On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 09:49 -0700, Kim Lux wrote: > That was my point: synaptic and apt use rpms. So if I've got a > dependency issue with apt and synaptic, I'll be having a dependency > issue with rpms as well. I'd much, much rather use synaptic to take > care of those issues than doing it manually with rpms. > > I've had to install packages in the past that have needed 6 to twelve > other packages. (mplayer, xine, kdebase-devel of a new version, etc.) > When synaptic can do the install it is much, much easier than manually > doing it with rpms. > > I wasn't aware that synaptic was a single arch package. I don't think > users care if synaptic isn't written in python. They just want a system > to easily install packages with. I'd say it works pretty darn good > 80-95% of the time. I understand it is not graphical (yet) but you do know that yum exists, right? yum install nameofpackage it will download and install all the dependencies you need, too. -sv