Redhat ditch RPM for DEB apt-get in 2009?
One of the common problems installing software on GNU-Linux machines is the variety of different packaging systems. Redhat is still persevering with its own RPM packing system, when others have already adopted the standard DEB package format.. how long till they make the switch to DEB and apt-get online repositories?
RPM is notorious for dependency problems, I've suffered with Mandriva and Fedora in the past when trying to get extra software packages working. It's now time for consolidation Redhat! They're losing out to Ubuntu.. so this might even tempt some users back ;)
Dropping RPM would save Redhat development costs, and make it easier for customers to move to Redhat from all the DEB based distributions of GNU-Linux (Ubuntu etc). SuSE should also migrate their YUM front end to DEB!
Labels: Consolidation, Future, GNU+Linux, Ubuntu
posted by Jon Grant, 東京 @ 14:56
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Though I am not certain I have extreme doubts Red Hat will switch to DEB over RPM.
Also, SUSE uses RPM packages. YUM is not a package format. It is instead a package management system front-end that SUSE uses. Heh, an anagram. ;)
I have seen several people "in the know" claim that RPM tools are more advanced that DPKG tools for newer versions of RPM. I would normally discount this as fanboyism, but the two developers worked on Ubuntu.
Daengbo: Thanks for your comment.
I'd like to see the developers of RPM and DEB work together to find a common way forward, if DEB is behind, definitely it should incorporate features Redhat would need.
There are many duplications in GNU-Linux distros, DEB vs RPM is just one. If GNU-Linux is ever going to dominate on the desktop it needs to standardise and give users a similar experience on different distros they try out!
Don't blame RPM for dependency problems, blame the developers of the .rpm files.
.deb files also suffer dependency problems, but I don't see you complaining about it. How come?
YUM does support dpkg as a back-end thus already has DEB compatibility as long as dpkg is installed.
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