Thanks all for all the detailed answers :) very helpful. On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeif...@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote: > Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sir...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Thanks all , thanks for the detailed answer but do you think compiling >> is a good solution to go-with, except installing the package from >> repository. i have heard that people always suggest to install >> packages from repository not by compiling. i know repo should contain >> old release but stable one however, for more option and newer releases >> one should need to compile it from source. >> >> but my question is, what pros do normally ? > > Unless you've got a good reason (it isn't in the repository, or you need > something more recent than has made it to the repository, or you want to > make some modifications to it are the three that come to mind > immediately), install from the repository. There are three major > advantages to this: > > (1) the developer may be working with a directory structure that's > different from the Debian structure. The package maintainer will > have patched the package to match the Debian structure. > > (2) the version from the repository will (probably -- exceptions > constitute bugs) have been compiled and tested against versions of > libraries and other programs that you've got on your system. > > (3) if you can't install, the package manager will know what other > packages you need in order to fix the situation. > > If you compile from source, (1) says you can get stuff installed > someplace weird, (2) says you may trigger bugs that wouldn't have turned > up in the version in the repository, and (3) says if compilation fails > you're completely on your own to guess what additional software you need > to install -- and that may not be in the repository either. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1bvcacg3zh....@snowball.wb.pfeifferfamily.net >
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