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[Clinton MacDonald]

Mr. Barr:

Brian Barr <barr AT coastal DOT ufl DOT edu> wrote:
> I highly recommend installing their apt packages
> which can be found here:
>
<http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/yellowdog/3.0/apt/>

You are brilliant! *Finally*, we have an alternative
to yum for installation of packages on Yellow Dog
Linux!

There is a beer (or another beverage of your choice)
waiting for you the next time you visit Lubbock, TX.

> For the graphically minded, there is a GUI frontend
> to apt-get called 'synaptic' which can
> be installed simply by typing:
> 
> apt-get install synaptic
> 
> <sacrilege>I prefer apt-get over yum.</sacrilege>

I am downloading apt-get right now, and I will tell
you soon whether I prefer apt-get over yum.

Best wishes,
Clint

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Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint DOT macdonald AT sbcglobal DOT net>