I like the way on redhat linux I can issue apt-get update to
retrieve a list of all current rpm files for my box, then issue
apt-get upgrade to pull new rpms for installation on my box.
Does such a thing exist for aix?

Mike

Mike <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> wrote:
M> I like the way on redhat linux I can issue apt-get update to
M> retrieve a list of all current rpm files for my box, then issue
M> apt-get upgrade to pull new rpms for installation on my box.
M> Does such a thing exist for aix?

APT comes from Debian. Perhaps the RedHat version uses RPM files.
The original APT uses DEBs.

It'd be nice just to be able to use the Debian PPC repository, but
those DEBs are compiled for Linux, not AIX.

I am not aware of a repository of RPMs or DEBs compiled for AIX.
(Perhaps your company would be interested in hosting one for the
public good?)

There is something akin to APT for AIX, but I doubt it's as
sophisticated as APT:

http://groups.google.com/groups?&q=AIX-GET

Regards,

Nicholas

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In article <3f8ff9cc$0$196$75868355@news.frii.net>, Nicholas Dronen wrote:
> Mike <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> wrote:
> M> I like the way on redhat linux I can issue apt-get update to
> M> retrieve a list of all current rpm files for my box, then issue
> M> apt-get upgrade to pull new rpms for installation on my box.
> M> Does such a thing exist for aix?
>
> APT comes from Debian. Perhaps the RedHat version uses RPM files.
> The original APT uses DEBs.
>
> It'd be nice just to be able to use the Debian PPC repository, but
> those DEBs are compiled for Linux, not AIX.
>
> I am not aware of a repository of RPMs or DEBs compiled for AIX.
> (Perhaps your company would be interested in hosting one for the
> public good?)
>
> There is something akin to APT for AIX, but I doubt it's as
> sophisticated as APT:
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?&q=AIX-GET
>

I'm not wanting to use the rpm's for aix, but rather to use
the rpm-fetching-type-utility to pull lpp/bff files from ibm (or somewhere)
to update my servers as needed. Initially I'm just looking for
something that will tell me which servers are down-level on
their packages so I can bring everything up to date.

Mike

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Mike <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> wrote:
M> In article <3f8ff9cc$0$196$75868355@news.frii.net>, Nicholas Dronen wrote:
>> Mike <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> wrote:
>> M> I like the way on redhat linux I can issue apt-get update to
>> M> retrieve a list of all current rpm files for my box, then issue
>> M> apt-get upgrade to pull new rpms for installation on my box.
>> M> Does such a thing exist for aix?
>>
>> APT comes from Debian. Perhaps the RedHat version uses RPM files.
>> The original APT uses DEBs.
>>
>> It'd be nice just to be able to use the Debian PPC repository, but
>> those DEBs are compiled for Linux, not AIX.
>>
>> I am not aware of a repository of RPMs or DEBs compiled for AIX.
>> (Perhaps your company would be interested in hosting one for the
>> public good?)
>>
>> There is something akin to APT for AIX, but I doubt it's as
>> sophisticated as APT:
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/groups?&q=AIX-GET
>>

M> I'm not wanting to use the rpm's for aix, but rather to use
M> the rpm-fetching-type-utility to pull lpp/bff files from ibm (or somewhere)
M> to update my servers as needed. Initially I'm just looking for
M> something that will tell me which servers are down-level on
M> their packages so I can bring everything up to date.

Then that google link's for you.

Regards,

Nicholas

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> In article <3f8ff9cc$0$196$75868355@news.frii.net>, Nicholas Dronen wrote:
> > Mike <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> wrote:
> > M> I like the way on redhat linux I can issue apt-get update to
> > M> retrieve a list of all current rpm files for my box, then issue
> > M> apt-get upgrade to pull new rpms for installation on my box.
> > M> Does such a thing exist for aix?
> >
> > APT comes from Debian. Perhaps the RedHat version uses RPM files.
> > The original APT uses DEBs.
> > There is something akin to APT for AIX, but I doubt it's as
> > sophisticated as APT:
That's right, but I think it is not necessary to have all apt-get
features on AIX as it doesn't usually used as general purpose server but
rather as box for several commercial applications so it's configuration
is pretty stable and requires only updates after a short-time
installation state.

> > http://groups.google.com/groups?&q=AIX-GET
> >
>
> I'm not wanting to use the rpm's for aix, but rather to use
> the rpm-fetching-type-utility to pull lpp/bff files from ibm (or somewhere)
> to update my servers as needed. Initially I'm just looking for
> something that will tell me which servers are down-level on
> their packages so I can bring everything up to date.
Then aix-get is exactly the thing you need
http://aix-get.sf.net/

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Konstantin Starodubtsev

Nicholas Dronen wrote:
> Mike <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> wrote:
> M> I like the way on redhat linux I can issue apt-get update to M>
> retrieve a list of all current rpm files for my box, then issue M>
> apt-get upgrade to pull new rpms for installation on my box. M> Does
> such a thing exist for aix?
>
> APT comes from Debian. Perhaps the RedHat version uses RPM files. The
> original APT uses DEBs.

Apt has been made to work with rpm. There is also Yum.

And of course it has nothing to do with Linux at all.

> I am not aware of a repository of RPMs or DEBs compiled for AIX.
> (Perhaps your company would be interested in hosting one for the public
> good?)

It would be nice to see a good one. A coordinated open collection of
packages that come entirely scripted (like rpm and deb are and/or like for
example NetBSD does) and can be rebuilt (with any desired changes added as
patches) entirely noninteractively. More or less what fedora.us,
freshrpms.net and, at the top, debian are.

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeS...lbox/RPMS/ppc/

The rpm given there is of stone axe vintage and way too old to support
apt. It does give something of a display on how to use rpm on top of a
non-rpm-packaged base system. Compiling v4 seemed tricky last I looked.

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