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It's not just the command that one types. DEB packages are more widely available than RPM. The Debian repositories are larger. And for all its flaws, I find dep
by hackyhacky 2y ago
It's not just the command that one types. DEB packages are more widely available than RPM. The Debian repositories are larger. And for all its flaws, I find dependency resolution is done better on apt than the alternatives.
- lucasoshiro 2y ago> DEB packages are more widely available than RPM. The Debian repositories are larger. This is up to the repository. If Debian choose RPM it would be as large as it already is
- timbit42 2y agoBut it didn't and it isn't. Debian created DEB three years before RPM was created. Starting out, RPM didn't even support dependencies. I got into Linux before RPM so Debian was the obvious choice. I never understood why RPM was created.
- ta1243 2y agoThe reason I chose debian in the first place was because of the superiority of apt-get and debian/rules over getting random things from rpmfind.net I thought redhat distros later introduced yum as the "apt" equivalent?
- kennysoona 2y ago> I find dependency resolution is done better on apt than the alternatives. Everyone says this about their favorite package manager.
- alexey-salmin 2y agoExcept for pip, it's like a golden standard of bad dependency resolution