On 6 Sep, Rik Osborne wrote:
>>> Can I say something to the developers out there? RPM your packages. Really.
>>> If it is not RPMmed, I'm not interested in even trying to install it.
>
> I'll add my voice to this plea! I'm not a programmer, I have no interest in
> becoming one. I want to install a complete software package in as few steps
> as possible, not assemble a pile of parts. In this vein, I'd also like to be
I can't help but put my 2 cents in too. I'm WAY at the bottom of the
learning curve with Linux but I've managed to install 15-20 software
packages. In each case I downloaded the source code, used MC to copy
the the whole thing to /usr/local/src, changed to that new dir and
typed:
../configure
make
make install
It's the only thing I've found "easy" with Linux so far!
I don't know how it's done with a RPMed package but I don't see how it
can get any easier?
It seems people that have trouble installing software in Linux are
always missing something that wasn't installed during the install of
their operating system. I'd blame the Linux distro for that, not the
software developers.
> able to configure an app entirely within that app - without having to dig
> out a config file.
I've got to agree with this one but I'm not about to complain since I
haven't paid a DIME for any of the software on my machine and none of
it has nagged me to "register" it so far!
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Scott Felton
Slackware Linux
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http://www.k3ir.ampr.org
