Problem finding the synaptic stuff on rpmfind.net?

[David C. Hacker, DVM]

I just installed synaptic.  I just went to a terminal and typed yum  
install synaptic
Once it was installed I just launched it from the menu and went to  
upgrading my system.  Works great.  Thanks for the tip Clint.

David C. Hacker, DVM
212 N 1st St #2
New Salem, ND 58563
(701) 843-8179
On May 9, 2004, at 3:02 PM, Douglas Denholm wrote:

>
>
> The synaptic graphical front end sounds great but when I tried going  
> to the
> links you gave below (at rpmfind.net) I could not find them. Do they  
> work
> for you? Maybe they have moved elsewhere although I poked around a bit  
> on
> the site without finding them.
>
> --Doug
>
>
>
>> Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 07:27:37 -0500
>> From: Clinton MacDonald <clint.macdonald@sbcglobal.net>
>> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>> Subject: Re: Getting descriptions of the yum-able packages...
>> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>>
>> Mr. Denholm:
>>
>> Douglas Denholm wrote:
>>> Now I have some idea of what *some* of them are for but there are  
>>> dozens
>>> (and dozens!) where I have no idea what they are for. And the folks
>>> developing these packages seem to enjoy coming up with names that  
>>> have
>>> no discernable connection to what their purpose ;).
>>
>> Isn't that the truth! (Take "yum," for example -- doesn't that just
>> scream "update and installation utility"? NOT!)
>>
>>> Is there some place where I can find descriptions of all these  
>>> packages?
>>
>> The traditional method is to examine the list and Google for
>> likely-looking package names. That works about 50% of the time. For  
>> the
>> other 50%, that's what this mailing list is for. :-)
>>
>> However, there is a lovely alternative to yum for installing packages.
>> Install the "apt-get" package management system, then install the
>> Synaptic graphical front end:
>>
>> <http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/freshrpms/ayo/yellowdog/3.0/ppc/ 
>> RPMS.freshrpms/s
>> ynaptic-0.42-1.fr.ppc.html>
>>
>> See a previous post by Glenn Greenfield for more explanation:
>>
>> <http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-newbie/2003- 
>> September
>> /004559.html>
>>
>> Synaptic has a very nice GUI, includes a search utility, and gives
>> useful descriptions of all listed packages. I prefer it to yum for all
>> but the most basic updates.
>
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