On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:29:33 -0500 Jacob Peck <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/4/2013 11:19 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > I'll tell you a little secret that will make Linux and Windows > > people hate me: I **love** apps, like Leo, that install in a single > > tree. No .so. No .dll. No having to put it on the path. Complete > > removal is an rm -rf. I would assume I could copy my Leo tree to > > another 64 bit Linux computer and it would run. > I'm a Unix Sysadmin by day. I'm all with you -- single tree installs > are the best thing ever... hunting down config files and dependencies > and all that other nonsense (even with modern package managers!) is > surely a punishment in one of the circles of computer science hell. The odd thing is, if your software is written in an interpreter like Python, Perl, Lua or Ruby, there's little reason *not* to single-tree it. I do it a lot. Inspired by your post, I put this on the web: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/quickhacks.htm#single_tree_installation_of_python_programs Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
