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

[Andrew Mason]

So here's a question....since apt-get is 
a) faster than yum
b) more powerful than yum (apt-pinning etc..)
c) more mature than yum
d) compatible with rpms (as seen in ydl3)

why don't more distros / yellowdog use apt as their main package management 
software?

btw apt also works for slackware tgz packages

Not a flame, just curious for the switch. 

Andrew M


On Friday 04 February 2005 2:13 pm, sloopy wrote:
> 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.
>
>
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