yum and apt updating at the same time

PeTzZz · #1 4th March 2004, 06:55 PM

1) yum is downloading rpm files
2) I close the terminal and so i break rpm downloads (some rpm files have been downloaded already and yum don't download them again the next time I run the update again)
3) I use apt to download and upgrade the same packages already downloaded with yum (and some more), but which have not installed by yum yet

So the question:
What is about yum now? It's download process is in progess (the next time I use # yum update command, it starts downloading rpm files where it stopped the last time). What to do? May I continue downloading those rpm files so yum can upgrade those packages I didn't upgrade with apt? How can I stop those rpm file downloads so yum can install downloaded upgrades?

PeTzZz · #2 4th March 2004, 07:24 PM

OK, I heard now that it is not very recommended to use apt in Fedora. Yum is the best. So this topic should be deleted or locked I think, because it seems to be pointless now.

bosox · #3 5th March 2004, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PeTzZz
OK, I heard now that it is not very recommended to use apt in Fedora. Yum is the best. So this topic should be deleted or locked I think, because it seems to be pointless now.

where did you hear that yum was preferred over apt? I use both and I prefer apt

but this is just a personal preference

Jman · #4 5th March 2004, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PeTzZz
How can I stop those rpm file downloads so yum can install downloaded upgrades?

If you want to clean out the old packages with yum, use the command

Code:

yum clean packages

The equivalent command for apt is

Code:

apt-get clean

This should clean out the rpms. Check out the man pages for yum and apt-get for more ways to clean out the junk packages and headers.

PeTzZz · #5 5th March 2004, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bosox
where did you hear that yum was preferred over apt? I use both and I prefer apt but this is just a personal preference

The 04.03.2004 21:08 post:
http://www.hinnavaatlus.ee/phorum/vi...493&highlight=

Translation:
APT is said not be the thing that it is in Debian which tool it is actually meant to be. But YUM is specially made for RPM. But it is not said not to use APT.