My fault for not including apt-get. YUM *and apt-get* are
taking the Linux community by storm. Basically, apt-get and YUM
serve the same purpose, just two different implementations of
the same thing. YUM is also the underlying base of the latest
up2date, if you are a Fedora user. Regardless, having the
packages on an easily updatable channel would make Firebird
extremely easy to install and update.

fedora.us and freshrpms.net offer both YUM and apt-get support:
http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraHOWTO
http://freshrpms.net/

I know how to use YUM and apt-get, but I don't know how to
create an installable package for them. I was hoping someone
on the development team would read this and decide it was
worth the effort.

Bob

Paul Reeves wrote:

>On Monday 02 February 2004 00:05, Bob Byron wrote:
>
>
>>Has there been any thought given to making a YUM install?
>>
>>YUM seems to be taking the Linux community by storm.
>>It makes package installation very trivial. I don't
>>know all of the particulars, but it is doing a great job
>>keeping my system up to date. It would be awesome if
>>all I had to do is to issue the command "yum install firebird"
>>and it went on its way.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Pardon me for being cynical but... do a sed and replace YUM with rpm or
>apt-get and the above will read just the same.
>
>But yes, I am cynical, not least because I'm one part of the Linux
>community that has never heard of YUM, let alone been taken by storm.
>
>
>Paul
>
>

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