using yum to get apt-get or apt

Mel Seder melseder-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Sat Apr 24 06:01:21 UTC 2004


Actually a Winnipeg Friend gave me a url to put in my /etc/yum.conf file and it
worked fine.  Thanks for your reply.

--- Gilles Fourchet <gilles.fourchet-zzOxFVvAfJPQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I do not know yum (nor Fedora actually) but I know that there is an rpm 
> for this tools.  I have used it and it works pretty well.  You just have 
> to download it and install it "manually".  After that, it works 
> flawlessly (at least for me when I tried it).
> 
> Gilles
> 
> 
> Mel Seder wrote:
> 
> >The commands below aren't getting  either apt-get or apt.  How can I get
> these
> >debian favorites for Fedora CORE 1 ?
> >
> >
> >[root-lwfWIikfpTg at public.gmane.org root]# yum install apt-get
> >Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> >Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base
> >Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Released Updates
> >Finding updated packages
> >Downloading needed headers
> >Cannot find a package matching apt-get
> >No actions to take
> >
> >[root-lwfWIikfpTg at public.gmane.org root]# yum install apt
> >Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> >Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base
> >Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Released Updates
> >Finding updated packages
> >Downloading needed headers
> >Cannot find a package matching apt
> >No actions to take
>

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