Synaptic, dependencies, apt quest.

[alt_ctrl_del]

Recently I installed Fedora Core 2 on a machine and ended up in dependency hell, the packages on the sources disc required things that weren't even on the cd. I'm trying to avoid that, and I was wondering a couple of things-

-I've heard of Synaptic, does that get all dependencies when getting packages/have dependencies in itself? Is it package specific? (ie only handles .rpm)

And (A little less related, but)

-What distros beside Debian use apt?

Thanks if anyone can help.

 

[s0me0ne]

Just complie from a source tar ball will make life sooooooo much easyer. See if they have a source RPM then your could build the rpm will load right on in. I think almost every distro can use apt because Its just a package manager. Im pretty sure if you can download it you can use it. It worked for me on RH9/suse9.1 per/pro I dont have any other distros close to me so im just gunna guess

 

[alt_ctrl_del]

Thanks, I'll try your suggestion! It seems like it's alot easier to use tar's anyway, they've been the few times that I had to, instead of doing all that .rpm crap..