Questions about Ubuntu

[Ben Scott]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Bruce Labitt <bruce.labitt at verizon.net> wrote:
> Can one use apt with Ubuntu?

  Ubuntu uses apt for its package management front-end and dependency
management, so not only can one use with Ubuntu, one *must* use apt
with Ubuntu.  :)

  "apt" is analogous to "yum".

  "dpkg" is analogous to "rpm".

> Does that get one out of most of dependency hell?

  As I wrote in another message, "dependency hell" mostly arises not
from the tools being used, but the packages one is using them with.
If one stays within the packages provided by the distribution, dep
hell is unlikely to be a problem.  If one is using third-party
packages, all bets are off.

-- Ben