i used apt-get and synaptic on a Core2 box for a while and experience
little in the way of problems. i did have to check up on it from tim
to time but it dealt with deps well and kept a workable log of it
changes.

...good luck!
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 03:08:10 +0000, Mike Allen wrote:

> Is there any issues I need to be aware of in using APT-GET on
> RedHat/Fedora based systems- basically is it okay to rely on as main
> update /install mechanism for other applications? I would prefer to use
> APT-GET rather than YUM (although good) or Up2Date.
>
> I am not asking for a political or your favorite answer, but for your
> technical recommendation - basically that there are no issues in relying
> with just apt-get.
>
> Thanks for your feedback.

I run Fedora Core 3 on several systems. I have had no problems having
up2date, yum and apt-get installed on each machines at the same time.

I'm more of a yum fan myself. However I have found it very useful to
have/use apt-get or up2date instead of yum to address or fix various
package issues.

On my systems I even created alias (aptly named 'update') which runs the
following commands:

yum -y update;
yum -y upgrade;
up2date -u;
apt-get update;
apt-get -y upgrade;

I did this because yum, up2date and apt-get point to different
repositories, which the others aren't configured for.

So I simply run my 'update' command, and the system checks & updates from
all of these package managers. Works like a charm; even when setup via the
crontab.

Hope this helps...