[GLLUG] Easy way to install programs

[Michael Watters]

Seth Bembeneck wrote:
> Is there any easy way to install a program and all of it’s dependencies 
> with out downloading each one?
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> For example, I’m trying to install a rpm wu-ftpd?????????.rpm. According 
> to the web site, there are several dependencies for it, and of course 
> each one of those could have dependencies.
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> What do I do?
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> I have Red Hat 9.0.
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> Thanks,
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> Seth
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Use apt, which is available at http://www.freshrpms.net

Then you can just apt-get install wuftpd.

By the way, wuftpd is considered very insecure, you may want to look 
into ProFTPd or other alternatives.