On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 11:33:02PM -0400, Roy wrote:
> I am using F14. Things are generally going well. However, package
> management is a bit confusing. I can install from the command line
> using yum and rpm or from Yumex with the GUI. But for some strange
> reason, neither Packagekit nor Add/ Remove Software work. I get the
> same error. I get no such table: packages and package list needs to be
> rebuilt. It says to use the backend to fix it. I have done this from
> yum using the commandline, but it does not seem to do anything in
> Add/Remove or Packagekit.
In theory, PackageKit works in conjunction with yum.
The fact that it isn't is probably a bug--on the other hand, I think the
vast majority of Fedora users stick with yum--in part because, with
Fedora often being broken, one is better off using the command line to
see what's going on.
>
> It is mystifying. I am used to Ubuntu where apt and Synaptic are
> basically the same thing. If one works the other will. If Synaptic
> works then Software Centre will too.
In theory it should. In theory, theory and practice are the same,
in practice, they often aren't. :)
My own experience with F14--been using it since the Beta came out on my
workstation at work--has been pretty decent. Some undocumented changes
in the way they do ldap clients--they've broken /etc/ldap.conf into two
files, pam_ldap.conf and nss_ldap.conf, but that's the way Linux goes,
let's complicate the already complicated and not tell anyone.
--
Scott Robbins
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