I used to have apt available on my CentOS server, but I had to reinstall and now I have yum. I've searched on how to replace it with no results.
If anyone could help, thanks!
I am on CentOS 5.9, if that helps.
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While it may be possible to run a version of apt on a CentOS server, I'd strongly urge you to use the native yum commands, as that's the packaging and software delivery framework for CentOS and other Red Hat-like operating systems.
This apt and yum translation table can help if you're looking for the proper command equivalents between the two.
However, apt for CentOS does exist. Here's a Dag Wieers article detailing its use.
You'll need to install the RepoForge repository via rpm in order to be able to download the apt package. It's totally compatible, works and is supported... but also unnecessary, given that yum covers most needs.
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I had apt before my reinstall. It worked perfectly fine, and I will not waste time having to figure out the respective names for each package I installed via apt for yum. I don't see why I shouldn't do it. Doesn't matter to me what package manager I use, I just want to use apt, and not yum. – alexpja Jan 28 '13 at 01:03
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3Then why not just use Debian or a derivative? – EEAA Jan 28 '13 at 01:07
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@alexpja See my edited answer above. – ewwhite Jan 28 '13 at 01:10
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Alright, I'll do that. IIRC yum + apt won't cause issues being installed together, correct? – alexpja Jan 28 '13 at 01:11
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@alexpja Nope. No issues. It's not available in CentOS 6, though. – ewwhite Jan 28 '13 at 01:12
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That's fine, using 5.9. – alexpja Jan 28 '13 at 01:13
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3@alexpja You won't be using it forever. You'll have to learn `yum` eventually. – Michael Hampton Jan 28 '13 at 01:19
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@MichaelHampton but at this moment I do not care about yum, I just need apt. I'll learn it when I'll need it. – alexpja Jan 28 '13 at 01:24
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1@alexpja - seriously, you're swimming upstream here. You should either learn yum or switch to a Debian derivative. – EEAA Jan 28 '13 at 01:28
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@alexpja, if you're going to do this kind of thing at least make sure you document the steps so that you don't have to ask again. – John Gardeniers Jan 28 '13 at 02:34