[SGVLUG] Any1 Familliar with smartpm Package Manager?

[Dima Kogan via SGVLUG]

Larry Hart via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net> writes:

> Well, yesterday I asked in another LUG forum, but no1 answered, so I am hoping
> some1 here has run this alternative to dpkg.  You see, my dpkg has been messedup
> for awhile, so I went looking around packages.debian.org  and saw an item
> "smartpm" which after installing, runs as "smart" Anyway, it only seems to
> realize some packages which are already installed locally. From an avid
> description, it handles dipendancies much better than dpkg. But as an example,
> if I type
> smart install lynx
> it says something like no matching packages. So I can only suppose I must
> somehow tell it where to hookup with sources.list
> I also looked around the Debian bug tracking system, and items are not newer
> than 2011 or earlier. But still you would think I should be able to get this
> working with some repos. Thanks so much in advance. And by the way, when running
> dpkg related, I get an error about no sandbox on the system.

I'm a DD, so I can probably help you. Why aren't you using the "normal"
tools? If you don't have a compelling reason, then the answer is: use
the normal tools. I can help you if you provide more info.