[linux] install apt-get on linux Red Hat server

I'm setting up a Linux Red Hat web server. apt-get isn't installed, but yum is. However, yum cannot find the apt package.

When I run apt-get, I get a message from the shell saying that the command apt-get couldn't be found. When I try yum install apt or yum install apt-get I get a message saying yum couldn't find the package and there was nothing to do

I suspect that it's probably a case of editing a sources list (as with apt) to add the source that apt is available from, but I a) don't know where this source list would be, and b) don't know what source would provide apt...

If anyone could enlighten me, it would be greatly appreciated

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I think you're running into problems because RedHat uses RPM for managing packages. Debian based systems use DEBs, which are managed with tools like apt.


If you insist on using yum, try yum install apt. As read on this site: Link


wget http://dag.wieers.com/packages/apt/apt-0.5.15lorg3.1-4.el4.rf.i386.rpm

rpm -ivh apt-0.5.15lorg3.1-4.el4.rf.i386.rpm

wget http://dag.wieers.com/packages/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.4-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm

rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.3.4-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm

maybe some URL is broken,please research it. Enjoy~~


If you have a Red Hat server use yum. apt-get is only for Debian, Ubuntu and some other related linux.

Why would you want to use apt-get anyway? (It seems like you know what yum is.)