Brian Dean wrote:
On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 09:39:10PM +0200, David Brown wrote:
As long as someone has put together that information for your chosen
system, installation is generally simple (occasional slips can occur in
any system), and normally faster and easier than windows-style
installation wizards. It is when the packages do not exist for your
combination of distribution, chosen software, and required versions,
that installation can be far more awkward with *nix.
And even moreso on Windows. People were in for a real ordeal before
WinAVR became available, for instance.
I've been there and done that - and I would not recommend it to the
inexperienced!
I think we agree that ports (or apt-get for Debian-style Linux) is a
much better system than windows installers, and that "./configure &&
make" on *nix is much better than getting cygwin or mingw installed,
then running "./configure && make" (and fixing the problems along the
way) on windows without an installer. I'm just saying that a windows
installer is easier than "./configure && make" on *nix when there is no
package available for your chosen system, and that this situation turns
up regularly.
mvh.,
David
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