From Annvix
A urpmi user's guide to apt
As of Annvix 2.0-CURRENT, urpmi is no longer the package management tool of choice. Instead, we have adopted apt-rpm (aka "apt-4-rpm") to handle all package installation responsibilities.
The daily update of the repositories that used to use urpmi now uses apt. The upgrade from 1.2-RELEASE to 2.0-CURRENT creates an apt configuration based on your pre-existing urpmi configuration. Finally, the ports system now uses apt instead of urpmi.
For those who use Annvix because of it's (now nearly non-existant) similarities to Mandriva, you may be confused or wondering how to use apt, having come from a urpmi background. Even older users of Annvix may be wondering how to do in apt what comes natually with urpmi.
Comparison of urpmi and apt-get commands
The typical "cycle" of working with urpmi involves updating the repository, installing packages, or upgrading pre-existing packages to their newest version. These commands would be:
- urpmi.update -a: update all the urpmi repositories
- urpmi joe: installs the rpm package joe
- urpmi --auto-select: upgrades all pre-existing packages to the latest versions from any repository
The commands are very similar with apt:
- apt-get update: updates all the apt repositories
- apt-get install joe: installs the rpm package joe
- apt-get upgrade: upgrades all pre-existing packages to the latest versions from any repository, provided that no new packages must be installed to satisfy dependencies
- apt-get dist-upgrade: upgrades all pre-existing packages to the latest versions from any repository and will install any new packages required to satisfy dependencies
Configuration changes
urpmi used a special command to add and remove media; the urpmi.addmedia and urpmi.removemedia commands. apt does not require anything like this, instead you can edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file to change and add repositories.
For instance, a sources.list file may look like:
rpm ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/annvix/releases i586 release release-doc
# added by annvix-ports
rpm file:/usr/local/ports packages ports
When you issue apt-get update it will update all repositories, unlike urpmi where you must either specify a repository to update or use the "-a" option to update them all.
