Is it good or bad to use apt-get on a Plesk-system?

[bartjenl]

I installed apt-get on my Fedora Core 2 server with Plesk installed for the easy installation of new packages.
Now apt-get advises me to upgrade this package:
apt-get -fs install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
perl-MailTools
The following packages will be upgraded
perl-MailTools
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 60 not upgraded.
Inst perl-MailTools [1.62-1.fc2.swsoft] (1.67-1.1.fc2.rf dag:Fedora Core 2/Unknown, Unknown:Unknown/Unknown)
Conf perl-MailTools (1.67-1.1.fc2.rf dag:Fedora Core 2/Unknown, Unknown:Unknown/Unknown)

So perl-MailTools from version 1.62-1.fc2.swsoft to 1.67-1.1.fc2

A "rpm -qa" shows more of those packages ending with .swsoft. It seems that they have been installed together with Plesk, but will they still work together with Plesk when I install a non-.swsoft-version?
I'm still some kind of *NIX-n00b and Plesk-n00b so if I ask something weird, simple or easy, excuse me

Another example of this is that at the moment php-4.3.10-2.4.1.swsoft is installed. Can I upgrade that to a normal php-5 rpm-installation?

 

[phoenixisp]

apt-get could get you in trouble by updating things that will break Plesk, php5 for instance. Your best bet for updates that are configured with Plesk in mind is ART's yum repository.

http://www.atomicrocketturtle.com/m...ns&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=18&page=1