Apt-rpm repositories

An overview of which rpm based distributions, providing native apt support can be found at: Distrowatch

Alt Linux

• Have a look at Alt Linux' Explanation

Conectiva

• The (a) repository is located here.
  More about apt at Conectiva can be found here.

Macromedia

• Macromedia offers its products (flash) via an apt repository. The repository for most of the mainstream linux distributions can be found here.

Poldek

• The repository is located here.
  A description of apt usage in Poldek can be found here. This description includes references to the sources.list file as well.
  Their homepage can be found here

Mandrake

• Mandrake-cooker: ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/apt
  look inside the above mentioned directory for the sources.list file.

OpenNMS

• A description of the apt repositories provided for OpenNMS can be found here.
• Click here if want to know which rpms are being provided for (e.g.) RedHat.

Postfix

• A description of the apt repositories provided for postfix can be found here.
• The page above refers to the sources.list file.

Redhat

• Tuxfamily
• Redhat 6.2, 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2: http://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/apt
  look inside the directory for the sources.list file.
• http://redhat.usu.edu
  look inside the directory for the sources.list file.
• http://apt.nixia.no/
  
• Freshrpms provides apt repositories for every 7.x official package Red Hat ever made (japanese, DMA, powertools, updates...) and also "freshrpms'" own packages: http://apt.freshrpms.net/. More apt repositories for RedHat are listed here.
• http://apt-rpm.stanford.edu
  
• Twin Cities Linux Users Group (TCLUG): ftp://ftp.mn-linux.org/linux/
  
  • RedHat 7.2
    • rpm ftp://ftp.mn-linux.org/linux apt/redhat-7.2-i386/redhat os
    • rpm ftp://ftp.mn-linux.org/linux apt/redhat-updates-7.2/redhat os
  • RedHat 6.2
    • rpm ftp://ftp.mn-linux.org/linux apt/redhat-6.2-i386/redhat os
    • rpm ftp://ftp.mn-linux.org/linux apt/redhat-updates-6.2/redhat os
• Cachalot provides an apt repository for RedHat (8.0) more about it at: http://cachalot.ods.org/dist/

SLUG Linux User Group

• The SLUG Linux User Group provides apt mirrors for Macromedia. More information can be found: here.
  The page provides a short explanation about apt as well.

SuSE

Have a look at the following frequently asked question: Why does apt upgrade almost every installed packages first. There is a dedicated APT for SuSE website, please read the information provided on that site!

• Gesellschaft fuer Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Goettingen (GWDG, SuSE's primary mirror) provides an apt repository for SuSE-7.3, SuSE-8.0 and SuSE-8.1at: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/.
  
  • sources.list file for SuSE-7.3: pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/7.3-i386/examples/sources.list.FTP
  • sources.list file for SuSE-8.0: pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/8.0-i386/examples/sources.list.FTP
  • sources.list file for SuSE-8.1: pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/8.1-i386/examples/sources.list.FTP
• Funktronics provides an apt repository for SuSE-8.0 and SuSE-8.1 at ftp://ftp.funktronics.ca/pub/rpm/apt, the sources.list file for SuSE-8.1 can be found here.
• The university of Erlangen (Germany) provides apt repository from 7.1 up to and including 8.1. The starting point of the repository is: here. The repository can be connected via http as well. In that case use this: link.
  An example SuSE 7.1 sources.list file can be retrieved from the url just mentioned. For the other versions just change the version number in the url.
• An exact mirror of the apt repository hosted by gwdg can be found at: ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/linux/suse/apt

Yellow Dog Linux

• Have a look at Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) howto