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I was seraching and found this excelent tool for downloading and installing packages.

Its called "Synaptic" and it make life so much easier. Not only does it help you find RPM files online, if the package has dependencies then it also downloads and installs the other required packages too!

Links:

Synaptic - Web Site

Fedora RPM for Synaptic

APT - Install this first before installing Synaptic

Sorry if this is common knowledge, but for me this has really made life so much easier and I thought I'd share my discovery.

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I was seraching and found this excelent tool for downloading and installing packages.

Its called "Synaptic" and it make life so much easier. Not only does it help you find RPM files online, if the package has dependencies then it also downloads and installs the other required packages too!

Links:

Synaptic - Web Site

Fedora RPM for Synaptic

APT - Install this first before installing Synaptic

Sorry if this is common knowledge, but for me this has really made life so much easier and I thought I'd share my discovery.

yea its pretty common knowledge.. but yea it works very well for the rpm based distros

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Apt is great - it makes everything so much user friendly, and with Synaptic, Linux is so much easier to update. I always wanted a 'Windows Update' type program for all Linux packages. Apt and Synaptic is it!

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I get this eror when i try to install apt-0.5.15cnc3-0.1.fr.src.rpm

[root@localhost root]# rpm -i /root/apt-0.5.15cnc3-0.1.fr.src.rpm

warning: /root/apt-0.5.15cnc3-0.1.fr.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547b

warning: user machbuild does not exist - using root

warning: group machbuild does not exist - using root

but it goes on for a page

and then when i try to install synaptic-0.45-1.fr.src.rpm i get

[root@localhost root]# rpm -i /root/synaptic-0.45-1.fr.src.rpm

warning: /root/synaptic-0.45-1.fr.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547b

warning: user machbuild does not exist - using root

warning: group machbuild does not exist - using root

warning: user machbuild does not exist - using root

warning: group machbuild does not exist - using root

any ideas

Edited by Daniel.Teed
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