Re: apt-get like?
From: Nicholas Dronen (ndronen_at_io.frii.com)
Date: 08/17/03
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Date: 17 Aug 2003 16:47:58 GMT
__Frank__ <laspinafranziski@virgilio.it> wrote:
F> I have the opportunity to work on a wonderful Power64/AIX 5.3
F> I tried to install several open-source packages (downloaded from
F> bullfreeware); I was wondering if there is a system to check
F> dependencies something like apt-get under Linux...
More properly, "like apt-get under Debian."
F> Thanks in advance.
I'm not aware of any commercial UNIX that has a package management
tool that's anywhere near as nice as APT. (In face, The one you'll
find on Solaris is not only not as nice as APT, it' a nightmare.)
As far as dependencies go, AIX-wise, there are the following:
# To list the contents of a fileset
$ lslpp -f [ fileset name ]
# Corresponding Debian command
$ dpkg -L [ deb ]
# To list the fileset that contains a file
$ lslpp -w [ /path/to/file ]
# Corresponding Debian command
$ dpkg -S [ /path/to/file ]
IBM used to have a neat (for its time) GUI tool called 'fixdist'
that (I think) would calculate dependencies for you and download
them. These days, eat your porridge:
https://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/aix.fdc
For you diehard AIX-ers who might think that IBM has made AIX
the easiest OS to administer in *all* respects, think again.
This is what an upgrade looks like using Debian:
# apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
And the upgrade happens over the network, either from your own APT
server or from a public one. They don't even make you pay for the
bandwidth.
Regards,
Nicholas
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