[Bioclusters] how are the Redhat product changes affecting existing and future plans?

Tim Cutts bioclusters@bioinformatics.org
Thu, 6 Nov 2003 19:44:17 +0000


On 04-Nov-03, Nox wrote:
> Glad we stuck with debian.
> 	The intent when we began with deb was to develop 
> a Cluster specific deb version, which we are still working on.
> (Not just FAI but fully optimized)
> 
> I would love to know if anyone plans on testing out that 
> MandrakeClustering, and if you could post your findings.
> 
> I just switched from woody to drake 9.2 on my desktop,
> and am very happy so far with it. (Although I miss apt-get)

You need miss it no more.  APT has been ported to RPM-based
distributions.  We've tested it on Red Hat 7.3, 8.0 and 9.0, and it
works well.  Google for APT-RPM and you'll find it.

Tim

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Dr Tim Cutts
Informatics Systems Group
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK