apt problems

[Rick Thomas]

Apt is broken in the basic YDL3.0 install.


Use "yum update" instead.

Yum will update apt to a version which is no longer broken.  Then you
can go back to using "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" if you want,
but the conventional wisdom on this list is that yum is easier.

Rick

Andrew Jacobs wrote:
> 
> I just reformatted my 8500/180 with YDL 2.2 and installed a fresh copy
> of 3.0.   I couldn't find an easier way to do this.  Anyway, I did a
> custom install as this is only going to be an internet server, but
> after doing an apt-get update and then an apt-get dist-upgrade, I get
> errors that look like this example, but for every package:
> 
> xinetd: PreDepends: /sbin/chkconfig but it is not installable
>            PreDepends: /etc/init.d but it is not installable
>            PreDepends: /sbin/service but it is not installable
>            PreDepends: /bin/sh but it is not installable
> 
> I've tried rebuilding the rpm database, but am not sure what else to
> try.  Doing an apt-get -f install (the recommended fix) wanted to
> uninstall everything.  Help?
> 
> -Andrew
> 
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