rpm

 

for Redhat 8 use this

 

http://download.fedora.us/fedora/redhat/8....8.rh80.i386.rpm

 

cheers

 

anyweb

[Oroshi 80]

For Fedora core 3 (apt-get) can be found on

 

http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fed...fc3.fr.i386.rpm

 

Enjoy!

[anyweb 490]

and in fedora core release 4 simply do this

 

yum install apt

 

cheers

anyweb

[znx 24]

heh, each progression is getting easier, could it be that apt will replace yum

[Gica 0]

rpm -ivh apt-0.5.15cnc3-0.1.fr.i386.rpm

rpmdb: malloc: Cannot allocate memory: 1318912

rpmdb: PANIC: Cannot allocate memory

error: db4 error(-30978) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run data base recovery

error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30978)

error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

warning: apt-0.5.15cnc3-0.1.fr.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a7048f8 d

rpmdb: malloc: Cannot allocate memory: 1318912

rpmdb: PANIC: Cannot allocate memory

error: db4 error(-30978) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run data base recovery

error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

 

 

whst can i don ?!