On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:35:13AM -0800, Linux Canuck wrote: > Loyal wrote: Roy, I respect you and have archived many of your posts in the > past > but have to disagree here. I have for instance downloaded and > installed an Oracle database under Linux. Sorry, not DEB or RPM > file there. Also, ISOs that I don't want to burn right now. I > download those. User manuals and other documents in PDF format. > I download those. In other words, you are only thinking of > the narrow list of what you might want to add to your Linux system. > For me, when I can, I do use synaptic. When it does not make > sense, I download to a specific place. If it is software, I then > install it from there. > > It was my interpretation of what he was trying to do which is installing > applications. You are of course right that data files go into a folder in > your home folder. Scott also interpretted it my way as he suggested apt-get > install. My way differs in that it is a GUI approach to installing files. > Both use the repositories, but newbies should only use the commandline if > they feel comfortable with it or want to learn it. I was giving an > alternative to his method. > Not to read Roy's mind, but my other thought, after seeing Loyal's post, is that Roy is aiming at the newcomer with his answer. The OP has said that they lack experience, and in such cases, especially when Ubuntu/Debian based distros have something like 23000 available packages, it's almost always unnecessary to grab a source code file and manually install it. Not always, of course, but for the average newcomer, almost every program they'll think of will be available from one of the repos.
I've snipped Roy's good advice for brevity, as it basically reiterates what we're saying here. So, I think everyone is right in this case. As for tarball type files, I have a somewhat dated page at http://home.roadrunner.com/~computertaijutsu/tarball.html -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Spike: Oh, sod the spell. Your friends are in the factory. I'm really glad I came here, you know? I've been all wrongheaded about this. weepin', crawlin', blamin' everybody else. I want Dru back. I've just gotta be the man I was, The man She loved. I'm going to do what I should have done in the first place-- I'll find here, wherever she is, tie her up, torture her until she likes me again. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
