These are good steps for a wiki page. > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Gaveen Prabhasara > Hi Arjan, > Perhaps this belongs in a separate thread, but I'll just go with this as it puts things in context. > > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Install *gcc* compiler currently version *4.4.2* > /sudo yum install gcc/ > > Install *make* currently version Gnu* 3.81* > > /sudo yum install make/ > > my recommendation is to do > > yum groupinstall "Development Tools" > > instead; that way you get the whole development tools group, not just > the compiler and make ;) > > Does this mean we are planning to use Yum as the package manager > on MeeGo, or is it just for the Netbook edition? > > I'm all for using yum, however I remember references to other tools, > iirc zypper. Can you shed some light on the package management > tools of choice?
Both Yum and zypper are currently available. The jury is out on zypper -- it has given us some headaches but it is also new. > In the same line, has there been any discussion regarding PackageKit > as the package management platform? Probably it isn't very compelling > as the package format (i.e. RPM) is finalized. But if there's the chance > that different editions might be limited to a different package managing > set of tools, PackageKit can provide a common interface. PackageKit is part of the MeeGo core and used already by some applications such as the current MeeGo Garage netbook client. (Side note: PackageKit changes interfaces often, misses some needed features, is challenging to use, and has GPL-only library license, forcing proprietary applications to use less friendly dbus interface). Bob > > Now that 1.0 is out and everything is moving to open, I'm sure we can > expect to see more info and discussion soon. > -- > Gaveen Prabhasara _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
