rpm vs. yum vs. apt-get vs. dpkg

[sloopy]

On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 09:00, Eric Dunbar wrote:
> I've noticed that apt-get is available on my YDL 3 install (I ran it
> when I was trying to figure out why "ditto" wasn't available... (I use
> it under OS X)).
> 
> So what is/are the relationships between these different package &
> dependency managers?
> 
> rpm = redhat package manager, yum = yellowdog update manager (& now
> adopted by fedora IIRC), dpkg, apt-get are related too (does apt-get
> use dpkg)?
> 
> Anyway, what's the family tree here or is there one?
> 
> Eric.
> _______________________________________________

rpm actualy installs, removes, and updates the packages, yum runs on top
of it checking depenedancies, and d/l'ing what is needed,

apt and dpkg work in a similar way respectively...


sloopy.