On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, David Krings wrote:
> To me it would be great help if the programmers add a reliable source
> where to get EVERYTHING besides a working kernel to run this program.
Unfortunately, there are developers (both Windows and Unix) who don't do this.
But many do. With my own programs, I give information on where to get the Qt 2.
library that is needed.
However, giving links to EVERYTHING besides a kernel would mean THOUSANDS of
links. There are some things that the developer must take for granted. For
example, if it's an X program, it should be assumed that you have XFree86. If
it's a KDE or Gnome program, it should be assumed that you have the KDE or
Gnome libraries. And if it's a KDE or Gnome program, but the developer doesn't
let you know that, then that guy deserves a good flogging :-)
> Besides that if an rpm
> or a config calls for a missing file lib.abc.sdc++.2.78 how do i found out
> in which package it is ? Do i have to download any package that has a 2.78
> or a sdc++ in it ?
The trouble is, there's not a standard for packages. The Redhat name for a
library RPM package will be different from a SuSE library RPM, even though
they're both RPM's. But to keep things fair, I used to get the same thing with
Windows. I would install a program, run it, then get an error that I'm missing
abc123.ocx. Where do I get abc123.ocx? Is this something that came with the
developer's compiler that he forgot to distribute? Do I have to buy the latest
IE to get it? Does Download.com have it? If so, under what package?
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