[olug] linux web server management ?

[William E. Kempf]

Eric Penne said:
> Don't quote me on this but from a base system:
>
> apt-get install gnucash
>
> would probably download and install everything needed to run gnucash.
> This includes the Window manager and everything else.
>
> I think the only problem with apt-get is knowing the name of the
> program you want to install.  some of them are basic like apache and
> gnucash.  Others are not so friendly, like kde.  kde itself is not an
> installable program, you have to install kdebase.
>
> Finding this name is about as difficult as going and downloading
> whatever program you want then finding its setup.exe file.

I agree totally (though you should note that nowadays most downloadable
windows setup packages are "packaged for the web" installations, i.e.
there's a single file that you download and execute, with no need for
unpacking and running a seperate setup.exe).

> I think apt and setup.exe are equivalent in difficulty.

For vanilla installs.  And this misses the second half of what
"installation" truly means... either configure the application to actually
run.

> Not much for switches for using apt if you just want to install
> programs.  The GUI frontend makes finding the programs easier.  Then
> click, click the program and dependencies if needed are downloaded and
> installed.
>
> I haven't worked with urpmi or apt-rpm so I don't know how easy those
> are to use.

apt-rpm is pretty much just apt, AFAIK.  In fact, installing gnucash with
apt-rpm should be the same "apt-get install gnucash".  urpmi is *slightly*
different, but not very much.  The install with urpmi would be something
like "urpmi gnucash" (assuming "gnucash" is the actual package name).

William E. Kempf