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Well apt has tools that help you install it through dpkg and manage it through apt, just not many use it. What I am wondering is how they solve the dependency
by wwortiz 16y ago
Well apt has tools that help you install it through dpkg and manage it through apt, just not many use it.
What I am wondering is how they solve the dependency problem, like say something depends on bash and you remove bash with rm do you get any warnings or help or just a broken system? (This is more for when it is part of gobo and not installed from source).
- maw 16y agoRemoving bash using rm would probably be a bad idea. Although I think using the filesystem for this purpose is a good idea -- you get parallel-installed versions for free, and it's more reliable and transparent than what you get from rpm -- you're right that just deleting stuff willy nilly won't work. You still need to manage dependencies, and dependency graphs are not easy for humans to keep in our heads.