yum for mandrake linux

TonyK · External Since: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 13

Hi,
Yum is said that it is the best software management tool...
Can yum be used for software management in Mandriva 2007?
What are the pros and cons?
Many thanks,

Tony

Dan Espen · External Since: Jan 16, 2006 Posts: 496

TonyK <kobatakea RemoveThis @yahoo.com> writes:

> Hi,
> Yum is said that it is the best software management tool...
> Can yum be used for software management in Mandriva 2007?
> What are the pros and cons?

I've used yum and I've used urpmi.

Stick with urpmi.

Your first sentence barely makes sense.

TonyK · External Since: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 13

Dan Espen wrote:
> TonyK <kobatakea RemoveThis @yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>> Yum is said that it is the best software management tool...
>> Can yum be used for software management in Mandriva 2007?
>> What are the pros and cons?
>
> I've used yum and I've used urpmi.
>
> Stick with urpmi.
>
> Your first sentence barely makes sense.

Many thanks, use urpmi too.

Agree, could have said it better.

D.F · External Since: Jun 26, 2007 Posts: 2

"TonyK" <kobatakea DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Yum is said that it is the best software management tool...

This is totally wrong; in Mandriva you have URPMI that might be the best
software management tool; if you dislike it, you can install apt-get,
another great tool for managing packages.

> Can yum be used for software management in Mandriva 2007?
> What are the pros and cons?
> Many thanks,
>
> Tony

Dan Espen · External Since: Jan 16, 2006 Posts: 496

"D.F" <no_spam.TakeThisOut@thanks.es> writes:

> "TonyK" <kobatakea.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:JQyfi.598$zA4.561@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> Hi,
>> Yum is said that it is the best software management tool...
>
> This is totally wrong; in Mandriva you have URPMI that might be the best
> software management tool; if you dislike it, you can install apt-get,
> another great tool for managing packages.

Having used both I think I give urpmi the edge
for being the best tool, but just slightly, they
both do just about the same thing.

However, I find the Mandriva repositories to be way
more complete thanks to the PLF and contrib.

Walter Mautner · External Since: Oct 28, 2006 Posts: 55

TonyK wrote:

> Hi,
> Yum is said that it is the best software management tool...
> Can yum be used for software management in Mandriva 2007?
> What are the pros and cons?
> Many thanks,
>
With Mandriva, you have urpmi which is similar or better quality.
Don't forget about smart - it allows reinstalls and has a nice gui
(smart-gui) as well.

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TonyK · External Since: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 13

Walter Mautner wrote:
> TonyK wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Yum is said that it is the best software management tool...
>> Can yum be used for software management in Mandriva 2007?
>> What are the pros and cons?
>> Many thanks,
>>
> With Mandriva, you have urpmi which is similar or better quality.
> Don't forget about smart - it allows reinstalls and has a nice gui
> (smart-gui) as well.
>
Have used urpmi, liked it and will stick with it. Won't bother with
yum anymore. Many thanks to all of those that responded.