Kevin O'Rorke wrote: > > I know some geeks out there will say "get a pre-compiled version". You > cannot find one for your distro, or not one at all. > Seriously, until Linux programs can be installed as easily and reliably > as Windows programs (I HAVE NEVER EVER HAD AN INSTALLATION PROBLEM IN > WIN) then Linux has not a dogs chance in Hell of competing with Windows. > I enjoy the challenge of fighting with Linux and consider myself an > apprentice geek in that realm, but really what John > says is, unfortunately true.
Maybe you should try Synaptic, the Debian package manager, or Adept, in Ubuntu, or YaST in SuSE, or slapt-get in slackware. They all solve most of the dependencies. Personally, I prefer to install things by myself and mantain the dependencies also by myself. It adheres to the KISS principle, and at least in Slackware, works like a charm. Needless to say, if you want to be in "the cutting edge", you have to compile the applications by yourself, but 99% of the times, is just a matter of doing: # ./configure # make # make install Also, you can learn how to make your distro's packages, and become the packager for the "X" application. Doing this, another ham will only have to use Adept, or Synaptic, or YaST, or slapt-get to get installed it in his/her system. By the way, is really nice to have more than 14 000 applications in a repository, waiting to be installed in your distro, freely. Best regards, nat, CM3NA Proud Slackware user __________________________________________ XIII Convención Científica de Ingeniería y Arquitectura 28/noviembre al 1/diciembre de 2006 Cujae, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba http://www.cujae.edu.cu/eventos/convencion
